Nike started in 1964 as "Blue Ribbon Sports," a scrappy running shoe company founded by Phil Knight and Bill Bowerman, renaming itself as Nike in 1971 after the Greek goddess of victory.

Launched by Bill Bowerman and Phil Knight in 1964 in Oregon (then by the name ‘Blue Ribbon Sports’), Nike set out to offer solutions for some of the most common problems with sporting footwear ...

A single mom in Atlanta (Taraji P. Henson) is having a very, very, very bad day. By Lisa Kennedy In Nina Conti’s absurdist love story, a radio host and a new friend have nowhere to go but up. By ...

She is dressed in a white robe, girdled at the waist with a blue ribbon which flows down all around it. A yoke closes it in graceful pleats at the base of the neck. The sleeves are long and tight ...

Oregon Ducks coach Dan Lanning beams with gratitude when he talks about Nike co-founder and Ducks donor Phil Knight ... began his career with the Duke Blue Devils. The Oregon Ducks made a late ...

Gregory is a senior sports correspondent at TIME. His work has been cited in the annual Best American Sports Writing anthology nine times. His stories have won awards from the U.S. Basketball ...

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