Converse began as a weather-proof rubber shoe company that released its first basketball shoe in 1917. ... but he did make two All-Star games and received a Second-Team All-NBA nod in 2006.

Converse built one of the first basketball shoes in 1917. Today, it's launching its first new performance design in years. The Converse All Star Pro BB is the company's most important shoe in 102 ...

As creative director of Converse, the shoe fits Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who with an impish grin and humility became the ...

The brand recognizes that Nike and Jordan, its two sister companies, own over 80 percent of the basketball market. “Nike leads the industry in innovation,” Converse writes in its release ...

Converse became a subsidiary of Nike in 2003, but only recently started trying to get back into the basketball shoe market with athlete endorsements. Green will join Kelly Oubre Jr. as two NBA ...

The original All Star kept Converse in the basketball game for decades. The company, which was bought by Nike in 2003 for around $305 million, sponsored Team USA basketball from 1936 until 1988 ...

The past year of Converse basketball has taken the oldest brand in the sport in completely modern directions. And that continues in year two of the brand’s reentry to basketball with the July 8 ...

INDIANAPOLIS — As part of its “Breaking Down Barriers” collection, Converse has designed a shoe that honors the 1955 Crispus Attucks High School boys basketball team. That year, the Tigers — led by ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Converse is paying homage to Crispus Attucks High School and its historic 1954-55 basketball team. The Breaking Down Barriers Collection is Converse's effort to highlight some of ...

Its first basketball shoe, the Converse All Star, was released in 1917, although the man behind its success – Charles ‘Chuck’ H Taylor – was to enter the picture a few years later.

Mr. Johnson is paid about $2 million for endorsing Converse shoes, while Nike pays Chicago Bulls star Michael Jordan two or three times that, industry analysts say. Originally Published: July 29 ...