May 21st, 2012
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May 21st, 2012
Posted: 06:54 PM ET May 20, 2012
By Will Brinson | Senior NFL Blogger
When Tim Tebow was traded to New York, some folks believed it was a marketing ploy by the Jets. Others saw a marketing opportunity for themselves. Like CubbyTees.com, who fired up a “My Jesus” parody shirt (see: above) to play off of Tebow’s faith and team.
Tebow wasn’t happy about the shirt and sent a cease-and-desist letter to CubbyTees.com. Kevin Doolan of Cubby Tees basically laughed off the legal action, which may explain why the NFL is reportedly coming after the shirt company.
According to Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com, the NFL is taking steps to end the company’s production of the shirts and sent their own cease-and-desist letter late last week, citing the “apparent infringement of the Jets logo” as the reason for shutting the “My Jesus” shirts down.
And as Florio points out, if CubbyTees.com decides not to cease production, the NFL’s not scared to flex its legal muscles. They’ll probably have a pretty good case, too, since the shirt’s description makes it clear that the company is targeting the Jets logo, even if they don’t exactly say that.
“This fun design is not officially endorsed by New York’s backup quarterback or the Son of God, but plays off the themes of Tebow’s faith and his new team – borrowing from the J-E-T-S to promote J-E-S-U-S, with a fish for a football, and “MY” replacing “NY” with a color scheme that will be familiar to Jets fans,” the description on CubbyTees.com reads.
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May 21st, 2012
The NFL has taken steps to shut down the sale of T-shirts featuring the words “MY Jesus” in a design similar to the New York Jets logo, which the manufacturers admit were produced to reference quarterback Tim Tebow‘s strong Christian faith.
The NFL sent the company, CubbyTees.com, a cease-and-desist-letter last week, NBC Sports reported Sunday, citing sources. If the company does not comply, the league will reportedly take legal action.
It was reported last week that Tebow’s lawyers had sent a cease-and-desist letter to CubbyTees.com because the shirts gave the impression their client endorsed the product.
However, the website’s bosses told TMZ they would not back down, saying the T-shirt design “shares nothing with Mr. Tebow except for promotion of a common Lord and Savior.”
According to NBC Sports, the NFL has a much stronger case than Tebow because the shirt does not infringe on his name, likeness, or any intellectual property, copyrights or trademarks he owns, but it is an apparent infringement against the Jets logo.
On its website, the company says the T-shirt’s “fun design is not officially endorsed by New York’s backup quarterback or the Son of God, but plays off the themes of Tebow’s faith and his new team — borrowing from the J-E-T-S to promote J-E-S-U-S, with a fish for a football, and “MY” replacing “NY” with a color scheme that will be familiar to Jets fans.”
The T-shirts are still for sale on the company’s website.
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May 19th, 2012
It was a day of solidarity at Southport Middle School Thursday. Students and staff wore white t-shirts in an effort to take a stand against bullying.
It was all part of a nationwide effort called the Million T-Shirt March, to raise awareness against bullying and break a world record in the process.
“I think it is really cool because when you are going down the hall, all you saw were white shirts everywhere,” said 7th-grader Dylan Puckett. “It is really cool to see everyone wearing the same shirt.”
Puckett was one of the 1,200 students and staff who donned the white t-shirts. The hope is the increased awareness will put an end to the epidemic.
The lasting effect of bullying has been heartbreaking. Students Billy Lucas of Greensburg and Tori Swoape of Bloomington took their own lives, a direct result of being picked on repeatedly. IPS student Dynasty Young took matters into his own hands by bringing a stun-gun to school to protect himself.
“We should have protected our children,” said Young.
Puckett said he has been a victim too.
“Yeah, I have been bullied. Last year I got bullied,” said Puckett.
He said it was a painful experience.
“It made me really angry inside that nobody would bother helping,” said Puckett.
Puckett hopes the shirts of solidarity will let victims know they are not alone.
“It makes them feel like somebody has their back,” said Puckett. “Everybody is equal. I think it is nice.”
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May 19th, 2012
Just in case you missed our small item on it yesterday, buried within a mountain of other news, Mike Carp says the Greg Halman t-shirts should be ready for sale at Mariners Team Stores next month.
Carp has to get the shirt re-designed from an original version that included a Jackie Robinson quote, since representatives of Robinson’s estate declined permission for it to be used. There was some confusion when Carp spoke yesterday and said it was the Jackie Robinson Foundation that had declined use of the quote, but that was incorrect, since the foundation awards scholarships to minority students to attend college and has no relationship with Robinson’s estate, nor legal say on any licensing issues involving the ex-ballplayer or use of his name.
So, it was representatives of Robinson’s estate that won’t allow the quote to be used, which is why there has been a three-month delay in getting the shirts into stores. It took a while for a decision to be sent back to the Mariners.
Long story short, Carp plans to bring the new design idea — minus the quote — to his t-shirt manufacturing friend in the Anaheim, Calif. area when the Mariners play the Angels early next month. After that, he said, they should be ready to go.
Carp had planned to donate proceeds from shirt sales to Halman’s family, which incurred funeral expenses and have ongoing legal costs associated with Jason Halman, younger brother of Greg, who was arrested for the ballplayer’s November killing. Jason Halman remains in custody and under psychiatric evaluation in The Netherlands.
For now, Carp said that plan still remains in effect. But he and others are also looking into the possibility of having a Greg Halman statue erected at Cheney Stadium in Tacoma.
