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Last year, James Harden signed a lucrative endorsement deal with Adidas. On Tuesday, the sportswear manufacturer unveiled a personal logo for the Rockets star. Adidas used one of its Twitter accounts to give the world a look at the logo in a video …
Adidas has fallen behind both Nike and Under Armour in sports apparel sales in the U.S. over the past year. Its NBA division has taken a huge hit with Derrick Rose’s inability to stay healthy, so the company is making a major play for one of …
The process from choosing to declare for the NFL Draft to draft day takes players on a journey full of decisions. Among them are which agency to choose for representation and what endorsement deals to sign. With the sports apparel industry such a big …
Notre Dame is switching equipment brands from adidas to Under Armour for all its sports teams, according to a report. The Fighting Irish decided to shop around after its 10-year deal with adidas expired, and the change will happen at the end of the …
Louisville may have done Kevin Ware wrong by attempting to profit off his broken leg while he couldn’t get a cut of the proceeds, and it looks like the sophomore guard got them back (intentionally or not). Ware, on crutches, came out of …
Adidas has stopped selling controversial T-shirts that they began manufacturing following Kevin Ware’s gruesome leg broken leg injury suffered last weekend, USA Today reports. The shirts were being sold on the Louisville athletic website for …
The topic of sports apparel companies making a profit by using Divison-1 athletes to sell products has been heavily debated over the years. Under no circumstances are college athletes allowed to be paid or receive “improper benefits,” yet …
There are the one-percenters, and then there’s Derrick Rose, who is now probably part of the 0.5 percent after the absurd shoe deal he reportedly signed with adidas on Friday. According to Yahoo! Sports, the reigning NBA MVP reportedly inked a …
Earlier this week, we shared a report that said Adidas may want to keep Dwight Howard from joining the Chicago Bulls because they want to keep their star athletes (Derrick Rose is the other) in separate markets. That’s probably why you …
Dwight Howard has made it clear he wants out of Orlando. The All-Pro center has asked for a trade to one of three teams: the Lakers, Mavericks, or Nets. One GM doesn’t think Orlando is interested in what the Lakers can offer, and the …
Once upon a time, Kobe Bryant was an Adidas guy. Midway through his career, he switched to Nike, and he’s become quite the ferocious pitchman. In fact, he’s taking his dedication to the swoosh so seriously that he’ll even rip his …
When Blake Griffin was drafted number one overall in the 2009 NBA Draft by the Los Angeles Clippers, he signed a reported 2-year shoe endorsement deal with Nike for $400,000/year. To the average person, that’s nearly 10 years worth of salary or …
