From the infamous $5,000 fine in 1985 to $1 billion in sales in the first half of 2019, Michael Jordan and Nike have built an institution with Air Jordans. The swoosh disappeared in the second ...

the film tells the story of Vaccaro persuading Nike head Phil Knight (Affleck) to sign a young Michael Jordan as the face of the company, before Jordan had even set foot on an NBA court.

Long before Air Jordans dominated the sneaker world and became a cultural phenomenon, Michael Jordan was just a young basketball player fresh out of college with no interest in Nike. In 1984 ...

NBA great Michael ... month absence, Jordan played minor league baseball with the Chicago White Sox. Many also forget he started going by a different name. That offseason, Nike concocted a ...