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The Oregonian's sports business and marketing blog, covering Nike, adidas, the business of the Portland Trail Blazers and Oregon's sports and outdoor footwear and apparel cluster. Web Site: Playbooks & Profits Claimed Blog: Playbooks and Profits BallHype Member since July 21, 2008 |
blog.oregonlive.com - 8/25/2008
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Nike managers have decided not to complain to
the Chinese government about an Internet user who suggested...
they had forced athlete Liu Xiang to pull out of a Beijing Olympics hurdles event.
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Nike now says it won't seek China's help finding blogger
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blog.oregonlive.com - 8/20/2008
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Someone last year in Oregon named named their
daughter ESPN, according to the state Public Health Division's...
Center for Health Statistics.
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Somewhere in Oregon, a girl named 'ESPN'
blog.oregonlive.com - 8/14/2008
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Nike dropped some jaws when it allowed its
sponsored swimmers to wear Speedo's new LZR Racer suit...
during the Olympic Games and U.S. trials. But at least two Nike athletes have covered up Speedo's logo in competition.
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Nike swimmers cover up Speedo logo
blog.oregonlive.com - 8/8/2008
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Nike-owned Converse Inc. angered several Northeast Portland business
owners this week when it slapped up ads on...
graffiti-tagged buildings -- at least in one case without the owner's permission. One of Northeast Alberta Steet's most outspoken anti-graffiti business owners confronted and photographed the contractor posting the ads, which promote a Converse-produced song "My Drive Thru."
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Converse picks wrong wall in Portland to slap ads on
blog.oregonlive.com - 8/3/2008
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adidas innovation team leader Mic Lussier explains the
designs behind Jeremy Wariner's Lone Star Spike....
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adidas America designer explains Wariner's Lone Star Spike
blog.oregonlive.com - 8/2/2008
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Video report by Australia's Channel 7 of apparent
human rights violations by Nike contract factory in Malaysia...
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TV report on Nike contract factory in Malaysia
blog.oregonlive.com - 7/25/2008
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Nike pulls print ads that some critics and
bloggers said were anti-gay or played on viewers' homophobia....
Others disagreed.
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Nike drops three Hyperdunk ads - Playbooks and Profits - ...
blog.oregonlive.com - 7/21/2008
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Castelli's U.S. headquarters in Portland just days ago
celebrated Riccardo Ricco's Tour de France stage victory by...
hanging a banner outside its window likening him to the great Italian rider Marco Pantani. Now, the cycling apparel making company has taken it in the shorts, booking a loss on replica Tour de France apparel it was about to produce after Ricco got kicked out of the tour.
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Riccardo Ricco's failed drug test socks Castelli
blog.oregonlive.com - 7/21/2008
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'Just Do It' turns 20. Nike marks the
occasion by putting out another fast-paced commercial geared to...
the Olympics. What athletes do you recognize?
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Nike "Courage" ads celebrate 'Just Do It' slogan's 20th ...
