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Nine Ways Bargain T-Shirts Save the Day When you think about the humble t-shirt, you may think about an undershirt that keeps the sweat away from your nicer shirts. Oh, such limited thinking. You might be surprised to know the numerous ways that a simple t-shirt can become the hero of an event and truly save the day. Consider these nine ways that tee shirts from a discounter can help you stretch your dollar while making you look like a creative genius. 1. Marketing. In the advertising and…

More Than Just an Accessory Protectors of our feet, collaborators of fashion, and an accessory for comfort. These are what shoes are most commonly known for. However, the purpose of shoes goes beyond functionality, as they are certainly more complex and important than given credit for. From expressing an individual’s personality to helping us reach our maximum potential, shoes are more than just the guardians of our feet. Nobody in the world is the same, as every person has his/her own…

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Former Nebraska football player and current defensive tackle for the Miami Dolphins Ndamukong Suh plans on opening a Nike store near campus. The University of Nebraska board of regents approved a $1.25 million agreement with Suh’s company, TFL Development LLC, last Friday. The agreement would give Suh’s company 17,000 to 19,000 square feet of the building at 13 and Q St. That’s a third of the building that used to be the Nebraska Bookstore, which was bought out by the university for $4.75…

The Shoe That Changed America “AAAAA!” The crowd went crazy when Michael Jordan took “the shot”, this was a series winning, buzzer beater shot made by perhaps one of the best basketball players in history, Michael Jordan. An upcoming star at the University Of North Carolina led his team all the way to a NCAA national title in 1982. This legend went to the Los Angeles olympics for USA’s men's basketball two years later and came back with a gold medal. The same year, Jordan signed an…

The shoe “Air Jordan” was created by a former NBA basketball all-star that can be argued to be the best player of all time. His name was Michael Jordan. Jordan made his very first shoe in early 1985. Still one of the best shoes for basketball and every day shoes. This basketball shoe was made for basketball players in the 1980's for kids and adults to wear during basketball games/practices around the world, it makes nearly 100 million dollars from Nike and other buyers for their amazing new shoe…

an athletic trainer for the Detroit Lions I earn 35,000-75,000 per year, to get here you need to work hard, go to college and earn the minimum of a bachelor’s degree or a master’s degree, it could take you up to 4 years to complete. Athletic trainers are health care professionals who collaborate with physicians; they can work with athletes and show them how to treat, and prevent injuries through maintaining proper form and using exercise equipment in the right way. Another job that athletic…

Are you in the market for a quality shoe? How about a fashion icon with a wealth of American history behind it that is instantaneously recognizable by nearly everyone? The All-American Chuck Taylor All-Stars by Converse has flourished through the decades and remains as one of the most popular and fashionable footwear around. Icons established and cemented Chuck Taylors into American culture. In cinema it has many cameos in American classics, in sports it was historically the most popular sneaker…

The Consumers Fetish for the Swoosh Consumers around the world have been captivated by Nikes trademark “swoosh”, and even though the malpractices of Nike are widely discussed and taught, consumers still flock to “just do it” and by the newest pair of Nike runners. While viewing Nikes commercial “Find Your Fast”, Marx’s theoretical concept of commodity fetishism can be seen through the use of the commodification and fetishism of celebrity athletes to distract consumers from the reality of the…

The company Nike created one of the most known ads ever created in history. The slogan Just do it was issued in 1988 which was seen everywhere. Today it’s shown from billboards, television to social media like Facebook, Twitter, and so on. The background information about the three famous words was surprisingly inspired by a murderer named Gary Gilmore. Gilmore was charged for robbery and the murders of two men. He was executed by a firing squad before his death, “They asked him if he had any…