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But they really did kind of blow it with Ronaldinho in the ad, only for him not to being going to the World Cup. In addition, they usually release their whole commercials series in a World Cup year in March, so it took them a while longer this time to do so. Nevertheless, another great one to match their campaigns from years past. In 2006: And 2002 "death tournament:" Pure awesomeness there folks. We'll be interesting to see what Adidas does with theirs in the next week or so.

Because that commercial just couldn't be not made fun of: The Colbert Report Mon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Tiger's Nike Commercial www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor Fox News And viewer and listener discretion is advised with this one :

Hopefully people will release this before we all go say "And it starts!" Gatorade confirmed Tuesday it is discontinuing its Tiger Woods drink but says it made the decision before the golfer's car accident led to a media firestorm surrounding his personal life. The decision to drop the drink, called Tiger Focus, was first reported by trade publication Beverage Digest in an issue dated Nov. 25, two days before the incident at Woods' home in Florida. The publication's editor, John Sicher, said he learned of the decision the week of Nov. 9. The brand — a unit of PepsiCo Inc. — says the decision does not have to do with recent events. A spokesman says the decision came several months ago. And I believe them completely. In the last few Gatorade commercials over the last few months, I don't recall seeing any Gatorade commercials with him in them. Now that other news with his mother in law and the all the other mess, you know where else to find that. But I can't ...

Kind of like that Comcast is buying NBC news , but then rejected . Yeah, as it turned out, Nike had to deny news as well : Nike is not signing a new endorsement deal with former spokesman Michael Vick of the Philadelphia Eagles, spokesman KeJuan Wilkins said on Thursday. Nike dumped Vick as an endorser and pulled his products from retail stores in 2007 after the ex-Atlanta Falcons quarterback was charged with bankrolling and running a dogfighting ring. One of Vick's agents, Mike Principe, announced during the SBJ/SBD Relay Worldwide Sports Sponsorship Symposium here Wednesday that the newly-signed Eagles QB had signed a new deal with the Swoosh. But Nike's Wilkins said that wasn't so. "Nike does not have a contractual relationship with Michael Vick. We have agreed to supply product to Michael Vick as we do a number of athletes who are not under contract with Nike," the company said in a statement. It would have been totally bizarre for Nike to give Vick a deal, ...

From AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin Just how they left Kobe (though they never broke the contract with him) and came back to him, they do the same here . Michael Vick is back with Nike more than two years after the company severed ties over the quarterback's involvement in a dogfighting ring. The managing director of the agency that represents Vick announced the deal Wednesday while participating on a panel at the Sports Sponsorship Symposium. Michael Principe of BEST referred questions to Vick's agent, Joel Segal, who did not return calls from The Associated Press. Segal told SportsBusiness Journal that Vick will wear Nike shoes, gear and apparel, but would not reveal the terms of the agreement "Mike has had a great relationship with Nike and is excited to be part of the Nike team again," Segal said. They only want you when they need. But hey, it's a business.