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The Sport Blue Air Jordan 6 Comes Home With the Details Collectors Never Got

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Vibrant University Blue Off-White Nike Jordan 1 sneakers held against a blurred background.
Photo by Erik Mclean on Pexels

Nike is bringing back the Air Jordan 6 Retro OG in its Sport Blue colorway for 2027, restoring the original Nike Air branding to the design for the first time. It is a small correction with outsized meaning for anyone who has chased this shoe for decades: the version finally matching the archive, not just the silhouette. No red carpet required for this one — the shoebox is the occasion.

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With reporting from Footwear News.

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