Michael Jordan

The project will be filmed in a similar way to Passing Strange, the musical Lee shot on Broadway and released earlier this year (09) - and follows Lee's documentaries about basketball stars Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant. Morgan is...

In this article: Spike Lee, Tracy Morgan, GQ Magazine, Passing Strange, Tracy Jordan, Kobe Bryant, and 30 Rock

Jordan Spiz'ike Michael Jordan and Spike Lee released the Jordan Spiz'ike shoes on October 21, 2006, as a tribute to their historic relationship. The relationship began when Mars Blackmon (a character from Spike Lee's film, She's Gotta Have...

In this article: Spike Lee, Mars Blackmon, Morehouse College, Nike, 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks, and She's Gotta Have It

...to play baseball for the Birmingham Barons. But in his fifth game since returning from his retirement, Jordan reminded New York, Spike Lee, and the whole world that he was still a bad, bad man. Jordan tortured the Knicks with 55 points and...

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...filmmaker has sought to accurately portray basketball as much as Lee. He cast Ray Allen in 1998's "He Got Game" and shot some of the most famous Michael Jordan commercials. He's also making a documentary for the National Basketball Association...

In this article: Spike Lee, Kobe Bryant, Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait, Passing Strange, ESPN, National Basketball Association, Los Angeles Lakers, San Antonio Spurs, and New York Knicks

commercial with Spike Lee. He was a trend-setter. He was one of the first guys to dress like he was out of GQ magazine for press conferences, and then you saw other guys dressing like Michael. "He set the standard in so many ways. Forget...

In this article: Doug Collins, Bulls, Scottie Pippen, Horace Grant, John Stockton, David Robinson, Jerry Krause, Bill Cartwright, and John Paxson

...or Toronto. The filmmaker also said Tuesday that he is starting work on a documentary about basketball great Michael Jordan, set for release in early 2009. Lee and Jordan starred in a series of ads for Nike in the late 1980s and early '90s.

In this article: Spike Lee, Clint Eastwood, Coen brothers, World War II, NYU, Nike, and Miracle at St. Anna

...Spike Lee playing the part of Mars Blackmon. In the commercials Lee, as Blackmon, attempted to find the source of Jordan's abilities and became convinced that "it's gotta be the shoes". The hype and demand for the shoes even brought on a...

In this article: Michael Jeffrey Jordan, National Basketball Association, Chicago Bulls, MVP, NBA Finals, Washington Wizards, New York Knicks, Eastern Conference Finals, Arizona Fall League, and Scottie Pippen

...tell me the language barrier is an issue. Michael Jordan's first dozen Nike and Gatorade commercials consisted of him just looking intense or dunking while Spike Lee or whoever did all the talking. Maybe a more practical baseball marketing...

In this article: Baseball, MLB, Far East, Gatorade, Creative Commons License, Coast to Coast Tickets, Nike, NBA, and Albert Pujols

...which Spike Lee then dubbed the "Double Nickel." After vomiting all night and contracting the Flu, Jordan came out in game five of 1996 NBA championship and threw up 38 points on the Jazz. Every time you looked at Jordan during that game...

In this article: Michael Jeffrey Jordan, Omlette, John Stockton, Jazz, IP Address, NBA Championship, All-NBA, and Jerry Sloan