Strange athlete endorsements

Nothing loses street cred at the Y faster than lacing up a pair of Stockton Avias.

It also looks like he wore a size 8.

 

Any guesses?

 

‘Nique

 

No chocolate, but plenty of thunder.

 

I thought you were talking about stuff like this:

https://www.foxsports.com/mlb/story/patriots-tom-brady-mattress-commercial-051016

BTW, here's the mattress ad referenced in the lede:

 

Back in the '90s, AVIA was a great shoe. Not just because the company was founded here in Oregon (just down the road from NIKE world) - though the brand was bought by Reebok and later sold off. They had a mid-top shoe that lasted forever and usually the first thing that went bad was the shoelaces. They've since been sold off to the fashion equivalent of Maven.

 

That’s not an unusual endorsement. Ryan is a real cattle rancher and I’ll bet he has a lot more to do with that company than just his name.