Nike’s Black Mamba branding, later made famous by Kobe Bryant, was originally created for Michael Jordan before being scrapped because of Jordan’s fear of snakes, according to an ESPN report. The idea was developed in 2002 by Nike executive Gentry Humphrey after discovering a snakeskin-like material called Tech Flex at the company’s Oregon headquarters. Inspired […]
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