Nike To Host Local Skills Camp Featuring Alabama Standouts
Four current Alabama football players will work on staff as instructors for Nike's youth camp in Tuscaloosa.
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Amari Cooper Cuts the Ribbon at Tuscaloosa’s Nike Factory Store
The Nike Factory Store opened its first Tuscaloosa location Thursday morning with some help for former Crimson Tide star Amari Cooper.
Phil Knight, Co-Founder of Nike, to Step Down as Chairman
Phil Knight and Oregon coach Bill Bowerman shook hands in 1964 each putting in $500 to form Blue Ribbon Sports. Knight sold his first pair of shoes from the back of a car. In 1978 Blue Ribbon Sports changed it's name to Nike - the winged goddess of victory in Greek mythology- and the rest is history.
Madison and Shepherd Morning Minute
March 3rd, 2013
Forecast: Mostly Sunny 65/53
Local: Rebuilding Tuscaloosa Police Department's East Precinct almost complete.
State: Vice President Joe Biden speaks at Edmund Pettus bridge to commemorate Bloody Sunday.
National: Sequester cuts? Kerry hands out $250 Million to Egypt.
Sports: Alabama stars own Nike SPARQ competition in Atlanta