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Category: Racquets & Strings - Company: Wilson Sporting Goods
"The Apprentice" Gets nCoded

Wilson Sports’ Newest Racquet Featured in Episode

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Melanie McGeough
8700 W. Bryn Mawr
Chicago,
773-714-6703
MMcGeough@wilson.com

10/09/04 - A September episode of The Apprentice on NBC turned to the tennis world when the winning “Mosaic” team won the chance to play tennis with stars John McEnroe and Anna Kournikova at Arthur Ashe Stadium. In order to properly take on the tennis greats, each winning Apprentice team member was equipped with the brand new Wilson nCode racquet.
Each aspiring Apprentice tested their NsixOne Tour – the same nCode model used by Wimbledon & U.S. Open Champion Roger Federer - by hitting with McEnroe & Kounikova before one Apprentice extended an invitation to Kournikova for a coffee date. The playful exchange resulted in his attempt to return one of Kournikova’s five serves. After predictably failing the task, he paid the price of his loss by jogging around the stadium in his boxers. Taking full advantage of nCode technology, his teammates then launched balls into the stands in his direction.
An estimated weekly audience of 12 million tunes into The Apprentice each week. The new Wilson nCode is available at local tennis retailers.
Wilson Racquet Sports is a division of Chicago-based Wilson Sporting Goods, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of sports equipment and owned by Amer Sports. Wilson designs, manufactures and distributes sporting goods throughout the world and focuses on making technologically advanced products which help all players play better. Wilson’s core sport categories include: Football, Basketball, Baseball, Volleyball, Soccer, Youth Sports, Uniforms/Apparel, Golf, Footwear and Racquet Sports (Tennis, Racquetball, Squash, Badminton and Platform Tennis).

Links:
www.wilson.com