| Name: | Michael Jordan | | Hometown: | Wilmington, NC | | High School: | Laney | | Born: | February 17, 1963 (56) | | Height/Weight: | 6-6, 195 | | Position: | G/F | | Notes: | UNC 1982 NCAA Champion, Olympic Gold Medalist, 6x NBA Champion, Basketball Hall of Fame, G.O.A.T., 1981 McDonald's All-American |
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On this day 16 years ago, Michael Jordan played his last NBA gameSixteen years ago Tuesday, Michael Jordan played his last game in the NBA. In that game Jordan had 15 points, four rebounds and four assists...
Tuesday April 16, 2019
Gonzo Jordan: The true story behind Michael Jordan's brief-but-promising baseball careerMichael Jordan is long gone from Birmingham, and so are most of the players and coaches who wore the Barons uniform that year. Nowadays, sports...
Tuesday April 9, 2019
Chansky’s Notebook: They Liked What Mike Liked
When Dean Smith showed Alexander Julian's redesigned basketball uniform prototypes to his staff and players, he prefaced it by saying that Michael Jordan had seen...
Monday April 8, 2019
Video: Tour of North Carolina's Basketball Facility
Here we go. In today's episode, our March Madness 2019 “Royal Key” provides you with a behind-the-scenes, all-access look inside North Carolina Basketball's one-of-a-kind facility...
Saturday April 6, 2019
Huskies will have to beat storied North Carolina for season to continue
“It’s UNC, the home of Michael Jordan, and everybody knows they’re a historically great program with lots of tradition,” senior guard David Crisp said. “They’ve...
Sunday March 24, 2019
Five most dominant high school athletes in North Carolina history
Julius Peppers, Southern Nash (Bailey), 1998: Peppers was an All-American defensive lineman at Southern Nash and rushed for 3,501 yards as a running back. In...
Sunday March 24, 2019
Michael Jordan blows away LeBron James in GOAT survey
Based on a survey by Business Insider, we’ve been wasting our time with the Michael Jordan vs. LeBron James "greatest of all time" debate. In...
Saturday March 23, 2019
Legendary Moments: Michael Jordan returns to NBA in 1995 after 17-month retirementMichael Jordan shocked the NBA world on March 18, 1995, with a now infamous, two-word fax: "I'm back." The next day -- more than a...
Wednesday March 20, 2019
Remembering when Michael Jordan hit the title-winning shot for UNC in 1982
North Carolina trailed 62-61 in the 1982 NCAA National Championship Game with 32 seconds remaining, and the final shot was only going to one person:...
Monday March 18, 2019
Michael Jordan’s baseball foray: The inside story, 25 years later
Michael Jordan, who had turned 31 in February 1994, entered White Sox spring training with fanfare befitting a royal family member, despite not having played...
Sunday March 17, 2019