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Nike may have perfected it, but celebrity sponsorship was the ticket to the top for both Adidas and the smaller Puma. Jets quarterback Joe Namath paraded around Manhattan in the 1970s in his swanky white Puma sneakers, and fans bought hundreds of thousands of pairs. Namath had an unprecedented deal: $25,000 a year, plus 25� for each shoe sold. Quaint, isn't it? The competition for star endorsers would define the battle for sporting-goods supremacy. By the time soccer star Beckham signed on in 2007, Adidas committed to a lifetime deal reportedly worth more than $600 million. Says...
Then there are Joe Bradley's big bright canvases, such as Cavalry, 2007, which combine the resolutely abstract boxes and rectangles of Minimalist and color-field painting into cartoon-character formations. It's a bit of an art-history joke, and one that sculptor Joel Shapiro played with more than 20 years ago in 3-D. But Bradley's ferocious colors and color contrasts give his work a weirdly commanding presence, one made weirder still by all those infantile silhouettes...
...that was the only score his squad would see for nearly 48 more minutes of play, as the defense stepped in. Junior goalie Joe Pike made 10 saves on the afternoon, and the ‘D’ allowed just 16 shots—only one in the third quarter—to Harvard?...
...wild pitch by Cole. “It doesn’t matter if we’re playing the Yankees,” Haviland said. “We shouldn’t blow a five-run lead in the ninth inning. As [Harvard coach Joe Walsh] likes to say, we have to learn how to go for the jugular and put teams away.” Haviland started the game for Harvard, putting in a workmanlike seven-inning outing in which he gave up five runs but struck out eight. “He missed a few times...
...assist from Motschwiller. The Minutemen didn’t get on the board until 2:15 remained in the half. A mere 20 seconds after UMass tied the game at 1-1, the home team took the lead to head into the break. Junior goalie Joe Pike made nine total saves, seven of which came in the first half. UMass goalie Doc Schneider had eight. “Joe Pike made an unbelievable save early on in the first quarter that set the tone for the game,” Duboe said. “Joe played...