Pete Celentano of Jackson and Michael Vaccaro of Middletown braved danger and earned medals in Vietnam, but lost paperwork ...

Michael Vaccaro trained villages to defend themselves against the Viet Cong, while his fellow soldiers left and were not replaced. Both men earned medals for their service in the Vietnam War ...

Trustees this week approved an agreement with the city of Green to partner to install one on Mount Pleasant Street NW at ...

Legends and Soles,’’ provides an unvarnished look at the role Vaccaro played in Michael Jordan’s ascent to the world’s most famous and richest athlete, as well as his far-reaching impact ...

But if this book is the last official account of how the now 85-year-old Vaccaro became the Godfather of summer basketball, the marketing executive who convinced Nike to bet everything on Michael ...

Shoe Jumpman Tongue / Ed Balint / USA TODAY NETWORK Michael Jordan is the reason his shoe is the most popular in the world but he didn't do it alone. He had a little help from Sonny Vaccaro ...

Michael Jordan acknowledged Sonny Vaccaro’s role but claimed he wasn’t the most important player in the Nike deal.

NPR's A Martínez speaks with Sonny Vaccaro and Armen Keteyian about their new book, Legends and Soles, The Memoir of An American Original. In a new memoir, Sonny Vaccaro is pulling back the ...

He's described as the 'Godfather of summer basketball'. Sonny Vaccaro is the son of Italian immigrants who grew up in a Pennsylvania steel town with a passion and talent for American football and ...

Vaccaro is most famously known for signing Michael Jordan to an endorsement deal at Nike, a story told in the 2023 movie “Air” featuring Matt Damon (playing Vaccaro) and Ben Affleck (as Nike ...

Michael Jordan is the reason his shoe is the most popular in the world but he didn't do it alone. He had a little help from Sonny Vaccaro, who is considered the founder of the shoe deal in the NBA.