When Michael Jordan ruled Sarasota
Posted Feb 25, 2019
To this day, Michael Jordan remains the biggest sports/entertainment/media figure this area has ever hosted. On the Mount Rushmore of 20th century athletes, Jordan and Muhammad Ali are front and center. A chain of events brought Jordan to Sarasota and 1994 spring training with the White Sox, months after winning his third straight NBA title with the Chicago Bulls.
(Sarasota Herald-Tribune)
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