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☆ Adidas considered its relationship with Kanye West a risk as early as 2018, new reports show. Here's the nine-year timeline of Adidas and Yeezy's turbulent partnership.
  + stars: | 2022-11-29 | by ( Matthew Kish | Danni Santana | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
Adidas announced an endorsement deal with Kanye West in November 2013. By 2019, Adidas sales of his Yeezy brand eclipsed $1 billion annually. Across the company, sales were flat. But that same month, Adidas announced a partnership with Kanye West, the polarizing musician and fashion designer, now known as Ye. Despite the turbulence, Adidas Yeezy sales continued to grow.
☆ Nike's ambitious environmental goals are being thwarted by sneakerheads and the Jordans, Air Force 1s, and Dunks they love
  + stars: | 2022-11-21 | by ( Matthew Kish | Catherine Boudreau | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +10 min
Nike's leather usage increased 35% last year because of the demand for iconic shoes such as Dunks. The popularity of the shoes pushed up Nike's leather use by 35% last year and put the company behind a goal to use more sustainable materials. "What's more important, financial goals or carbon footprint goals? But last year, it accounted for 0.1% of Nike's leather usage. Nike's also introducing new sustainable silhouettes, including a sneaker that can be easily taken apart for ease of recycling.
☆ Nike is about to face its biggest test as sneakerheads pounce on the new 'Lost and Found' Jordan 1, and the brand tries to rebuild trust with fans
  + stars: | 2022-11-17 | by ( Matthew Kish | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
Nike will release the Air Jordan 1 Chicago "Lost and Found" on November 19. The Air Jordan 1 Chicago "Lost and Found," which will be released November 19, is the latest and biggest test of Nike's work to make drops more fair. "We continue to see Exclusive Access serve as a defining marketing mechanism to connect with consumers," Donahoe said. This weekend's launch of the Air Jordan 1 Chicago "Lost and Found" comes with the latest iteration of Exclusive Access. The company said customers who had lost 20 previous raffles for Jordan 1s on its SNKRS app were eligible for Exclusive Access.
☆ Top 25 roundup: Michigan State nips No. 4 Kentucky in 2 OTs
  + stars: | 2022-11-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +6 min
Sahvir Wheeler added 16 points, Cason Wallace scored 14 and Jacob Toppin provided 10 for the Wildcats (2-1). Jeremy Roach added 16 points while playing the full 40 minutes, but he hit only 6 of 17 field-goal attempts. Dayton was led by Kobe Elvis, who had 16 points and seven rebounds, while Mike Sharavjamts finished with 14 points. It was the Huskies' first triple-double since Daniel Hamilton totaled 11 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists against Central Connecticut State on Dec. 23, 2015. Armoni Foster and Kidtrell scored 11 points apiece for the Bulls (1-2).
☆ Kanye West's Turbulent 9-Year History With Adidas
  + stars: | 2022-11-09 | by ( Matthew Kish | Danni Santana | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Adidas announced an endorsement deal with Kanye West in November 2013. By 2019, Adidas sales of his Yeezy brand eclipsed $1 billion annually. In November 2013, Adidas sales in North America, the most critical territory for sportswear sales, were down 1% for the year. But that same month, Adidas announced a partnership with Kanye West, the polarizing musician and fashion designer, now known as Ye. Despite the turbulence, Adidas Yeezy sales continued to grow.
☆ Yuta Watanabe comically dunks into his own net as Brooklyn Nets’ woes continue
  + stars: | 2022-10-30 | by ( Aimee Lewis | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +2 min
CNN —The Brooklyn Nets have made a terrible start to the NBA season and on Saturday star forward Yuta Watanabe didn’t make matters any easier by comically scoring in the opposite team’s basket. At the Barclays Centre, the Nets went down 125-116 to the Indiana Pacers to go 1-5 for the season. It was the Nets’ fourth straight loss and one coach Steve Nash called a “disaster.”The night started ominously when, in the first quarter, Watanabe accidentally scored for the Pacers. The comical two-pointer cut the Nets’ lead before the Pacers tied at the end of the first quarter. As the Pacers pulled away from the struggling Nets, rookie Bennedict Mathurin scored a career-high 32 points in a team record 23 three-pointers.
☆ Nike likely to see biggest boost in the aftermath of Adidas cutting ties with Kanye West, footwear analyst says
  + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( Sarah Belle Lin | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
With the Adidas and Yeezy partnership terminated, other shoe brands could see a boost in sales, an expert says. "I think the most obvious beneficiary is Nike," Tom Nikic, senior vice president of equity research at Wedbush Securities, told Insider. Adidas became the latest company to cut ties with Kanye West following antisemitic remarks and controversial behavior. "I think the most obvious beneficiary is Nike," Nikic said. "They either had to take the hit financially or they had to take the public relations hit," Nikic said.