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May 17th, 2012
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May 17th, 2012
TAMPA — The City Council today will consider another $829,000 in police purchases for the Republican National Convention, most of it for gas masks.
As proposed, the city would pay:
• $518,460 for 1,400 gas masks and accessories, including 20 “voice projection units.” The supplier, Dawson Associates of Lawrenceville, Ga., was the lower of two bidders.
• $225,063 for 225 tactical communications headsets, plus accessories and three days of training. This gear is different from the police radios the city already plans to buy for the convention, and it comes with plug-in radio adapters. The manufacturer, CavCom, specializes in two-way communications gear for workers who are in noisy places or who have to wear gas masks. The supplier is Safeware Inc. of Landover, Md., which already is selling the city $1.9 million in helmets, face shields, body armor and other protective gear for the convention.
• $85,580 for 17,400 short- and long-sleeved, all-cotton printed T-shirts to outfit the coalition of local and out-of-town officers working the convention. The supplier is Tampa T-Shirts, which has an existing contract to supply work clothing for the city.
Money for the purchases would come from Tampa’s $50 million federal convention security grant. If approved, they would bring the running total on city spending for convention security to more than $15.5 million.
The council’s vote is scheduled for the same day it is expected to take a second and final vote on an ordinance establishing ground rules for protesters at the convention.
One of those rules is a ban on protesters carrying gas masks inside the city’s proposed “Event Zone,” which covers downtown, Ybor City and several neighboring areas. City officials say the ban is needed because if police use tear gas to clear an area, allowing demonstrators to wear gas masks could force officers to resort to even harsher methods.
But critics, including at least one council member, have questioned the ban, saying that innocent bystanders who aren’t causing trouble would be left defenseless to the use of chemical agents.
“I find it troubling that people don’t have a way to protect themselves,” said Anne O’Berry, southern regional vice president of the National Lawyers Guild, who noted that she was speaking for herself and not for the guild.
Richard Danielson can be reached at Danielson@tampabay.com or (813) 226-3403.
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May 15th, 2012
The black T-shirts are emblazoned with the names of three St. Petersburg officers lost in the line of duty last year: Tom Baitinger, David Crawford and Jeffrey Yaslowitz. Already familiar locally, the shirts were out in force this weekend in Washington, D.C.
More than 250 members of the St. Petersburg Police Department and their families traveled to the capitol for National Police Week to see the names of the city’s fallen officers added to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial.
But what struck St. Petersburg Maj. Melanie Bevan was how many different T-shirts there were.
“Everywhere you looked, you had people with pictures of their fallen heroes on their shirts,” she said. “We were all turning to each other and saying how sorry we were.”
The St. Petersburg contingent’s busy week will end today when Baitinger, Crawford and Yaslowitz are honored as their families and fellow officers watch on the steps of the U.S. Capitol Building. The ceremony will remember the 162 officers who died in the line of duty last year, and the 199 officers whose past deaths recently came to light.
“Since this tragedy the Tampa Bay area has come to know Jeff, Tom and Dave as local heroes,” Bevan said. “But (today) they become national heroes. I can’t imagine a more fitting tribute for the three of them.”
Lorraine Yaslowitz, whose husband died along with Baitinger on Jan. 24, 2011, took her three children to the ceremonies. She also ran in Saturday morning’s 5K memorial run with four officers, including Bevan. Later that day the St. Petersburg group watched as 12 of their own biked with the Police Unity Tour.
On Sunday the St. Petersburg group had breakfast near the White House at a famous local haunt, the Old Ebbitt Grill. Paige Baitinger, wife of the fallen sergeant, paid for the breakfast but did not attend.
Baitinger’s parents hosted the breakfast in their son’s honor. Detective Mark Marland spoke about his friend to the crowd and reminded them that breakfast was Baitinger’s favorite meal.
The candlelight vigil was Sunday night. Amanda Crawford attended the ceremony in honor of her father, David, who died on Feb. 21, 2011.
Then on Monday, four sergeants from St. Petersburg’s honor guard — Eddie Borrelli, Marlin Heyward, Tim Montanari and Frank Williams — laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery.
“It was a great, great honor for us to be allowed to do that,” Bevan said.
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May 15th, 2012
OKLAHOMA CITY -
Excitement for the Oklahoma City Thunder is in full effect.
As the team enters another round of the playoffs, volunteers worked to place t-shirts on every seat in the arena.
More than 18,000 shirts blanket the arena for the first game against the Los Angeles Lakers. Volunteers with “I Believe,” a Baptist outreach program dedicated to evangelism at big events, spent three to four hours helping place the shirts on the back of the chairs.
Rusty McMullen is one of 150 volunteers at the Chesapeake Energy Arena. McMullen and Baptist volunteers say they are praying for more than a win.
“I’m going to be focusing on the person that might be sitting in that chair and asking the Lord to do great things in their life,” he said.
The volunteers say it’s nice to give back and support their favorite team.
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May 12th, 2012
The Jolly Ranchers, in purple T-shirts, edged out the Blackouts, in black T-shirts, 8-6 at the Nipomo Youth Basketball championship games last Sunday at Arroyo Grande High School. Above, Jolly Rancher’s Olivia Labastida (No. 1) shoots the ball while Blackouts includingHunter Long (No. 4), Emma Litvinchuck (No. 10) and Anahi Silva (No. 1) defend. Below right: Labastida (No. 1) tries to shoot but is blocked by Blackout’s Anahi Silva. In the background are Blackout Hunter Long, left, and Jolly Rancher Taylor Kaiser. //Contributed
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