Posts Tagged ‘Nike’
Remembering Aug. 5, 1984
Thirty years ago, Joanie Benoit Samuelson won the first Olympic women’s marathon. She did so in a time–2:24:52–that would have won 13 of the previous 20 men’s marathons at the Olympics. Tuesday was the anniversary of her gold-medal performance, and I had the opportunity to emcee an event hosted by Nike honoring Joanie at the LA…
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This past week, I spent a few days at Nike HQ in Beaverton, Oregon, with several of their female Olympic hopefuls.
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