What I Learned At Phil Knight's Big Basketball Birthday Party
by Corbin Smith from Deadspin > Sports News Without Fear, Favor or Compromise on (#39SRG)
PORTLAND, Ore.-Here is a story from Swoosh: The Unauthorized Story of Nike, J.B. Strasser and Laurie Becklund's 1993 book about about the company's early days. In 1975, Nelson Farris, Nike's first employee-he still works there, "Chief Storyteller" or some such thing-went to a women's track meet to sell some shoes. He"