Adidas Coverage
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Carolina Hurricanes reveal Reverse Retro 2022 uniforms
The Carolina Hurricanes are set to wear their Reverse Retro uniforms twice this season at PNC Arena: Nov. 6 against the Toronto Maple Leafs and Dec. 18 against the Pittsburgh Penguins -
What if Michael Jordan had signed with Adidas? He very nearly did, and it haunts Gary Stokan to this day
Former NC State player and assistant coach Gary Stokan - currently the CEO and President of the Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl - joined The OG on Monday to talk about how close Adidas came to signing Michael Jordan when he was with the shoe company, and how the history of the shoe wars would've been forever changed if he had. -
Stokan: 'It's killing me watching this thing because I know what might have been and how it would have changed Adidas' world'
Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl president and CEO Gary Stokan joined The OG to talk about his time with Adidas and how they almost landed Michael Jordan. It was detailed in the most recent episodes of The Last Dance on ESPN that Jordan preferred Adidas and Nike just came up with the more attractive package. -
HBO's 'The Scheme' will leave college basketball fans with more questions than answers
Christian Dawkins opens up in an HBO documentary about the recent college basketball scandal but it will leave you with more questions about the FBI investigation than answers. -
WRAL, N&O, WTVD, New York Times file suit seeking records from NC State
A group of media organizations, including WRAL, the News & Observer and The New York Times, filed suit on Wednesday to ask the North Carolina State University be required to produce records related to the FBI's investigation of "pay-to-play" allegations in high-level college basketball. -
Our TakeMedlin: NCAA acting like a powerless spectator in Adidas case
A major shoe company has made a mockery of NCAA basketball, creating a sideshow of lawsuits and payoffs that threaten to undermine the sport and its institutions. And the NCAA is standing to the side, watching it all unfold as barely more than a spectator. Sadly, that seems about right. -
Sneaker companies and summer leagues: A pairing too lucrative to split up
CARTERSVILLE, Ga. -- Russell Westbrook sat at the end of Team WhyNot's bench next to the final reserve, his legs extended courtward and his eyes tracking the ball.