Chapter 7: Barcelona
The once ubiquitous "Jordan 23" Bulls jersey is rarely seen on Spanish youngsters these days -- they're more likely to favor the distinctive blue-and-garnet "10" shirt worn by FC Barcelona...
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Blemish on Jordan’s career: gambling Jordan gambled with his image
Michael Jordan's unquenchable thirst for competition, for "action," and an unshakable belief in his ability to prevail in any form of it created the most serious blemish on his carefully...
Chapter 12: Charlotte
Michael Jordan's basketball wizardry has yet to translate to the front office in his second tour as an NBA executive. Following the unsatisfying end to his tenure as player/president of...
Chapter 2: Wilmington
Records indicate Michael Jordan was born into this world in the winter of 1963, but witnesses believe his birth as an otherworldly basketball talent occurred over the summer of 1979,...
Dean Smith on Jordan: ‘He’d listen closely to what the coaches said and then go do it.’
CHAPEL HILL -- Dean Smith, ever the coach, remembers what happened in the immediate aftermath of Michael Jordan's title-clinching shot over Georgetown in 1982 just as vividly as the shot...
Chapter 3: Chapel Hill
A poster-sized reproduction of Sports Illustrated's cover for its 1981-82 college basketball preview issue hangs above the replica playing floor at the Carolina Basketball Museum, which is a site to...
Dean Smith
Dean Smith, ever the coach, remembers what happened in the immediate aftermath of Michael Jordan's title-clinching shot over Georgetown in 1982 just as vividly as the shot itself. "Georgetown turned...
High-risk ‘action’: He gambles with his image
Michael Jordan's unquenchable thirst for competition, for "action," and an unshakable belief in his ability to prevail in any form of it created the most serious blemish on his carefully...
Stop the presses! ‘Cub-une’ years finally are over
Speaking for, among others, George Langford, Gene Quinn, D. Tom Patterson, Dick Leslie, Bob Condor, Margaret Holt, Tim Franklin, John Cherwa, Kerry Luft, Bill Adee and Ken Paxson, I salute...
Amid game’s wrongs, the Hall feels so right
The presence of four baseballs amid the flowers decorating a shrine to the Blessed Virgin at Our Lady of the Lake church is symbolic of how seriously this timeless village...