Air Bud is a 1997 sports comedy film directed by Charles Martin Smith. It sparked the franchise centered on the real-life dog Air Buddy, a cross-bred Golden Retriever, who shoots basketball hoops ...

Air Bud is a 1997 sports comedy film directed by Charles Martin Smith. It sparked the franchise centered on the real-life dog Air Buddy, a cross-bred Golden Retriever, who shoots basketball hoops ...

While Buddy died in 1998 of synovial cell sarcoma, the Air Bud franchise remained a consistent content source for Disney through 2012, with DiCicco earning 11 credits for his creative contributions.