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Nike’s worst nightmare occurred on Wednesday night. In the first minute of the high-profile Duke-North Carolina game, Blue Devils star Zion Williamson exited with an injury after his shoe broke. Williamson was wearing the Nike PG 2.5 PE, and …
As the backlash from Nike’s “Just Do It” campaign featuring Colin Kaepernick continues, one company in Colorado is so disgusted it is offering customers a rare opportunity to purchase discount apparel. As KRDO NewsChannel 13 noted …
Nike launched its new advertising campaign featuring Colin Kaepernick this week in advance of the start of the 2018 season, and the timing was hardly a coincidence. The “Just Do It” ads featuring Kaepernick and other star athletes were …
There have been plenty of strong reactions to Nike’s decision to make Colin Kaepernick the face of its new “Just Do It” ad campaign, but the amount of publicity the sports apparel juggernaut has gained because of it is already …
Nike unveiled a major new ad campaign on Monday to commemorate the 30th anniversary of its “Just Do It” slogan, and Colin Kaepernick is the main face of it. There has been speculation that the free agent quarterback will also be getting …
Nike’s decision to make Colin Kaepernick the face of a new ad campaign has drawn plenty of strong reactions, and one of them already has ties to ESPN. After Nike debuted its new “Just Do It” campaign on Sunday, a sound production …
Colin Kaepernick has kept his endorsement deal with Nike even as he has been unable to find work in the NFL for well over a year, and the sports apparel juggernaut has unveiled a powerful new campaign featuring the quarterback. On Monday, Nike …
Nike got a ton of exposure this weekend thanks to Patrick Reed’s winning run at Augusta National, but they didn’t exactly do a lot to capitalize on it. Reed, who signed an apparel deal with the company that was announced in January, …
Don’t expect to see Patrick Reed wearing his usual red shirt and black pants on Sunday at the Masters. Reed told Golf Channel on Thursday that Nike issued a directive to its golfers to have them dressed in similar colors. “They’re doing a …
After a string of high-profile tears to their jerseys during the early part of the NBA season, Nike announced on Monday that it’s ‘working to implement a solution’ and correct the problem. “Nike has always put the athlete at …
A few months from now, Lonzo Ball will be able to say he was one of top picks in this year’s NBA Draft. He may also be able to say he’s part of the Nike family. Last month, LaVar Ball famously said he was looking for a $1 billion shoe …
Nike trolled rival apparel company adidas with a strong tweet about John Ross Saturday. Ross ran a 4.22 40-yard dash time on Saturday, breaking the NFL Combine record (video here). The Washington Huskies product sent a tweet a few hours later holding …
Nike is the official sponsor of the Olympic team, so it’s no surprise that they want to obscure any ties some of the Team USA athletes have to rival companies. For that reason, they arranged the Team USA basketball photo in a specific way to …
The Golden State Warriors are not the only winners in the Kevin Durant free agency decision. Apparently Nike thinks they are big winners too. NBA insider Adrian Wojnarowski mentioned on The Vertical’s free agency show Friday morning that Nike …
LeBron James signed a lifetime endorsement deal with Nike last December. The official terms are unknown, but there has been speculation that the sports apparel juggernaut guaranteed LeBron 10 figures. While speaking with Mark Anthony Green of GQ …
Stephen Curry has become one of the most marketable athletes in sports, but he’s not an endorser of Nike or even Adidas – he’s with Under Armour. It turns out that Nike had Curry, and could have had him for much longer had they not …
