Michael Jordan Timeline
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The shoes received more media exposure when Michael Jordan wore the Air Jordan XI model in the 1996 animated movie Space Jam These shoes were eventually released in 2000 and re-released in 2009 with the nickname Space Jams.
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The 2013 edition of the program will be revealed by Nike and Doernbecher Children’s Hospital on September 28. To date, Nike’s collaboration with Doernbecher has raised over $6 million which has been used to help out with the expansion of the hospital and to keep it running with state-of-the-art medical equipment.
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