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Vintage Gear rewinds to 1991 and the “Stay In School” issue of Nike’s Air Jordan trading card series. Essentially the series replicated the ads of the day, in this c...Read More

One of the perks of being in the Air Jordan Flight Club in the early ’90s was the rad season magazine that arrived in your mailbox, packed with Michael Jordan stories, factoids, ...Read More

If you needed 20 minutes of talk time in the mid ’90s and were a Michael Jordan fan, Hanes had you. As this PhonePass calling card from 1995 states, just follow the instructions ...Read More

Michael Jordan‘s partnership with McDonald’s was entering its heyday in the early 1990s, just as the superstar’s status was breaking worldwide along with that of his ...Read More

If you were looking for new ways to expand your Michael Jordan fandom in the late ’80s, this “Celebrity Patch” was likely a revelation. Festooned with a replica of Mi...Read More

Everyone remembers an iconic Michael Jordan soaring from the free throw line at the 1988 dunk contest, but MJ actually established his dunking prowess three years prior during his stel...Read More

Michael Jordan’s two-year jaunt with the Washington Wizards included a rad Hardwood Classics throwback to the old 1970s era Washington Bullets uniform. Once worn by greats like E...Read More

Michael Jordan left the Birmingham Barons and the game of baseball on March 10, 1995 and was in a Chicago Bulls uniform nine days later. That didn’t stop toy maker Kenner from pr...Read More

A good 18 years before Jordan Brand put out the Air Jordan 9 “Johnny Kilroy” series, Upper Deck put out this trading card of Kilroy – a player that looks a whole lot ...Read More

To kick off this week’s Vintage Gear, we take a look back at an old school Jordan practice jersey from the late ’80s. Produced by sporting goods maker MacGregor, this Sand-...Read More

Today’s Vintage Gear takes a look back at one of the tees celebrating Michael Jordan’s 1991 NBA MVP award. Produced by Salem Sportswear, the shirt shows off a compilation o...Read More

With seven of the 12 Dream Team members regularly in Swoosh branded sneakers – and a global audience ready to feast its eyes on some historic Olympic basketball – Nike made...Read More

With some of the most famous TV and print ad campaigns – Michael Jordan and “Be Like Mike,” for instance – Gatorade hasn’t run into much trouble promot...Read More

Back in the early ’90s nearly everyone wanted to “Be Like Mike.” And, in Gatorade’s mind apparently, there needed to be t-shirts to make that sentiment crystal ...Read More

We kick off this week’s Vintage Gear entries with a look back at the 1991 Air Jordan Flight Club calendar. Free on select boxes of Wheaties cereal back in late 1990, the calend...Read More