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The Trainer 1 is an innovative new lightweight training shoe that combines Nike’s training heritage with the latest innovation and design technology. So I hear. I’m just the messenger. I haven’t actually tried these shoes yet. But Adrian Peterson has and he likes them:

“The Nike Trainer 1s are extremely comfortable and the flexibility is awesome. I’ve already started wearing them for my training drills and for weight room workouts. It’s an amazing performance shoe that will give me an edge on the playing field.”

Of course, AD’s getting paid to say that but I’ll take his word for it. Anyway, as part of the launch event in Southern California today, the aforementioned Nike athletes led more than 50 local SoCal youth from all sports in a comprehensive training workout. Hopefully, they got some free shoes to take home. If not, they certainly got some great memories. For those who want to check out the shoes for themselves, the Nike Trainer 1 will be available in the U.S. beginning July 1 with a suggested retail price of 90 bucks.

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“I have been using Twitter for the last few months and find it an excellent way to communicate directly with fans,” said Courier, who can be found at www.twitter.com/jimcourier. “It will be quite a unique experience to use Twitter on change-overs and provide fans and followers some unique perspectives on in-match thought processes and perspectives.”

Courier and McEnroe are opening the match at 7 pm EST. This is their first time to face each other in New York since the 1992 U.S. Open. After this match, Courier will pair with Anna Kournikova in mixed doubles against McEnroe and Tracy Austin.

“My match with John is not a sanctioned match and not part of the Outback Champions Series circuit so this allows me to have some fun with Twitter,” said Courier. “I will be tweeting my thoughts on changeovers but won’t be answering any questions until after the match is concluded. It should be fun experimenting with this and I’m looking forward to the feedback that the Tweeters will no doubt provide.”

Tickets for Turning Stone’s “Legendary Night” are priced at $35 – $100 and are available by calling the Turning Stone Box Office at 361.SHOW or toll free at 1.877.833.SHOW. The Turning Stone Box Office is open daily from 10am to 8pm. Tickets can also be purchased at any Ticketmaster location or online at ticketmaster.com. Overnight accommodation packages can be purchased by calling 1-800-771-7711.

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Jim Courier to Twitter During Match with John McEnroe

Segments and Matches covered in Part Two:
Edge talking with Chavo Guerrero
Michelle McCool def. Layla El
A wedding planning Vickie Guerrero summons ref Charles Robinson to her evil lair
Vladimir Kozlov def. Jamie Noble
Kane def. MVP

How many ways did Vickie Guerrero take advantage of her situation on tonight’s SmackDown. How many horrible things did she do over the span of two hours. Let us count the ways and rate the level of badness from Bad to Really Really Really Really Bad.
Click here for Bad Things #1 through #6.
Click Here for Bad Thing #12 through #16.
Click Here for Bad Thing #17 through #20

Bad Thing #7) She hasn’t done anything yet. BUT, Edge tells Chavo that Vickie is “going to take care of Charles Robinson (the ref who tossed Chavo from ringside during the Bam Neely-Matt Hardy match).” La Familia really likes to complain about refs, don’t they? Sort of like John McEnroe. (See photo)
jabandgrapple.com comment: What could this mean? Whatever it is it is going to be dastardly.
Level of Badness: Really Really Bad with the promise of being Really really really really bad.

Bad Thing #8) Vickie does some wedding planning between matches and WITHOUT Edge.
jabandgrapple.com comment: This is some really bad timing. Wedding planning must take center stage in your life and cannot be interrupted by work necessities. Also, the fact that she’s not including Edge in her nuptial thoughts indicates that the two are in for a rocky marital future. You must do these things together.
Level of Badness: Really Really Bad.

Bad Thing #9) Vickie summons referee Charles Robinson, tells him that his officiating is “biased” and that he continuously tried to “help the Undertaker”. She notes that even though he’s a single father that he must “experience what it’s like to be a WWE superstar for objectivity’s sake.” He must compete tonight in the ring.
jabandgrapple.com comment: This is definitely a cruel and bad thing. Charles is a hard working man raising kids on his own. He shouldn’t have to face a pro athlete in the ring. Nevertheless he could be facing Colin Delaney and that wouldn’t be so bad at all.
Level of Badness: Really Really Really Bad.

Bad Thing #10) Vickie books Vladimir Kozlov to fight yet another below par wrestler. This time it’s tiny Jamie Noble.
jabandgrapple.com comment: We like Kozlov’s head butt finishing move but he needs to wrestler someone good soon.
Level of Badness: Really Really Bad.

Bad Thing #11) She makes MVP fight Kane.
jabandgrapple.com comment: In Part One we liked this matchup because an MVP-Kane feud would be MVP to ECW in the WWE Draft. Alas, MVP didn’t do so well in this bout and cowardly got counted out for spending too much time outside the ring. After the match Mark Henry put a beatdown on Kane.
Level of Badness: Bad. This match was bad but it wasn’t Vickie’s fault.

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Vickie Guerrero Must Be Stopped Part Two