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Legendary quarterback Joe Montana and Ronnie Lott star in an epic new commercial for Skechers Relaxed Fit Footwear.
watch as Joe always keeps his cool thanks to his SKECHERS and a thundering tackle by Lott.

The NBA is out with two new commercials, "The Disappearing Act" is directed by Spike Lee and stars Magic Johnson, Steve Nash, and Chris Paul.

CP3 bursts on and off the court in a puff of smoke, so fast that at one point he leaves the court and appears at a table in a diner with other point guard greats, Magic and Nash. In a flash, CP3 is headed back to the hoop and scores!

Credits:
Ad Agency: Goodby Silverstein & Partners.

Check out Chris Paul in the "Born To Assist" State Farm Insurance ad, this kid can act too.

Adidas launches an online ad campaign to celebrate brand ambassador Leo Messi winning the Fifa World Player of the Year for the fourth year running.

The Barcelona star was given the honor at the Fifa gala in Zurich for breaking a record by scoring 91 goals in 2012.

The campaign, created by iris Worldwide features examples in moving sketches of some of Messi’s greatest goals. The one-minute 20-second film then shows Messi celebrating his goals with his teammates and exposing his adidas shirt.

Credits:
Creative Ad Agency: iris, Worldwide
Illustration by Hotspur & Argyle’s Richard Swarbrick
Editor: Simon Hargood via Assembly Rooms
Producer: Fiona Campbell
Creative: Adam Fish
Produced by Danny Fleet.

Photo courtesy H&M

Steve Lubomski, Director of Marketing for H&M North America, said in a statement..."We're thrilled with this campaign and excited to captivate viewers' attention during the Super Bowl, the biggest stage in the world to unveil our ad campaign."

"The underwear is totally my designs, and are things that I like to wear," Beckham told U.K. newspaper The Sun. "I sometimes wear them to go to sleep — they're very cool," he explained. Is it just me or does that quote just sound strange?

Christopher Riggert directs the new Adidas commercial introducing the 7.5oz adizero™ Rush running shoe. "The Team" TV spot is a communal celebration, athletes, cheerleaders, the marching band and fans join together and all run together, not bad.

Credits:
Agency: 180 LA
Client: Adidas
ECD: William Gelner
Prod. Co.: Biscuit Filmworks
Director: Christopher Riggert

Warm yourself up this winter with the hot fire created by Juniper Jones for Spikes new series, Bellator. A tournament based Mixed Martial Arts promotion featuring grueling battles of brute strength and cunning ability until one champion is crowned.

Juniper Jones was charged with creating a spot that celebrates the spirit and drive of the individual rising to the occasion in the face of insurmountable challenges. Fire scorches across the screen as the talented fighters showcase their moves. While it appears extremely life like, no practical effects were used. Our team generated the fire completely from scratch in post-production, creating a singular effect that reflects the distinctive brand of Spike TV’s Bellator.

Credits:
Agency: Spike
Production Company: Juniper Jones
Director/Creative Director – Kevin Robinson
Director of Photography – Scott Colthorp
Executive Producer – David Phillips
Executive Producer – Terry Minogue
Executive Producer – Susie Shuttleworth
Production Coordinator – Zachary Goldberg
3D VFX Artist – Russell Forrest Boebert
3D VFX Artist – Joe Gunn
Compositor – Carlos Foxworthy
Compositor – Jim Roberson
Compositor – Chris West
Sound – Jody Nazzaro, Northern Lights

A look at sports icon David Beckham's international appeal on the web via a pretty nice video courtesy of Google+. The spot is similar to other videos from "The Web is What You Make of It" ad campaign, the film shows off a suite of Google+ products that all allow Beckham to connect with fans all over the world.
The song in the commercial is David Guetta, "Without You."

Credits:
Agency: Whirled
Client: Google Plus
Director/Writer: Scott T. Chan
Producer: Bobbie Wang
Exec. Producer: Andrew Schulte
Art Director: Chris Crutchfield
Clips courtesy of UNICEF, Fremantle Media, TelegraphTV, Pepsi, ACMilan (youtube.com/ACMilan), Sainsbury's. Music courtesy of EMI Music.

The lovely Miss Sprint Cup "Kim Coon" stars along side Nascar great Tony Stewart in a new commercial for Sprint.

The SportsCenter cafeteria has a new chef and Henrik Lundqvist is the only person that can understand him.

This funny ad from ESPN's This Is SportsCenter popular ad campaign features New York Ranger star goalie Lundqvist and a Swedish character from The Muppets was created by ad agency Wieden + Kennedy, New York.

Credits:
Agency: Wieden + Kennedy New York
CD: Brandon Henderson
CD: Stuart Jennings
Copywriter: Nick Kaplan
Art Director: Jeff Dryer
Executive Producer: Temma Shoaf
Executive Creative Director: Ian Reichenthal
Executive Creative Director: Scott Vitrone
Head of Content Production: Lora Schulson
Prod. Co.: O Positive
Director: David Shane
EP: Ralph Laucella
EP: Marc Grill
DOP: Dave Morabito
Editor: Joint Editorial
VFX: The Mill
Mix: Heard City

Nike pumps up their game in the new "Counts" spot featuring a cast of celebrities and sports figures including: Kevin James, Edward Scissorhands, Ferris Bueller, Paul Blart, LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Rucker Park and few more and clips of many popular movies, you'll just have to watch it to soak it all in. The music is GROOVE ARMADA — I See You Baby.

Running counts. Jams count. Style counts. Splits count. Basketball, soccer, tennis, football, snowboarding, skiing, lacrosse, baseball, softball — those all count. Walking, flying, training, cardio, jumping, stacking, taking the stairs — they all count too. The Nike+ FuelBand. Life is a sport. Make it count. That's a lot of stuff to count.

Lance Armstrong Nike commercial, ironically this one from 2001 is an anti-doping spot where Lance replies to the question "what am I on?....I'm on my bike six hours a day."

Try to contain yourself as you read this one..."According to the most recent statistics on cancer survival rates, Lance Armstrong is neither alive, nor has he won the Tour de France". This gem was done by the ad agency Goodby Silverstein & Partners for Nike back in January 2000 for Nike.

Check out Lance as he makes the world spin while riding his bike in this Radio Shack commercial entitled "Universe". Loving the tagline — "The Shack and Lance Power The Universe."

GO Film's Christopher Guest unleashes the actor within Lance Armstrong for a Nike Livestrong Collection ad entitled "Feed The Warrior".

From back in 2004, the "Magnet" ad created by ad agency Wieden+Kennedy.

Even the USPS loved Lance Armstrong...Vive Le Lance.

In this print ad for Subaru Lance has to "Muscle His Way To The Front Of The Pack."

What drives Lance? Well according to this ad it's not fame or fortune or even the yellow jersey. Mr. Armstrong goes on to say that he is driven by what's inside...I like this one...a lot.

And, finally Lance Armstrong for Michelob Ultra Beer...take an Ultra Holiday.