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The Latest Breaking News from Michael Jordan

Review: 'Air' pits Matt Damon against Viola Davis — guess who wins?

"A shoe is always just a shoe until someone steps into it," a Nike marketer played by Jason Bateman says in "Air," hinting at both the challenge and achievement of the snappy comedy.

Tribune News Service

‘Air’ review: Damon and Affleck team up for the story of Nike’s pursuit of Michael Jordan

“Air” is a good time, as well as a triumph of sports marketing in every conceivable way. It’s a docudrama — really more of a docucomedy-drama, with workplace banter and zingers for fuel — about how Nike marketing executive Sonny Vaccaro, played by Matt Damon, convinced his boss Phil Knight,…

Chicago Tribune

A new film about Air Jordans almost benched a Black Nike exec. Enter Chris Tucker

Ever since the premiere of its eye-catching trailer during the Super Bowl, “Air” has been generating a lot of positive buzz.

Los Angeles Times

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‘Alright, Will Hunting’: Ben Affleck pokes fun at Matt Damon’s Wordle group with Bradley Cooper

Damon, who stars in Affleck’s new film ‘Air’, called the group ‘very competitive’

The Independent UK

A Duo Once More, Ben Affleck, Matt Damon Come Up for ‘Air’

While Ben Affleck and Matt Damon were writing “The Last Duel,” their first screenplay together since their 1997 breakthrough, “Good Will Hunting,” they noticed that something in their winding and usually separate careers had been missing. “I remember my wife said to me one day: ‘I haven’t heard you laugh…

Asharq Al-Awsat

‘I’m a real actor, this is an art form’: Ben Affleck mistaken for another star in new Dunkin’ Donuts advert

Affleck returned to the coffee chain to promote their new Run campaign

The Independent UK

A duo once more, Ben Affleck, Matt Damon come up for 'Air'

More than 25 years after they set out to conquer Hollywood together, Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are once again a team

The Independent UK

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Ben Affleck gets confused for Matt Damon in new Dunkin’ advert

Affleck returned to the coffee chain to promote their new Run campaign

The Independent UK

Ben Affleck gets career-best Rotten Tomatoes score for Air

The Michael Jordan sneaker movie is a slam dunk

Total Film

Movie review: Affleck's 'Air' entertains with assists from top-brand talent

At the end of “Air,” director and co-star Ben Affleck, bafflingly bewigged as Nike CEO and co-founder Phil Knight, lies back on his office couch and utters a single word: “equity.” It’s a bit of a cheeky callback to something that happens even before the movie starts: the appearance of…

Tribune News Service

AIR review: Matt Damon, Viola Davis lead the team in winning Nike sports drama

What to Watch's AIR review hails the movie as a winning ensemble piece and a return to form for director Ben Affleck.

WhatToWatch

‘Air,’ about Nike chasing Michael Jordan, is year’s best film so far

Director Ben Affleck’s fast-paced period piece portrays a sneaker deal that revolutionized sports and business.

Chicago Sun-Times

‘More than just shoes’: how Air Jordans kicked off a revolution in sport

A new film starring Ben Affleck tells the story of how Michael Jordan’s sponsorship deal with Nike in 1984 turned a clever marketing idea into a slam dunk

The Guardian - UK

Zach LaVine finds his way to the rim once again as he leads Bulls’ postseason push: ‘I’m able to do everything I need to’

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Few forces are strong enough to withstand the momentum of Zach LaVine when he picks up steam on the way to the basket.

Chicago Tribune

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Daily Mirror

Lionel Messi future saga takes fresh twist as PSG and Barcelona managers agree on stance

Lionel Messi is now in contact with Barcelona ahead of a possible return to the Camp Nou, with vice-resident Rafa Yuste confirming the club's plans to re-sign him from PSG

Tribune News Service

Movie review: Matt Damon stars as an executive trying to score big for Nike in entertaining ‘Air,’ directed by pal Ben Affleck

“Air” has a tricky task: make folks care about a hugely profitable basketball shoe-endorsement deal from nearly 40 years ago.

Tribune News Service

Chris Tucker had personal reasons to join Nike/Michael Jordan film ‘Air’

Comic legend Chris Tucker is super picky when it comes to doing movies.

Evening Standard

The cine files! Everything you need to see at the cinema in April

From Ben Affleck’s Nike drama Air to laptop thriller Missing and high-kicking west London sisters in Polite Society, we round up the 11 best films to see in April

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USA Today Sports Media Group

Canadian billionaire Steve Apostolopoulos wants to own more than the Commanders

Apostolopoulos has been linked to NBA and NHL teams in addition to the Commanders.

The New Daily

April movie guide: Nike’s Air, Toni Collette in Mafia Mamma, Crowe’s chilling exorcist biopic

How Matt Damon and Ben Affleck have endured a 40-year bromance as film about Michael Jordan and Nike set to premiere on April 5

The Guardian - US

Green Bay’s Aaron Rodgers era is over. But is Jordan Love any good?

The young quarterback has to follow two Packers Hall of Famers at one of the NFL’s most famed franchises. No pressure then

The Guardian - UK

In business: how brands like Nike, BlackBerry and Pop-Tarts became film’s hottest stars

A slew of new movies celebrate the boardroom mavericks of the 1980s and 90s – as well as the products they flogged. What’s behind this corporate nostalgia?

Tribune News Service

Luke DeCock: As Final Four returns to Houston, UNC remembers the greatest shot ever forgotten

HOUSTON — The Final Four has come back around, seven years later, but there’s no marker on the floor in Houston to mark the spot where Kris Jenkins launched the shot that broke a million Tar Heel hearts, not that the NCAA has a habit of indulging in that kind…

Total Film

Ben Affleck explains why Michael Jordan never appears in Air

Exclusive: Air director and star Ben Affleck tells the Inside Total Film podcast why we don't see Michael Jordan in the movie

USA Today Sports Media Group

AIR: See the cast of Ben Affleck’s new Nike movie compared to real-life counterparts

Ben Affleck nails it as Nike founder Phil Knight.

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