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Thursday, March 11, 2010

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Monday, January 25, 2010

Michael Jordan The Greatest Basketball Player

Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time. His leaping ability, illustrated by performing slam dunks from the free throw line at Slam Dunk Contests, earned him the nicknames "Air Jordan" and "His Airness." He also gained a reputation as one of the best defensive players in basketball.

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Michael Jordan was born on February 17, 1963, in Brooklyn, New York, one of James and Deloris Jordan's five children. The family moved to Wilmington, North Carolina, when Michael was very young. His father worked as a General Electric plant supervisor, and his mother worked at a bank. His father taught him to work hard and not to be tempted by street life. His mother taught him to sew, clean, and do laundry. Jordan loved sports but failed to make his high school basketball team as a sophomore. He continued to practice and made the team the next year. After high school he accepted a basketball scholarship to the University of North Carolina, where he played under head coach Dean Smith
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Greene, Bob. Hang Time. New York: Doubleday, 1992.
Gutman, Bill. Michael Jordan: A Biography. New York: Pocket Books, 1991.
Halberstam, David. Playing for Keeps: Michael Jordan and the World He Made. New York: Random House, 1999.
Jordan, Michael. For the Love of the Game: My Story. New York: Crown Publishers, 1998.
Naughton, Jim. Taking to the Air: The Rise of Michael Jordan. New York: Warner Books, 1992.
Smith, Sam. The Jordan Rules. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1992
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Saturday, January 16, 2010

Michael Jordan Best NBA Player Pictures

Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963) is a retired American 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. [wikipedia]

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Jordan's individual accolades and accomplishments include five MVP awards, ten All-NBA First Team designations, nine All-Defensive First Team honors, fourteen NBA All-Star Game appearances and three All-Star MVP, ten scoring titles, three steals titles, six NBA Finals MVP awards, and the 1988 NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award.

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He holds the NBA record for highest career regular season scoring average with 30.12 points per game, as well as averaging a record 33.4 points per game in the playoffs.

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In 1999, he was named the greatest North American athlete of the 20th century by ESPN, and was second to Babe Ruth on the Associated Press's list of athletes of the century. He will be eligible for induction into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2009.

EX-CHICAGO ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Michael Jordan

I have to admit, when I caught wind on Thursday that former Bulls guard Michael Jordan was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame, with the inductions tonight, I was stunned. I mean, really, what did Jordan ever do to achieve this honor? Sure, he was a solid, dependable starter in the league for a few years, but when it comes down to Hall of Fame consideration, I figured the folks in Springfield, MA were a little more discerning when coming up with new inductees. Anybody that doesn't think this is an abomination is living in a dream land. Just look back to 1986. I mean, he started only seven games that season. 1995? How about 17 starts? He didn't even bother to play A SINGLE GAME in 1994, 1998, 1999, 2000 or 2001. How does that lead you to the Hall of Fame? They must really be hurting for people to enshrine at this point. Maybe they should just take a few years off from inducting new people and put in new carpeting or something. This is a waste of everybody's time. What a joke. Just for laughs, let's take a look at the numbers for this clown:

6 NBA championships
6 NBA Finals MVP awards
13 All-Star Game nods
1981 McDonald's All-American
1984 College Player of the Year
1982 NCAA championship
1984 and 1992 Olympic Gold Medals
1988 NBA Defensive Player of the Year
1985 NBA Rookie of the Year
5 NBA MVP awards
3 NBA All-Star Game MVP awards
10-time NBA All-First team awards
9-time NBA All-First team defensive awards
2 NCAA First-team All-American awards
10-time NBA scoring champion
32,292 career NBA points (30.1 career scoring average)
33.4 points per game in 179 career playoff games

OK, I guess he earned it. Thanks for the memories, MJ. You made not only the fans of the Bulls proud, you make the entire city of Chicago and the surrounding areas proud. When people traveled across the USA or the world, and they mentioned they were from Chicago, the first thing people used to say was "Al Capone." Until you played. From then on, when you proudly say you're from Chicago, the only name that comes up to this day is "Michael Jordan." And that is the way it will be for a long time to come. Congrats, No. 23! I feel honored to have been a sports fan in this city for your entire career. It will never be the same again.

Friday, January 1, 2010

Michael Jordan American professional basketball player

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He holds the NBA record for highest career regular season scoring average with 30.12 points per game, as well as averaging a record 33.4 points per game in the playoffs.

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Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Michael Jordan best Images and Biography

The son of James and Deloris Jordan, Michael Jeffrey Jordan was born on February 17, 1963, in Brooklyn, New York.
His father was a mechanic at the General Electric plant and his mother worked with a bank. Michael was very young when his family shifted to Wilmington, North Carolina. His parents were blessed with four other children named, Larry Jordan and James R. Jordan, Jr., Deloris and Roslyn.

Even as a youngster, Michael showed streaks of a sportsman. Initially, his inclination was towards baseball. But soon, he developed a keen interest in basketball, following his older brother Larry’s footsteps. As a sophomore, at Laney High School, his attempt to get into the varsity team failed because he was raw and undersized. The following summer, he grew four inches and practiced tirelessly. The hard work paid off in shape of Jordan being selected to the McDonald's All-American Team as a senior.

After high school, he accepted a basketball scholarship to the University of North Carolina. At this level, he received training by the legendary coach Dean Smith. He made himself visible in the very first year by making it to the title of the ACC Freshman of the Year. It was his fifteen foot winning jump short that made his teammates nickname him as ‘Superman’. Jordan left North Carolina after his junior year and was selected by the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association (NBA) as the third pick of the 1984 draft. The Chicago Bulls were then a losing team but Jordan’s caliber quickly turned scores around. He had a unique style of play and fierce spirit of competition. Jordan's incredible leaping ability and hang time thrilled fans in arenas around the league. In his first season itself, he was honored as the league's Rookie of the Year.

Thanks to a broken foot, Jordan was sidelined for 64 games during the 1985–86 season. But not the won to lose heart, he made the 1986–87 season one of individual successes. He became the first player since Wilt Chamberlain to score 3,000 points in a single season. Jordan enjoyed personal success, but Chicago did not advance beyond the first round of the playoffs until 1988. Jordan concentrated on improving his other basketball skills and in the future years won five regular season MVP awards, six NBA championships, six NBA finals MVP awards, three All-Star game MVP awards and a defensive player of the year award. In 1993 summer Jordan's father, James, was murdered by two men during a robbery attempt. A grief stricken, Jordan announced his retirement from professional basketball. For one year, Jordan relit his childhood love for baseball with Chicago White Sox. However, this seventeen-month experiment showed that he was not a major league baseball player. In 1995 the media reported his comeback. He rejoined the Bulls and led them to three additional championships (1996, 1997 AND 1998) as well as an NBA-record 72 regular-season wins in the 1995-96 season. Jordan retired for a second time in 1999 but he returned for two more NBA seasons in 2001 as a member of the Washington Wizards. Eventually, he retired for good following the 2002-03 season.

During his basketball days, Jordan was also in the limelight for a paternity suit filed against him by Karla Knafel and a turbulent marriage with Juanita Vanoy, the mother of his three children. The marriage finally ended in a divorce in 2006.

Jordan is also noted for his product endorsements, Nike’s Air Jordan being a success story in itself. In 1996, he also starred in the film ‘Space Jam’. He is currently a part-owner and Managing Member of Basketball Operations of the Charlotte Bobcats in North Carolina.