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Nike exec, Jordan brand chairman admits to being a murderer...Still has his job
Posted on 10/19/21 at 2:37 am
Posted on 10/19/21 at 2:37 am
Four days ago, the Jordan Brand chairman, Nike executive, and former president of the Portland Trail Blazers, Larry Miller confessed to Sports Illustrated that he murdered an 18-year-old in 1965 after a gang fight when he was 16.
The victim was apparently not even involved in the incident.
He admitted it to SI because he and his daughter are now writing a book on the executive's life.
Miller did go to juvenile prison for four years for the murder, but he was also later convicted of kidnapping as an adult, which violated his parole and he went back to prison until 1976 when he was nearly 30.
During prison, he studied for an accounting degree at Temple University and worked his way up the corporate ladder after getting out. He never told anyone in his professional life about the murder, nor his prison time, until recently.
The SI piece was largely glowing about "overcoming adversity."
The story was barely covered by any other major sports media outlets and not a word has been written about or mentioned on ESPN.
Nike is now not only keeping him employed, but the company is also praising him and saying criminal justice reform is needed.
Oh yeah, Miller also never went and apologized the victim's family...
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Miller said he kept it a secret for decades but had begun opening up over the past several months.
Larry Miller, the chairman of Nike's Jordan brand, fatally shot a teenager in 1965, he told Sports Illustrated in an interview published Wednesday.
Miller told the publication that he shot an 18-year-old named Edward White following a gang fight in West Philadelphia. Miller was 16 at the time, and in a gang called Cedar Avenue, he said.
Miller's friend, who Miller considered "an innocent," was stabbed to death in the fight, he said. Later that month, Miller and others went out looking for anyone affiliated with the rival gang, and shot the first person they encountered, he said.
He said he didn't know White and wasn't sure whether White was even connected to the rival gang, which was called 53rd and Pine.
"We were all drunk," Miller told the publication. "I was in a haze."
He spent most of his teens and 20s in prison or juvenile detention facilities, he told Sports Illustrated, including for his role in the teenager's death.
"By the time I was 16, I was just a straight-up gangbanger, thug," he said. "I was drinking every day."
He had tried to hide his criminal past from friends and colleagues, he said, before recently telling some of the people close to him.
"If I could go back and undo it, I would absolutely do that," Miller said. "I can't. So all I can do is try to do what I can to help other people and try to maybe prevent this from happening to someone else."
Miller, who also spent five years as the president of the NBA team the Portland Trail Blazers, told the publication that he had been a "straight-A student, teacher's pet," but that he joined the Cedar Avenue gang, in West Philadelphia, aged 13.
Miller said that while in prison, he studied for an accounting degree with Temple University. After he left prison, he almost got a job with accounting firm Arthur Andersen, but after he disclosed his criminal past in a final interview, the company's hiring partner changed their mind on offering him a job, Miller said.
From then on, Miller tried to keep his crime a secret, which led to recurring nightmares and migraines, he said.
After roles at Kraft Foods and Campbell Soup Company, Miller became vice president of Nike Basketball in 1997, then president of the Jordan brand in 1999, and then president of the Trail Blazers in 2007.
He returned to the Jordan brand in 2012, and is currently chairman.
Miller told Sports Illustrated that he had previously kept his past concealed from some of his children, who he eventually told around 2003.
He had also kept it a secret from his close friend Michael Jordan, NBA commissioner Adam Silver, and Nike founder Phil Knight.
But he told the publication that he'd been increasingly speaking out about it this year, and would recount it in his upcoming book, "Jump: My Secret Journey From the Streets to the Boardroom."
Miller said that by coming forward, he could now freely speak to at-risk youth and prisoners and try discourage them from violence.
He had told Jordan, Silver, and several Nike executives within the past several months, he said.
Miller said that the people he had told had reacted positively to the news.
Nike CEO John Donohoe told Sports Illustrated: "Larry Miller has played an influential role in Nike history and is a beloved member of the Nike family.
"I hope his experience can create a healthy discourse around criminal justice reform, by helping remove the stigma that holds people and communities back," Donohoe said.
Jon Gruden's public life is forever over and was publically tarred and feathered because he sent private, semi-crude emails 10 year ago.
Larry Miller, a murderer and kidnapper, still has his multi-million job with Nike....
This post was edited on 10/19/21 at 2:38 am
Posted on 10/19/21 at 2:40 am to Jack Ruby
wonder if this is the guy who killed jordans dad over his gambling debt
Posted on 10/19/21 at 2:46 am to Jack Ruby
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semi-crude emails
To be fair, they were all the way crude.
