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(WECT) - Legendary basketball player Michael Jordan and his mother Deloris Jordan made a surprise visit to the Novant Health Michael Jordan Family Medical Clinic grand opening on Tuesday, May 7. WECT streamed Michael and Deloris Jordan’s comments at the opening live, and you can watch that full recording at the bottom of this story. The clinic is at the corner of 15th and Greenfield streets, near the Houston Moore neighborhood. Michael Jordan grew up in Wilmington and donated $10 million to make the clinic a reality. He also plans to open another clinic in Wilmington, and he has helped fund similar clinics in Charlotte. Jordan says providing health care to those who need it the most is why they created the clinics to begin with. “That’s what this clinic is about. When the families are not able to support, we’re there to support. If you don’t have any money, that doesn’t matter. We’re going to do whatever we can to support you because that’s what happened to me, that’s where I got it from,” said Jordan. Ernie Bovio, who heads Novant Health New Hanover Regional, says this venture with the Jordan family is new for his organization. “We’re bringing a new clinic to serve what’s been typically an underserved community to provide primary care, preventive care, screenings, those types of things, and we’re really excited about it, it’s going to be a tremendous community resource,” said Bovio. Bovio says the NBA legend being on hand to open this first location shows his commitment to this community. “It was pretty cool for Michael Jordan to come here and help us dedicate and celebrate. It was really his generosity and vision that made this a reality,” said Bovio. Jordan has already helped open clinics similar to this one in other parts of the state but wanted his legacy to live on in Wilmington as well. “We did it in Charlotte and now we can do it here in Wilmington, which makes it even more special because this is a this is who I came from. And no matter how you see Michael Jordan, this is where I started, this is where I’m always gonna be a part of,” said Jordan.
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wrong_mix_domain_birth_00112	FactBench	0	72	https://www.seamonwilseyfuneralhome.com/obituary/Dolores-Jordan-1	en	Dolores Jordan Obituary	https://s3.amazonaws.com…bcb2e5b33d8.jpeg	https://s3.amazonaws.com…bcb2e5b33d8.jpeg	[ "https://s3.amazonaws.com/CFSV2/obitv3/obitbanners/Landscapes/Landscapes-11.jpg", "https://nimblegravity.s3.amazonaws.com/images/AT-630/email.svg", "https://nimblegravity.s3.amazonaws.com/images/AT-630/print.svg", "https://nimblegravity.s3.amazonaws.com/images/AT-630/copy.svg", "https://s3.amazonaws.com/CFSV2/obituaries/traditional/stock/rose-6160131920.jpg", "https://nimblegravity.s3.amazonaws.com/images/AT-630/email.svg", "https://nimblegravity.s3.amazonaws.com/images/AT-630/print.svg", "https://nimblegravity.s3.amazonaws.com/images/AT-630/copy.svg" ]	[]	[]	[ "Seamon-Wilsey Funeral Home", "Inc.", "funeral home", "funeral home in Saugerties NY", "funeral services", "traditional funeral service", "cremation", "embalming", "caskets", "urns", "funeral flowers", "pre-need", "funeral arrangement", "funeral pre-arrangement", "funeral planning" ]	null	[ "Seamon-Wilsey Funeral Home, Inc", "Seamon-Wilsey Funeral Home" ]	2023-01-09T19:35:49-05:00	Obituary for Dolores Jordan \| Palenville. . . . Dolores “Lola” Jordan, 83, fell asleep in death Tuesday, January 3, 2023 at Northern Dutchess Hospital with her family by her side. Dolores was born on April...	en	//s3.amazonaws.com/CFSV2/favicons/13330-favicon.ico	Dolores Jordan Obituary \| January 3, 2023 \| Saugerties, NY	https://www.seamonwilseyfuneralhome.com/obituary/Dolores-Jordan-1	Palenville. . . . Dolores “Lola” Jordan, 83, fell asleep in death Tuesday, January 3, 2023 at Northern Dutchess Hospital with her family by her side. Dolores was born on April 4, 1939 to Severo and Rosa Rodriguez of Carlsbad, New Mexico. After getting married in 1963, she moved to Southern California where she gave birth to her two boys, then returned to Carlsbad New Mexico where she raised her family, and finally, about 16 years ago, relocated to upstate New York where she lived until her death. She is survived by her older sister Julia Calderon, and her two sons, James and his wife Renee Jordan of Belleville, Michigan and David and his wife Melissa Jordan of Palenville, New York and four grandchildren - Lauren, Taylor, Kadon and Silas. In 1969, while living in California, she was baptized as one of Jehovah’s Witnesses. Since then, Dolores was known as a woman of strong faith, who had a life of relying on her Creator to care for her needs. She found great joy in sharing as a full time minister for over 35 years, spending many hours each week teaching and training others to learn about and worship God. She lived by the words of Jesus at Matthew 6:33 who told his followers “to seek first the Kingdom and all these other things (life’s necessities) will be added to you”. She provided for herself by working part time as a school crossing guard, in addition to making and selling delicious tortillas and tamales by the dozen, which she became well known for. For the last 16 years she has been associated with the Saugerties congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses. She touched many people by her love and devotion and left behind many spiritual friends, children and grandchildren. She truly believed in what she taught. She had full confidence in the resurrection hope that the Bible promises in the Paradise to come. Memorial service is to be held Saturday, January 14th at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses at 293 Mike Krout Road in Saugerties, New York at 4:00 pm . In lieu of flowers, donations could be made to jw.org in her behalf.
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despite remaining hopeful of an extended contract as head coach. The 53-year-old is heading into his final season at the Etihad Stadium as part of his existing contractual agreement, with little to no indication as to whether he will further commit his future to the club or bring an end to his tenure. Whilst there is a feeling of confidence in some areas of Manchester City’s operation in light of conversations held between Pep Guardiola, Sheikh Mansour, and Khaldoon Al Mubarak in Abu Dhabi last month, no clear decision has been made by the Catalan coach. Some reports are already indicating a prolonged period of uncertainty, with a timeframe of between December 2024 and February 2025 mooted as a crucial period as to when Pep Guardiola is likely to inform Manchester City of his final decision. In the meantime, the club themselves are continuing to prepare for life both with and without Pep Guardiola, with the latest report pointing towards how the organisation plans to remain affiliated to the former Bayern Munich and Barcelona boss. According to the information of Manchester City insider ‘Tolmie’s Hairdoo’ on X, Pep Guardiola could be offered a “piece” in the City Football Group, in what is being described as ‘similar to how Michael Jordan was ultimately looked after by Nike’. While the same was offered to Lionel Messi during conversations in 2020, Guardiola is also said to be in line for a similar proposal that could see him given the opportunity to coach New York City FC in future – a city where the Catalan also owns an apartment. Tenuous reports in 2020 concerning Lionel Messi and Manchester City went as far as to suggest that the legendary Argentine had agreed financial terms worth €700 million over the course of five years with City Football Group; three seasons at City before moving to New York. It remains to be seen whether Manchester City would be willing to extend their pursuit of retaining Pep Guardiola to an improved pay package, with the 53-year-old already earning in the region of £20 million per year. Guardiola is by far and away Manchester City’s most successful ever manager, having won the Premier League six of the last seven Premier League titles, and delivered the club’s first ever UEFA Champions League, UEFA Super Cup, and FIFA Club World Cup trophies. It remains to be seen what would happen next summer should Pep Guardiola opt to bring an end to his Manchester City reign, with the club set to compete in the newly-expanded and revamped Club World Cup in the United States, starring 32 teams.
