One of the most popular icons of our time is none other than Michael Jordan. ... Since Michael Jordan's first signature shoes debuted in 1984, and his Air Jordan brand along with Nike, have taken over sneaker culture. ... As if owning a basketball franchise and a dominant shoe brand wasn't enough, Michael Jordan also started Michael Jordan Motorsports, a professional closed-course motorcycle race team. ... " Michael Jordan is class personified. ... Now at 52 years of age, Michael Jordan has accrued a net worth of $1 billion. ...

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Kobe isn't better than Jordan There has been controversy among fans of the NBA about who is better between Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan, its been going on every since 1996 when Kobe was drafted to the NBA right out of high school. Kobe Bryant is an excellent basketball player, but he is not better than Michael Jordan for the fact that Jordan led his team to six NBA championships, the center of the Chicago Bulls offense as well as the leading scorer, and has one of the number one selling tennis shoe companies in America. In the 1984 NBA Draft, Michael Jordan was selected by the C...

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Michael Jordan was born on January 17, 1963 in Brooklyn, New York and was raised in Wilmington, North Carolina. ... Michael was not always rich. ... In 1991, the Bulls won their first NBA Championship led by Michael Jordan. ... On August 14, 1993 Michael's father, James Jordan was murdered (Lee). ... All in all I believe that Michael Jordan is the best basketball player of all-time and will be remembered as so for a long time to come. ...

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Michael Jordan was one of the greatest players to ever play the game of basketball. According to Los Angeles Times, former professional basketball coach Phil Jackson, who has won the most championships in NBA history, coached Michael Jordan. ... Jackson talk about how Jordan was better than Bryant, he says "the biggest advantage Jordan have over Bryant was leadership early in his career," he also says, "the biggest different in the two was Michael superior as a leader". Jordan was the best leader any teammate could be, and with a great coach like Jackson, Jordan was able to win 6 titles while ...

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One of the best guards in the game is Kobe Bryant; one of the comparisons that is often brought up is the similarities between Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan. ... In comparison, Michael Jordan had an unmatched will to be the best of all-time. Coming out of college Jordan was known primarily for high rising and spectacular dunks. ... In those six championship wins Jordan realized that a great supporting cast helps a superstar win games and eventually championships. Many people argue whether Bryant is as good as Jordan but in actually they have both done great things for their respective fran...

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Michael Jordan, the best basketball player of all time, was only to reach that feat a couple times. ... One phenomenon I would like to discuss in more detail is, "The Next Michael Jordan", Lebron James. He is probably the most talked about athlete since the man himself, Michael Jordan. ...

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From High School to the NBA NBA or college, what is more important to the rising star coming out of high school? Basketball players coming out of high school have a very intriguing decision to make whether to go to college and receive an education or go to the NBA and receive million dollar cont...

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Kobe is a shooting guard for the Lakers (Sportsline.com) and has led the team with ability to execute shots like Michael Jordan did in his era. ... Of course, Michael Jordan was the half part of the team since he was most ingenious basketball player anybody has ever seen. ... After retirement of Jordan and Jackson, the team didn't have much success thereafter. ...

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Do you like the basketball? If your answer is positive, you should know the NBA that is most successful basketball league in the world. Many superstars play in the NBA, such as Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant and Shaq O'Neal. But do you know there are many international players in NBA. 20 years ago, NBA...

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Comic books are often perceived to be for juvenile young boys who aren't up to the reading level that they should be. They are hardly revered as a type of cultural mythos, but perhaps they should be. Throughout time, mankind's evolving culture has always created stories of valiant men and women who ...

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Leaders are people who step up and take action. People who strive to change their surroundings or even the world. All leaders have traits and characteristics that define them as a leader such as creativeness, organizational, motivational, reliability, communication and teamwork. One particular lead...

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Nike's use of Michael Jordan as a celebrity promoter was extraordinarily successful in helping it branch out from its original base of running shoe customers into youth fashion as well as basketball lines of style. ...

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Imagine playing in front of three thousand screaming fans just waiting for you to do something spectacular. Imagine being swarmed by the media after stepping out of your thirty two thousand dollar car, leaving practice to go to a photo shoot for the cover of Sports Illustrated. This mu...

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Are High School Athletes Ready for Pros? Imagine being eighteen years old again. You are a broke high school teen who struggles to make it day to day on the joke of a paycheck that you get from your minimum wage job down the street. You wonder if your rusted and sputtering car is going to ma...

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