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Bookmarks save entire pages...Clipmarks save the specific content that matters to you!en-ushttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/70D6BCE8-0A7F-46A4-90FC-B7724B560C8E/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/philos/">philos</a><br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://adweek.blogs.com/adfreak/2006/07/corporate_spons.html" title="http://adweek.blogs.com/adfreak/2006/07/corporate_spons.html">adweek.blogs.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/philos/512/D597D7BF-63B4-4431-80BB-86ED68DEFDA9.gif" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H3>Corporate sponsors not fleeing from Zidane </H3></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P><A href="http://adweek.blogs.com/photos/uncategorized/zidanelego2.jpg"><IMG width="200" height="217" border="0" src="http://adweek.blogs.com/adfreak/images/zidanelego2.jpg" title="Zidanelego2" alt="Zidanelego2" /></A> The major sponsors of Zinedine Zidane, including Adidas and Danone, are <A href="http://today.reuters.com/stocks/QuoteCompanyNewsArticle.aspx?view=CN&storyID=2006-07-11T170335Z_01_L11265927_RTRIDST_0_MEDIA-ZIDANE-SPONSORS.XML&rpc=66">pledging to stick by the French soccer star</A> despite his absurd head-butt in the World Cup final. But what about Marco Materazzi’s sponsors, if he has any? There’s no word so far, but surely they couldn’t be happy with him allegedly calling Zidane a “terrorist” or saying something about his mother or sister. For his part, the Italian player is defending himself by claiming not to even know the definition of “Islamic terrorist.” That may be troubling too, though, for any corporation that wants its endorser to project a worldly image. Granted, Marco was not yet a teenager in 1985 when terrorists sprayed Rome’s airport with bullets during the holidays. But dude, what about London’s transit system, or Madrid’s for that matter. Ring any bells? Of course, perhaps Materazzi is innocent. (Maybe he called Zidane a butt-head, and Zidane answered in the affirmative.) All may be revealed eventually. In the meantime, enjoy this photo from Flickr’s <A href="http://flickr.com/photos/kaptainkobold/185784735/">Kaptain Kobold</A> (via <A href="http://blog.coolz0r.com/2006/07/11/zidane/">Coolz0r</A>), which takes on an added resonance when you realize that Zidane used to be sponsored by Lego. </P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><EM>—Posted by Steve McClellan </EM></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P class="posted"> July 11, 2006 | <A href="http://adweek.blogs.com/adfreak/2006/07/corporate_spons.html">Permalink</A> </P></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/mundial/" rel="tag">mundial</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/zidanne/" rel="tag">zidanne</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/soccer/" rel="tag">soccer</a></div>http://adweek.blogs.com/adfreak/2006/07/corporate_spons.htmlTue, 11 Jul 2006 23:34:51 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/2BA2F1DF-4CA9-4642-A6CC-2263E87F5168/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/philos/">philos</a><br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://blog.outer-court.com/archive/2006-07-04.html" title="http://blog.outer-court.com/archive/2006-07-04.html">blog.outer-court.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/philos/512/199E6A4D-5C9B-4838-8ACF-FEE0EF9AE6F5.png" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>According to <A href="http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/0,1518,425057,00.html">German Spiegel</A>, some pranksters are putting 10 kilo heavy concrete footballs all around Berlin, like near football festivities. Next to the so far 8 footballs, which are all chained to lamp posts and such, pink graffiti reads: “Can u kick it?” Two male twenty-somethings so far couldn’t resist and tried to kick the ball... and went straight to hospital. The police is investigating.</P></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/mundial/" rel="tag">mundial</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/soccer/" rel="tag">soccer</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/football/" rel="tag">football</a></div>http://blog.outer-court.com/archive/2006-07-04.htmlWed, 05 Jul 2006 11:02:01 GMT