Nike was not founded in Eugene by chance: it was founded there to make shoes for track and field athletes, notably those at the University of Oregon, where one of its co-founders was the track coach, writes Adam Williamson I read Richard Williams' piece on the world athletics championships with interest (IAAF sellout Qatar's empty seats tell tale of corruption, warped priorities and vested interests, 1 October), but choked on this: "But then one remembers that two years after the lights go out i...
Nike was not founded in Eugene by chance: it was founded there to make shoes for track and field athletes, notably those at the University of Oregon, where one of its co-founders was the track coach, writes Adam Williamson I read Richard Williams' piece on the world athletics championships with interest (IAAF sellout Qatar's empty seats tell tale of corruption, warped priorities and vested interests, 1 October), but choked on this: "But then one remembers that two years after the lights go out i...
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