| NCAA Basketball | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoreboard | | | Standings | | | Teams | | | Leaders | | | Polls | | | Home |
CBK Headlines
- Wall, No. 5 Kentucky top Cleveland State
- Wise scores 30 to lift Arizona in OT
- Duke seeks fourth Season Tip-Off title
- No. 24 Vandy bounces back, wins in Maui
- G Offutt leaves Ohio St., will transfer
- Isiah adjusts to FIU with reason to hope
- Syracuse goes from unranked to No. 10
- No. 6 Purdue beats No. 9 Tennessee 73-72
- No. 11 UNC bounces back with rout
- No. 3 Texas pulls away to top Iowa 85-60
Air Jordans cost UCF future deal with adidas
By ANTONIO GONZALEZ,
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) A fight over the shoes Michael Jordan's son will wear at the University of Central Florida has cost the school any future sponsorship with adidas.
"The University of Central Florida has chosen not to deliver on their contractual commitment to adidas," adidas spokeswoman Andrea Corso wrote in an e-mail to The Associated Press. "As a result we have chosen not to continue our relationship with them moving forward."
Freshman guard Marcus Jordan wore a pair of white Air Jordans during UCF's 84-65 win in an exhibition game against Saint Leo on Wednesday night, the Orlando Sentinel reported on its Web site. Jordan has said he will only wear his father's Nike Air Jordan shoes because they hold special meaning to his family.
UCF is in the final year of a five-year contract with adidas that requires coaches and athletes to use the company's apparel and equipment.
"We are disappointed to learn that adidas has chosen to discontinue its relationship with UCF Athletics," the school said in a statement Wednesday night released by spokesman Joe Hornstein. "Once we receive official notice we will be able to further respond."
Updated November 4, 2009
© 2009 by STATS LLC and Associated Press.Any commercial use or distribution without the express written consent of STATS LLC and Associated Press is strictly prohibited.
