The Marty McFly-tastic Nike MAG eBay auction (dubbed "Back 4 the Future" given its Back to the Future tie-in) has ended, with impressive results as a fundraiser for Michael J. Fox's foundation.

During the 10 day period of the auction, all 1,500 pairs of shoes were sold, many to millionaires (check out Kanye West's B4TF kicks) to be sure, but all for a great cause.

Stupiddope.com reports that the final tally raised at auction was $5,695,190 and 53 cents — for which Sergey Bin, Co-Founder of Google, is matching dollar for dollar. That $11 million will now see its way to the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research.

But don't fret all you sneaker fans out there, because although the shoe may have been out of reach for many, there is more memorabilia going around to hopefully satisfy that craving.Continue reading...

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Miami Heat superstar/anti-hero LeBron James may not have gone to college, but his Nike-branded gear is about to.

The South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports that James and Nike have signed a deal with the University of Miami, University of Kentucky, and Ohio State University that will have their men’s basketball teams wearing LeBron/Nike-branded uniforms this coming season.

The Sun-Sentinel points out that this is one way that James is emulating Michael Jordan, whose alma mater, the University of North Carolina, has a deal that suits its men’s basketball players in Jordan-branded duds. (Jordan may have fewer schools wearing his stuff, but he’s still got more championships to his name with six to LeBron’s zero.)

“James' sponsorship and support of the Hurricanes should generate interest in a program that has continually lacked fan support,” the newspaper notes.

This comes on the heels of the news that LeBron’s marketability scores, as tracked by Davie Brown, have taken a post-season (and post-loss) hit.Continue reading...

Angelina Jolie was paid as much as $10 million as the new face of Louis Vuitton, above. LeBron James signed a $90 million deal with Nike when he was still in high school. Rapper 50 Cent negotiated a executive office with Vitamin Water and raked in tens of millions of dollars upon endorsing it. Catherine Zeta-Jones got paid $20 million to endorse T-Mobile (and that was before her contract extension and raise).

Everywhere you turn people who play doctors on TV and every other celebrity you can name are telling us what to buy and where to buy it.

However, a new study from Adweek/Harris Interactive shows that consumers don’t give a rip if a celebrity is telling them to buy a product or not.Continue reading...

Dirk Nowitzki has spent 13 seasons toiling for the Dallas Mavericks and has finally brought his team its first NBA championship. Time to cash in with some big-dollar endorsement deals, right?

Well, no. Nowitzki, who was voted the MVP of the Finals as his team snuffed out the supposedly unstoppable LeBron James and the Miami Heat, is one of the few players in the NBA to not have an agent or business manager, according to Bloomberg. Nowitzki has only done one endorsement deal in his career with Nike, and he's not looking to cash in now.Continue reading...

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Colombia coffee growers create logo to woo Chinese from tea to lattes.

Comcast buys Blackstone's stake in Universal's Orlando parks.Continue reading...