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Under Armour Inc. is a Baltimore-based company that manufactures and sells performance athletic apparel designed to wick sweat away from the body. Under Armour gear -- including shirts, jackets, socks, gloves, headwear and cleats -- was orginally marketed to football players, but the distinct Under Armour logo is now sported by athletes in all sports. The company has specific lines aimed at youth athletes and women and also sells light-weight apparel for cold weather known as Under Armour ColdGear. Under Armour was founded in 1996 by Kevin Plank, a former football player for the University of Maryland, who was looking for an alternative to the heavy, sweat-drenched cotton T-shirt he wore und...
Under Armour Inc. is a Baltimore-based company that manufactures and sells performance athletic apparel designed to wick sweat away from the body. Under Armour gear -- including shirts, jackets, socks, gloves, headwear and cleats -- was orginally marketed to football players, but the distinct Under Armour logo is now sported by athletes in all sports. The company has specific lines aimed at youth athletes and women and also sells light-weight apparel for cold weather known as Under Armour ColdGear. Under Armour was founded in 1996 by Kevin Plank, a former football player for the University of Maryland, who was looking for an alternative to the heavy, sweat-drenched cotton T-shirt he wore under his football jersey. In his first year, 1996, Plank sold about $17,000 worth of items; in 2006, the company's revenue exceeded $467 million. Under Armour gained popularity with a 2002 commercial in which a muscle-bound football player implored teammates to "protect this house!" The catch-phrase became a rallying cry for athletes, including the Baltimore Ravens, and helped propel Under Armour into the big leagues of sportswear sales alongside Nike, Reebok and others. Under Armour became a publicly traded company in 2005 and is listed on the Nasdaq stock market. In 2007, Under Armour opened its first retail store, in Annapolis, Md.
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Winning Is Par For The Course For Alliance Golfer
Staff WriterAlliance Ohio - Tiana Jones says she started playing golf when she was three. "After my dad put me in a high chair I wanted to play golf, I was like practicing every day" Her father, Paul Jones, says his wife was a club champion for 19 years and he...Tags: Ohio State University
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Terps say their new quarterback 'can do it'
Jamarr Robinson didn't see Maryland quarterback Chris Turner go down.
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UCF-adidas 'shoegate' flap might end up in court
Sentinel Staff WriterThe impact of UCF's messy divorce from adidas still is being calculated. The university is awaiting official word that its relationship with the shoe company is over. Adidas informed the Orlando Sentinel on Wednesday night that it was ending its long-...Tags: NBA, Colleges and Universities, Shoes, Kirk Speraw, Academic Progress
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Nike's Phil Knight can save the day for UCF Knights
It is time for the white Knight — Phil Knight — to swoosh in on his giant pair of Air Jordans and rescue UCF from the tyranny of adidas.
It is the least Knight, the chairman of Nike, can do after adidas punted earlier this week on the $3...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Shoes, Tim Tebow, Kirk Speraw, Clothing and Textiles Industry
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A wrenching choice
For more than a century, Black & Decker has been a part of the Maryland business community, and so this week's announcement that a planned merger with rival toolmaker The Stanley Works will mean the loss of a corporate headquarters and 250 high-paying...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Business Enterprises, Biotechnology Industry, Stanley Works, Black & Decker
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Under Armour 3Q profit up on apparel, footwear sales
Baltimore sports apparel company Under Armour said Tuesday morning that third quarter profit increased because of sales of apparel and footwear. Net income rose 2 percent to $26.2 million, or 52 cents per share, for the quarter ended Sept. 30. That was...Tags: Sales
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Terps to don camo in tribute to vets
The Associated PressThe Maryland football team will wear uniforms with camouflage designs for its game against Virginia Tech on Nov. 14, three days after Veterans Day. An announcement was scheduled Tuesday by Maryland and South Carolina, which is planning a similar...Tags: Virginia Tech, Veterans Day
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Friedgen will discuss QB plans with Turner
- Maryland coach Ralph Friedgen said Tuesday that he is worried senior quarterback Chris Turner misunderstood comments the coach made indicating he might play two of his younger quarterbacks this season.
"I'm going to talk to Chris. I think he...Tags: U.S. Military, Colleges and Universities, Maryland Terrapins, Virginia Tech, Ralph Friedgen
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Under Armour shares fall over 11%
Shares of Baltimore sports apparel company Under Armour fell more than 11 percent Tuesday over concern that sales would be soft for the rest of the year as the company deals with a weak economy and faces increased expenses from beefing up its innovation...Tags: Finance, Tom Shaw, New York Stock Exchange, Stock Market, Sales
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A new era begins for Chicago Cubs
Tribune reporterAs the Ricketts family spoke publicly for the first time Friday after officially taking over the Chicago National League Ball Club this week, a new era of Cubs baseball is being ushered in on the North Side. Team Chairman Tom Ricketts, along with...Tags: Ryan Dempster, Family, Major League Baseball, Thomas Ricketts, Tribune Company
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