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MichaelJordan

MichaelJeffreyJordanwasbornonFebruary17,1963,inBrooklyn,NewYork,buthisfamilydecidedtomovetoWilmington,NorthCarolinawhenhewasstillatoddler.Jordanisthefourthoffivechildren,havingoolderbrothersandanolderandyoungersister.Michael'sdadworkedhardatanelectricplantwhilehismomlaboredfull-timeatabank.Jordan'sparentsworkedhardtoprovidehimandhissiblingswithafortablelifestyle.

Asachild,Jordanplayedbaseball,basketballandfootball.Hispreferredsportatthetimewasbaseballbutafterhebeganspendingalotoftimeonthebasketballcourt,hisoutlookchanged.Becausehisolderandtallerbrother,Larry,continuouslykeptbeatinghimwhentheyplayedone-on-one,hewasdeterminedtobeeabetterplayer.

Ironically,in1978,whenJordanattendedLaneyHighSchoolinWilmington,NorthCarolina,hewascutfromthevarsityteam.Insteadofgivingup,however,hefoughtthroughadversityandbecamethegreatestbasketballplayerintheworld.Beeenthe10thand11thgrade,Jordangrewfrom5'11to6'3,andbecausehehadimprovedgreatlyasaplayer,hemadethevarsityteamthefollowingyear.JordanplayedsowellinhisjuniorseasonthathewasinvitedtoattendtheFive-StarCampinPitt***urgh,Pennsylvania,duringthesummerbeforehissenioryear.

BythetimeJordanwasfinishinghissenioryearatLaney,hehadgrownto6'5andattainedabasketballscholarshipfromtheUniversityofNorthCarolina.Jordan'sever-growingpopularitybeganatUNCwherehemadealastminutegame-winningshotintheNCAAchampionshipgame.Inthesummerof1984,JordanplayedontheUSMen'sOlympicBasketballTeamunderheadcoachBobbyKnight.TheteamhadsuchcollegeplayersasJordan,PatrickEwing,ChrisMullin(NBAplayersweren'tallowedtopeteintheGamesuntil1992).Jordan'splaysquicklyawedtheotherteams.

Hescored14pointsagainstChina,20againstCanadaand16againstUruguay.TheUSwonalleightofthegamesbyanaverageof32.1pointspergame.Jordanledtheteaminscoringwithanaverageof17.1pointspergame.TwomonthsaftertheOlympics,Jordanplayedhisfirstregular-seasongamewiththeChicagoBulls.

Jordanimmediatelyprovedthathebelongedinthebigleaguesandhisacrobaticmovesandhang-timewonhimtheinfamousnicknameAirJordan.HisbasketballskillsandalluremadehimtheperfectkeyfiguretomarketbothNikeproductsandtheNBA.

JordanledtheBullstothreeconsecutiveWorldChampionships(1991,1992and1993).JordanretiredfromtheNBAprecedingthe1993/94seasonafterthemysteriousdeathofhisfatherandafterrumorsabouthisgamblingaddictionsbegantocirculate.

Afterprovingthathewasthebestbasketballplayerintheworld,Jordansoughtanewchallengeanddecidedtotryhishandatprofessionalbaseball.HeplayedoutfielderfortheBirminghamBarons,affiliatesoftheChicagoWhiteSox.Jordanquicklyrealizedthathewasnotcutoutforbaseballafteradisappointingseason.

In1995,Jordanmadeasurprisereturntobasketballrightbeforetheplayoffsbutunfortunately,theBullsdidn'twintheChampionship.In1996,JordanledtheBullstotheirbestregularseasonrecordandthefourthChampionshiptitleinsixyears.Healsotookashotatthesilverscreen,wherehestarredalongsideBugsBunnyintheanimatededySpaceJam.

JordandecidedtoretireafterwinninghislastChampionshipin1999,mainlyduetohisdecisiontodedicatehislifetohiswifeJuanita,andtheirthreechildren,Jeffrey,MarcusandJa***ine.

AfterpartlyreturningtothegameaspresidentofbasketballoperationswiththeWashingtonWizards(heownedastakeintheteam),JordanannouncedhisreturntotheNBA,thistime,asaWizard.Jordanmightbeback,butin2002hesufferedakneeinjurythatkepthimonthesidelinesfortherestoftheseason,andexperiencedstormyweddedblisswhenwifeJuanitaannouncedherdesiretofilefordivorce(thecouplearenowstillhappilymarried).