Michael Jordan sends fans wild as he is spotted out for dinner with superstar NFL quarterback Jalen Hurts

Hurts, who was named Super Bowl LIX MVP after he scored three touchdowns in the Eagles’ win over the Chiefs, has been signed to the NBA legend’s Jordan Brand since 2023.  And the pair were photographed spending some time together on Saturday, roughly a month after Philly’s blowout 40-22 win over Kansas City.  In the photo, which has surfaced on social media, Hurts – dressed in a tan jacket – appears to be engaging in conversation with Jordan while the former Bulls star listens.

The six-time NBA champion wore a light grey hoodie to the meal, though it’s not clear where the pair were dining.  Hurts hasn’t been shy in representing the Jordan Brand (which is owned by Nike) in recent weeks, as his impressive Super Bowl performance came while he was wearing a pair of Air Jordan 11 PE cleats.

#Eagles QB Jalen Hurts and NBA Legend Michael Jordan spotted last night at dinner. pic.twitter.com/LCqM2vydFm

— Jack Russ | Eagles Everything (@birdsadelphia) March 9, 2025

At the subsequent parade, he also wore a ‘Love, Hurts’ hoodie from Jordan Brand, amid the company’s new campaign named for the quarterback.  The Eagles passer is one of several NFL stars signed to the company, including Maxx Crosby, Puka Nacua, Dak Prescott, Davante Adams and more.

The brand also sponsors the likes of Luka Doncic, Zion Williamson and Jayson Tatum in basketball.  Aside from his brand, Jordan also owns a NASCAR team, 23XI Racing.  However, 23XI and another team, Front Row Motorsports, have now been accused of being in an ”illegal cartel’ in a stunning countersuit from NASCAR.

The countersuit from NASCAR comes after 23XI and Front Row filed a joint antitrust lawsuit against the stock car series back in October after alleging that the new charter system – NASCAR’s equivalent of a franchise model that assures charter holders certain financial guarantees and a place in all 36 Cup Series races – limits competition by unfairly binding teams to the series, its tracks and its suppliers.

The two groups branded chairman Jim France and his family ‘monopolistic bullies’ in the suit while vowing to stand up to them and ‘refuse to be victims’.  However, NASCAR this week launched a counterclaim against 23XI, Front Row and Curtis Polk, a 23XI co-owner who has advised Jordan for decades.

In a 30-page filing, the organization contends that Polk ‘willfully’ violated antitrust laws by orchestrating anticompetitive collective conduct in connection with the most recent charter agreements, while accusing him of leading the alleged ‘illegal cartel’.  23XI and Front Row were the only two organizations out of 15 that refused to sign the new agreements, which were presented to the teams last September in a take-it-or-leave-it offer a mere 48 hours before the start of NASCAR’s playoffs.