NFL’s Trophy Towels are “terrible”…and not in the good way

This recession is hitting kinda hard, isn’t it?  In a move that could only be seen as a way to increase revenue (although who can name any moves that aren’t done to make money?) the NFL has decided to poorly imitate the Steelers terrible towel and create their own “Trophy Towels”.  More info from the [...]

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Football, Miscellaneous

Posted on January 29th, 2009 Written by Emmett Jones

Chargers get sued by San Diego, looking to trade LT for cash.

Is it too late to funnel some of that bailout money to the Chargers? In a move that surprised everyone, including the Chargers, the City of San Diego sued the Chargers on Wednesday, for breach of contract.  Details, from the San Diego Union Tribune, The city of San Diego has filed a breach-of-contract suit against [...]

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Football, Miscellaneous

Posted on January 22nd, 2009 Written by Emmett Jones

The obligatory “Obama tied to Sports” post

So we have a new president….And quite frankly,  I think the first order of business that he went through yesterday was to practically shut down the internet.  Anyone that was trying to get on CNN/MSNBC/NBC/ABC’s website pretty much had their patience put to the test.  One of my friends even turned to MLB.com (who knew?) [...]

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Basketball

Posted on January 21st, 2009 Written by Emmett Jones

“I have a dream, that one day…you will over pay for shoes.”

Happy MLK Day!  You may or may not remember the quote from Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous “I Have A Dream” speech.  In case you somehow forgot the mentioning of basketball shoes, AND1 is here to help you remember.  More from Sole Collector, This Monday, on January 19th, And1 plans to launch a special limited [...]

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Basketball

Posted on January 19th, 2009 Written by Emmett Jones

Kobe Bryant: Ankle Insurance Salesman, Redeemed Figure.

How is the largest shoe company in the world managing to continually drum up business in the face of a recession?  Clever promotions.  How is the person who is arguably the best player in the NBA rebuilding his image since allegations of sexual assualt in 2003?  By selling ankle insurance, of course. Yes…they really did [...]

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Basketball

Posted on January 19th, 2009 Written by Emmett Jones

Under Armour…Protecting this house? Not so much.

They say that hindsight is 20/20.  Of course, they also say that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.  Old sayings aside, I still have to wonder, “What was Under Armour thinking?”.  Lets review, from May of 2008, To make matters worse, Under Armour has already spent 37% of their entire 2007 [...]

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Miscellaneous

Posted on January 15th, 2009 Written by Emmett Jones

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