What Michael Jordan taught 12-year-old me through a game of one-on-one at his basketball camp

Posted May 9, 2020
On this summer afternoon in 1989 at Elmhurst College in Chicago's western suburbs, there was no talk of the Detroit Pistons. Here, No. 23 was a do-no-wrong god. This was his Nike-sponsored Flight School summer basketball camp, an opportunity to learn from Jordan, get an autograph and strut around in a sweet Michael Jordan's Flight School T-shirt. (ESPN.com)

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