Michael Jordan
Background
Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963) is an American retired professional basketball player and active businessman. His biography on the National Basketball Association (NBA) website states, "By acclamation, Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time." Jordan was one of the most effectively marketed athletes of his generation, and was instrumental in popularizing the NBA around the world in the 1980s and 1990s.
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...Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else, which is next on my shopping list. Geoff Colvin wrote this article for Fortune magazine, which is something of an introduction to the idea, some preliminary reading, perhaps! A question of perspective Your...
7 hours ago from
The Science of Sport
...Mutant mini horse! But the little freak is still the cutest mutant alive! Even cuter than these links: Some video of Michael Jordan's first acting gig. [NESW Sports] Sheena's coworker sent this to her this morning, and she just sent it to me. Mini donkeys!...
8 hours ago from
Pittsburgh Sports and Mini Ponies
...bruised and angry by Larry Brown's upstart Bobcats. Boston's Paul Pierce scored 28 points but had a key turnover in overtime. Ray Allen scored 20 points on 7-of-20 shooting from the field. As Bobcats part-owner Michael Jordan sat courtside and spent much...
10 hours ago from
Columbus Dispatch
...for the fifth time in the last six road games, falling to 29-7 on the season. Paul Pierce led Boston with 28 points, Ray Allen added 20, Rajon Rondo collected 16 and six assists and Kevin Garnett needed 18 shots to score his 14 points with 13 rebounds. Boston,...
10 hours ago from
The Sports Network
...The best way for me is being home, getting a good movie and lying down on the couch. Somebody you would like to meet? Michael Jordan. Sport or activity you don't do but would like to? Golf. I've tried it, but not really. I'd like to play it. At home you are...
11 hours ago from
Tampa Bay Online
...will be more star-struck then they have been by [Calif. Gov.] Arnold Schwarzenegger and [former presidential candidate] Fred Thompson." Being famous, of course, helps anyone make a name in our celebrity-driven culture. Sharon Waxman, editor-in-chief of The...
11 hours ago from
MarketWatch
...and his elastic limbs seem to complicate whatever higher truth he's aiming for. Joe Alexander is blatant racial pandering, Rudy Fernandez's rep is based on one single dunk over Dwight Howard (and blatant international pandering), and Russell Westbrook's most...
11 hours ago from
MSNBC Sports
...the hot spot to have cocktails and dinner was One Sixty Blue. It had decent food, a nice crowd and of course it was owned by Michael Jordan. Just the mention of MJ’s association with the restaurant had folks pulling up to valet park their rides. However...
12 hours ago from
NBC5.com
...2003 slam-dunk champion and this year's NBA leader in 3-point accuracy, to be given that shot - or 15 shots out of racks - on his US Airways Center home floor this season. He has not participated in the 3-point contest, having developed his shooting as a pro...
13 hours ago from
AZ Central.com
...for the fifth time in the last six road games, falling to 29-7 on the season. Paul Pierce led Boston with 28 points, Ray Allen added 20, Rajon Rondo collected 16 and six assists and Kevin Garnett needed 18 shots to score his 14 points with 13 rebounds. Boston,...
14 hours ago from
The Sports Network
Last Week - About Michael Jordan
...because the most promising bout to start 2008 that had a chance of restoring some former heavyweight clarity, Wladimir Klitschko-Sultan Ibragimov, was a terrible effort by both men. Not that Haye or Klitschko are certain to deliver on their promise.) That's...
7 days ago from
Sports Blogs
...shot in the sport. In fact, he probably has the greatest fade-away shot in basketball since former Chicago Bulls great Michael Jordan. Kobe scores a ton of his points by creating space between him and the defender in addition to his unstoppable drives to the...
7 days ago from
Associated Content
...Tuesday, December 30th, Clippers.com sat down with the 2004 NBA Dunk Contest Champion and newest member of the Clippers, Fred Jones. Signed as a free agent hours before Sunday's home game versus Dallas, suited up that afternoon, and scored 8 points with 2...
7 days ago from
NBA.com
...the need for blood firsthand many years ago when one of his grandchildren was suffering from leukemia. That child, Brian Michael Jordan, eventually died from the blood disease and Jordan has made it his mission to make sure his blood is out there for all who...
