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    Michael Jordan's Tears Do Not Prove He's Human

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    Image of Spectacular Sam Spectacular Sam
    09/12/09

    In reply to Michael Jordan's Tears Do Not Prove He's Human
    In all honesty, if you listened to that speech, what a fucking prick.
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    Image of The Cajun Boy The Cajun Boy
    09/12/09

    @Spectacular Sam: Really? I mean, I can see how it could possibly be perceived as arrogant, but I guess I'm so conditioned to accepting MJ as cocky that it didn't faze me at all.
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    Image of The Stephen A. Smith Heckling Society of Gentlemen The Stephen A. Smith Heckling Society of Gentlemen
    09/12/09

    @The Cajun Boy: Why on earth would you feel the need to bring up these petty grievances with Jerry Krause and Jeff Van Gundy now? Because you are a petty jackass, that's why, Michael Jordan.
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    Image of The Stephen A. Smith Heckling Society of Gentlemen The Stephen A. Smith Heckling Society of Gentlemen
    09/12/09

    @The Cajun Boy: To be clear, Cajun, if you actually saw Robinson or Stockton's classy speeches, you'd know something about who was overshadowed by whom.
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    Image of Chris Hanson's Axe Chris Hanson's Axe
    09/12/09

    In reply to Michael Jordan's Tears Do Not Prove He's Human
    "Limits, like fear, are just an illusion."

    Coming soon to a Nike© t-shirt near you. JUMPMAN23

    /seriously, that was half of my friends' status on FB this morning.
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    Image of bearfan34 bearfan34
    09/12/09

    In reply to Michael Jordan's Tears Do Not Prove He's Human
    Hey everyone, meet Micheal Jordan. He's not the great guy you were always told he was. He was a gambler and skirt chaser his entire career. If he acted like a classless prick, it's because he is a classless prick.
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    Image of Chris Hanson's Axe Chris Hanson's Axe
    09/12/09

    @bearfan34: Really? Gambling and liking girls makes you a classless prick?

    So only Mormons get to heaven, huh?
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    Image of Steve U Steve U
    09/12/09

    @Chris Hanson's Axe: And dogs. All dogs, actually.
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    Image of twoeightnine twoeightnine
    09/12/09

    @Chris Hanson's Axe: Mormons don't chase skirts because their dresses have to go down to their ankles.
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    Image of 36 Chambers 36 Chambers
    09/12/09

    @bearfan34: He also saved Earth from the Monstars, you ungrateful ingrate
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    Image of Chris Hanson's Axe Chris Hanson's Axe
    09/12/09

    @Steve U: I love that movie. God I need to Netflix that or something. Actually I'm sure I could find it in the $0.20 bin at Walmart.
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    Image of twoeightnine twoeightnine
    09/12/09

    In reply to Michael Jordan's Tears Do Not Prove He's Human
    Also, who's Michael's lovely lady-friend?

    That's Charles Oakley... oh right, Yvette Prieto.
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    Image of Bobby Big Wheel Bobby Big Wheel
    09/12/09

    @twoeightnine: Oak is still scary with gray hair. He's like Dennis Hopper.
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    Image of Steve U Steve U
    09/12/09

    @Bobby Big Wheel: "Touch of Grey - when you want them to know you're experienced at bludgeoning people to death with a tire iron oustide the Bellagio, but you've still got the youthful energy to pull it off again today!"
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    Image of Dany Heatley Speedwagon Dany Heatley Speedwagon
    06/24/09

    In reply to Sportswear Company Outplays Nike, Loses Anyway
    Full press release on the lawsuit below:


    Deadspin translation:


    You may now skip to the comments.

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    Image of techstar25 techstar25
    06/24/09

    In reply to Sportswear Company Outplays Nike, Loses Anyway
    Nike is small potatoes compared to the other companies Fish & Richardson have gone to battle with. They recently represented Microsoft who was being sued by Lucent over MP3 and DVD patents - big time billion dollar stuff - and they prevailed.

    I'm willing to bet that SportsFuzion wins this one.


    According to Wikipedia Fish & Richardson are ...

    * Ranked #1 in patent prosecution practice in the United States by IP Law & Business (November 2008) [1].

    * Ranked #2 in patent litigation in the United States by IP Law & Business (November 2008) [1].

