51.   Hood said an active person would probably need one pair of orthotics for athletic shoes and another for street shoes.

52.   I managed to lift my legs off the bench just a bit by raising the heels of my athletic shoes off the ground.

53.   If the marketing expert succeeds, he could eventually end up with the top job at the parent company, which trails only Nike among athletic shoe makers.

54.   If Nike is the Chicago Bulls of the athletic shoe market, retailers are holding their breath for a strong underdog player to emerge.

55.   If you work out in a particular sport for three or four hours or more a week, you probably need athletic shoes, said Carter.

56.   Among the possibilities many black leaders mention are coalitions and initiatives by athletic shoe companies, major NCAA and professional sponsors and significant corporate contributors.

57.   If this sounds a bit like Nike Town, the jazzy stores where Nike sells athletic shoes and a dash of attitude, that is no coincidence.

58.   In April, Reebok sold Avia, its athletic shoe subsidiary geared toward women, to American Sporting Goods Corp. because of its poor market performance.

59.   In high school, she said, she ran in low heels during physical education class because she felt that athletic shoes made her appear too masculine.

60.   In the athletic shoe market, the competition is fierce from the likes of Adidas, Reebok and Converse.