Phil Knight

Oregon's Laika animation batting 1.000 with academy

2013-02-13 13:00:00

If you were starting an animation house with an eye toward the bottom line, you wouldn't necessarily follow the course that Oregon-based Laika studio has charted in its fledgling years. Its first feature-length film, Henry Selick's "Coraline," took...

Chip Kelly takes another pass on NFL, opts to stay at Oregon

2013-01-07 08:56:00

Chip Kelly came oh-so close to making the leap to the NFL but in the end decided to stay put as the highly successful coach of the Oregon Ducks. Sound familiar? Multiple sources are reporting that after lengthy interviews with the Cleveland Browns and...

'ParaNorman' costume designs no small effort

2012-08-19 00:00:00

HILLSBORO, Ore. — Movie buffs probably have some idea of what goes into designing a costume for film. But what about when the star is a 9-inch-tall puppet named Norman? As I learned a few months ago during a visit to the Laika Studios set of...

What's so awful about the 1%?

2011-12-04 00:00:00

LeBron James has company at Oregon vs. USC football game

2011-11-19 21:33:57

Tuesday's Talk Shows

2011-04-25 21:37:02

Upon further review, Phil Knight calls Freeh Report "unjustified and unsubstiantiated"

2013-02-11 16:25:33

Lawsuit called another 'skirmish' as Under Armour takes aim at Nike

2013-02-22 17:56:41

Nike started with running shoes and Under Armour with undershirts. Both stories begin with dissatisfaction. While trying to sell a Japanese manufacturer's shoes, Phil Knight sent some to his former coach, who modified them, using, among other things, a...

Matt Murschel: No one should be surprised Chip Kelly bolted for NFL

2013-01-16 12:38:00

Chip Kelly has flown the coop. After flirting with the idea of leaving for the�NFL, Kelly has decided to leave the�Oregon Ducksprogram and take over as the head coach of the�Philadelphia Eagles. Leave it to Kelly, whose offenses at Oregon were just as...

After a fall from grace, time to consider Lance's rise

2013-01-19 00:00:00

At long last, we know what we thought we knew is true. Lance Armstrong did it. The disgraced cycling icon came clean to Oprah about being filthy. We now know, for certain, that he juiced and doped largely throughout his record run of seven Tour de...

Oregon debuts latest uniforms for 2012 season

2012-08-23 16:39:58

'Ground Breakers' nabs up sales: Docu series profiles Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg

2012-09-12 21:55:07

BIARRITZ, France -- Upside Distribution, owned by French media conglom Havas, has scored pre-sales on "The Ground Breakers," a six-part investigative documentary series profiling six entrepreneurs including Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg....

Phil Knight, former CEO and co-founder of Nike, becomes emotional as he speaks during a memorial service for former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno at Penn State's Bryce Jordan Center in State College, Pa. Thursday.

2012-01-26 14:49:11

Nike founder Phil Knight reflects in a seat before the memorial service for Penn State's legendary football coach and humanitarian Joseph Vincent Paterno at the Bryce Jordan Center on thursday.

2012-01-26 00:00:00

A group with Tom Bradley (right), former Defensive coordinator and Phil Knight (next to him), founder of Nike, arrives for services for Penn State's legendary football coach and humanitarian Joseph Vincent Paterno at the Pasquerilla Spiritual Center on the campus on Wednesday.

2012-01-25 00:00:00