Nike Tennis Wins Big At 2025 Australian Open

Madison Keys and Jannik Sinner are the 2025 Australian Open champions.  They are the big winners, but not the only ones.  Nike Tennis is also a champion.  After losing perennial ambassador Rafael Nadal to retirement in 2024, the brand has endured with Keys, Sinner, and finalist Aryna Sabalenka at the forefront of the sport in […]

wendioliveros  •  26 Jan 2025
Nike Is Rumored To Have A Planned End Date For Rafael Nadal Product Line

Rafael Nadal fans may want to prioritize purchases of his iconic Nike tennis products this Christmas.  Though Nike has not officially confirmed the rumors, sources indicate that Nike will discontinue Nadal’s items after 2025. Some are happy that Nadal’s retirement last month does not mean that production of his Nike items has already been halted. […]

wendioliveros  •  02 Dec 2024
Roger Federer and Nike Honor Rafael Nadal with Retirement Letter

It is November 19,2024, and tennis fans have been both anxious and sad about this day.  Ever since Spanish tennis legend and icon Rafael Nadal announced that he would retire from the sport at the Davis Cup finals in Malaga, Spain, fans have been preparing for this day. Those preparations also were in the works […]

wendioliveros  •  19 Nov 2024
NBA
Michael Jordan Never Would Have Signed With Nike If It Wasn’t for His Mother

Michael Jordan and Nike is maybe the most iconic partnership in sports, but they never would’ve ed forces if it wasn’t for Deloris Jordan.

Jack Dougherty  •  04 May 2020
Serial Killer Gary Gilmore’s Execution Inspired Nike’s ‘Just Do It’ Slogan

The final words of the man executed in Utah in 1977

John Moriello  •  30 Apr 2020
NBA
Kawhi Leonard Has Been Dunked on in a Different Kind of Court

Kawhi Leonard took Nike to court over the rights to a logo that he sketched while in college.

John Moriello  •  24 Apr 2020
Nike Paid $35 for Its Swoosh Logo Worth Many Millions

The Nike ‘Swoosh’ logo that is so commonplace was designed by a college student.

John Moriello  •  15 Apr 2020
Tiger Woods’ Most Memorable Commercial Wasn’t Planned

Tiger Woods was shooting an entirely different ad for Nike the day that his most famous television commercial unexpectedly came together.

John Moriello  •  21 Mar 2020
NBA
Kobe Bryant Merchandise Sells Out on Nike Site

There was a run on Kobe Bryant merchandise in Nike’s online store a day after the basketball great’s death.

John Moriello  •  28 Jan 2020