O.J. Mayo Signs With Nike

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]

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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]

It Began As a Mistake: The Twisted Family History of Puma and Adidas

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Before the War on Terror, Iraq, Afghanistan and the first Gulf War; before Vietnam, Korea and the long Cold War, the old world order was dominated by the tyranny of fear of Nazi Germany and the atrocities of catastrophic world war. But within the tumultuous years between WWI and WWII emerged two of today’s most dominant shoe companies: Puma and Adidas. And they each owe their existences to a mere family misunderstanding between broken brothers. Read More »

“Mike” Jordan’s First College Game in 1981

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This is how it all started…the first ever college game of “Mike Jordan”.

In this highlight video from 1981, Jordan’s shots were mostly jumpers under Dean Smith’s famous four corners offense. He missed his first shot which was eerily similar to the game-winning shot in the 1982 NCAA Final game. He made his next three. Read More »

Knight with Shining Karma

Phil KnightNike co-founder Phil Knight knows a thing or two about chivalry, good will towards men and resuscitating college sports arenas.

When Knight got word that University of Oregon’s McArthur Court had fallen prey to veined cracks-and-bruises he and his faithful wife Penny, The Duchess of Dunks donated a large sum of money to rescue it from complete dilapidation.

Fear not, humble Oregon University: Knight’s pledge of $100 million dollars will restore order to your crumbling court.

Properly known as the Oregon Athletics Legacy Fund, Knight’s contribution will show support to all ailing sports programs and arenas under the school banner. Read More »