The popular image and legacy of Kobe Bryant might be a lot different if Michael Jordan wasn't afraid of snakes.
Long before the world connected the words Black Mamba to Kobe Bryant, the identity was sitting inside a Nike conference room, wrapped around a prototype shoe meant for Michael Jordan. It started with ...
NIKE STAFFERS SAT around a conference room table inside the company's Oregon headquarters in late 2002 examining a space-age material. Black and tubelike, Tech Flex had commonly been found inside cars ...
In March 2004, as the Air Jordan 19 prepared to launch, a bold new campaign centered on one of nature’s most feared creatures. The black mamba snake was meant to symbolize speed, precision, and ...
Before Kobe Bryant was known to all as "The Black Mamba," Nike intended for Michael Jordan to wear the moniker in 2003.