Chansky’s Notebook: They Liked What Mike Liked
Posted Apr 8, 2019
When Dean Smith showed Alexander Julian's redesigned basketball uniform prototypes to his staff and players, he prefaced it by saying that Michael Jordan had seen them and liked the argyle best. Which one do your think the committee here in Chapel Hill liked? They wanted to be like Mike, and the argyle, now gracing most of UNC’s garb, came to life.
(Chapelboro.com)
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