| 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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Michael Jordan's high school basketball coach, Clifton 'Pop' Herring, passes awayClifton “Pop” Herring, a former Laney (Wilmington, NC) High School basketball coach who coached Michael Jordan, passed away Wednesday. Herring supposedly cut Jordan his sophomore...
Friday December 13, 2019
Michael Jordan signed check from 1982 billiards bet up for auctionThere's rare sports memorabilia, and then there's this. 35 years ago, Michael Jordan, a junior basketball star at the University of North Carolina, was hustled...
Tuesday November 19, 2019
As Greensboro Coliseum turns 60, here are 60 tidbits you might not know about it
Legendary Tar Heel coach Dean Smith won his first Men’s ACC Basketball Tournament title when the tournament came to Greenboro for the first time, March...
Monday November 18, 2019
Michael Jordan UNC Basketball FunkoPops coming soon
If you’re a North Carolina Tar Heels fan, Michael Jordan fan, or both and collect things, then you’re going to be pretty excited about this...
Monday November 18, 2019
Notable Basketball & Football Tar Heels From Wilmington
How many natives of Wilmington, NC, have won national championships playing men’s basketball at UNC? Most fans will get one name right, but there are...
Friday November 8, 2019
Bulls' Coby White focused on winning games, not peripheral storylines
On Oct. 26, 1984, nearing age 22, Michael Jordan finished with 16 points, seven assists, six rebounds, four blocks, and two steals in his Bulls...
Friday October 25, 2019
MJ or LeBron? The Best NBA Players of the Past 40 YearsOf the top eight NBA seasons by either Michael Jordan or LeBron James, seven belong to M.J. Jordan routinely played many more minutes in his...
Thursday October 24, 2019
Video: Michael Jordan on NBA players’ activism - ‘I support that’
NBA legend Michael Jordan sits down with TODAY’s Craig Melvin for a discussion about the opening of two medical clinics he’s funded to help underserved...
Saturday October 19, 2019
The True Story Behind the Banned Air Jordan
We've been led to believe that the black and red colorway of the Air Jordan 1 was banned 31 years ago. But was it really?...
Friday October 18, 2019
Michael Jordan opens first of 2 medical clinics in Charlotte
An emotional Michael Jordan unveiled the first of two medical clinics he and his family funded in Charlotte, North Carolina that will provide care to...
Thursday October 17, 2019