A letter to Michael Jordan: Shame on you for refusing to help Pop Posted Aug 14, 2012 Dear Michael Jordan, I heard Pop Herring was in jail so I drove up to see him the other night. You remember Pop, your basketball coach at Laney High in Wilmington, N.C. The man who opened the gym at 6 a.m. so you could work on that jumper. The man who let you borrow his car and had you over to his house and treated you like a son. The man who put you on jayvee in your sophomore year. (Sports Illustrated)