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3 days ago · Phil Knight, cofounder of shoe giant Nike, retired as chairman in 2016 after 52 years at the company. Knight ran track at the University of Oregon and created Nike shoes with his former track...
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Jun 24, 2024 · With the massive changing of conferences, the Ducks took it upon themselves to make a change of their own this summer, undergoing a makeover of the basketball court at Matthew Knight Arena.
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Jun 25, 2024 · However, there is a glaring flaw involving the school’s mascot— the Ducks. Oregon’s men’s and women’s basketball teams play their home games at Matthew Knight Arena, named after chief donor and Nike founder Phil Knight’s late son. Designed by Nike’s VP of Creative Design, Tinker Hatfield the floor is called “Deep in the Woods.”.
2 days ago · Knight is the founder of Nike, the world's biggest maker of athletic shoes and sports apparel with more than 1,000 stores worldwide, according to its 2023 annual report.
Jun 24, 2024 · “We wanted to design the most iconic television presence possible for the University of Oregon by conjuring up a highly unique and visible basketball floor design,” said Tinker Hatfield, Nike's Vice President for Design and Special Projects, in 2010. There was no questioning whose floor that was on TV. But it was also busy. And dark.
Jun 24, 2024 · As Oregon Athletics head to the Big Ten Conference, the court at Matthew Knight Arena has been redesigned. On Sunday, that redesign was unveiled.
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Jun 23, 2024 · The Kilkenny Court mark at each end includes a new image blending a shamrock with a Duck foot, honoring the "Lucky Duck" charitable foundation started in 2005 by Stephanie and Pat Kilkenny. And the surface incorporates a tribute to the arena's namesake, Matthew Knight, who passed away in 2004.
