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2. Air (2023 American film) - Wikipedia

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   In 1984, Oregon-based Nike, Inc. is on the verge of shutting its basketball shoe division down due to low sales. In response to this, Marketing VP Rob Strasser, along with co-founder and CEO Phil Knight, task Nike's basketball talent scout Sonny Vaccaro to come up with a new spokesperson for Nike basketball shoes.

3. Magic Johnson - Wikipedia

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   Despite their on-court rivalry, Johnson and Bird became close friends during the filming of a 1984 Converse shoe advertisement that depicted them as enemies. [ 153 ] [ 154 ] Johnson appeared at Bird's retirement ceremony in 1992, and described Bird as a "friend forever"; [ 118 ] during Johnson's Hall of Fame ceremony, Bird formally inducted his ...

4. Bobby Jones (basketball, born 1951) - Wikipedia

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   Jones endorsed Nike throughout his career. In 1982, Jones was one of the first athletes to wear Nike's Air Force 1 sneakers. [61] Nike also made a marketing campaign around him, which included a poster that dubbed him "The Secretary of Defense". [21] [62]

5. Larry Johnson (basketball, born 1969) - Wikipedia

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   To this day, Johnson is ranked 12th in career scoring and 7th in rebounding at UNLV despite playing only two seasons. He also holds the record for single-season and career field goal percentage. In 2002, Johnson and teammates Augmon and Anthony were inducted into the UNLV Athletic Hall of Fame along with the 1990–91 UNLV men's basketball team ...

6. Candace Parker - Wikipedia

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   On March 19, 2006, in an NCAA tournament first-round game against Army, she became the first woman to dunk in an NCAA tournament game, then became the first woman to dunk twice in an NCAA tournament game. [24] She was the SEC Rookie of the Year (Coaches and AP) and helped the Lady Vols win the 2006 SEC tournament championship.

7. Jeremy Lin - Wikipedia

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   By his junior year during the 2008–09 season, he was the only NCAA Division I men's basketball player ranked in the top ten in his conference for scoring (17.8), rebounding (5.5), assists (4.3), steals (2.4), blocked shots (0.6), field goal percentage (0.502), free throw percentage (0.744), and three-point shot percentage (0.400), [20] and ...