Nike started with Knight’s 1973 lawsuit against Onitsuka

By uomatters on 04/18/2016

Matthew Kish has the interesting story in the Portland Business Journal here.

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Dave on Update: Professor Bill Harbaugh, a.k.a. UO Matters, to retire from UO on March 1503/06/2026
I retired a few years ago and now live at the base of Mt Shasta. 25 years at UO. Go!…
Jon Boeckenstedt on Update: Professor Bill Harbaugh, a.k.a. UO Matters, to retire from UO on March 1503/05/2026
Best wishes, Bill. I always loved keeping up on the real inside workings of UO while I was at OSU.…
Jeremy Bentham on Update: Professor Bill Harbaugh, a.k.a. UO Matters, to retire from UO on March 1503/03/2026
Can you do the last top 10 posts blog post as a video? I think the kids call them vlogs.…
Cheyney Ryan on Update: Professor Bill Harbaugh, a.k.a. UO Matters, to retire from UO on March 1503/01/2026
Dear Bill, Your Blog has been the U of O's "Democracy Wall", for which we all have been grateful to…
Jennifer Freyd on Update: Professor Bill Harbaugh, a.k.a. UO Matters, to retire from UO on March 1503/01/2026
Dear Bill, Thank you for your service to the UO and higher education more broadly. Your courage, integrity, and persistence…
Mike Haley on Update: Professor Bill Harbaugh, a.k.a. UO Matters, to retire from UO on March 1502/28/2026
Bill, Thank you! You did UO a great service over the years, despite the $h!t the admins put you and…
Bob Keefer on Update: Professor Bill Harbaugh, a.k.a. UO Matters, to retire from UO on March 1502/27/2026
Bill: Congratulations! And welcome to life after journalism. We'll all miss your skeptical attitude toward the University of Nike and…
Boyne on PRIVILEGED and CONFIDENTIAL info from UO Foundation reveals huge raises for CEO Paul Weinhold, CFO Kelly Bosch01/07/2026
New financials. New person for a few months and then gone...but paid a lot 150k. Ain't life grrand
DuckDuckGo on PRIVILEGED and CONFIDENTIAL info from UO Foundation reveals huge raises for CEO Paul Weinhold, CFO Kelly Bosch12/14/2025
Looks like the fiscal year investment returns were posted, and the foundation came in below the peer group median return…
Boyne on UO Administrators up 18%, tenure track faculty up 2%11/24/2025
UO Foundation just posted thhe tax form. All good news salary wise there.
Where are you? on UO investigator concludes no reasonable person could agree with Dean Adrian Parr Zaretsky11/23/2025
If you're thinking about winding the site down (or even if you're not) I would love to read a retrospective…
Fishwrapper on UO investigator concludes no reasonable person could agree with Dean Adrian Parr Zaretsky11/17/2025
You got out alive, and found a way to thrive. Five and a half years to go for me...