Michael Jordan continues to win at everything.
On Friday, a judge ruled that the owner of Dominick's, a now extinct grocery store chain, and its parent company, Safeway, would have to pay Jordan $8.9 million for using the basketball star's likeness without his approval in a 2009 advertisement.
BREAKING: Jury says Safeway, Dominick's owner, has to pay Michael Jordan $8.9 MILLION for this ad in SI in 2009 pic.twitter.com/DD6O7Rt3D9
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) August 22, 2015
Here's Jordan's statement following the court's decision:
I'm very pleased with today's verdict.