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What happened to Nike’s Oregon Project?

Running has been at the forefront of Nike for decades. In 2001, Nike established the Oregon Project based in Beaverton, Oregon. Headed by Coach Alberto Salazar, Oregon Project recruited the top US and foreign middle and long distance runners. Athletes like Mo Farrah (pictured) and Galen Rupp added a collection of records and championships to Nike’s name. However, in October 2019 the program was shut down by Nike.  On October 1st, Alberto Salazar received a four year ban from the United States Anti Doping Agency. Following that, CEO of Nike, Mark Parker, announced the closing of the Oregon Project on October 10th. Nike then had to help the athlete find alternative training programs. However, Nike’s woes regarding the situation are far from over. According to ESPN  “Nike is investigating allegations by former middle-distance runner Mary Cain that she suffered physical and mental abuse as a member of the Nike Oregon Project.”  Cain, like many other female athletes, got caught u
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“It can be a lot of negative that comes with [free speech].” - Lebron James

Just like Cleveland Cavaliers fans did in 2010, protesters in Hong Kong burned and trampled Lebron James jerseys this week following a very controversial comment from James. On October 4th Houston Rockets manager, Daryl Morey, tweeted in support of the anti-government protesters in Hong Kong. This lead to some serious complications in the relationship between the NBA and one of their largest markets, China. You can read the tweet and learn more about what this means for the NBA here . This raises the question on whether NBA players, coaches, managers etc. have the right to tweet these things as employees of the NBA or not. When asked about whether Morey should face punishment from the NBA or not James said, “Yes, we do have freedom of speech. But at times there are ramifications for the negative that can happen when you're not thinking about others, when you only think about yourself... So many people could have been harmed, not only financially but physically, emotionally, s

Family History

How did we get here?       My great grandfather, on my father’s side, came from northern Sweden. For many generations that side of my family were very poor farmers. They were also very devout Lutherans. His name was Evert Warren Lindberg, he was the 6th Evert Lindberg, I am the 9th. When my great grandfather was 14, his parents let his sister die. They did so because their view on life and death revolved around “God’s will.” Combined with economic opportunity this was enough to make him spend all of his money on a ticket to America. With no money, ability to speak English, or family, he traveled to America. After a short stint in the army he moved to Chicago where we found a job and found his future wife, Elcina Qaadman.      Elcina lived with he Jewish family in Holland. However, with the Nazi scare becoming more and more real, she and her siblings boarding a ship to America. They left two months before German occupation of the Netherlands. The rest of her family, along with 9