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NIKE, WOODS BENEFITED FROM CONTROVERSIAL AD, STUDY SAYS

April 12, 2010 by · Leave a Comment 

A clip from a 2005 interview with the late Earl Woods, Tiger Woods’s father, showing that Nike had manipulated his words to make it appear that he was addressing his son, spread virally over the Internet on Friday, but it left Nike undamaged. In fact, the New York Times pointed out on Sunday that the […]

ABC SAYS NIKE TOOK WOODS’S FATHER’S REMARKS OUT OF CONTEXT

April 9, 2010 by · 2 Comments 

ABC News has disclosed that the current Nike commercial which features the voice of Tiger Woods’s father, the late Earl Woods, seemingly addressing him from beyond the grave — several commentators have described it as creepy — was taken entirely out of context. The network on Thursday posted a clip of the original interview on […]

WOODS RETURNS IN NIKE AD

April 8, 2010 by · Leave a Comment 

Tiger Woods is not only returning to the links today (Thursday) for the start of the Masters golf tournament in Augusta, GA, but he is also returning to television in a commercial for Nike. According to a description of the spot by Reuters, it is an odd commercial that appears aimed more at restoring Woods’s […]