Michael Jordan golf stories from the 1992 'Dream Team' Olympics are the stuff of legend

Posted Aug 4, 2024
So Michael Jordan comes back after playing another 18. We're getting ready for the game and Chuck Daly says 'Scottie [Pippen] you got this guy, and then Michael says, 'Nah, I read something he said about me in the newspaper, and I got him.' And the whole room's like, dude you just played 36 holes of golf and you're going to guard the point guard? (Golf Digest)

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