A Washington Post story that hints of potential NCAA violations by the University of Maryland and Under Armour (the school’s athletic apparel outfitter) is stirring up a lot of discontent since its publication Sunday. The story says basketball recruit Lance ...

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Mark down another publicity win for Under Armour — the Baltimore-based sports apparel company announced today it has secured a multi-year agreement to be the supplier of student-athlete gift apparel for all SEC Championships. According to Under Armour’s communications coordinator, ...

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Looking at the economic impact results from the eighth annual Under Armour Baltimore Marathon and Running Festival, you’d never know there’s a recession going on. According to a news release on Thursday, the Oct. 20 event generated nearly $22 million ...

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At a news conference Thursday for the 8th annual Under Armour Baltimore Running Festival, the press packet included an informational “by the numbers” sheet about the festival. 300,000 cups used for water throughout the course 17,000 PowerBars available along the ...

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I came across an op-ed piece today in the University of Maryland’s Diamondback student newspaper that makes an interesting accusation about the school’s defense of Under Armour becoming the official outfitter of its 27 varsity sports teams in a $17.5 ...

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In an industry filled with words like “traction,” “leverage,” “branding” and “spin,” it’s nice to see someone cut through all that public relations lingo and give it to you straight: your pitch sucks…dot com, that is. My editor alerted me ...

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This week, the AST Dew Tour (arriving in Baltimore next Thursday) announced a new major apparel sponsor: the enemy — uh, I mean Nike. “As an associate sponsor, Nike 6.0 will receive tour-wide exclusivity in the footwear, athletic and casual ...

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Under Armour Inc., the Baltimore-based sports apparel company, has the scheduled launch of its much-anticipated cross trainer shoe tomorrow, and for those who can’t wait, pre-ordering is available on the company’s Web site. Kids’ shoes run from $45 to $75, ...

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If you watched any part of the NCAA basketball tournament over the weekend, you surely saw the “My better is better than your better…” commercials for Nike’s Sparq training gear. Both the gear and the commercials are clearly geared to ...

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The sports apparel company is now officially the supplier for the German soccer league club Hannover 96 (through the 2010/11 season, at least). From the release: This agreement includes all technical apparel and accessories for game day and training as ...

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