O.J. Mayo Signs With Nike

O.J. Mayo’s marketing agent Maverick Carter, CEO of LRMR Marketing, confirmed this morning that Mayo has signed a four-year deal with Nike.

Mayo is the first of the high-profile draft picks, who will be drafted tonight, to have signed a deal. Carter would not comment on the financial terms of the deal.

Carter said that Mayo will be included in Nike’s advertising campaigns and he’ll wear a customized shoe that could be released in the market he plays in or at a Nike specialty store like the House of Hoops in Manhattan. [CNBC]

Police: U. Alabama Football Player A Cocaine Dealer

Alabama Crimson Tide senior linebacker Jimmy Johns was dismissed from the football team and suspended from the University on Tuesday after being arrested on felony drug charges.

Johns was charged with five counts of distribution of cocaine and one count of possession of a controlled substance.

“Jimmy Johns has been dismissed from the team,” head coach Nick Saban said in a statement. “This type of behavior obviously will not be tolerated, and he is no longer a part of our program.”

Police began getting tips that Johns was involved in drug sales around the time the football team was conducting its spring practice, Capt. Jeff Snyder of the West Alabama Narcotics Task Force said. [The Crimson White]