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Adidas and Nike battle could turn Olympic athletes into Shoeless Joes

Adidas and Nike battle could turn Olympic athletes into Shoeless Joes

By Stephen Foster on February 10, 2012

‘Shoeless’ Joe Jackson was the baseball star who was banned for life following the famous ‘Black Sox’ scandal when members of the Chicago White Sox baseball team were convicted of fixing the 1919 World Series. Now some more contemporary sporting legends are in danger of losing their own footwear as the eternal battle between sportswear [...]

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