Levrone, Faith Kipyegon, and Mondo Duplantis are among dozens of Paris medalists set for America’s biggest one-day track and ...

Bowerman Mile at the 2025 Prefontaine Classic promises an epic race with Olympic medalists and world leaders poised to make ...

Will Leather Goods has had a long-term licensing agreement with Nike to make Nike Golf belts and accessories. Adler said now, the brand has an exclusive global contract with Nike to make high-end ...

‘Pre’, as he was known, was the first star runner ever signed by Nike, which was founded by Bill Bowerman and one of his running alumni, Phil Knight. LASTING LEGACY: Steve Prefontaine of the ...

The memorial to Steve Prefontaine, on Eugene's Skyline Boulevard near where he died, is surrounded by mementos in this photo from May 15, 2025. Karen Richards / KLCC Early in the morning of May 30 ...

It’s been 50 years since legendary Oregon track and field athlete Steve Prefontaine died in a car crash on May 30, 1975. He was only 24 years old. At the time, the Coos Bay runner held every U.S ...

Sports Area sports Even 50 years after his death, Steve Prefontaine remains connected to Spokane and entire track and field community May 29, 2025 Updated Thu., May 29, 2025 at 10:14 p.m.

But scrutiny of his life, in books and film, highlights how unconventional he was—a point reinforced in Brendan O’Meara’s well-crafted “The Front Runner: The Life of Steve Prefontaine.” ...

Steve Prefontaine was the charismatic, implausibly talented American athlete with the world at his feet – and 50 years on, his legacy still burns bright.

All this came to mind this week, rereading Shoe Dog, alongside some of the recent grim reading about Nike‘s tumbling running sales and stock values, and how the company could badly do with ...

Steve Prefontaine, a renowned American runner and Oregon Duck legend, tragically died 50 years ago. Pre's Rock, the site of Prefontaine's fatal car crash, has become a memorial for fans and runners.

On 30 May 1975, at age 24, PRE met with an accident, an accident that claimed his life and left a vacant spot in the running community. At the time of his death, PRE held every national record in ...