When the Tour Down Under rolls around each January, people tend to use it as an opportunity to think about everything stereotypically Australian: kangaroos ... the shoes pro cyclists wear.

KangaROO’s, a new company based out of ... Nike instead created the Air Diamond Turf, a shoe he could wear for either sport. Emmitt Smith signed with Reebok soon after entering the league ...

Nike said it will stop using kangaroo skins for its shoes this year, weeks after a similar step from German rival Puma, which would end a highly controversial practice that has drawn ire from ...