Corporate Descendants Of Nazi Soccer Companies Finally Bury the Hatchet

In World War II, brothers and fellow Nazis Adolf and Rudolph Dassler had a falling out. Rudolph believed Adolph had spread a rumor that he (Rudolph) was a member of the SS. This was cause for major acrimony in Nazi Germany, I guess. Anyway, the two brothers formed the two biggest soccer companies in the world, Adidas and Puma, and spent the rest of their lives trying to destroy the other. They never spoke again. (Nazis haven’t been this sympathetic and pensive since The Reader. Which is why that movie sucked.)

↵Anyway, over half a century later, as The Offside informs, the two companies finally got together and played a friendly match. Hatchet: buried. Now, as for Nike …