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wrong_mix_domain_birth_00112	FactBench	0	67	https://davis-andersonfuneralhome.com/tribute/details/3055/Kyle-Kleeman/condolences.html	en	Davis-Anderson Funeral Homes locate...	https://davis-andersonfu…Kyle-Kleeman.jpg	https://davis-andersonfu…Kyle-Kleeman.jpg	[ "https://davis-andersonfuneralhome.com/tribute-images/3032/Ultra/Kyle-Kleeman.jpg", "https://s3.amazonaws.com/skins.funeraltechweb.com/tribute-gestures/Candle4.png" ]	[]	[]	[ "In memory of", "Kyle Kleeman", "condolences", "guest book", "veterans", "discount", "funeral", "cremation", "funeral pricing", "IL", "Illinois", "Carlinville", "Girard", "Chesterfield", "low cost cremation", "funerals in Carlinville", "funerals in Girard", "cremation", "Carlinville", "Davis-Anderson Funeral Home", "cheap cremation", "inexpensive" ]	null	[]	null	Condolences for Kyle Kleeman . Leave a condolence/sign guess book.	en			https://davis-andersonfuneralhome.com/tribute/details/3055/Kyle-Kleeman/condolences.html	Brad, I am so sad to hear about Kyle passing. I hope you and your family can overcome this tragedy and know that he is no longer in a bad place. Take care, Judy Steele To ALL of Kyle's family: my deepest sympathy to ALL of you for your loss! I am so very sorry to see this. Praying for comfort and strength to get you through the future. Mark and Patty Loveless and family. Our sympathy and prayers for the family of Kyle. I grew up in Staunton, and know Ramona and Lyndal (Lynn), Kyle's grandparents. God will take care of Kyle until his family is once again reunited with his Soul! With sympathy, Jerry & Joyce (Vallow) Gwillim Extending our deepest sympathy to you during this time, our prayers are with you. Don& Brenda Downing Brad, Stacy, Ryan and Reid I am so sorry to hear of Kyle's passing. Praying that God will comfort your family. You will be in my thoughts and prayers. Glen and Bertie Holliday. Brad, Stacy, Ryan & Reid, so very sorry for you loss. May God take you in his arms and give you the comfort you need. Tony, Melissa, Carley & Dylan Cunningham Our sympathy and prayers to you all. We are so very sorry for your loss of Kyle. Rod, Becky, Jared, Haley, Aaron and Jesse Bernhardt Brad, Stacy, Ryan and Reid you have our deepest sympathy for your loss of Kyle. You are all in our thoughts and prayers. We are praying for you to have peace and comfort. My heart breaks for your family and all who loved Kyle. What a beautiful young man he was! May God wrap His loving arms around you and bring you comfort. To ALL of Kyle's family: my deepest sympathy to ALL of you for your loss! I am so very sorry to see this. Praying for comfort and strength to get you through the future. Love Mary(Best) Kroeger from Staunton.
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This tour-de-force graphic biography explores basketball superstar Michael Jordan’s public successes and private struggles, with Santiago’s passion for his subject shining through on every full-color page. At the age of 19, Jordan scored the winning jump shot in the final seconds of the 1982 NCAA Championship, earning him the moniker “Air.” He was drafted by the Chicago Bulls in 1984, a team with a decade of failure. By 1991, Jordan led the Bulls to their first NBA championship, besting Magic Johnson and the L.A. Lakers. In 1992, Michael Jordan joined the Dream Team, an assembly of 12 legendary NBA players who steamrolled everyone at the Barcelona Olympics and brought the gold back home. Despite taking a season off to try his hand at professional baseball, Jordan still led the Bulls to three consecutive NBA Championships. However, his life is not without controversies or calamities, and no amount of success or money can shield him from it. But everyone wanted to be like Mike, and Santiago comes closer than anyone to putting you on the parquet floor of the Chicago’s United Center in your very own pair of Air Jordans.	en	//www.fantagraphics.com/cdn/shop/files/favicon_32x32.png?v=1614348809	Fantagraphics	https://www.fantagraphics.com/products/michael-jordan	A kinetic graphic biography about Michael “Air” Jordan, the greatest basketball player of all time and most influential athlete in history, from the creator of the acclaimed and best-selling 21: The Story of Roberto Clemente. This tour-de-force graphic biography explores basketball superstar Michael Jordan’s public successes and private struggles, with Santiago’s passion for his subject shining through on every full-color page. At the age of 19, Jordan scored the winning jump shot in the final seconds of the 1982 NCAA Championship, earning him the moniker “Air.” He was drafted by the Chicago Bulls in 1984, a team with a decade of failure. By 1991, Jordan led the Bulls to their first NBA championship, besting Magic Johnson and the L.A. Lakers. In 1992, Michael Jordan joined the Dream Team, an assembly of 12 legendary NBA players who steamrolled everyone at the Barcelona Olympics and brought the gold back home. Despite taking a season off to try his hand at professional baseball, Jordan still led the Bulls to three consecutive NBA Championships. However, his life is not without controversies or calamities, and no amount of success or money can shield him from it. But everyone wanted to be like Mike, and Santiago comes closer than anyone to putting you on the parquet floor of the Chicago’s United Center in your very own pair of Air Jordans. “In Michael Jordan: Bull on Parade, author-illustrator Wilfred Santiago crafts an expressionistic portrait of Jordan that is, in its comic-book treatment, as penetrating as any biography. It turns out that a graphic approach is a particularly effective way to convey the unique epic-ness of No. 23. …[T]he artwork pulsates with an effervescent, visceral jolt.” — David Davis - Chicago Tribune “With a strong, tightly-written narrative that often deftly illustrates social issues of the time, the book seeks to show the private life and motivation behind Jordan’s basketball career—it’s more a behind-the-scenes biography than an action-adventure sports drama. ... In all, this is a sympathetic portrayal of Jordan for those who like to look deeper into their sports stars.” — Publishers Weekly “Where the artist’s baseball biography [21] had all the crisp lines and clear action of a well-played nine innings, his chronicle of Michael Jordan’s glory years is flashier, sweatier and altogether more energetic. ...[T]he rhythms and gestures of basketball inform every page.” — Sean Rogers - The Globe and Mail “This unique glance into Michael Jordan’s life explores some of the darker corners of his closet. Wilfred Santiago (writer and artist) tells this story in smaller chunks of Jordan’s life throughout five major sections of the book, each including brief interludes. The nonlinear structure of the story helps maintain a smooth pace and is artistically diverse in execution.” — Michael Bettendorf - Comics Bulletin “What’s brilliant about Wilfred Santiago’s Michael Jordan: Bull on Parade is how it works to reconcile the two sides of the person the public believed he was and the person he might actually be. It’s an empathetic and exciting whirlwind of a story that spans across decades of tragedy and triumph to come out the other side with a portrait that could only end with a certain level of complex ambiguity.” — Patrick Hess - Nothing But Comics
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Johnson in 2010.	en	/typo3conf/ext/blkppl_executives/Resources/Public/Icons/favicon.ico	Black Entrepreneur & Executives Profiles	https://www.blackentrepreneurprofile.com/people/person/michael-jordan	Michael Jeffrey Jordan is former Chairman and majority owner of the NBA's Charlotte Hornets, which he purchased from BET founder, Robert L. Johnson in 2010. He joined the NBA's Charlotte Hornets ownership group as a minority owner in June 2006, serving as the team's Managing Member of Basketball Operations. In June 2023, Mr. Jordan sold his majority stake in the Charlotte Hornets at an estimated $3 billion valuation. As part of the deal, he will maintain a minority ownership stake in the team. Mr. Jordan is only the third Black American and the first NBA player to become a Billionaire. He is the first former NBA player and only the second Black American to be the majority owner of an NBA franchise. Personal Attributes and Interests He is currently married to Yvette Prieto. He was previously married to Juanita Vanoy (1989-2006). He has 5 children Work & Business Since its creation, his Jordan Brand (an elite division of Nike) has been an innovator of athletic shoes and apparel. Brand Jordan has grown to become a market leader with Mr. Jordan’s creative design input. Generating over $4.7 billion (2021/6/24) in annual sales for Nike. The company is reported to now generate more than $100 million in annual royalties for Mr. Jordan. As one of the world’s most popular and recognizable figures, Mr. Jordan’s endorsement portfolio includes Gatorade, Upper Deck, Hanes, Nike, Coca-Cola, Chevrolet, McDonald's, Ball Park Franks, Rayovac, Wheaties and MCI. Mr. Jordan has had a long relationship with Gatorade, appearing in over 20 commercials for the company since 1991. In 2004, Mr. Jordan formed Michael Jordan Motorsports as a result of his passion for motorcycle racing. He also became a NASCAR team co-owner in late 2020. Mr. Jordan also co-owns an automotive group which bears his name. The company has a Nissan dealership in Durham, North Carolina, acquired in 1990, and formerly had a Lincoln–Mercury dealership from 1995 until its closure in June 2009. The company also owned a Nissan franchise in Glen Burnie, Maryland. Mr. Jordan has also owned several restaurants including a steakhouse in New York City's Grand Central Terminal, among others; that restaurant closed in 2018. Mr. Jordan is the majority investor in the golf course, Grove XXIII, in Hobe Sound, Florida. Mr. Jordan is regarded by most as the NBA's greatest all-time player, he won six titles while playing with the Chicago Bulls. Board and Advisor Roles Mr. Jordan is an investor and serves as a Special Advisor to the Board of Directors for DraftKings. Accolades Mr. Jordan is a 6 time NBA champion, 6 time NMA Finals MVP and 5 time NBA MVP. In 2016, Mr. Jordan was presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama. In April 2009, he was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Philanthropy, Community Service and Memberships On June 5, 2020, in the wake of the protests following the murder of George Floyd, Jordan and his brand announced in a joint statement that they would be donating $100 million over the next 10 years to organizations dedicated to "ensuring racial equality, social justice and greater access to education. Mr. Jordan has supported many charitable causes including the James R. Jordan Boys and Girls Club in Chicago, the Jordan Institute for Families at the University of North Carolina, the Make-A-Wish Foundation and many others through the M & J Endowment Fund. His annual Michael Jordan Celebrity Invitational golf tournament (2001 to 2014), has raised more than $2 million for several worthy charities since its inception. Education Mr. Jordan attended the University of North Carolina (1981-1984).
