The second best-selling active NBA pitchman is Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers.
On the horizon: a seniors program with Marino's old Miami Dolphins coach, Don Shula, as pitchman.
Massie couldn't have invented a better pitchman than Ted Nugent, the 1970s rocker and huntsman.
As such, this made investments in Yao as a corporate pitchman relatively more attractive.
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The underpinnings of Flutie's appeal as college football pitchman were, strangely enough, his iffy pro prospects.
In second place: the death of garrulous TV pitchman star Billy Mays, who died at age 50.
Though he ran Adobe's sales for a year, he is an engineer at heart, not a pitchman.
But his career as a pitchman has been longer than most, and the array of items more diverse.
Beefy, intense, talkative, uninterruptible, jovial, sarcastic and relentless--his ferocious tenacity makes the cofounder of Salesforce.com a great pitchman.
But it has recruited Kenneth Cooper, a 71-year-old Dallas physician and long-forgotten father of the aerobics movement as pitchman.
Madden's straightforward language peppered with "booms" and "whaps" on broadcasts has an appeal to both viewers and companies looking for a pitchman.
But it has recruited Kenneth Cooper, a 71-year-old Dallas, Texas physician and one of the fathers of the aerobics movement, as pitchman.
In retrospect that change seems an obvious one: The pitchman can focus on what the shopper wants instead of pushing a high-commission flat-screen TV.
Among the latest rewards: a gig as the AXE Bodyspray pitchman.
Which is why he's the ubiquitous pitchman for his various companies.
California couldn't have a better pitchman in China than Mr. Yao.
Already found to be of limited use as a pitchman by corporate America, Clemens stands no chance if steroids and HGH continue to stain his image.
And Home Depot bought itself an influential pitchman who shamelessly plugs the company during the Tom Joyner Morning Show, on his Web site (blackamericaweb.com) and at live events.
Woods is slowly inching back into being a mainstream pitchman.
The college dropout quickly gained a reputation as a demanding manager, a brilliant pitchman and someone who seemed to have a knack for knowing with the future would bring.
Wednesday's address marked the energetic Ballmer's debut as CES keynote pitchman, a job that had been handled for the past decade by Microsoft chairman and industry pioneer Bill Gates.
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Observers marveled at his skills as a pitchman, his ability to inspire God-like devotion among Apple "fanboys" (and scorn from PC fans) and his "one more thing" surprise announcements.
Dirk will never be a corporate pitchman the likes of LeBron or D-Wade, but he will see his marketability increase as he is now and forever a champion and a leader.
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Mail ended the carnival pitchman and catalogues were created.
But no matter how amazing an ad pitchman you are, the financial survival of any for-profit magazine comes down to some ruthless math: you must get top-dollar for your ads or your publication will perish.
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Mr Erard repeatedly peppers his text with such questions, feeling his way through his story as a thoughtful observer, rather than banging about like an academic with a theory to defend or a pitchman with a technique to sell.
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