If you've been reading blogs for awhile, you almost certainly know about the crazy yet genius Free Darko. Well Adidas has also recognized the site's brilliance, and has decided to use some of Bethlehem Shoals' illustrations that he used in "The Macrophenomenal Pro Basketball Almanac", and turn them into a commercial. Here's a look at the Dwight Howard and Derrick Rose spots....

Kobe has another "Ankle Insurance" spot on Youtube out today, and while the first one was entertaining, I think this one bests the original. Kobe first talks about the "One Thousand, One Hundred Million and Two, One Hundred Thousand" ankles that will be broken and then, playground legend Deion Wilcox, explains how to file a claim and "get back on your feet". Via NESW Sports....

Kobe has another viral video up on Youtube for his shoes, and this one is actually pretty funny. Kobe is selling ankle insurance for people who go up against the Kobe IVs, and not only is he riding a horse in the beginning, but there's even a website for broken ankles called NotMyBrokenAnkles.com....

So the newest Jordans were unveiled yesterday, and shoe addicts everywhere swooned. Well for some reason, ESPN decided to put a glorified commercial for the product before Top Plays, and SC's Josh Elliott took umbrage with the nonsensical spot. Here's the clip...

So, I got this clip forwarded to me from a couple of different PR firms, and thought I would share it with you to end the day. It's of a commercial which stars various Sports and Entertainment Stars (Kevin Garnett, David Beckham, Missy Elliot), and for some reason they're calling each other up on their cell phones and talking about some sort of party. Here's the spot....

Obviously with the mass amount of ads that Nike produces not all are going to be winners but I think they've got another hit with this one. This is the "Courage" ad you'll be seeing all throughout the Olympics....

We usually do a good of promoting everyone else's events and goings on in this here blogosphere and more often than not those things are pretty noteworthy. Well CNBC's Darren Rovell (a blogger himself....technically) was recently tabbed to take a look into the brand that is NIKE, and sent me and advanced copy of the program airing tomorrow.

I promised Rovell that I wouldn't hold any punches back when reviewing the documentary, and here's what you need to know......It's amazing.

There are interviews with Phil Knight, Jordan, Lebron, Tiger Woods, and Charles Barkley to name a few, but it's the history of Nike and a look inside it's labor turnaround that make it that much more entertaining. Via CNBC's press release....

Rovell takes viewers on a ride through Nike's history... from the company's chaotic start in 1962 as Blue Ribbon Sports to its current sports dominance. In a rare interview, Nike co-founder Phil Knight tells CNBC how the Nike name was conceived and how he paid a design student the grand sum of 35 dollars to design the signature "swoosh" logo now recognizable around the world. "Swoosh! Inside Nike" also gives viewers an inside look into the story of the groundbreaking advertising that made Nike famous. Dan Wieden, the driving force behind the genius of ad firm Wieden + Kennedy, as well as the athletes who made the ads famous-Tiger Woods, LeBron James and Charles Barkley-reveal how the ads came about.

Looks like I botched the shoes photo....the ones I showed were not the right ones. So here they are in all their glory.