Tag Archives: michael jordan
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Michael Jordan: Sports Illustrated “The 50th Cover” Unveiled (Photo)
On February 17th of this year (which is this Sunday), Michael Jordan will be celebrating his 50th birthday. As a result, Sports Illustrated is celebrating the occasion by placing Jordan on the cover of next week’s issue, which just so happens to be his 50th appearance on the magazine’s cover—as Sports Illustrated themselves have stated, […]
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This Video Comparing Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan Is Pretty Amazing (Video)
There’s been a lot of talk this year about who the best basketball player of all time is. While the conventional answer to that question has been, and still is, Michael Jordan, now that LeBron James finally won his first championship—and at the age when Jordan won his first–some people are starting to say he has […]
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Check Out This Footage of the 1992 Dream Team Scrimmaging (Video)
This story is about a basketball scrimmage. Wait, don’t leave. It’s not about just any scrimmage. It’s about a scrimmage between members of the 1992 U.S. Olympic men’s basketball team—the original Dream Team. The one Kobe Bryant thinks the 2012 version could beat with “athleticism.” Apparently, in the final days leading up to the 1992 […]
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9 Athletes With Multiple Finals MVP Awards
When Lebron James was awarded his first Bill Russell NBA Finals MVP award last Thursday he must have felt like he had shaken a gorilla off his back. In fact, the first thing he said after winning was “It’s about damn time.” No other athlete has been scrutinized quite like James since entering the league […]
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Much-Hyped “Dream Team” Documentary Airs This Wednesday (Video)
Hey, remember the Dream Team? You do? Well sorry, but you’re old. This summer, the 2012 London Olympics will mark the Dream Team’s 20th anniversary. In case you’re not old and have no idea what the Dream Team is, I’m talking about the 1992 United States men’s Olympic basketball team. It was a big deal […]
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9 Classic Sports Conspiracy Theories
You gotta love the versatility of sports. When things go the way we want, it’s exhilarating, incredible, inspiring, and heartwarming. When things don’t go the way we want, it’s boring, depressing, disenchanting, and heartbreaking. In either case, sports fans tend to lose their minds a little bit. In victory, people jump up and down, hug […]
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11 Pro Athletes Turned Team Owners
Do athletes make good team owners? Well, at the very least, pro athletes (successful ones, anyway) do gain a certain kind of experience that very few people have. They know what it feels like to win and, theoretically, what it takes to win. Moreover, you would think that, having played themselves, they could bridge any […]
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Gatorade Under Fire For New Michael Jordan Commercial (Video)
On June 11, 1997, Michael Jordan turned in one of the greatest and most memorable athletic performances the history of modern pro sports. I am talking, of course, about Game 5 of the 1997 NBA Finals, more commonly referred to as “the flu game.” Despite suffering from the nausea, aches, pains, and a 103 degree […]
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This Day In Sports History (April 20th) – Michael Jordan
It was on this day in 1986 that Michael Jordan set an NBA playoff record with an incredible 63 points. Jordan broke the mark that was previously held by Elgin Baylor who scored 61 points in the 1962 NBA finals. Jordan was able to play in only 18 regular season games that year due to […]
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ESPN Commercial Shows How Much It Sucks To Be Named “Michael Jordan” (Video)
If you happen to be the Michael Jordan, life is probably pretty good, as you own six NBA Championship rings, five NBA MVP awards, the Charlotte Bobcats (yes, they suck, but they picked a great year to suck with Anthony Davis entering the draft), and millions of dollars. Unfortunately, there is only one of those […]
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11 Fantastic Sports Statues
Sports statues are like pizzas: sometimes you don’t know how truly bad one is until you get a taste of the really good stuff. Thus, maybe you checked out our list of bad sports statues yesterday and thought to yourself, “these aren’t that bad, are they?” But they really are bad. And once you see […]
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This Michael Jordan Portrait Hairstyle Is Amazing! (Video)
Every artist has a preference when it comes to canvases. For Joe Barber of San Antonio’s Razor Sharp Cutz, his preference is the head or any other area of a person’s body where hair is present. I’m not quite sure how many chests, backs, butts or legs he has worked on in the past, but […]
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Comparing Michael Jordan And Kobe Bryant’s 50+ Point Games (Infographic)
When it comes to scoring points, Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan are two of the best that the NBA has ever seen. But when it comes to 50+ point games, which of these two prolific scorers has the upper hand? Sure, Kobe’s highest scoring game (81 points) trumps Jordan’s highest scoring game (69 points) by […]
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9 Athletes You Never Thought You Would See In Another Uniform
Yesterday it was announced that Albert Pujols agreed to a $254 million, 10-year deal with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, finally putting an end to months of speculation about the future of baseball’s greatest slugger. And while I’m glad that the sports world can now finally move on, I must admit that it will […]
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At 48-Years-Old Michael Jordan Is Still Dunking (Video)
When I’m 48-years-old, I’ll be happy if my knees aren’t completely shot, my liver is still intact and I’m not on my third replacement hip. As for Michael Jordan, in addition to a clean bill of health, he still appears to have his high-flying abilities. He demonstrated some of those abilities in a gym recently, […]
