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Michael Jordan’s Nike Air Jordan 1 is a legendary ... make use of our handy table of contents. The Air Jordan 1 was designed as a basketball shoe, and it is still a good choice for basketball ...

Nike had originally hoped to sell just 100,000 in the first year, so sales were far beyond expectations. The Air Jordan basketball brand still accounts for the majority of the basketball shoe market.

When a still young and upstart Nike ... field shoes, signed a young basketball talent out of North Carolina, little did they know where the world would take them. The Air Jordan shoe, now among ...

These shoes were both sold ... he was known for innovating Nike's Air Max technology. His Jordan 3 design became legendary. It pioneered the first-ever mid-cut basketball sneaker, included ...

One of the most important pre-Jordan designs is 1982's Nike Air Force 1, the brand's first basketball sneaker to ... the owners of Cinderella Shoes and Charley Rudo Sports (and later Downtown ...