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Ore. Track Coach Takes Student to Prom, Loses Job
law is well-known among Oregon sports fans. Besides inventing the waffle-soled running shoe and co-founding Nike with Phil Knight , Bill Bowerman coached track at the University of Oregon from 1949 to 1972, winning four national titles. His relationship
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Ore. Track Coach Takes Student to Prom, Loses Job
investigation. Melissa Bowerman, whose late father-in-law invented the waffle-soled running shoe and co-founded Nike with Phil Knight , said attending the Condon High School prom with a boy from the track team was an error in judgment. But she said the pair
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Areas tie economic futures to industry clusters
Nike. The sportswear and equipment giant was founded in the Portland area in the early 1960s by University of Oregon runner Philip Knight . The area's two other anchor firms, Adidas and Columbia Sportswear, were populated by former Nike executives. Nike managers
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The Note: Past Tea Time?
conference will also feature First Lady Michelle Obama, Maria Shriver, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Suze Orman, Howard Schultz, Phil Knight , Laura Bush, Jerry Brown, Meg Whitman, Mary J. Blige, Oprah Winfrey, and others. THE NOTE IS HIRING
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Excerpt: Venus Williams' 'Come to Win'champion at Wimbledon. And yet, since so many of this book's contributors—people I look up to, from Robin Roberts, Phil Knight , and Irene Rosenfeld to Mersereau, Ken Chenault, and others—talk about the value of losing, I guess I'll have to
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World's Most Litigious Man Suing Guinness Book of World Records?his resemblance to basketball superstar Michael Jordan a little "distressing." Heckard sued Jordan and Nike co-founder Phil Knight in 2006 for $862 million "for defamation and permanent injury," because he found it "distressing" to look like and be
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Real Injuries or Frivolous Lawsuits? You Make the Call!his resemblance to basketball superstar Michael Jordan a little "distressing." Heckard sued Jordan and Nike co-founder Phil Knight in 2006 for $862 million "for defamation and permanent injury," because he found it "distressing" to look like and be
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Think Powerful CEOs Get Everything? Think Again.
Culver, Crosstex Energy's Barry Davis and Nationwide's Jerry Jurgensen. Paying to play Of course, Woods has played with Phil Knight , CEO of his megasponsor, Nike. But missing from the Tiger Club are CEOs of companies with strong golf connections
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The Ultimate Golf Club: Those Who've Played With TigerCulver, Crosstex Energy's Barry Davis and Nationwide's Jerry Jurgensen. Paying to Play Of course, Woods has played with Phil Knight , CEO of his megasponsor, Nike. But missing from the Tiger Club are CEOs of companies with strong golf connections, including
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Ask an Expert: Lessons to be leaned from the growth of Nike
Lessons from Nike: 1. Follow your muse. After running track for the University of Oregon and getting an MBA from Stanford, Phil Knight decided to travel so as to put off getting the inevitable "real world" job. He wanted to figure out a way to combine his
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It's written all over their faces
Look who has his feet to the fire. It's Phil Knight , the world's most successful shoe salesman. The Nike nke chairman is being interviewed on camera about outsourcing jobs to
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CEOs who've teed off with Tiger are a very small group
Crosstex Energy's xtxi Barry Davis and Nationwide's nfs Jerry Jurgensen. Paying to play Of course, Woods has played with Phil Knight , CEO of his megasponsor, Nike nke . But missing from the Tiger Club are CEOs of companies with strong golf connections
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'I'm Being Sued for WHAT?'
seems quaint compared to some recent suits. One hopeful plaintiff sued basketball star Michael Jordan and Nike co-founder Phil Knight for $862 million "for defamation and permanent injury," because he found it "distressing" to look like and be confused
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Sept. 19, 1997: Ted Turner's $1B Donationestimated sixteen billion dollars is given away less than 1% of as well. Then there's investor Warren Buffett and Nike owner Philip Knight and people also worth much more than Ted Turner but who have donated much less. These tycoons argue they'll give more
1% of as well. Then there's investor Warren Buffett and Nike owner Philip Knight and -- people also worth much more than Ted Turner but who have donated much less. These tycoons argue they'll give more -
White Nightswhen this historic city on the biggest Finland is light almost 24 hours a day. Oh and smokeless you can actually walk from Philip Knight here it is look at right. Still sun is it's very very very. People are outside walking around. Saint Petersburg is that
24 hours a day. Oh and smokeless you can actually walk from Philip Knight here it is look at -- right. Still sun is -- it's very very very. People are outside walking around. Saint Petersburg -
Golf's Tiger Trap: Will Time Off Hurt the Game?declined by a third. 455. Million dollar deal. Nike is sticking with the. In an in an interview Nike's co-founder Phil Knight said that when Tiger Woods' career is over were all gonna look back on these indiscretions. As just a minor blip. All right
In an -- in an interview Nike's co-founder Phil Knight said that when Tiger Woods' career is over were all gonna look back on these indiscretions. As just a minor blip. --
