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Nike's Earth Day Spokesman: Steve Nash  - Sports Biz with Darren Rovell - MSNBC.com
Nike's Earth Day Spokesman: Steve Nash - Sports Biz with Darren Rovell - MSNBC.com
So today is Earth Day. And there is no athlete more perfect for this day for Steve Nash. The guy has endorsement deals with Arizona Power Company, Canadian Company BC Hydro (a hydroelectric utility), Energy Innovations (renewable energy) and drives a Lexus Hybrid! He also has a big endorsement deal with Nike -- and today the company is re-releasing Steve Nash's Trash Talk shoe in limited ...
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Steve Nash, Shattered
ESPN.com - TrueHoop — ... Also, it's Earth Day, and Nike is releasing more of those shoes made from garbage. There is talk of less waste and fewer toxins, although no specifics about what that actually means. To me being less bad is not the same as being good, you know? Maybe these are good for the environment. Or if not, at least they're less bad, I guess. ...

AWESOME STEVE NASH COMMERCIAL
Docksquad Sports — ... Amare S. The commercial's combination of humor and sick graphics definitely makes it one of the best commercials I have ever seen. Enjoy... Nike is releasing this commercial on Earth Day, because Steve Nash's new shoes, which are called Trash Talk, are completely made out of manufacturing waste and are environmentally friendly. You can read more about Nash, how and why he is an Earth Day spokesperson, and the shoes here on CNBC. Big ups to Truehoop, for the post. ...

Nash Recycles Shoes and Old Television Shows
SPORTSbyBROOKS — ... doesn’t work out for Steve Nash , at least he has something to fall back on: SPORTS BIZ reports that Nash’s production company, Meathawk, produced the above clip, a take on the old TV show “The Six Million Dollar Man.” Though you’ll surely be seeing the clip ad nauseum over the next couple of weeks, it was made for Earth Day, corresponding with the re-release of Nash’s Nike Trash Talk shoes. The shoes are made entirely from manufacturing waste which means that no two shoes are alike. Kudos to Nash for having a clue about the environment and using his celebrity to help. I do ...

Steve Nash Vitamin Water Commercials (Videos)
RightFielders Women in Sports — ... where he was asked about his interests outside of basketball. One of his passions, filmmaking, is on the list but basketball is still his “number one priority”. “They tug at me more, but not more than basketball. I love doing that stuff, but I love playing sports.” Nash and his cousin, filmmaker Ezra Holland, started a film production company (Meathawk) and once he retires, plans to make indie films. You may remember Nash as the “$60 Million Dollar Man”, a short film he made earlier this year in honor of the re-release of his Trash Talk shoe. Check out the videos of Steve ...

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sports.aol.com 4/22/2008 — Check out Nike, getting all super-creative with their ads lately. First they gave us Kobe jumping over a car , and now we have Steve Nash starring in "The Sixty Million Dollar Man." Observe. I loved the fantastic cameos by Amare Stoudemire ...
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