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Akadema is a privately owned sporting goods manufacturing company located in Hawthorne, New Jersey . The company was founded by brothers, Joseph and Lawrence Gilligan of Ringwood, New Jersey〔 〕 Lawrence was a former Minor League player for the St. Louis Cardinals.〔 (Larry Gilligan at "The Baseball Cube" ) 〕 The company specializes in manufacturing baseball gloves. ==History== The first series of gloves were released in 1998 under the name "Academy." In 2000 the company experienced rapid growth when it changed its name to Akadema, moved into the old Yoo-hoo factory in Garfield, NJ, and released the patented Reptilian Glove. Akadema signed Ozzie Smith〔 〕 as the company spokesman and then Anthony Telford and Clay Bellinger became the first Major League Players endorsing Akadema.〔 〕 Kris Totten (a former Minor League player for the Seattle Mariners〔 (【引用サイトリンク】 title = Kris Totten )〕 joined the firm to head up sales. The company would follow up the Reptilian with the Claw,〔 〕 The Funnel〔 〕 and Spiral Lock, Tacktion Grip, The Hot Hands and the UFO Mitt to continue the companies first decade in creative sports design.〔 〕 The most popular of the patented glove however has been the Praying Mantis Mitt which was created with input from Gary Carter.〔 〕 The company crossed over into popular culture when their products appeared in Adam Sandler films such as ''Click'', ''Benchwarmers'' and the Billy Bob Thornton remake of ''Bad News Bears''. Akadema also has been a sponsor of Spike TV programs "Pros vs Joes" and "DEA" second season. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Akadema」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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