    * Honored by Managing Intellectual Property in 2008 as one of the leading law firms in the United States. Fish was named the top U.S. law firm for life sciences/biotech work.


    * Named in the 2008 "The Appellate Hot List" by The National Law Journal.


    * Represents 11 of the top 25 World's Most Innovative Companies, as identified in a Spring 2007 Business Week survey.


    * Named Top IP law firm in the country in 2007 Corporate Counsel Magazine.


    * Ranked as the number one patent litigation firm in the country for the past six years by IP Law & Business.

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    Image of dont-forget-where-you-came-from-cheese mac dont-forget-where-you-came-from-cheese mac
    06/24/09

    @techstar25: +1
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    Image of Nice Beaver Nice Beaver
    06/24/09

    @techstar25: F&R is the best IP firm in the country, but I don't know if SportzFoosyun has this one in the bag. I can't tell from Steve Barlow's comments whether or not SkortzFuziyn sold its rights back to the HOF after the January 2008 request to "renegotiate." The series of events, as described by Mr. Barlow, seems to go like this: IP rights purchased from HOF; idea presented to Nike; Nike said "no"; HOF called to get out of its contract with SnorksFunions; [UNCLEAR]; Nike announces Jordan HOF line. The statement is vague, and I have the feeling it's not by accident.
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    Image of Juancho Juancho
    06/24/09

    In reply to Sportswear Company Outplays Nike, Loses Anyway
    Deadspin LLC was just summoned from their respective basements of their parents' homes by the LAWSymbol: a searchlight beaming against the night sky the logo of a lawyer chasing an ambulance.
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    Image of Hatey McLife Hatey McLife
    06/24/09

    In reply to Sportswear Company Outplays Nike, Loses Anyway
    This is the biggest failure involving SportsFuzion since the Bikini Atoll Beach Volleyball Tournament.
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    Image of ClueHeywood ClueHeywood
    06/24/09

    In reply to Sportswear Company Outplays Nike, Loses Anyway
    Won't SportsFuzion think of the children? The poor, nimble-fingered Cambodian children?
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    Image of the earl of weaver the earl of weaver
    06/24/09

    In reply to Sportswear Company Outplays Nike, Loses Anyway
    ...people will buy anything even remotely associated with Michael Jordan.


    Psssh. That's not true.


    /closes medicine cabinet with 13 year old bottle of Jordan cologne inside

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    Image of ClintonPortishead ClintonPortishead
    06/24/09

    In reply to Sportswear Company Outplays Nike, Loses Anyway
    the Hall of Fame suddenly decides they don't want to be in business with SportsFuzion


    That's cold.

     Reply
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    Image of Karlifornia Karlifornia
    06/24/09

    In reply to Sportswear Company Outplays Nike, Loses Anyway
    This is the most important SportsFuzion since Chang and Eng Bunker played doubles tennis.
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    Image of ScientificMapp ScientificMapp
    06/24/09

    @Karlifornia: Those goofy bastards were great. They married two different women, you know.
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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    06/24/09

    @ScientificMapp: Sisters, no less. And had 21 children between them...so to speak.


    One of the kids was...I'm willing to guess...the only Confederate soldier during The Civil War of Thai Conjoined Twin parentage.


    I actually used to know some of their descendants. Many still live in the same part of N.C. where the Bunker's retired. Seriously, good stuff.

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    Image of MarkKelsosMigraine MarkKelsosMigraine
    06/24/09

    In reply to Sportswear Company Outplays Nike, Loses Anyway
    I thought Tommy Craggs was the only DS editor who could write angry, sarcastic screeds about litigation that has even the slightest, tangential relation to sports?


    Guess I was wrong.


    Fuck Nike.

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    Image of ScientificMapp ScientificMapp
    06/24/09

    In reply to Sportswear Company Outplays Nike, Loses Anyway
    SportsFuzion is represented in this matter by Fish & Richardson, the largest intellectual property law firm in the world.


    Man, this firm really took the bait on this one, looking to land a big payday. I don't see it panning out.

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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    06/24/09

    @ScientificMapp: I imagine they'll run out of energy and give up on commerce entirely when they get the first bill.


    (Why should Fish have all the fun?)

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    Image of Gourmet Spud Gourmet Spud
    06/24/09

    In reply to Sportswear Company Outplays Nike, Loses Anyway
    I look forward to their line of "SportsFuzion LawZuits" businesswear.
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