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  S Friday Flashback: John Wooden Basketball Encounter 

  12:22 pm on March 13, 2009
  Tags: 1 NCAA, 347 division, Adidas (2), Basketball Encounter, basketball team (2), Boston College, John Wooden, Marquette (3), Nike, Reebok   
  Category: Company Events, New Converse Trends

  March Madness is in full swing, I am sitting here watching Minnesota play Michigan State and I about to turn it over and watch my Kentucky Wildcats play LSU.  Yesterday while teaching 7th grade social studies I made a deal with the students that if they could stay quite for 5 minutes then I would turn the radio on.  Of course this was just an easy way to get them quite and to listen to Kentucky play Ole Miss on the radio. (More …)

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  The Converse Blog: Converse Wade 4, Converse Suspend Technology, Wade 4 Commercial 

  12:36 pm on October 27, 2008
  Tags: Converse Icon, Converse shoe (2), Converse Suspend Technology, Nike   
  Category: New Converse Trends

  What a day, I finally get to let the cat out of the bag about the Wade 4. I am more excited for this Wade release than any other, with the only exception possibly being the first Wade. Why, might you ask? The answer is simple, the brand new Converse Suspend Technology makes its debut in the Wade 4. For the first time since the end of the Converse Icon, a Converse shoe will have an honest to goodness cushioning technology. (More …)

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  The Converse Blog: Welcome to Converse John Hoke and Chris Manley 

  1:18 pm on January 29, 2008
  Tags: Chris Manley, converse (52), Converse brand (2), Global Footwear Design, Hugo Boss, John Hoke, Nike, Varvatos line, Vice President   
  Category: Company Events

  BEAVERTON, Ore. (28 January, 2008) — Nike (NYSE:NKE) announced today that John Hoke, Vice President of Global Footwear Design for the Nike brand, is moving into the newly created role of Vice President, Global Footwear, for Converse, responsible for the brand’s global footwear product management, design, development and innovation. (More …)

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