Athletic and Sportswear

The Rock 'n' Roll Philadelphia Half Marathon had glitzy gear fit for a rock star. Read on for tips on how to add glamour to your running programs.

Fersten Worldwide, a leading supplier for corporate promotional apparel and the exclusive licensee for FILA Golf in North America, announced the addition of Jamie Stone and Linda Koop of Westshore Agency to the company's sales force.

For the first time ever, Penn State will add nameplates to the back of its jerseys in an effort to celebrate the players who have stayed with the team despite major NCAA sanctions being heaped on the school.

Last week I took a tour of the Ash City headquarters. Click through to see what I learned and what you should know about the apparel supplier.

Team USA may be winning a number of gold medals in the London Olympics, but when it comes to official Olympic clothing, the U.S. is losing out. The U.S. Olympics Team is selling thousands of items of clothing online sporting the official U.S. Olympic logo that are not made in the USA. 

More than 300 of the 345 items for sale on the U.S. Olympic Team's website were made overseas. The Ralph Lauren T-shirts were made in the Philippines. A Ralph Lauren beret with the Olympic insignia, also for sale on the website, was made in China.

Columbia Sportswear Co. is asking the Lane County Circuit Court to dismiss a claim that it used technology from Innovative Sports to produce its line of heated apparel products. The company is arguing that Innovative Sports doesn't have a lawyer to back its case after two attorneys turned down the opportunity.

In its complaint filed in March, Innovative Sports said that between 2004 and 2007 it had been discussing partnerships with Columbia to make heated apparel products using its technology, such as a battery that enabled a jacket to power digital phones or media devices using a built-in USB port.

Olympic apparel problems continue with the ban of sponsor competitor gear at the games.

A Pepsi T-shirt might see you turned away from the Olympic Park, Lord Sebastian Coe admitted on Friday, as he defended the Games's corporate sponsorship agreements.

Olympians should have figured out one thing by now: What they can or cannot wear at the London Games has very little to do with their fashion, marketing sense or patriotism, and a whole lot to do with rules, regulations and money.

The overseers of the Olympics are protective of their brand and rings—considered one of the most recognizable logos in sports—and what the athletes wear when they're competing has been tightly regulated.

Take Michael Phelps, for example. He recently tweeted his dismay at no longer being allowed to wear a swimming cap bearing miniature American flags on the front and back.

Following news of the U.S. Olympic Committee's use of uniforms manufactured in China, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown proposed the "Wear American Act of 2012" which would require all federal government purchases of apparel be 100 percent American-made.