“New Ford Fusion Sport gives owners of German sedans 380 reasons to change their lederhosen.”
— headline in a Ford press release today, promoting its Fusion sedan in a bid to attract fans of more expensive German cars. (Lederhosen are traditional Bavarian leather pants common at Oktoberfest events.)
“Adidas has never, one time gotten me a basketball player in my 15 years. . . . They don’t promote their schools to recruits. Maybe it’s more because they are a European outfit, but Adidas has never one time directed a player my way.”
— University of Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino, speaking to The Courier-Journal and other media outlets about the school’s sticking with a five-year endorsement contract where Adidas pays U of L a combined $39 million.
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The contract helps pay Pitino’s huge annual salary: $5.1 million next year vs. $4.4 million this year. He’s also due $7.5 million in retention bonuses kicking in every three years starting in 2017. All told, his 10-year contract is worth $50.9 million in salary, according to the CJ.
“We have loyal people who come year after year and I have the pleasure of talking to people from all over the country and that is so much fun. Oklahoma, Texas, New York!”
— Wilma Barnstable, 83-year-old matriarch of the Barnstable family, in W magazine after Friday’s annual Barnstable-Brown Derby party.
Related: Both of Tiger Woods’ exes made the party rounds Derby weekend — and organizers were ordered to keep the two blondes apart (Fox News).
“We never have gone to one of these parties because we’re usually stressing the night before. This year, we’re just relaxed, chilled and enjoying the moment.”
— celebrated white-haired horse trainer Bob Baffert, speaking to The Courier-Journal about attending the first Vanity Fair derby party at 21c Museum Hotel Friday night.
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“New Ford Fusion Sport gives owners of German sedans 380 reasons to change their lederhosen.”
“Adidas has never, one time gotten me a basketball player in my 15 years. . . . They don’t promote their schools to recruits. Maybe it’s more because they are a European outfit, but Adidas has never one time directed a player my way.”
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