7 days ago from
Roanoke Daily Herald
...indifferent to the stock price may be more interested in hiring friends and grabbing perks than in creating value. Tyco, Adelphia, Dynegy (NYSE: DYN) ... the list of corporate disappointments is too long to list here. This is why we love to see strong insider...
7 days ago from
Motley Fool
...I seen it! In conclusion, Dick and Barry from High Fidelity need to start looking for new jobs. RELATED: ac/dc, metallica, coldplay, lil wayne, taylor swift, beyonce, jack johnson Note: This website is not...
7 days ago from
Cinema Blend
...Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - It would have been perfect if the Chicago Blackhawks could have carried their franchise-record winning streak into the Winter Classic, but it wasn't to be. Despite the fact that the Detroit Red Wings -- Chicago's opponent...
7 days ago from
The Sports Network
...for anything other than the automated reminder. Your email address: A look at the news story about Charles Barkley. Charles Barkley was pulled over early today after police say he read a stop sign. He declined to take a breathalyser, but he did take...
7 days ago from
Associated Content
...Bird making a blindfolded off the scoreboard, off the moon, off the shot clock, nothing but net shot in a game of H-O-R-S-E... I've seen it done. Michael Jordan playing himself in a game of one-on-one... Who hasn't done that? But not this Kobe flimflam. ...
6 days ago from
Kornheiser's Cartel
...them an aura that unites others in some way or another, Elvis Presley, Michael Jordan, Nelson Mandela, Dalai Lama, Gandhi, Aung San Suu Kyi - they were not born great - they just chose to live greatly. They face/faced their share of struggle with such a strength...
5 days ago from
Associated Content
Last Month - About Michael Jordan
...Tiger needs to get better. “I’m not going to be embarrassed.” Michael Jordan didn’t have to enter six words to play in the Golf Digest U.S. Open Challenge at Bethpage Black in June 2009, but he’s confident he can break 100 under the same course conditions...
30 days ago from
Golf Digest
...walk-on fullback to founder and CEO of Under Armour, which made its name with performance undergarments. USA TODAY's Michael McCarthy spoke with Plank, 36, about taking on Nike in running shoes and, eventually, basketball shoes. "It began in 2006 with the...
30 days ago from
USA Today
...attending the NBA match. After the match, I went to New York for Bill's wedding." Lara wore a fawn-coloured traditional Tarun Tahiliani saree at the wedding. Lara adds laughingly, "It was a Catholic wedding; I was the only one in a saree, so people kept staring....
29 days ago from
OneIndia
...the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls, who manufactured the greatest start in NBA history with a 40-3 charge out of the gate. Michael Jordan and Co. finished with the most wins ever in a regular season with 72. Here’s a look at some of the numbers posted by the three...
29 days ago from
Boston Herald
...night - the senior has averaged over 20 points per game this season. With the contributions of senior Adam Teague and junior Chris Harris, who added 10 and 18 points respectively, Navy, at 7-1, is off to its best start since 1983-84 when it went 8-0. After...
29 days ago from
Daily Pennsylvanian
...talks with the Bulls deteriorated and D'Antoni landed in New York, he joined the likes of Xavier McDaniel, John Starks and Jeff Van Gundy on Chicago's most reviled list. And in many ways, the Bulls considered D'Antoni's transgression far more devious and hurtful...
29 days ago from
New York Daily News
... Not much has happened in the NBA on the transaction front the last few weeks except for a good old fashioned coaching dump off. In each of the three cases of coach firings, the terminations do not seem to be no-brainers. All four teams have played poorly,...
29 days ago from
ProBasketballNews.com
...Today's date is December 9th, and on this day: '88- Jerry Sloan was named head coach of the Utah Jazz, replacing Frank Layden, who resigned as head coach. Sloan’s coaching tenure with the Jazz is the longest current term of service among head coaches in the...
29 days ago from
Sports Blogs
...turn. In other words -- and this should be obvious -- when we watch Kobe play, we're seeing a far lesser version of Michael Jordan in action. Similar in style and mannerism, maybe, but when we translate the statistics for era, it becomes very clear that Jordan...
29 days ago from
ESPN
...Bulls passed Moses Malone to become the third-leading scorer in league history. Obviously a bad cell connection somewhere. Geoff Petrie is not one of those flip-flopping personnel bosses who plays games and aggravates peers with an inability/refusal to deal...
29 days ago from
Sacramento Bee