Adidas Gobbles, Reebok; Who Has Court Supremacy Now?
Friday, August 05, 2005
Reebok was known for aerobics sneakers until Jay-Z did an intervention to give the brand street cred. Now Adidas, known mostly for soccer shoes, is taking over Reebok, making it the number two sneaker company in the world. Can the new German giant upset Nike for #1?
Round Trip
Mike Hirsh senior editor, Newsweek and author, At War With Ourselves, (Oxford Univeristy Press 2003)
- on the return of detainees to Afghanistan
» Newsweek
- on the return of detainees to Afghanistan
» Newsweek
Reality Writes
Derrick Speight, freelance reality television writer based in Los Angeles whose credits include "The Bachelor", "The Mole", "The Surreal Life" and "The Loser"
-says it takes a writer to make great reality TV
-says it takes a writer to make great reality TV
Where'd You Get Those Duds?
Open Phones,
-your calls on sneakers
-your calls on sneakers
$%##*^*!!!!!
Ruth Wajnryb applied linguist, researcher, and writer and has a weekly column in the Sydney Morning Herald
- on the use of foul language
- on the use of foul language
Photo File: Pesca, Mike
Mike Pesca in the host seat today
Feedback: Santorum
Preemptivekarma and Crooksandliars both pick up on Brian's interview with Senator Rick Santorum yesterday.
"Praise You" Pt. 2, BL Edition
Listener Jeremiah Murphy has created the first-ever music video to the BL Theme ("Solid" by Soulive).
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