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His family moved to Wilmington, North Carolina, when Jordan was very young. Jordan developed a competitive edge at an early age. He wanted to win every sports game he played. As his father James later noted, Michael Jordan had a competitive problem, and "the person he tries to outdo most of the time is himself." Jordan enrolled at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1981 and soon became an important member of the school's basketball team. His team won the NCAA Division I championships in 1982 with Jordan scoring the final basket needed to defeat Georgetown University. He was also singled out as the NCAA College Player of the Year in 1983 and in 1984. During the summer of 1984, Jordan made his first appearance in the Olympics as a member of the U.S. basketball team, which won the gold at the games held in Los Angeles. Later Jordan helped the United States bring home the gold at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain. Jordan left college after his junior year to join the NBA. Drafted by the Chicago Bulls, he soon proved himself on the court. He helped the team make it to the playoffs and scored an average of 28.2 points per game that season. For his efforts, Jordan received the NBA Rookie of the Year Award and was selected for the All-Star Game. In 1985, he finished his bachelor's degree in geography and continued to play basketball professionally. While his second season was marred by injury, Jordan was breaking new ground on the court during the 1986-1987 season. He became the first player since Wilt Chamberlin to score more than 3,000 points in a single season. The following season, Jordan received his first Most Valuable Player Award from NBA—an honor he would earn four more times in 1991, 1992, 1996, and 1998. By the late 1980s, the Chicago Bulls were quickly becoming a force to be reckoned with, and Jordan was an instrumental part of the team's success. A rising NBA superstar, Jordan became known for his power and agility on the court as well as for his leadership abilities. He eventually landed several endorsement deals with such companies as Nike, which further pushed him into the spotlight. In 1992, the Chicago Bulls won their second NBA championship title. The team took their third championship the following year, dominating in the basketball world. Jordan, however, had other things on his mind. He lost his father, James, to an act of violence after the end of the 1992-1993 season. Two teenagers shot James Jordan during an apparent robbery and were later convicted of the crime. In a move that shocked many, Michael Jordan decided to retire from basketball to pursue baseball. He played for a minor league team, the Birmingham Barons, as an outfielder for a year. In March 1995, however, Jordan returned to the basketball court. He rejoined the Chicago Bulls and helped them win the championship against the Seattle Sonics. That same year, Jordan made a big splash in another arena—film—as the star of Space Jam (1996). The next season, Jordan came back even stronger, averaging 30.4 points per game. Starting all 82 games that season, he helped the team finish the regular season with 72 wins and clinch a win in the NBA Finals against the Utah Jazz. The two teams faced each other again for the championships in 1998, and Jordan helped the Bulls beat them for the second year in a row. Retiring after the 1997-1998 season, Jordan did not stray from the sport for too long. He joined the Washington Wizards as a part owner and as president of basketball operations. In the fall of 2001, Jordan relinquished these roles to return the court once more. He played for the Wizards for two seasons before hanging up his jersey for good in 2003. In 2006, Jordan bought a share of the Charlotte Bobcats and joined the team's executive ranks as its managing member of basketball operations. In April 2009, Jordan received one of basketball's greatest honors: He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Attending the induction ceremony was a bittersweet affair for Jordan because being at the event meant "your basketball career is completely over," he explained. In 2016, Jordan was presented with a Presidential Medal of Freedom honor by President Barack Obama. Michael Jordan is widely considered one of the best basketball players of all time. For almost 15 years, he dominated the sport, from the mid-1980s to the late 1990s. He led the Chicago Bulls to six national championships as well as earned the National Basketball Association's (NBA) Most Valuable Player Award five times. Michael Jordan, we acknowledge the enormous and irrevocable contributions you have made to the game of basketball, and we honor your professional successes. *Sources: www.biography.com, patch.com
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Chow" ]	2020-05-11T01:00:53+00:00	Michael Jordan's White Sox teammates remember his relentless work ethic, late night meals, and penchant for gambling on just about anything	en	/favicon.ico	TIME	https://time.com/5833121/michael-jordan-baseball-the-last-dance/	In late 1993, Chicago White Sox outfielder Michael Huff got a strange call from the team’s owner, Jerry Reinsdorf. “He said, ‘We want you to teach someone how to catch and throw a baseball,’” Huff remembers. When Huff asked who his student would be, Reinsdorf wouldn’t say. It turned out to be Michael Jordan. Unbeknownst to not just the public but his future teammates, the retired three-time NBA champion wanted to give baseball a shot, despite not having played the sport in more than a decade, when he was in high school. For months, Huff, the trainer Herm Schneider and others quietly worked Jordan into baseball shape before he announced in February that he would be reporting to White Sox spring training. From there, Jordan played a season with the Birmingham Barons, the White Sox’ AA minor league team, and then in fall league with the Scottsdale Scorpions before coming out of retirement to return to the Bulls, amounting to one of the oddest sagas of his labyrinthian career. This unexpected detour is covered in Sunday night’s episode of The Last Dance, the ESPN docuseries that has become a cultural phenomenon since its debut in April. In a socially distanced era in which sports and culture fans alike hunger for new entertainment, the show quickly became the most-watched documentary content in ESPN’s history, and has dredged up all sorts of micro-histories and controversies, from postgame handshake snubs to political endorsements to pitching quarters. But Jordan’s short-lived baseball career stands out for its peculiarity. And while The Last Dance features interviews with coaches Terry Francona and Mike Barnett, it doesn’t include the voices of the Birmingham Baron players and trainers who spent nearly every day of 1994 alongside him, on long bus rides, late-night McDonalds runs and at scorching afternoon games. More than a quarter century later, TIME caught up with several of them to hear about their experiences. “It’s like we were in a circus the whole summer,” Barons shortstop Glenn DiSarcina tells TIME. “It was craziness on a daily basis.” ‘Blisters on his hands’ In October 1993, Jordan announced his retirement from basketball after a tumultuous summer. He had just won his third championship, but had come under intense scrutiny for gambling during the playoffs, and he was grieving the death of his father James, who was murdered that July. In The Last Dance, Jordan says that one of the last things his father had told him was to follow his childhood dream of becoming a baseball player. After his father’s death, Jordan needed an emotional reset, and he became even more motivated to fulfill his longtime ambition. He quietly told his plan to Jerry Reinsdorf, who was the owner of both the Bulls and the White Sox; the owner agreed to help him and gave his number to the longtime White Sox trainer Herm Schneider. Without telling anyone else, Jordan and Schneider got to work the day after Thanksgiving to transform his basketball body into a baseball one. Weeks before he picked up a bat or a glove, Schneider had Jordan do weeks of weight lifting and conditioning to strengthen his shoulders, elbows and hands. “He was putting stresses on joints in a way he had never done, maybe other than high school,” Schneider says. Once Jordan had bulked up, Huff and former White Sox slugger Bill Melton were recruited to teach Jordan baseball fundamentals in all-day training sessions at Comiskey Park and the nearby Illinois Institute of Technology. Huff initially bristled at Reinsdorf’s request. “As a backup outfielder, it was a little bit unnerving to have the chairman ask you to teach someone how to do your job,” Huff recalls. It didn’t help matters that Jordan’s baseball skills were raw. “It was pretty rough at the beginning,” Huff says. “He had basketball athleticism and basketball IQ, but there was really none of that baseball-wise.” But Jordan quickly won over Huff and Schneider with his determination to learn and improve. They would often have to nearly drag him off the field after a long day of practicing his swing or chasing fly balls. “He would hit and hit and hit until literally there were blisters on his hands,” Schneider recalls. “They would be bleeding, and we’d have to patch them up.” The Last Dance covers Jordan’s near-maniacal competitiveness, which sometimes bordered on bullying lesser Bulls players in order to motivate them during practice. But that winter, Huff says that Jordan asked to be on the opposite end of such pressure. “The first couple times when I sheepishly said, ‘Mike, that wasn’t very good, let’s do it again,” he would look at me and say, “It’s okay, Huffie. You can get more forceful if I’m doing it wrong.’ He very much humbled himself to say, ‘I am the low man on the totem pole,’” Huff says. “We got into a very quick rhythm of literally getting better week by week.” During that time, Huff remembers asking Jordan why he was trying to become a baseball player. “He said that before his father passed away, he had said to him, ‘You might be the one person this decade that can truly do anything you want,” says Huff. “If there’s anything you want to do, promise me you’re going to do it.’” Off balance When Jordan reported to the White Sox spring training in Sarasota, Fla., a media circus followed. And while there was plenty of excitement, there was also a pervading skepticism. By this point, it was clear to everyone that Jordan lacked the skills to make it to the major leagues that year. In March, Sports Illustrated ran a scathing cover article—penned by future TIME senior writer Steve Wulf—about Jordan’s progress, re-dubbing him “Err Jordan.” Jordan was placed in AA-ball, the third highest of the four minor league levels. Someone who hadn’t played baseball since high school—even if he’s the best basketball player in the world—should have started in rookie ball. In The Last Dance, Reinsdorf says that he would have started Jordan at a lower level, but rookie ball or A-ball lacked the media facilities to handle the crowds that would swarm around Jordan. “AA is future major leaguers, plus guys that are throwing hard,” Chris Snopek, a third baseman on the Barons that year, says. “You gotta be really disciplined at the plate.” If there was any resentment over the idea that Jordan’s celebrity status had allowed him to cut in line, it dissipated once he demonstrated his work ethic and attitude. “A lot of times, Michael was at the field before anybody, working on his swing. He would come to us for advice,” Snopek remembers. Glenn DiSarcina says that the first time he met him, Jordan came up to him and called him by his nickname, “DiSar.” “I was totally caught off guard that he would know who I was before even meeting me,” says DiSarcina. “That showed he probably did his homework on some of the guys he would be playing with.” Jordan started off hot in April, at one point stringing together a 13-game hitting streak. But soon, opposing pitchers figured out that he was unable to hit curveballs and other off-speed pitches. His batting average sank. “At a certain point he could catch up to the fastball, but you saw him lunging a lot at breaking balls and being off-balance,” says DiSarcina, whose brother Gary is a 12-year MLB vet who now coaches third base for the New York Mets. Mired at the bottom of a steep learning curve, Jordan worked even harder to learn the intricacies of the game. In The Last Dance, Barons hitting coach Mike Barnett recalls Jordan’s daily routine: “He would hit early in the day, then off the breaking ball machine, then come in after regular batting practice, hit some more before the game, and then would hit again after the game.” “He was the bank” Double-A baseball is far from glamorous. Teams travel by bus, not plane; they get dressed in shabby locker rooms, play in sweltering heat and subsist on fast food or hotel spreads. Jordan’s teammates, who were much younger and less financially stable than he was, say that he embraced the modest lifestyle. “He was one of us. He didn’t ask for special stuff—he did everything we did,” the catcher Chris Tremie says. “It was unreal, going into a McDonalds at Huntsville at one in the morning, watching the workers behind the counter in total amazement as Michael Jordan orders a Big Mac,” DiSarcina says. Jordan also eagerly participated in group activities, albeit sometimes to his own financial benefit. He was a notorious gambler, and DiSarcina learned of his prowess the hard way on an early road trip. “We had just gotten our meal money, which was probably $15-18 bucks a day. That meant a lot to guys like us,” he remembers. “Unfortunately, I handed it all to Michael when he was dealing blackjack on the bus ride. I never played with him again the rest of the summer.” Over the course of the season, DiSarcina and others had plenty of opportunity to wager with Michael on all kinds of things. “He thought he’d win anything: pool, ping pong, cards,” Snopek remembers. “Whatever we were playing, he was the bank; he would always talk smack and mess with us. He’d play Yahtzee all the time with [manager Terry] Francona, trying to keep us up in the middle of the night when we were trying to travel 12 hours to Orlando.” Jordan developed particular bonds with Francona—who was just four years older than him, and whose own relentless drive would lead him to win two World Series titles as the manager of the Boston Red Sox—and the catcher Rogelio Nunez. Nunez was from the Dominican Republic and was just learning English. Over ping pong marathons, Jordan pledged to give Nunez $100 for each new English word he learned. “By the end of the season, Nunie’s English was much better, he was richer, and Jordan was beating him in ping pong,” infielder Kenny Coleman told ESPN last year. Of course, Jordan’s competitive nature extended to basketball. Huff says that during games of H-O-R-S-E, “the minute anybody got a letter up on him, it was a dunk, it was a shot none of us could do—he would quickly get ahead of us.” Tremie remembers playing a game of basketball against Jordan in the middle of the season, in which he and three of the Barons’ better players matched up against Jordan and three coaches. “We were doing OK for a little while, and we had a chance to beat his team,” Tremie says. “But when it came close to the number we were playing for, he took over. We were all just on the court watching him: I’ll never forget how explosive he was, and with finesse, too.” Meanwhile, the season was also enlivened by the huge interest Jordan drew everywhere he went. Snopek says that while a game might otherwise draw 1,000 fans, 10,000 would show up their games. “It was a miniature version of what we felt like the majors was going to be with the crowds and the media,” Snopek says. “He made it an incredible year.” Lasting Impact Bit by bit, Jordan improved his game. By the end of the season, his average had crept back up to .202; he had hit three home runs, driven in 51 runs and stolen 30 bases. Jordan then signed up for the fall league in Arizona, where he batted a respectable .252. Tremie was impressed by his progress: “He got better as an outfielder, more instinctual on the bases. He wasn’t as susceptible to breaking balls,” Tremie says. DiSarcina says that if Jordan had entered baseball as a teenager, he could have made it to the majors. “Just seeing his professionalism and the way he improved that one summer—and knowing the athlete and the drive—no doubt if he came in at 18 or 19, he would have made the big leagues,” he says. Snopek agrees. “If he played for two and a half or three years of baseball, just think about his athletic ability,” he says. “I’m not saying he would be George Springer—but I think because of his athleticism and his mind, he would have had a good shot to make it.” In the spring of 1995, however, baseball was still mired in a strike. Jordan refused to cross the picket line to become a replacement player, and he instead went back to the Bulls, where he won three more championships and cemented his already widely-accepted status as the greatest basketball player ever. In Space Jam, filmed that year, Jordan lampooned his own baseball efforts, portraying himself as a gullible hack surrounded by yes-men. But Jordan’s Barons teammates say his impact persisted long after the summer of 1994. “It was a blessing to me and our teammates just because of the exposure we had, even with the front office from the White Sox coming to our games,” Snopek says. The next year, Snopek was called up by the White Sox and would play in the majors for four seasons. For Chris Tremie, it wasn’t Jordan’s triumphs on the diamond, but his attitude in the midst of failure that made the biggest impression. “I learned from him how to conduct yourself when things aren’t going well,” he says. “To see his worth ethic, and really get after it after he had already accomplished so much, has always helped me in my career and life.” Tremie now works as a minor league field coordinator for the Cincinnati Reds.
