"Soon after Amare Stoudemire signed with the Knicks in
2010, he said, 'I'm a pioneer right now to really take a step forward
and help rebuild a program and get us back on top.'"
That's the start of a post about
the player's protective eyewear in ESPN. "What many people didn't know is that Stoudemire, the pioneer, wanted
to rebuild something else when he arrived in New York: his on-court
eyewear. In the latter part of 2010, STAT, a Nike athlete, approached
the Nike Vision team, a newer division within the company's headquarters
in Beaverton, Ore., to see if they could tailor make a pair for him.
Stoudemire, who suffered a partially detached retina in his right eye in
a game on Feb. 18, 2009, had been previously wearing more generic
Oakley shades for protection, and he wanted something better suited for
his game."
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