UP467 The Man Who Signed Michael Jordan: The reality behind the Air Movie, Nike and Matt Damon
Sonny Vaccaro was the pivotal figure behind Michael Jordan's groundbreaking deal with Nike, which remains one of the most storied contracts in sports business history. So good they made a movie about it, "Air", in which Vaccaro was played by Matt Damon, with Ben Affleck in the Phil Knight role. Vaccaro's book Legends & Soles: Business, Creativity and Basketball – A Memoir of an Improbable Life is the long-awaited memoir from one of the great American sports business insiders, ...