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The Jordan brand unveiled the Air Jordan XXXI in Las Vegas on Wednesday night, with the lead colorway giving a nod to the buzz that initially kick-started the signature line.The red and black colorway of the shoe is a tribute to the Air Jordan I, which debuted in 1985. It features elements of that shoe, including a leather upper, and is the first time the shoe has an Air Jordan logo and a swoosh since the original.The Jordan XXXI will be available on Sept. 3 for $185.On the bottom of the shoe is the word BANNED, a reference to the legend that gave the brand a defiant beginning.On Feb. 25, 1985, then-NBA deputy commissioner Russ Granik sent a letter to Nikes marketing chief Rob Strasser stressing that the red and black shoes violated the leagues uniform code.In accordance with our conversations, this will confirm and verify that the National Basketball Associations rules and procedures prohibited the wearing of certain red and black NIKE basketball shoes by Chicago Bulls player Michael Jordan on or around October 18, 1984, the letter said.?Rumor had circulated that Jordan would be fined $5,000 per game for wearing the red and black shoes, but there was no evidence that Nike ever paid a fine. The shoes Jordan was wearing for that preseason game in 1984 were not even Air Jordans; they were a shoe called the Air Ship.But Nike famously told its consumers that the shoe was banned in a television commercial, which featured Jordan dressed in red and black.On Sept. 15, Nike created a revolutionary basketball shoe, the voiceover said. On Oct. 18, the NBA threw them out of the game. Fortunately, the NBA cant stop you from wearing them. Air Jordans by Nike.The Air Jordan I came out in March 1985, at the then-exorbitant price of $65. Over the next nine months, Nike sold $100 million worth.The 31st iteration of the shoe will be worn, as has been tradition, by Jordan brand spokesman Russell Westbrook. Only the initial colorway will have the words BANNED on the bottom.In June, Nike said the sale of Jordan brand products equaled $2.7 billion, up 16 percent from the previous year. Jordan himself gets an undisclosed royalty from sales of the signature line. TreQuan Smith Jersey . 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After a replay, the winner will meet Sunderland in the quarterfinals. Sagbo did well to control Sone Alukos right cross and fire past Brighton goalkeeper Peter Brezovan. Aluko was making his first start in four months after recovering from an Achilles injury. EDMONTON, Alberta -- Connor McDavid and the Oilers came out winners in an overtime game for the first time in a while.McDavid scored the decisive goal in the shootout and Edmonton beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 on Saturday night.Milan Lucic and Leon Draisaitl scored in regulation for the Oilers, who had won two of three since dropping four straight, including two OT losses and a shootout defeat.There are some areas that we need to improve on, but it is a win, coach Todd McLellan said. Its a comeback win. Weve been on the other end of those lately, so it is nice to come back and tie one up in the third period and win in a shootout instead of being on the other end.Cam Talbot made 31 saves for the Oilers and then turned away Brian Boyle in the third round of the shootout to end it.Ben Bishop stopped 30 shots, and Jonathan Drouin and Tyler Johnson had goals for the Lightning. Tampa Bay has lost two in a row and five of six.Its better. Its not where we want it to be, but still, I think tonights a great step in the right direction, Drouin said.Edmonton outshot the Lightning 11-5 in the scoreless first period, but Tampa Bay had the best chance midway through the opening frame when Talbot stopped a short-handed breakaway by Alex Killorn.The Oilers took a 1-0 lead four minutes into the second on the power play. Draisaitl made a long pass through to Lucic, who rifled his nintth of the season past Bishop.ddddddddddddThe Lightning tied the game on a power play with 1:01 to play in the second when Drouins shot through a ton of traffic hit Talbot and trickled into the Edmonton net.Tampa Bay took a 2-1 lead 2:35 into the third period as Cory Conacher threaded a pass through to Johnson on a 2-on-1, and he beat Talbot for his ninth of the season.Edmonton tied it again with 13 minutes left on another power play when Draisaitl deflected a shot past Bishop for his 14th.The penalty kill, weve got to step up as players, Bishop said. Enough is enough here. Weve got to have more passion to kill these penalties because its starting to get almost embarrassing.Game notes It was the first of two regular season meetings between the teams this season. The Lightning swept the series last season. ... Tampa Bay is still struggling through injuries to top players, with the likes of center Steven Stamkos (knee) and forwards Ryan Callahan (lower body), Ondrej Palat (undisclosed) and Nikita Kucherov (lower body) still unavailable to play. ... Oilers defenseman Andrej Sekera played his 600th career NHL game on Saturday.UP NEXTLightning: Return home to face Detroit on Tuesday night.Oilers: Start a three-game trip Monday night in St. Louis. ' ' '