Swoopes became the first woman to sign with the WNBA in 1996, and the first Black woman with her own Nike signature shoe, the Air Swoopes. Wilson, the Las Vegas Aces center and two-time WNBA ...

Led by Marni Gerber, a senior design director at Nike Headquarters, the Air Swoopes came to fruition. It was a seminal moment for female athletes around the world but especially for basketball ...

and the first player to have a signature shoe – The Nike ‘Air Swoopes’. But before all of this, it was the NBA’s late commissioner, David Stern, who helped realize her basketball dream and ...

Expand Tweet Swoopes got her signature Nike Air Swoopes shoe in 1995. The WNBA legend had seven silhouettes in the Air Swoopes series, most by any WNBA player in Nike's history.

And at one point, WNBA legend and Nike ambassador Sheryl Swoopes got honest about this achievement for the Aces icon. "It's about f***** time," Swoopes said of Wilson receiving a Nike signature ...

At one point during the celebration, WNBA legend Sheryl Swoopes — who remains a Nike ambassador after becoming the first woman to have a signature athletic shoe with her Nike deal back in 1995 ...

His first shoe with Nike was the Air Penny and the ‘Lil Penny ad campaign the brand created was a major homerun. Sheryl Swoopes was the first true legend of the WNBA, winning four straight ...

Earlier this month, the Nike A'One was presented to the public ... the first woman to have a signature shoe in 1995. The Air Swoopes was released in 1996 and kickstarted a line of five more ...