Posted on 10/19/21 at 2:53 am to Jack Ruby
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in West Philadelphia
Posted on 10/19/21 at 3:02 am to Jack Ruby
Black privilege. Murder and kidnap someone? Ahhw it’s just society’s fault. Take a lap and try harder next time.
Posted on 10/19/21 at 4:56 am to Jack Ruby
In my opinion, if you intentionally murder someone, you should be done. This story being used to promote "justice reform" sickens me. I guess Larry Miller is going to be celebrated now because he turned his life around while the other kid... well he's dead still I think...
Murder isn't just making a mistake. It doesn't even sound like he did much time for it either as he was out of prison by 27, spending only 4 years in juvie for the actual murder.
I guess because he was an executive at Nike we should be okay with murder now? Is murder okay as long as you become rich and well connected later on?
Is this really what you want to tell society? Even if you murder later in life we'll pour resources into you to get you back on track with our new progressive programs.
Where is the deterrent to not murder in the first place? When I think of justice reform, I think of non-violent offenders getting alternative treatment, not violent offenders or murderers.
Funny he writes about it now. I'm sure he waited until the family of the kid he murdered couldn't speak against it. Of course he'll make plenty of money off the book, along with his daughter.
Murder isn't just making a mistake. It doesn't even sound like he did much time for it either as he was out of prison by 27, spending only 4 years in juvie for the actual murder.
I guess because he was an executive at Nike we should be okay with murder now? Is murder okay as long as you become rich and well connected later on?
Is this really what you want to tell society? Even if you murder later in life we'll pour resources into you to get you back on track with our new progressive programs.
Where is the deterrent to not murder in the first place? When I think of justice reform, I think of non-violent offenders getting alternative treatment, not violent offenders or murderers.
Funny he writes about it now. I'm sure he waited until the family of the kid he murdered couldn't speak against it. Of course he'll make plenty of money off the book, along with his daughter.
This post was edited on 10/19/21 at 5:28 am
Posted on 10/19/21 at 5:41 am to Jack Ruby
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Miller did go to juvenile prison for four years for the murder, but he was also later convicted of kidnapping as an adult, which violated his parole and he went back to prison until 1976 when he was nearly 30.
looks like he did his time and was somewhat rehabilitated...isn't that what we want?
Posted on 10/19/21 at 6:09 am to Jack Ruby
Could be trying to sell more copies of his book?
Posted on 10/19/21 at 6:25 am to Jack Ruby
How did he manage to hide it this whole time
Posted on 10/19/21 at 6:28 am to Jack Ruby
Wouldn’t this story be a better example of how the justice system “works”? A kid that murdered someone at 16, kidnapped someone at 30 used his time in prison to get a degree/skill and now is a multi millionaire?
Posted on 10/19/21 at 7:19 am to Jack Ruby
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The SI piece was largely glowing about "overcoming adversity."
That's not overcoming adversity. That is someone who should have been marched to the gallows getting a chance to be a millionaire because black privilege.
Posted on 10/19/21 at 7:46 am to Jack Ruby
Don King literally stomped a man to death.
Posted on 10/19/21 at 8:15 am to Jack Ruby
The worst part of this story is Miller taking responsibility and saying "don't be like me" while lily white, silver-spoon Donahoe then makes it about "stigma" and "criminal justice reform"
Posted on 10/19/21 at 9:00 am to Jack Ruby
The same folks who praise Larry Miller probably think Jon Gruden should do more time in prison for offensive emails than Miller did for murder.
Posted on 10/19/21 at 9:37 am to Jack Ruby
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During prison, he studied for an accounting degree at Temple University
Curious how distance learning worked in the 70s
Posted on 10/19/21 at 9:40 am to Jack Ruby
Admitting to murder is better than saying queer
Posted on 10/19/21 at 9:56 am to Jack Ruby
Only did 4 years for murdering an innocent person? WTF
Posted on 10/19/21 at 11:25 am to Jack Ruby
I mean he did his time that the system mandated he do.
He made himself a better person who is a contributing person of society. What exactly do you want him to do?
He made himself a better person who is a contributing person of society. What exactly do you want him to do?
Posted on 10/19/21 at 12:36 pm to Jack Ruby
Love how triggered you are that you posted this
Posted on 10/19/21 at 12:51 pm to Jack Ruby
Did he not serve his time?
While I don’t agree with the punishment, you should redirect your anger at the criminal justice system.
Gruden got what he deserved. He was a dumb frick.
While I don’t agree with the punishment, you should redirect your anger at the criminal justice system.
Gruden got what he deserved. He was a dumb frick.
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