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Floyd Mayweather Reveals
Jumpman Jumpman, Michael
BEAUTY UNLIMITED
NICOLE
This week’s Beauty Unlimited feature is Nicole, and as you can see, success is definitely in her fu- ture. With the support of those closest to her, Nicole understands that the sky is the limit. Congratula- tions to Nicole as this week’s Beauty Unlimited fea- ture.
Ultimate Goal As Rumors
Surrounding A Comeback
Jordan’s Up To Something
Last week Floyd May- weather (49-0-26KO) was seen on camera training hard back in his gym, prompting many to once again express their skepticism that he is re- tired fully.
The temptation to break Rocky Marciano’s record and go for 50-0 seems far to great to turn down, at least it would seem.
But speaking to Fight Hype this past weekend May- weather poured cold water in the speculation:
“No I’m okay. I had a great career. 20 year run, while 19 year run, 18 years world cham- pion.”
Touching on what his ulti- mate goal is from here on out, Mayweather said:
“The ultimate goal is to find the next Floyd May- weather. Hopefully he’s
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under my banner if he breaks my record. I’ll feel good about it.”
Despite Floyd’s insistence on the fact that he’d done as an active fighter in the sport and is content with his promo- tional duties from here on out, and finding the next big super- star – Some are still not con- vinced he’s done.
Michigan’s football uniforms have received a major upgrade. The coolest part is, UM will be the first college team to wear Jumpman gear on a football field.
The first ever.
The Jumpman apparel
will be worn as the University of Michigan returns to Nike this season, meaning they will no longer be with adidas.
As part of the contract, the logo must be present on all vis- ible garments, which means that all jerseys, shoes, gloves and everything in between will be featuring the Jumpman logo — as the football program will be “swoosh” free.
The relationship between the Wolverines and Jordan began with the NBA legend calling Jim Harbaugh last summer, who happened to be the quar- terback for the Chicago Bears in the 80s when Jordan was just beginning his legacy with the Bulls. Harbaugh couldn’t believe that the Michael Jor- dan would actually be calling him with this opportunity.
This same summer when Jordan announced this busi- ness partnership on Twitter with a short video, saying, “I want to welcome my first foot- ball team to the Jordan fam- ily: Go Blue.” Of course UNC fans thought that they would be the only “Blue” for Jordan, but not this time as a UM hel- met flashed the end of the video.
Serena Williams Advances In The U.S. Open With A Sore Shoulder
After having the honor of in- troducing her good friend Bey- once at the VMA’s on Sunday (Aug. 28), Serena turned her attention back to tennis for the U.S. Open.
Williams is coming off a disappointing performance at this year’s Olympics, in addi- tion to dealing with a tender shoulder.
The 22-time Grand Slam champ persevered to dominate Ekaterina Marakova (6-3, 6-3) in straight sets. Williams disposed of her opponent in just over an hour of match time (63 minutes) with flawless ten- nis, to move on to the second round of the U.S. Open.
The 35-year-old is on the quest for her 23rd Grand Slam title, which would break her tie
Serena Williams advances to Round 2.
with German phenom, Steffi Graf for most titles in the Open Era. The victory was also the 305th of her historic career, one shy of Martina Navratilova’s Open Era record.
Tiger Woods 'Upset' Over
LeBron James Cuts Ties
Making Golf Equipment
With Nike-Affiliated AAU
Tiger Woods hasn't played golf in over a year, but that doesn't mean equipment com- panies are ignoring the fact that he's a free agent. With the news that Nike was getting out of the club-making business, everybody who is anybody is sending him golf clubs.
Tiger and his agent, Mark Steinberg, knew this would be coming.
"Clearly he and I need to be thinking about a change on the hard goods side," Steinberg told GolfChannel.com. "He and I have discussed at length the plan for that and feel com- fortable with what we're going to do going forward. But clearly, there's likely to be a change."
Nike CEO Phil Knight went on with ESPN's Mike & Mike to discuss the change Woods will be making after nearly two decades with Nike sticks.
Summer Basketball Program
The King James program has been a prominent part of Nike's greater youth basketball scene over the past five years.
At the Peach Jam this past July, it was one of a few pro- grams prominently displayed in promoting the event by showing current NBA stars who formerly played on the Nike circuit. (C.J. McCollum previously played for King James Shooting Stars.)
Nike is still loaded with so many teams and has affilia- tions as the youth level with a lot of current NBA players, guys like Chris Paul and El- frid Payton, not to mention Carmelo Anthony, An- thony Davis and Dray- mond Green, who've worked
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with Nike-affiliated summer basketball events in recent years.
TIGER WOODS
"It was kind of an easy fi- nancial decision [to shut down Nike golf]," said Knight. "It was a really tough emotional decision. It was hard emotion- ally. It was hard emotionally for Tiger. I spoke to him a couple times. He was upset, and I was upset. It was some- thing we would have rather not have happened, but the fi- nancial reality just led us to it."
Nike's Decision To Stop
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