Michael Jordan: 'The Best There Ever Was.'

Posted Apr 7, 2009
Most people go into the Hall of Fame first. Then they get the statue. Not Michael Jordan. Even as he stood in the ballroom of a downtown Detroit hotel Monday for the announcement of his election to the Hall class of 2009, the same snowstorm that swirled outside blanketed a statue erected almost 15 years ago in front of the United Center in Chicago - The House That Jordan Built - a few hundred miles to the south. (Tar Heel Blue)

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