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Over the course of his storied career and beyond, Jordan, considered by many to be the greatest basketball player of all time, has also been hailed as an icon of marketing, thanks to lucrative endorsement deals—chief among them, his longtime partnership with Nike, whose gargantuan impact in the sports shoe industry is largely attributed to their initial deal with Jordan. The trailblazing relationship between Jordan and Nike is the focus of a new film, Air, which releases in theaters on April 5. Directed by and co-starring Ben Affleck, who plays Nike co-founder Phil Knight, the movie centers on how Sunny Vaccaro (Matt Damon), a sports marketing executive, signed Jordan to his first-ever shoe contract with Nike, in an unprecedented deal that would change the face of sports marketing and athlete equity in endorsement deals forever. Neither Jordan nor Nike were the household names they are now at the time of the signing in 1984. At the time, Jordan was a soon-to-be NBA rookie ranked third in the draft, while Nike was a veritable underdog in the world of sports shoes, known more for its running sneakers than flashy basketball kicks. The road to their partnership was complex, with Jordan’s mother Deloris (Viola Davis) playing an influential role in the life-changing negotiations. For Air screenwriter Alex Convery, the humble origin story of one of the greatest sports deals of all time provided a wealth of real-life material to draw inspiration from. “It’s hard to imagine now a world where there was skepticism about how well Michael Jordan would transition into the NBA or a world in which Nike was destined to be just a running apparel company,” he tells TIME. “They obviously entered a different stratosphere because of the Jordan deal. We all know how it ended, but to be able to look at how we got there was very compelling.” Here’s what to know about Michael Jordan’s legendary Nike signing and how it inspired Air. Sonny Vaccaro and Michael Jordan’s relationship Much of Air centers on the lengths that John Paul Vincent “Sonny” Vaccaro, a sports marketing executive at Nike, will go to to sign 21-year-old NBA rookie Michael Jordan to a shoe deal with the company. In the film, Vaccaro, a former high school basketball tournament organizer, is in charge of helping to develop the fledgling basketball division at Nike by identifying and recruiting top talent in the league for shoe deals and endorsements. While others on the marketing team suggest doing multiple deals with other players, Vaccaro makes the case that they should put all their resources towards signing Jordan, banking on him becoming an NBA star. With this as his goal, Vaccaro sets out to convince the player—and more importantly, his mother, Deloris, that Nike is the right brand to partner with for a shoe. Convery says he saw Vaccaro as a captivating figure, an unexpected and unsung hero of Nike. “He wasn’t the CEO of Nike,” Convery says, noting that he spoke with Vaccaro himself while polishing the screenplay. “He was this guy that didn’t even really have a title at the company, what he did was very kind of opaque and hard to put on a resume, but he was this really compelling character.” In real life, Vaccaro did architect the deal with Jordan. In an interview with Dan Patrick Show, the former sports marketing executive said that it was no easy feat, taking more than three months to come to the agreement. “The idea for me was to help convince him to believe in this young company to do something that they’ve never done before. That was the chore,” he said. “He had his own mind. He had his idea of what he wanted to do and he didn’t want to go with Nike, that’s for sure. So it was my greatest journey.” Read more: ESPN’s New Michael Jordan Documentary Is Exactly What We Need Right Now. Here’s How They Made It Jordan, for his part, contends that it wasn’t Vaccaro who persuaded him to join Nike, but rather George Raveling (played in the film by Marlon Wayans), a former NBA player and college basketball coach who coached Jordan in the Olympics; in an interview with USA Today, he credited Raveling for kicking off his longtime Nike partnership. “Sonny (Vaccaro) likes to take the credit. But it really wasn’t Sonny, it was actually George Raveling,” he said. “George Raveling was with me on the 1984 Olympics team (as an assistant coach under Bob Knight). He used to always try to talk to me, ‘You gotta go Nike, you gotta go Nike. You’ve got to try.’” How Deloris Jordan influenced the legacy of the Jordan partnership and athlete endorsements In the film, Nike is portrayed as a novice company of sorts, suffering from some serious growing pains after going public, which Knight believes can be solved if they can tap into the basketball market. While the brand was known for their running shoes and apparel, they lacked the athletic prestige or cool factor of companies like Converse, then the leading basketball shoe, or Adidas, a respected international name when it came to pop culture, fashion, and sports—which is why their contract with Jordan was so significant. Signing with Nike wasn’t Jordan’s first choice. But his parents, especially his mother, Deloris, convinced him that considering the Nike deal could be more beneficial to him in the long run; because the company wasn’t as well-known in the basketball space, he could be a major star for them and leverage his talents for a better deal. “In all honesty, I never wore Nike shoes until I signed with Nike,” Jordan said in an interview with USA Today. “I was a big Adidas, Converse guy coming out of college. Then actually my parents made me go out to (Nike’s headquarters) to hear their proposal.” Read more: We Don’t Deserve Ben Affleck By all accounts, the initial Jordan and Nike deal was unprecedented. In addition to the $2.5 million, five-year contract (more than double what Adidas offered him) that he signed, Jordan also received 25% royalties of all shoes sold with his likeness—an equity push by Deloris that would change how athletes approached endorsement deals for years to come. Why Michael Jordan isn’t in ‘Air’ Although it would be easy to assume that a film about the watershed shoe deal between Michael Jordan and Nike would center the NBA legend, in Air, the character of Jordan is rarely on-screen. Portrayed by actor Damian Young, Jordan doesn’t make an appearance until the final scenes of the film—and even then, his face isn’t shown, with almost exclusively shots of his back. In an interview with CBS, Affleck said that the decision to keep the character of Jordan faceless in the film was because of the outsize and omnipresent real-life influence of the actual Michael Jordan. “The minute I show you somebody and tell you, ‘Hey, that’s Michael Jordan,’” he said. “You’re just going to know it isn’t.” For Convery, the seeming lack of Jordan in a film about his sports contract was intentional. “I was just very conscious from the beginning that I didn’t want this to be a Michael Jordan biopic because it’s not really my story to tell,” he said. Read more: Michael Jordan says There’s ‘No Question’ He Could Have Beaten LeBron James One-On-One While Jordan himself does not appear in the film, actual footage of him is used to great effect, especially in a pivotal scene where a clip is played of the famous NCAA championship-winning jump shot he made as a freshman at UNC. And according to Convery, although Jordan was not involved in the making of the film, he did speak with Affleck ahead of filming to weigh in on the story, including helping land Davis as Deloris.
wrong_mix_domain_birth_00112	FactBench	3	69	https://www.bhamwiki.com/w/Michael_Jordan	en	Michael Jordan	https://www.bhamwiki.com/w/favicon.ico	https://www.bhamwiki.com/w/favicon.ico	[ "https://www.bhamwiki.com/w/images/thumb/a/a9/Jordan_1994_card.jpg/225px-Jordan_1994_card.jpg", "https://www.bhamwiki.com/w/resources/assets/poweredby_mediawiki_88x31.png" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[]	null		en	/w/favicon.ico		null	This article is about the professional basketball player and Birmingham Baron. For similarly named people, see Michael Jordan (disambiguation). Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963 in Brooklyn, New York) is considered one of the greatest basketball players of all time. He was the Naismith Player of the Year award while at the University of North Carolina. He was named Rookie of the Year for his first season in the National Basketball Association, was the Most Valuable Player in the league five times, was the Most Valuable Player in the NBA finals for six championships with the Chicago Bulls. He was also named to the NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team in 1996. Jordan retired finally in 2003 with 32,292 points, placing him third on the NBA's all-time scoring list behind Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Karl Malone. Jordan is currently a resident of Highland Park, Illinois where his sons are in school. He plays golf avidly and regularly appears in Pro-Am tournaments. He also promotes the "Jordan Brand" of clothing launched by Nike, owns a Superbike motorcycle racing team, and is part-owner of the NBA's Charlotte Bobcats. Jordan is known in Birmingham for his brief baseball career, which he spent with the 1994 Birmingham Barons. Announcement Jordan announced on October 6, 1993 that he was retiring from the NBA, citing the loss of desire for playing the game. The decision may have been influenced by the death of his father the year before. James Jordan was a devoted baseball fan who had dreams that Michael would become a Major League star. On February 7, 1994 Jordan signed a free-agent contract with the Chicago White Sox to play professional baseball. The White Sox and Bulls are both owned by Jerry Reinsdorf. On March 31 he was assigned to the Sox' AA affiliate, the Barons. Before reporting he played in the Windy City Classic exhibition game against the Cubs, starting the game and batting 2 for 5 with 2 runs batted in. 1994 season Jordan started in right field against the Chattanooga Lookouts for his first game as a Baron on April 8. Wearing the same #45 he wore on his high school jersey, Jordan flied out in