☆ Golden State Warriors suffer first defeat of the season against Denver Nuggets
  + stars: | 2022-10-22 | by ( Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +2 min
CNN —Despite Steph Curry scoring a game-high 34 points, the Golden State Warriors suffered their first loss of the season, to the Denver Nuggets on Friday, going down 125-123 to the team they eliminated from the first round of the Western Conference playoffs in April. Curry added five rebounds and four assists to his 34 points on 10-of-22 shooting but could not drag his team to victory in San Francisco. Noah Graham/NBAE/Getty ImagesThe Warriors fought back in the fourth and a Jordan Poole layup with 14.7 seconds remaining left Golden State just a point behind. Two free throws from Jokic with 6.6 seconds left took Denver’s lead beyond three points and sealed the victory. Logan Riely/NBAE/Getty ImagesElsewhere in the Western Conference, Ja Morant dazzled, scoring 49 points to carry the Memphis Grizzlies to a 129-122 win over the Houston Rockets.
☆ The Clippers Finally Get to Test Their Version of the Super Team
  + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( Robert O'Connell | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
After a practice in mid-September, the Los Angeles Clippers released a photo reel on the theme of training-camp togetherness: dunks, laughs, camera-mugging, a chest bump. But one shot of a solitary player made everyone’s eyes widen. Kawhi Leonard, the Clippers’ expensive and often-unavailable superstar, had returned to the floor following a season missed due to ACL surgery, and in the picture he ran down-and-backs on legs that looked not just healed, but upgraded: quadriceps as round as basketballs, calves that jutted out at pronounced and unignorable angles.
☆ How Omar Raja turned the 'SportsCenter' Instagram account into a hub for sports-adjacent viral videos
  + stars: | 2022-10-17 | by ( Steven Perlberg | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
Omar Raja joined ESPN in 2020 and is the face of the "SportsCenter" Instagram account. ESPN averages more than 400 social posts a day and has focused more on TikTok recently. Raja, 28, honed his craft as a teenager compiling "Call of Duty" clips on YouTube and, more famously, by creating the basketball-focused Instagram account House of Highlights. Raja is the face of the account — the bio reads, "I'm @Omar and this is SportsCenter!" Raja has helped grow the "SportsCenter" presence on Instagram to 32 million followers, from about 15.4 million when he started.
☆ Dunkin’ changed its rewards program. Devotees of the coffee brand are expressing their outrage on Reddit.
  + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Angela Yang | Angela Yang Is An Intern For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +6 min
The previous DD Perks program offered a free drink of any kind at $40 spent. The new Dunkin’ Rewards system, unveiled last week, requires customers to spend $70 to get a free crafted drink such as an espresso, cold brew or refresher. Customers also no longer get a free drink on their birthdays. But in the days since its new rewards program took over, the 21-year-old college student has been looking elsewhere for his daily caffeine fix. As one Twitter user joked, “i need us all to collectively manifest the downfall of dunkin rewards so they bring back dd perks.”
☆ How the creators of 'The Starters' built a hit NBA podcast for The Athletic after losing their TV show
  + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Colin Salao | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +7 min
"No Dunks'' is an NBA podcast from the creators of "The Basketball Jones" and "The Starters." In 2019, after their NBA TV show contract ended, the creators signed a deal with The Athletic. The quintet is a far cry from the 20-man team and TV studio that Turner Sports' NBA TV provided during their six-year run with the network. How 'The Starters' became 'The Free Agents'"The Starters" got off in 2013 to a rough start on NBA TV as they struggled to translate their hour-long podcast to TV. Wasserman said the show is The Athletic's biggest NBA podcast and one of its highest-rated out of 77 podcasts.
☆ In pictures: When 'Air Jordan' took flight
  + stars: | 2020-04-17 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +1 min
Michael Jordan rises for a dunk in March 1993. A new documentary, "The Last Dance," focuses on the basketball legend and his final season with the Chicago Bulls. In the late 20th century, Michael Jordan was more than just the best basketball player in the world. Jordan won it all during his playing career — six NBA championships, two Olympic gold medals and an NCAA title. A new documentary, "The Last Dance," focuses on Jordan and his final season with the Chicago Bulls.
☆ JORDAN VS. DOMINIQUE: Here's every dunk from the Most famous battle in NBA Slam Dunk Contest history
  + stars: | 2019-02-16 | by ( Cork Gaines | Alan Dawson | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: 1 min
Many forget that Jordan actually used the free throw line dunk to open the semifinal round where each player got three dunks. He got a 50 for it, obviously.
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