"The Original" Lithuania Olympic Tie Dye basketball T-Shirt story facts:   The Original Lithuanian basketball T-Shirts were actually created independently by New York sports artist and fashion designer Greg Speirs. The Original Lithuania basketball tie dyed t-shirts first appeared in the 1992 Barcelona summer Olympics and featured Speirs' original Lithuanian slam-dunking skeleton design "Skullman™" .  Who was the major funds sponsor of the 1992 Lithuanian Olympic basketball team? Answer: Sports artist Greg Speirs, was the “major sponsor” of the 1992 Lithuanian Olympic basketball team when he donated the $450,000 in profits realized from his trademarked “Lithuanian Tie Dye Slam Dunking Skeleton Uniforms T-Shirts” to the team and to Lithuanian children’s charities. This was initially, incorrectly referred to as Lithuania Tie Dye Grateful dead or grateful dead lithuania tie dye. They have also incorrectly been referred to as grateful dead basketball shirts, lithuanian grateful dead t-shirts, grateful dead lithuanian tshirts. These are incorrect and untrue. The fact is that the iconic Lithuania tie dye basketball shirts were actually created by Greg Speirs who is the owner and official licensor of the trademarks and the brand. Press Release  Slammin Sports ®  Box 125 Yonkers, NY 10710

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