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Tiger Woods Reflects on Remarkable Journey and Partnership with Nike

Tiger Woods expresses gratitude for his partnership with Phil Knight and shares a heartwarming picture with his mother, reflecting on their remarkable jour...

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The 14 best Nike ads and commercials featuring Tiger Woods

Frank, Golf's Not Hard, the memorable voiceover featuring Earl Woods and many, many more.

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The best (and worst) photos of Tiger Woods in Nike gear over the years

Woods and Nike's relationship dates back to his 1996 debut.

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Tiger Woods, Nike part ways after more than 27 years

Woods in a social media post thanked Nike co-founder Phil Knight for his “passion and vision” that brought Nike and the Nike Golf partnership with Woods together.

Chicago Sun-Times

Tiger Woods ends 27-year relationship with Nike, hints at return to play at Genesis Invitational

Woods: "I was fortunate to start a partnership with one of the most iconic brands in the world."

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Warren Buffett, James Simons and Phil Knight are among the top charity donors of 2023

Investment guru Warren Buffett topped The Chronicle of Philanthropy's annual list of the biggest charitable donations in 2023, with his $541.5 million gift to the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation, named for his first wife, who died in 2004

The Independent UK

Deion Sanders hugs Nike’s Phil Knight before Colorado-Oregon

Deion Sanders and Phil Knight got together at Autzen Field

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With celebrity memoirs on the rise, the demand for ghostwriters is growing in India

Pulitzer-winning journalist J.R. Moehringer is a famous ghostwriter, having penned Prince Harry's memoir, tennis legend Andre Agassi's autobiography and Nike co-founder Phil Knight's memoir. Ghostwriting is a relatively new concept in India, with celebrities and successful entrepreneurs often looking for someone to trust with their story. Ghostwriting projects can pay…

The Hindu

Nike founder frustrated for a year with bid to buy NBA franchise in $2 billion deal

The founder of the sporting giant company are looking to take over the Portland Trail Blazers after their owner sadly passed away in 2018, but the family have insisted that it is not for sale

Daily Mirror

‘Air’ movie review: Ben Affleck shoots Matt Damon into MVP territory

Armed with a phenomenal cast, Ben Affleck deftly directs this tale of Nike’s basketball division trying to sign a young Michael Jordan, in what would be a game-changing move for the worlds of sport, shoes and athletic marketing

The Hindu

6 of the biggest takeaways from Prince Harry ghostwriter’s behind-the-scenes story

From teary-eyed moments to a ‘late-night row’, JR Moehringer has discussed the making of Prince Harry’s memoir ‘Spare’

The Independent UK

7 top new movies to watch this week on Netflix, HBO Max, Prime Video and more (May 8-14)

This week's new movies feature Ben Affleck & Matt Damon, Jennifer Lopez, Michael J. Fox, Owen Wilson, the undead and more!

Tom’s Guide

Sonny Vaccaro talks 'Air,' signing Michael Jordan and being played by Matt Damon

PITTSBURGH — Sonny Vaccaro knows that Matt Damon looks nothing like an Italian kid from Trafford. But that doesn't mean he had any misgivings about Damon playing him in "Air," the feature film currently in theaters about how Vaccaro signed Michael Jordan to his first shoe deal at Nike.

Tribune News Service

Air movie review: Ben Affleck’s latest about Michael Jordan’s trainers is no slam dunk - but it is a blast

The story of a game-changing sponsorship deal is annoyingly watchable

Evening Standard

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Los Angeles Times

Michael Hiltzik: With a $300 million donation to Harvard, a hedge fund billionaire shows why we need a wealth tax

Harvard University wants us to bow down to the exceptional generosity of Kenneth C. Griffin, a hedge fund billionaire who just made a $300 million gift to the school's graduate program.

The New Daily

How a puffy basketball recruiter signed Michael Jordan for Nike in Air

The backbone of Air is the stellar, temperate performance from Matt Damon as the recruiter who signed Michael Jordan.

Salon

"Air" fails Sonny Vaccaro & sneakerheads

"Air" doesn't offer anything new to Jordan addicts, but does a good job of selling the risk-taking American dream

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Ben Affleck’s Air is the next great American sports movie

Ben Affleck's Air is the next great American sports movie.

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Sports Illustrated

‘Air’ Doesn’t Need Michael Jordan to Soar

In a tense movie about the birth of the Air Jordan, Ben Affleck gets his star-heavy cast to phone it in—to great effect.

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Mac Engel: We don’t see Michael Jordan in ‘AIR,’ but he’s clearly the star. That’s why he’s the GOAT.

The new feature length movie about Michael Jordan doesn’t actually include Michael Jordan, much in the same way audiences barely saw the giant fish in "Jaws."

The Guardian - UK

Air review – Ben Affleck and Matt Damon drop the ball in Michael Jordan shoe drama

Affleck’s dramatisation of the bid to get Jordan to endorse Nike’s radical new sneaker almost ignores the most compelling character

The Guardian - US

‘Michael Jordan changed the world’: the true story behind Nike movie Air

Ben Affleck’s buzzy drama tells the story about how Nike transformed into a major force in the sneakers market thanks to a young basketball star

Chicago Tribune

‘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,…

Total Film

Ben Affleck gets career-best Rotten Tomatoes score for Air

The Michael Jordan sneaker movie is a slam dunk

Tribune News Service

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…

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