THE 2015-16 season was an epic one for Nike’s athletes. LeBron James led the Cleveland Cavaliers to basketball glory within the NBA play-offs and the Denver Broncos, quarterbacked by the Nike-shod Peyton Manning, triumphed in American soccer’s fiftieth Tremendous Bowl. In correct soccer, Cristiano Ronaldo received each the UEFA Champions League (with Actual Madrid) and the European championship (with Portugal). In tennis, Serena Williams secured her seventh Wimbledon singles title. On the Olympic video games in Rio de Janeiro, 89 track-and-field medallists plus all the male marathon podium wore Nikes, and Simone Biles, who had clinched an endorsement take care of the sportswear big the yr earlier than, tumbled her method to 4 gymnastics golds and a bronze.