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Legends and soles : the memoir of an American original / Sonny Vaccaro with Armen Keteyian.

Vaccaro, Sonny, (author.). Keteyian, Armen, (author.).

Summary:

The memoir from the "Savior of Nike" provides context to media stories including the courting and signing of Michael Jordan, being investigated by the Portland FBI for corporate espionage, close relationships with NBA superstars and Hall of Fame coaches, and the high-stakes drama behind the O'Bannon lawsuit that changed the landscape of college sports.

Record details

ISBN: 9780063423435
ISBN: 006342343X
Physical Description: vi, 322 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York, NY : HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2025]
Copyright: ©2025

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Prologue -- Backstory: Steel town kid -- Ticket out of Trafford -- The roundball classic: My professional birthplace -- The other Big Ten -- A bagful of shoe ideas -- On board with Nike -- The inimitable, irreplaceable field general -- The Banzai blitz of '78 -- The NCAA's endless tark hunt -- My alter ego: Vegas Sonny -- The camp that fell into my lap -- The genesis of Jordan -- Sonny, meet Mr. Michael Jordan -- Packer seals the deal -- In the vortex of Jordan mania -- When Jordan almost walked -- When push comes to shove -- The crash of Flight 23 -- Fourteen years and ten minutes -- Team Jordan reconvenes to save Adidas -- Jellybean's kid -- T-Mac: 175 to 1 -- A betrayal in Malibu -- Reebok: My shoe wars swan song -- Barnstorming academia -- The tide turns: Hausfeld takes the case -- Mr. O'Bannon, please raise your right hand -- A contentious un-raveling -- Air: A Hollywood nanosecond -- Encore -- Acknowledgments.