At the end of 2010, Sneaker Freaker, a US-based magazine for the fans and professionals of sportswear, joined its efforts with Puma in paying tribute to the legends of the past. On December 10, the brands officially presented a unique hardcover dubbed The Clyde Book paying homage to perhaps one of the most iconic creations of Puma of all times—the Clyde sneakers.

The mission of the book is to demonstrate how a pair of sportshoes outgrows its original designation to become an iconic attribute of the epoch and the generation. The book proves that shoes may have a long and rich history and leave their mark not only on the ground of the city streets, but in the national culture as well.

Amway North America announced that it has signed world class distance runner Kara Goucher to represent NUTRILITE® exclusively from Amway. The brand is a sponsor of the Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon series—races held in cities around the country that incorporate miles with music. Goucher will represent the brand at several of these races, speaking at race events, and appearing at the mobile brand experience during race weekend. Her name and likeness also will appear online and in print in various NUTRILITE marketing collateral.

Nike loves innovation, both in technology and design fields, and is always here to engage its fans in creating something completely fresh. The brand, which has been allowing its consumers to customize their sportswear for quite a long time within its NikeID project, is about to continue to the new level by launching the iDNation, which is described as “a community for creative individuals to get inspired, customize, and make some fans.”

adidas has kicked off a new a viral campaign, which is focused on ‘boot kidnapping.’ In mid-December, a ‘thief’ stole a bunch of sport shoes adizero from the ‘temple’ of the brand, its HQ in Germany, and took them to some secret location. Now, adidas and several sport celebrities are asking public to help them find the poor shoes to literally save them from shoe death (the fast sneakers just can’t be stored in gritty basements).

Following a review of more than 5,600 creative submissions Doritos and Pepsi MAX revealed the names of the 10 finalists in the Crash the Super Bowl challenge. These 10 finalists will go on to compete to be one of six consumer-created ads—three for Doritos and three for Pepsi MAX—airing during the Super Bowl XLV broadcast, February 6, on FOX.

MINI is expanding its cooperation with Red Bull by becoming a partner of Red Bull Crashed Ice, where groups of four athletes on ice skates plunge down an ice cross downhill track some five metres wide and peppered with bumps, jumps and banked turns. This innovative and—in every sense—cool winter sports events comprises four events. The races take place on an artificial ice cross downhill track specially created for each event and extending to around 350 metres in length. As in 2010, the venue for the season opener on 15 January 2011 is the Olympiapark in Munich.

Nike has something in-store to impress and engage its fans in January 2011. The iconic sportswear brand is announcing its new groundbreaking project designed to combine the world of football and interactive movie. Is it possible? It will be with the ‘I AM PLAYR’ game, which will enable players to experience the life of a superstar striker just as he does it.

Coors Light is grabbing a piece of the Super Bowl XLV spotlight—and shining it on the fans. Beginning now and running through February 6  the official beer sponsor of the NFL and Super Bowl XLV is encouraging legal-drinking-age-consumers to ‘Snap, Send, Score’ for a chance to win unthinkable access to the biggest football game of the year and other great prizes.

This summer, Cadbury, the official sponsor of the upcoming London Olympic and Paralympic Games 2012, announced a massive campaign entitled ‘Spots v Stripes’ for the UK to promote its involvements into the international sports event. Back then, the company launched a website dedicated to the promotion and announced that it would kick off both online and offline activities. As part of the national movement, the brand released 100 GPS-activated balls in the UK and encouraged participants of the campaign to help the balls travel across the country.

To celebrate the success of the Red Bull racing team at Formula 1 Championship, the producer of energy drink unveiled a new 473ml Champions Edition can featuring the portraits of two champion drivers of Red Bull team, Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber. By displaying the portraits of the racing drivers on the limited edition cans, Red Bull plans to boost the sales of the drinks especially by targeting F1 fans.