O.J. Mayo Signs With Nike

June 27, 2008 - 4:30 pm , By Editor

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]

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OJ Trial Round II

November 28, 2007 - 4:30 pm , By Todd - American University

oj simpsonIn April 2007, America will time-travel back to 1995: O.J. Simpson is going back to court.

Las Vegas judge Jackie Glass recently ordered Mr. Simpson (along with two co-defendants, Clarence Stewart and Charles Ehrlich) to stand trial for armed robbery of his own memorabilia from two collectors, along with 12 counts of conspiracy and kidnapping.

The victims, Alfred Beardsley and Bruce Fromong claim to have been held at gunpoint.

Everyone has a memory attached to the O.J. Trial. When I was in Middle School my shop teacher turned on the radio for the entire class to hear the “Verdict of 95.” It was one of those seminal events that you always remember where you were when you heard about it, like when your parents heard that President Kennedy had been assassinated. Obviously not as important, but memorable at the very least.

When Simpson was found not guilty of murdering his ex-wife Nicole and Ron Goldman, many people believed (and still do) that justice had not been served. Now, as many in the media have said, karma has come to bite “the Juice” in the a** - and I couldn’t agree more. Read More »

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O.J. Simpson Raises the Stakes, Gets Questioned for Burglary in Las Vegas

September 14, 2007 - 1:00 pm , By Josh - UMASS, Lowell

O.J. SimpsonEverybody’s favorite murdering-ex-football-star is currently under investigation for attempting to steal sports memorabilia from Palace Station Casino in Las Vegas.

While no arrests have been made O.J. is still a target suspect and currently still in Vegas. Unfortunately for the former Heisman Trophy winner, whatever happens in Vegas will not stay in Vegas, as everything he ever does - sneezing, coughing, farting, writing books, murdering - is under the watchful eye of the entire planet.

Earlier this year Simpson was denied service at a steakhouse in Louisville, Kentucky. After Simpson and friends quietly left the restaurant - always watch out for the quiet ones - his lawyer, Yale Galanter, had this to say to the steakhouse’s owner, Jeff Ruby:

“[Jeff Ruby] screwed with the wrong guy.”

Tell me about it! Who wants beef with O.J.? Read More »

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