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Online sports publication Bleacher Report celebrated Michael Jordan's 52nd birthday in a tributary way by creating a three-minute-long animated spot called "A History of Flight" that chronicles the entire Air Jordan lineage, from the I to the XX9. On original animation that celebrates the history of the Jordan Brand from 1984 to today, the video includes nicknames given and provides a bit of context as to its reasoning, informed by graphic effects that accompany each slide.

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