In the early 1980s, Michael Jordan was a great college basketball player at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. No one was sure he would become one of the world’s most famous athletes. At the time, the shoe company Nike was best-known for running shoes. Nike was not famous for basketball shoes. When Jordan left college to become a professional basketball player, he did not have dreams of wearing Nike shoes. But 40 years later, Jordan and Nike are known as a team. The new film, Air, tells the story of how Nike recruited Jordan to endorse its shoes. The famous acting team of Ben Affleck and Matt Damon reunited to work on the film.
Title: Ben Affleck, Matt Damon Working Together Again in ‘Air’
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time, the shoe company Nike was best-known for running shoes.</span> <span data-start-time='23813' data-end-time='28000'>Nike was not famous for basketball shoes.</span> <span data-start-time='28000' data-end-time='38229'>When Jordan left college to become a professional basketball player, he did not have dreams of wearing Nike shoes.</span> <span data-start-time='38229' data-end-time='45604'>But 40 years later, Jordan and Nike are known as a team.</span> <span data-start-time='45604' data-end-time='55771'>The new film, Air, tells the story of how Nike recruited Jordan to endorse its shoes.</span> <span data-start-time='55771' data-end-time='63083'>The famous acting team of Ben Affleck and Matt Damon reunited to work on the film.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' 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