his first plate appearance and finished the game 0-3. His first hit came in his 8th plate appearance. He singled off Knoxville's Joe Ganote in the 3rd inning on Sunday April 10. He followed up with another hit later in the game and started a streak of 13 games with a hit. His first run batted in came the next night when he scored Steve Sax with a bases-loaded single. He also recorded his first of a team-high 30 stolen bases in that game. Jordan's 7th inning double at Huntsville on April 28 broke a 4-4 tie and secured the Barons win. A throwing error on Jordan's ground ball to 3rd on July 6 helped complete a 6-run 9th inning comeback win over the Huntsville. Stars pitcher Steve Wojciechowski had a no hitter going into the final frame. Jordan's first home run was over the Hoover Met's left field fence (380 feet) in front of record 13,752 fans. The solo homer came off the Carolina Mudcats Kevin Rychel in the bottom of the 8th inning on July 30, the day before his father's birthday. While diving for Joel Wolfe's line drive in 4th inning of the August 12 game against Huntsville, Jordan landed on his shoulder and strained his rotator cuff. He was treated by James Andrews and returned to the field after missing 5 games. The Barons single-game attendance record was set at 16,247 on Saturday August 27. Jordan went 2-4 and stole a base in the 12-inning 6-3 victory. He finished the season with an 0-4 night on the road at Huntsville. Season totals Over the course of the season Jordan amassed 88 hits, 51 walks and reached base after being hit by a pitch 4 times in 436 at bats for a batting average of .202. He struggled with sliders and had 114 strikouts. He recorded 3 sacrifice flies, 17 doubles, 1 triple, 3 home runs. His 30 stolen bases were second on the team, and he finished with 116 total bases, 46 runs, and 51 runs batted in. Living up to his reputation as a clutch player, Jordan led the club in RBI with bases loaded (11) and RBI with 2 outs and runners in scoring position (25). He played in 127 games and tied for the Southern League lead of 11 fielding errors. The team finished the season with an overall home attendance of 467,867. The spectacle of the 6 foot 6 NBA All-Star smacking gum in right field and staring down pitchers brought record crowds to the rest of the Southern League's ballparks as well. Journalists from around the world covered Jordan's progress. Retirement After the Barons' season ended, Michael continued playing for a short time with the Scottsdale Scorpions of the Arizona Fall League. On March 10, 1995 Jordan announced that he was leaving baseball behind and returning to the Bulls. He kept the number 45 until the finals that year, when he led the Bulls to another championship, the first of their second "three-peat" of the 1990s, all with Jordan at shooting guard. He wore his Barons jersey again for the filming of Space Jam (1996), a Warner Brothers film starring Jordan opposite Bugs Bunny and other Looney Tunes characters. Jordan's opening scene in the movie was filmed at the Hoover Met. Off the field Jordan's presence greatly magnified the amount of fan and media attention given the Barons at every stop. That year's Major League Baseball strike made Jordan's story in the minors that much more pressworthy. ESPN televised three games nationally while numerous other outlets made stops at the Hoover Met looking for interviews. Francona fined players $5 per infraction for using terms like "circus" and "rock star" during the season, enforcing Jordan's desire to be treated like any other teammate. Players and coaches recalled that Jordan worked tirelessly in practice, was friendly and generous with teammates, impatient with ballpark operations, and genuine about his desire to play baseball. There was also resentment among many in the league who believed Jordan was taking a spot away from someone who had done more to earn the position. In return for promotional work, Thrasher Brothers, the team's bus charter company, outfitted a new team bus, which was quickly dubbed the "Jordan Cruiser". During his assignment to the Barons, Jordan lived in a gated estate next to the Founder's Club Course in Greystone. The house was leased by Richard Scrushy for Jordan's use in exchange for a few rounds of golf. Jordan also played in that year's Bruno's Memorial Classic pro-am, paired with Charles Barkley and Lee Trevino. In addition to the Greystone course, Jordan frequented Shoal Creek Golf and Country Club, the Country Club of Birmingham, Oxmoor Valley. Inverness, and Old Overton. During the year he was occasionally known to participate in pick-up basketball games at Francona's apartment complex. Talking to Barons officials in Los Angeles two years after leaving the sport, Jordan claimed that what he missed most about Birmingham was the grits. Today, Jordan's #45 jersey hangs in the club's offices and the Hoover Met has a conference/banquet room named after Jordan. Birmingham Barons Birmingham Black Barons * Managers * Records * Rickwood Classic * Teams Venues: Slag Pile Field, Rickwood Field, Hoover Metropolitan Stadium, Regions Field Managers: Harry Vaughn, Carlton Molesworth, Rick Woodward, Phil Cavaretta, Terry Francona Barons: Jeff Abbott, Wilson Alvarez, Sal Bando, Jason Bere, Vida Blue, Mark Buehrle, Mike Cameron, Joe Crede, Rob Dibble, Ray Durham, Scott Eyre, Rollie Fingers, John Garland, Burleigh Grimes, Roberto Hernandez, Catfish Hunter, Bo Jackson, Reggie Jackson, Howard Johnson, Michael Jordan, Tony LaRussa, Carlos Lee, Rube Marquard, Jack McDowell, Miguel Olivo, Magglio Ordonez, Aaron Rowand, Pie Traynor, Bob Wickman, Bobby Thigpen, Frank Thomas, Robin Ventura Black Barons: Lorenzo "Piper" Davis, Willie Foster, Willie Mays, Satchel Paige, Willie Wells References Wulf, Steve (March 14, 1994) "Err Jordan: Try as he might, Michael Jordan has found baseball beyond his grasp." Sports Illustrated Segrest, Doug (May 23, 2004) "Our summer with Michael." Birmingham News. Michael Jordan. (2007, January 31). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 18:23, January 31, 2007 [[1]] Morrissey, Rick (September 10, 2009) "Chapter 8: Birmingham", in "Michael Jeffrey Jordan: A Chicago Tribune special report." Chicago Tribune Heneghan, Kelsie (April 8, 2019) "A look at Michael Jordan's MiLB career." MiLB.com Bieler, Des (May 13, 2020) "Michael Jordan was ‘rightly insulted’ by 1994 SI story — says the writer of the story." The Washington Post
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Jordan helped the bulls win the national championship in 1991, 1992 and 1993. He was also won two Olympic gold medals as part America's dream team. Born: February 17, 1963 Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, USA Age: 61 years old Generation: Baby Boomer Chinese Zodiac: Rabbit Star Sign: Aquarius Married Life NBA basketball star Michael Jordan (26) weds Juanita Vanoy (30) at the Little White Chapel in Las Vegas NBA basketball star Michael Jordan (43) divorces Juanita Vanoy (47) due to irreconcilable differences after 17 years of marriage NBA great Michael Jordan (50) weds 2nd wife model Yvette Prieto at Episcopal Church of Bethesda-by-the-Sea in Palm Beach, Florida Historical Events The US beats Spain 96-65 to win the men's basketball gold medal at the Los Angeles Olympics; future 'dream team' members Michael Jordan, Patrick Ewing and Chris Mullin feature Michael Jordan named NBA Rookie of Year Michael Jordan sets NBA playoff record with 63 points in a game NBA's Michael Jordan's 58 points in one game is a Chicago Bulls record Michael Jordan becomes the second NBA player in history to score 3,000 points in a season 38th NBA All-Star Game, Chicago Stadium: East beats West, 138-133; MVP: Michael Jordan, Chicago Bulls, F After scoring 50 points in Game 1, NBA Eastern Conference playoff series, Michael Jordan has 55 in Chicago Bulls 106-101 win vs Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 2; first to score 50+ points in consecutive playoff games Michael Jordan scores his 10,000th NBA point in his 5th season Michael Jordan scores 69 points, 4th time he scores 60 pts in a game Chicago's Michael Jordan scores a game-high 40 points to lead the Bulls to a 107-99 win over Philadelphia at the Spectrum; reaches the 15,000 point mark of his career Chicago Bull Michael Jordan, named NBA's MVP NBA Finals: Chicago Bulls beat LA Lakers, 108-101 in Game 5 for first of 3 straight titles; MVP: Michael Jordan in his first NBA Finals appearance NBA Finals: Chicago Bulls beat Port Trail Blazers, 97-93 in Game 6 for back-to-back titles; MVP: Michael Jordan for second straight year The original US 'Dream Team' wins the basketball gold at the Barcelona Olympics 117-85 over Croatia; features superstars Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Scottie Pippen, Charles Barkley, Patrick Ewing Michael Jordan's game-high 35 points leads Chicago to 120-95 win over Milwaukee; gives him exactly 20,000 points in 620th game of his NBA career; 2nd-fastest to reach milestone after Wilt Chamberlain (499) 1st ESPY Awards: Michael Jordan, Monica Seles win NBA Finals: Chicago Bulls become first team since legendary Boston Celtics of the 1960s to win 3 consecutive titles, with a 99–98 victory in Game 6 over Phoenix Suns; MVP: Michael Jordan for third straight year After 9 seasons & 3 Championships with the Chicago Bulls, Michael Jordan announces his retirement from the NBA; returns on March 18, 1995 and leads Bulls to another 3 NBA titles Chicago White Sox assigns former NBA superstar Michael Jordan to the Birmingham Barons of Class AA Southern League; returns to NBA after one season NBA shortens the 3-point distance to a uniform 22 feet in attempt to help offensive players score more; Michael Jordan sets career highs in 3-point attempts & converted 3-point field goals, nearly double previous statistics Chicago Bulls retire basketball superstar Michael Jordan's jersey #23 in a 2-hour ceremony at the United Center Michael Jordan announces he is ending his 17 month NBA retirement Michael Jordan rejoins NBA Chicago Bulls after 17 months trying a career in baseball; he scores 19 poimts in 103-96 loss to the Pacers in Indianapolis 46th NBA All-Star Game, Alamodome, San Antonio, TX: East beats West, 129-118; MVP: Michael Jordan, Chicago Bulls, F Michael Jordan signs a NBA contract with the Chicago Bulls, for 1 year for $30.1 million Michael Jordan scores in double figures for 800th consecutive game in a 100-98 OT win over New Jersey; adds 40 more double-figure scoring games to his NBA record before retiring for the second time (1998) 48th NBA All-Star Game, Madison Square Garden, NYC: East beats West, 135-114; MVP: Michael Jordan, Chicago Bulls, F NBA Finals: Chicago Bulls beat Utah Jazz, 87-86 in Game 6 for their 3rd consecutive title and 6th in 8 seasons; MVP: Michael Jordan for 3rd straight year and 6th time Basketball superstar Michael Jordan announces his second retirement just prior to start of lockout-shortened 1998-99 NBA season; returns in 2001 with Washington Michael Jordan, who led the Chicago Bulls to 6 NBA championships as a player, returns to the NBA, joining the Washington Wizards as part owner and President of Basketball Operations Washington Wizards forward Michael Jordan becomes 4th player in NBA history to score 30,000 career points; hits a free throw in 2nd quarter of an 89-83 win against his old team, the Chicago Bulls Washington Wizards' Michael Jordan plays his final NBA game, in Philadelphia, where he receives a 3 minute standing ovation. Michael Jordan's autographed Air Nike 1s trainers from 1985 sell for a record $560,000 in an online auction Michael Jordan's 1984 Nike Air Ships sell for $1.472 million at Sotheby's, a new record for sneakers at auction Biographies and Sources Michael Jordan's 1984 Nike Air Ships sell for record $1.5M at Sotheby's - NBC News Famous Basketball Players Anthony Davis Bill Bradley Dave Cowens John Havlicek John Stockton Magic Johnson
wrong_mix_domain_birth_00112	FactBench	1	89	https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/protecting-famous-names-in-china-38223/	en	Protecting Famous Names in China – Michael Jordan and His Eight-Year Trademark Battle in China	https://jdsupra-static.s…og.15401_555.jpg	https://jdsupra-static.s…og.15401_555.jpg	[ "https://www.jdsupra.com/img/logo/logo-jdsupra-opt.svg", "https://www.jdsupra.com/img/client_headers/DorseyWhitney/TMCAheader.jpg", "https://jdsupra-html-images.s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/061a3591-739b-4a4f-b3dd-ab3918b80cc0-2019_new_logo_qiaodan_mandarin-01.png", "https://jdsupra-static.s3.amazonaws.com/profile-images/og.15401_555.jpg", "https://jdsupra-static.s3.amazonaws.com/authors/5846dca97ea07.30h.jpg", "https://www.jdsupra.com/img/ad-for-journalists.png", "https://www.jdsupra.com/img/digest-screenshot.jpg" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[]	null	On March 26, 2020, the Chinese Supreme People’s Court (the “SPC”), the highest court in China and thus China’s equivalent to the United States Supreme Court, issued its re-trial...	en	/img/fav-jdsupra.ico	JD Supra	https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/protecting-famous-names-in-china-38223/	On March 26, 2020, the Chinese Supreme People’s Court (the “SPC”), the highest court in China and thus China’s equivalent to the United States Supreme Court, issued its re-trial decision, giving Michael Jordan an assist against Registration No. 6020578 for the mark “Qiaodan in Chinese characters & Design” in Class 25 owned by Qiaodan Sports Co., Ltd (“Qiaodan Sports”), a Chinese sportswear company based in Fujian Province of China. “Qiaodan” in Chinese characters is a commonly recognized phonetic translation for the name “Jordan” and the design in the mark is that of a basketball player in midair attempting a layup. China’s top court ruled in favor of Michael Jordan in the re-trial decision by recognizing the former National Basketball Association superstar’s prior rights in the name “Qiaodan in Chinese characters”, in which an established link to Michael Jordan was found by the SPC based on the evidence in the trial. Specifically, Qiaodan Sports had argued in the previous proceedings as well as in the re-trial that there was a lack of an exclusive link between Michael Jordan and “Qiaodan in Chinese characters” because (1) “Qiaodan in Chinese characters” has its own meaning — “grass and trees of the south” in Chinese and (2) even if “Qiaodan in Chinese characters” can be regarded as the corresponding Chinese translation for the name “Jordan”, “Jordan” itself is merely an ordinary surname in English and an exclusive link to Michael Jordan had not been established based on the evidence in the trial. These arguments were not entertained by the SPC. In its re-trial decision, the SPC went through the evidence on the use and reputation of Michael Jordan in detail and took the view that the evidence established a link between “Qiaodan in Chinese characters” and Michael Jordan, which gave rise to the necessary name rights protection to Michael Jordan. Therefore, the SPC quashed the decisions of the lower courts and ordered the invalidation case to be returned to the China National Intellectual Property Administration for re-review (the CNIPA” has merged the previous PRC Trademark Review and Adjudication Board (“TRAB”)) . As such, it is almost a foregone conclusion that the CNIPA’s re-review decision will result in a victory for Michael Jordan. This case is the last of a series of high profile trademark invalidation actions that Michael Jordan had commenced in 2012 with the TRAB against Qiaodan Sports’ 78 objectionable trademark registrations for marks that the former NBA basketball player believed infringed his name rights, among other legal violations. These actions failed in the TRAB as well as in the subsequent appeal to the Beijing First Intermediate People’s Court and the further appeal to the Beijing High People’s Court in 2014 to 2015. In rejecting Michael Jordan’s claim for protection of his name rights, the Beijing High People’s Court held that there was insufficient evidence to establish an exclusive link between the mark “Qiaodan in Chinese characters” and Michael Jordan. Michael Jordan sought the SPC’s leave for a re-trial of the 78 cases. The SPC granted leave for re-trial in 10 cases and eventually ruled in favor of Michael Jordan in four of the re-trial decisions, including the present one. This means that Michael Jordan wins 4 of the 78 cases against Qiaodan Sports. It is reported that the main reason for the low success rate of Michael Jordan’s actions is the undue delay in the commencement of those actions because Chinese Trademark Law provides a five-year time bar on the invalidation of a trademark registration in China. Most of the 78 trademark registrations of Qiaodan Sports had been registered for more than five (5) years in 2012 when the actions were commenced. It can be seen from the re-trial decision that the SPC has shifted from the ”exclusive link” approach adopted by the Chinese courts in the past (such as by the Beijing High People’s Court in the further appeal of the present case) to a more relaxed “established link” approach. This is like an alley-oop to rights owners, as it sends out a message to the public that China will be less likely to tolerate the free-riding activities of trademark squatters who register famous names as trademarks. On April 8, 2020, Qiaodan Sports posted an announcement via its official Weibo account to its business partners that based on the company’s win in 74 of the 78 cases, including those relating to the company’s core registrations for the mark “Qiaodan in Chinese characters”, “Design” and “QIAODAN”, the present re-trial decision will not affect the company’s use of its existing trademarks and will not affect the company’s normal business operations. Qiaodan Sports’ announcement might not quite reflect the real situation. Here’s an instant replay: around the same time of the commencement of the 78 trademark invalidation actions in 2012, Michael Jordan also filed a civil lawsuit against Qiaodan Sports for infringement of his name rights and portrait rights with the Shanghai Second Intermediate People’s Court. This last minute civil action frustrated Qiaodan Sports’ first IPO in China, which had been scheduled for listing in March 2012. The civil action with the Shanghai Court is still pending. Qiaodan Sports came back with its second attempt of an IPO in April 2019 in China. Its IPO application has passed the preliminary review and is pending the second review at the China Securities Regulatory Committee. The SPC re-trial decision issued at this critical period has overshadowed Qiaodan Sports’ second IPO application and has brought uncertainty to its outcome. The decision will also provide great support to Michael Jordan’s civil action in Shanghai. We will likely see an increasingly stronger defensive strategy in the form of IP protection in China going forward. The best way forward for Qiaodan Sports is perhaps to pivot and re-brand away from the current infringing name. From a U.S. standpoint, this case demonstrates the importance of worldwide protection of trademarks and protection of the right of publicity, where applicable. As celebrities’ stars shine brighter, it is important to also think about the value and monetization of a personal brand, and to protect that brand by registering it with trademark offices in key jurisdictions where there are lots of fans and where goods and services are sold, licensed, and/or manufactured. In addition to the right of publicity protection that is available to celebrities in most U.S. states, federal trademark registration is possible in the U.S. for names and symbols used by celebrities to offer goods and services. It follows that international registration is also available for celebrities who sell and license products and services to consumers in other countries using their names and symbols. We at the TMCA have published numerous blog articles about celebrities protecting and enforcing their personal brands in the U.S. (some more successful than others), including Beyoncé, Lindsay Lohan, and even newborn Psalm West. Celebrities with international appeal should take heed of the Qiaodan Sports litigation saga as a case in point where acting early to protect global rights would have saved Michael Jordan from eight years of litigation and a Chinese doppelgänger brand clouding his image.
