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Home Depot Dumps Olympians

Program helped win 95 gold medals

By Peter Fearon,  Newser Staff

Posted Jan 8, 2009 7:44 AM CST

(Newser) – Home Depot is ending the high-profile sponsorship program under which hundreds of US athletes have had the opportunity to chase Olympic gold. The company denied that the slumping economy was behind the decision, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. But a marketing expert said, “In tough...   Read full story »

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