Sporting Goods Intelligence Magazine

Make no mistake about it: L.A. Gear doesn't like being called "L.A. Rear." And it hates being called "L.A. Disappear." Those unflattering nicknames were cited in a libel suit that L.A. Gear filed Wednesday in Los Angeles County Superior Court against the publishers of the newsletter Sporting Goods Intelligence and its editor, John Horan. The suit accuses the defendants of damaging L.A.

Make no mistake about it: L.A. Gear doesn't like being called "L.A. Rear." And it hates being called "L.A. Disappear." Those unflattering nicknames were cited in a libel suit that L.A. Gear filed Wednesday in Los Angeles County Superior Court against the publishers of the newsletter Sporting Goods Intelligence and its editor, John Horan. The suit accuses the defendants of damaging L.A.