What kind of relationship does Adidas have with Jews today? The company calls Adolf Dassler its “founding father,” but it remains tight-lipped about its founders’ Nazi associations.

A German cobbler named Adolf “Adi” Dassler founded the eponymous brand (adidas is an amalgamation of his first and last names) in 1949. At the time, the company only produced sport’s ...

Adidas founder Adolf Dassler designed the Samba as a humble soccer shoe in 1949, not a lavish sneaker with exotic leather and flashy colorways. Messi’s previous collab with Adidas, for example ...

In fact, its 1949 founder Adolf “Adi” Dassler was a documented member of the Nazi Party. Although Adidas certainly doesn’t bring attention to his affiliation in the brand’s timeline ...

As the legend goes, before Michael Jordan signed with Nike, he had his eyes and his heart set on a different sneaker brand—adidas. If things had gone just a little differently, we’d probably be ...

when founder Adolf Dassler created his first light hiking boot for his wife, Kathe Dassler. More than 40 years later, Adidas launched a light hiker in 1978 for Italian climber Reinhold Messner for ...

You might not have heard of the German brothers Adolf (Adi) and Rudolf (Rudi) Dassler, but you have heard of the companies they founded: Adidas and Puma. So how did two brothers, both alike in ...

Adidas is a big sportswear brand and the shoes they manufacture rank on top when it comes to quality, comfort and design in ...

If you, like me, thought Adidas stood for "All Day I Dream About Soccer," you're wrong. It turns out the athletics-apparel brand is named after its founder, Adolf Dassler, who started making sport ...