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All Summer Olympic medals feature the same Greek goddess: Nike, the goddess of victory. Watch to learn why this figure of ancient Greek mythology became a fixture in the Olympic Summer Games.

Rapper IDK is launching a music business program through Harvard University for students of color.

Rapper IDK is launching a music business program at Harvard University for students of color

Michael Avenatti should spend no more than six months behind bars after a jury concluded he tried to extort $25 million from sportswear giant Nike, his lawyers told a judge Wednesday, saying the once high-flying California attorney faces constant ridicule after his “cataclysmic fall.” In a sentencing memorandum in Manhattan federal court, the lawyers wrote that Avenatti had suffered enough…

Vanessa Bryant isn’t pleased after the footwear she envisioned as a tribute to her late daughter has appeared online.

Vanessa Bryant has found a new way to keep her late daughter’s legacy thriving. The proud mom unveiled her latest project, a “Mambacita” athleisure apparel line, in honor of Gianna. The line will drop on May 1 – which would have been Gigi’s 15th birthday – with 100 percent of the proceeds going to their charitable non-profit, the Mamba and...

Kanye West’s Grammy-worn Nike Air Yeezy 1 prototypes from 2008 have been sold for a recording-breaking $1.8 million, making them the most valuable sneakers ever and the first recorded sneaker sale for more than $1 million, Sotheby’s says. The price sets a new milestone for a publicly recorded sneaker sale, shattering the previous auction record for sneakers by nearly three…

Olympic Gold medalist Simone Biles is ending her deal with Nike and will team up with Athleta to release activewear.

It’s the end of an era for one of Nike’s longest-running and most popular sneaker lines after Kobe Bryant’s estate and the shoe giant failed to come to an agreement on renewing their partnership contract. “Kobe Bryant was an important part of Nike’s deep connection to consumers,” Nike said in a statement. “He pushed us and made everyone around...

MSCHF agreed to a voluntary recall of the shoes, as well as its previously released Jesus Shoes, to end the lawsuit.

The devil wears Prada — and now, according to rapper Lil Nas X, also wears custom Nike sneakers containing human blood.

If you couldn’t get your hands on a PS5 for the holidays, or clicked the “buy” button seconds too late to score a pair of Yeezys, you may have felt like the market is rigged against you. And you were right. With computer bots able to find and buy items faster than a human can search, and resale networks motivated...

It has been in business for almost 100 years, but the owner of a Bronx sporting goods store said they are being kicked to the curb by a multi-billion dollar company at a time when he says he needs support from them the most

You won’t be able to get the swoosh at Franks’ Sporting Goods in the Bronx much longer. Ida Siegal explains why.

A Lower East Side man got an unexpected addition to his clothing delivery, when he opened the packaging and found fully grown worms crawling inside, on the plastic bags and inside the clothing items themselves. NBC New York’s Ray Villeda reports.

Dozens of the creepy, slithering creatures were found in between the packages inside the box, with some even squirming on things like the fleece vest he ordered

Alysia Montano, an Olympic runner and mother of two, talked to The New York Times about her struggle to maintain her career and her sponsorship with Nike during her pregnancy. The system should stop treating pregnancy like an injury, she says.

The impact of the coronavirus on major U.S. corporations across the country shows no signs of slowing down.

The high-profile lawyer was convicted of trying to get more than $25 million from Nike in what prosecutors called “an old fashioned shake down.” NBC New York’s Michael Avenatti reports.

A jury convicted high-profile lawyer Michael Avenatti on all counts in his Nike extortion trial on Friday. Prosecutors maintained Avenatti threatened to use his fame to stage a news conference and deliver claims that Nike executives were corrupting college basketball by funding payments to elite young players and their families — unless he was paid millions of dollars to conduct…