In Detroit, Karen Talaski reports that sales of Univ.
of MI and MI State Univ. merchandise have "stagnated without
a red-hot rivalry" between the schools' football teams. But
"basketball is another story." MSU Licensing Program
Manager Terry Livermore said that following the men's
basketball team's national championship, "Our business is up
100 percent over the past two years." Livermore added that
the "boost in revenues is also due to MSU's new relationship
with Nike," as the first nine months of 2000 have "already
topped" the $1M in royalty revenues the school earned last
year (DETROIT NEWS, 10/18)....Denver area sporting goods
execs are saying that the retro-orange Broncos jerseys being
sold in the market are "a part of Nike's alternate jersey
series made for retail outlets." Latest sales figures from
SportsTrend.Info for licensed NFL merchandise show that the
league's "top-selling merchandise" for the week ended
October 8 was Nike's No. 24 Charles Woodson Raiders silver
alternate jersey (ROCKY MTN NEWS, 10/17)....Golfer Angela
Stanford, a four-time All-American, signed a rep deal with
MN-based Signature Sports Group (GOLF WORLD BUS., 10/16).