Nike's first pair of running shoes was inspired by waffles. Nike co-founder Bill Bowerman was having breakfast with his wife one morning in 1971 when it dawned on him that the grooves in the ...

(CNN)A pair of battered looking track and field spikes -- handmade by Nike co-founder Bill Bowerman -- featuring a "prototype logo" could fetch $1.2 million at auction, according to Sotheby's.

before it was even called Nike, the company was made up of just University of Oregon track coach Bill Bowerman and his former star runner Philip Knight. When they started the company, it was ...

The brand tapped New York designer Emily Adams Bode Aujla to resurrect the Astrograbber, a football-rooted sneaker originally designed by Nike co-founder Bill Bowerman. The sleek shoe, in black ...

Bowerman was a central player in the building of Nike, although, despite the subtitle, this is just a small part of his story. The focus is on running. Bowerman was at many important moments of ...