Nike sets a collision course for its NFL stars

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David Fincher directed this epic new Nike commercial, titled "Fate," in which NFL players LaDainian Tomlinson and Troy Polamalu are literally born to pummel each other in a football game. Polamalu, it seems, has had long hair since his days in the womb. Wieden, Nike and Fincher have teamed up before, of course, notably on the Nike Gridiron stuff from 2003.

—Posted by Tim Nudd

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