Michael Jordan misspelled Barack Obama's name on an autograph

Posted Feb 10, 2015
When you sign as many autographs as Michael Jordan, you are bound to make a few mistakes. Unfortunately, one mistake came on a ball he autographed for President Barack Obama. In a recent interview, the President's former Senior Advisor, David Axelrod, told a story about getting a basketball autographed by Jordan for Obama's 50th birthday, only to have the former Chicago Bulls star add an extra r. (Sports Illustrated)

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