at least mention him as a pop culture figure not just a basketball player michael jordan is not only a worldwide popular and skilled basketball player he has a huge influence on world popular sports corporate culture back in the 's how about his influence on american pop culture with the air jordans shoes back in the 's 's it was mention on a previous wikipedia michael jordan article historys but it was deleted by an anonymous person i can understand getting rid of the merchandise section but to get rid of air jordans jordan's skills