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Michael Jordan Early LifeMichael Jeffrey Jordan was born in Brooklyn, New York, to James and Delores Jordan. The family moved to Wilmington, North Carolina when he was still a young child. Jordan has two older brothers, one older sister, and one younger sister. As a teenager he was the only one of his siblings who did not maintain a steady job and could have been viewed as the least likely to succeed. Michael was not very focused academically until he reached high school. Various suspensions, and trouble in general during his freshman year of high school allowed him to mature. He attended Emsley A. Laney High School, where he evolved into a B+ student and a three-sport star in football (at quarterback), baseball, and basketball. He was cut from his varsity basketball team during his sophomore year because at 5'11" (1.80 m) he was deemed to be underdeveloped, but over the summer he grew four inches (10 cm) and practiced even harder. Over his next two varsity years, he would average 25 points per game. He began focusing more on basketball, practicing every morning before school with his high school varsity coach. He was selected to the McDonald's All-American Team as a senior. Jordan earned a basketball scholarship to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he majored in geography. As a freshman, Jordan was an exciting, but not dominant, player. Nonetheless, he made the game winning shot in the 1982 NCAA Basketball Championship game against Georgetown, which was led by future NBA rival Patrick Ewing. After winning the Naismith College Player of the Year award in 1984, he left school early to enter the NBA Draft, and was selected by the Chicago Bulls in the first round as the 3rd pick overall, after Houston Rockets center Hakeem Olajuwon and Sam Bowie of the Portland Trail Blazers. Although Olajuwon developed into a Hall of Fame caliber player and won two NBA Championships, the selection of Bowie over Jordan is generally considered to be the worst draft blunder of all time. To be fair, Portland had selected future Hall of Fame guard Clyde Drexler the year before and saw no need for a very similar Jordan. |
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Michael Jordan in the NewsWhat drives Juwan Howard?(By Rick Bonnell, rbonnell@charlotteobserver.com) When you've banked well over $100million during a 14-year NBA career, you don't need a job for the paycheck. Why, then, did forward Juwan Howard become a Charlotte Bobcat? “When Michael (Jordan, the team's managing partner) told my agent they were interested, I was flattered,” Howard recalled. “They're not a lock to be a playoff team, but ...What drives Juwan Howard?When you've banked well over $100million during a 14-year NBA career, you don't need a job for the paycheck. Why, then, did forward Juwan Howard become a Charlotte Bobcat? “When Michael (Jordan, the team's managing partner) told my agent they were interested, I was flattered,” Howard recalled. “They're not a lock to be a playoff team, but they're very talented. They have enough talent to win ...Stohl's role: dialing from long distanceUniversity of Portland guard Jared Stohl remembers how when he was a kid, many basketball players his age tried to emulate Michael Jordan. He had a different idol. Stohl wanted to be like Gary Payton -- at least on offense....Lawrence: Marbury talk not point as mighty Boston starting to look commonTwo pressing questions about the Celtics: Will they win 70 games? Will they bring in Stephon Marbury when/if he ever gets bought out by the Knicks? Forget the 70. Only Michael Jordan wins that many games.Michael Phelps: 'I already have London 2012 on my cap. I hope I can make the team'Unlike most 23-year-old men in the first week of a new year, Michael Phelps has more reason to look back with satisfaction than to look forward with anticipation. Which is not to say that the most garlanded Olympian of all time feels spent; on the contrary, he already has London 2012 stitched into his swimming cap, rather ominously for his rivals. But will he ever enjoy a year as momentous as ...DVD SET RESTORES HEAVENLY DRAMABESIDES being a legendary Led Zeppelin recording, "Stairway to Heaven" is the more upbeat US release title of a 1946 romantic fantasy known in Britain as "A Matter of Life and Death." The singular writing-directing-producing team of Michael...Courier writer arm wrestles the bestIt’s the morning of the day I’m supposed to arm wrestle Michael Selearis, and instead of cramming for my exam with a torrent of pushups, I’m watching a promotional video on YouTube in which he glares at the camera with a sweat towel draped over his neck, the scene interspersed with about 40 short clips of some very quick takedowns. Was that a chill I just felt? Maybe challenging the three-time ...Steve Aschburner: History is unkind to NBA's defensive recordsSome recent news items around the NBA all pointed in one historically unfortunate direction: |
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