{
  "id": 14630169,
  "title": "From court to culture: The growing power of women’s basketball shoes",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/from-court-to-culture-the-growing-power-of-womens-basketball-shoes",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-15T06:16:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/court-culture-growing-power-women-061605509.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Lady Foot Locker in Niles, Ohio, was the first place I saw a women’s basketball shoe. My mom and I had driven 30 minutes to a mall to do some shopping, and there they were: Sheryl Swoopes’ Nike Air Swoopes 1 in all its glory. The shoe was the first of its kind. It was 1995, a moment I’ll never forget. For years, men’s basketball shoes have dominated the conversation and the market. But times…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}