Michael Jordan On Gambling: 'I Was Stupid'

Posted Oct 20, 2005

Michael Jordan says he went over the line in his gambling to the point of being stupid, but never was a compulsive gambler who would have jeopardized his livelihood or his family. Jordan also discusses his business, his love of basketball, the murder of his father and his quest for more privacy, in a rare and candid interview with 60 Minutes correspondent Ed Bradley. (CBS News)

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