nunesmagician.blogspot.com - 9/16/2008
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Yesterday it was noted by many of you that Ernie Davis, despite the fact that he played his entire career before the Nike Swoosh was created, is immortalized in a statue covered in Swooshes . The sculptor, Bruno Lucchesi, claims he used an old photograph of Lucchesi as the basis for the ...
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Why Is Ernie Davis Wearing A Nike Swoosh?
FirstCuts —
... Whatever the reason, it seems that Syracuse and Bruno have admitted the "error" and will be correcting it. Whether that means simply getting rid of the logos of redoing the entire uniform is unclear. ...
Dear NASCAR: Please Make the Cars Look Like This
Uni Watch —
... to determine exactly when the first cap-based cart debuted, and the DuPont article doesn’t indicate when the first helmet carts appeared. But if anyone wants to get crackin’ on research, it would be good to know the chronology of these uni-based vehicles.
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Uni Watch News Ticker: The Ernie Davis statue at Syracuse won’t be Nikefied after all. … Look what happens when you cross an oriole with a ...
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