Nike is removing Joe Paterno’s name from a child care center at its world headquarters in the Portland area.
Nike CEO Mark Parker said in a statement that he is “deeply saddened” by the news out of the investigation at Penn State.
“It is a terrible tragedy that children were unprotected from such abhorrent crimes,” Parker said.
The official name of the building at Nike’s headquarters was the Joe Paterno Child Development Center.
The center provides on-site care for 200 children aged 6 weeks to 5 years old.
The Nike World Headquarters campus in Beaverton boasts many buildings named after sports figures, including Bo Jackson, Lance Armstrong, Tiger Woods and Mia Hamm.
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