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Michael Bakari Jordan[1] ( bah-KAR-ee; born February 9, 1987)[2] is an American actor and producer. He is best known for his film roles as shooting victim Oscar Grant in the drama Fruitvale Station (2013), boxer Adonis Creed in Creed (2015), and Erik Killmonger in Black Panther (2018), all of which were written and directed by Ryan Coogler.[3][4][5][6] Jordan reprised his role of Creed in Creed II (2018) and Creed III (2023); the latter also marked his directorial debut. Jordan initially broke out in television, playing Wallace in the first season of the HBO crime drama series The Wire (2002). He went on to play Reggie Montgomery on the ABC soap opera All My Children (2003–2006) and Vince Howard in the NBC sports drama series Friday Night Lights (2009–2011). His other films include Chronicle (2012), That Awkward Moment (2014), Fantastic Four (2015), and Just Mercy (2019), in which he portrayed Bryan Stevenson. He has also starred in and produced the HBO film Fahrenheit 451 (2018), for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie. Jordan was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine in 2020 and 2023.[7][8] Also in 2020, he was named People's Sexiest Man Alive,[9] and The New York Times ranked him 15th on its list of the 25 greatest actors of the 21st century.[10] Jordan is also a co-owner of English Premier League football club AFC Bournemouth.[11] Early life [edit] Michael Bakari Jordan was born on February 9, 1987, in Santa Ana, California,[12] to Donna and Michael A. Jordan. He has an older sister and a younger brother.[13] His family lived in Santa Ana, CA for two years before moving to Newark, NJ where Jordan grew up.[12][14] He attended Newark Arts High School, where his mother worked as a teacher, and where he also played basketball.[13][15] Career [edit] 1999–2008: Beginnings [edit] Jordan worked as a child model for several companies and brands, including Modell's Sporting Goods and Toys "R" Us, before deciding to embark on a career as an actor.[16][17] He launched his career as a professional actor in 1999, when he appeared briefly in single episodes of the television series Cosby and The Sopranos.[14] His first principal film role followed in 2001 when he was featured in Hardball, which starred Keanu Reeves. In 2002, he gained more attention by playing the small but pivotal role of Wallace in the first season of HBO's The Wire. In March 2003, he joined the cast of All My Children, replacing Chadwick Boseman, playing Reggie Montgomery, a troubled teenager, until June 2006 when Jordan was released from his contract.[18] Jordan's other credits include guest starring appearances on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,[19] Without a Trace and Cold Case. Thereafter, he had a lead role in the independent film Blackout and starred in The Assistants on The-N. In 2008, Jordan appeared in the music video "Did You Wrong" by R&B artist Pleasure P. 2009–2012: Friday Night Lights and Parenthood [edit] In 2009, Jordan began starring in the NBC drama Friday Night Lights as quarterback Vince Howard, and lived in an apartment in Austin where the show was filmed.[20] He played the character for two seasons until the show ended in 2011.[21] In 2009, he guest-starred on Burn Notice in the episode "Hot Spot", playing a high school football player who got into a fight and is being hunted by a local gangster. In 2010, he was considered one of the 55 faces of the future by Nylon Magazine's Young Hollywood Issue.[22][23] In 2010, he guest-starred in the Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode "Inhumane Society" as a boxer involved in a Michael Vick-inspired dog fighting scandal. That year, he landed a recurring role on the NBC show Parenthood playing Alex (Haddie Braverman's love interest).[24] This marked his second collaboration with showrunner Jason Katims, who was in charge of Friday Night Lights. BuddyTV ranked him #80 on its list of "TV's Sexiest Men of 2011".[25] Jordan voiced Jace in the Xbox 360 game Gears of War 3.[26] In 2012, Jordan appeared in the George Lucas-produced film Red Tails[27] and played lead character Steve Montgomery in Chronicle, a film about three teenaged boys who develop superhuman abilities.[28] He also guest-starred in an episode of House's final season, playing a blind patient.[29] 2013–present: Breakthrough [edit] In 2013, Jordan starred as shooting victim Oscar Grant in Fruitvale Station, directed by Ryan Coogler. His performance garnered critical acclaim, with Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter stating that Jordan reminded him of "a young Denzel Washington".[30] Following his role in Fruitvale Station, Jordan was named an "actor to watch" by People and Variety.[31][32] Time magazine named him with Coogler one of 30 people under 30 who are changing the world, and he was also named one of 2013's breakout stars by Entertainment Weekly and GQ.[33][34][35] In 2015, he starred as Johnny Storm, the Human Torch, in Fantastic Four.[36][37][38] The film was universally panned by critics, holding a 9% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and was a bust at the box office.[39] However, later in 2015, Jordan rebounded with critical acclaim when he starred as Donnie Creed, the son of boxer Apollo Creed in the seventh Rocky film, Creed, his second collaboration with Coogler, which co-starred Sylvester Stallone.[40] Jordan prepared for his role as a boxer in Creed by undertaking one year of rigorous physical training and a stringent low-fat diet.[41] He did not have a body double during filming and was "routinely bloodied, bruised, and dizzy" when fighting scenes were being filmed.[41] In 2016, Jordan featured in the popular sports game NBA 2K17, portraying Justice Young, a teammate of the player in the game's MyCareer mode. In October 2017, it was announced that Jordan was cast in a supporting role as Mark Reese in the upcoming Netflix superhero series Raising Dion.[42] In February 2018, Jordan starred as the villain Erik Killmonger in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film Black Panther; this marked Jordan's third collaboration with Coogler.[43] His performance in Black Panther received critical acclaim, with Dani Di Placido of Forbes stating that Jordan "steals the show", while Jason Guerrasio of Business Insider wrote that the actor "plays a Killmonger fueled with hate and emptiness – we won't give away why – but he also delivers it with a swagger that's just a joy to watch ... the movie takes off more in story and viewing enjoyment whenever Jordan is on screen."[4][5] Later in 2018, Jordan starred in Fahrenheit 451 with Michael Shannon and Sofia Boutella. The television film was distributed on HBO by HBO Films.[44] That same year, Jordan reprised his role as boxer Donnie Creed in Creed II, a sequel to Creed (2015) and the eighth installment in the Rocky film series. Creed II was released in the United States by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on November 21, 2018. The film received generally positive reviews from critics and it went on to debut to $35.3 million in its opening weekend (a five-day total of $55.8 million), marking the biggest debut ever for a live-action release over Thanksgiving.[45][46] He also voices the character Julian Chase in Rooster Teeth's animated series Gen:Lock, which he also co-produces through his production company, Outlier Society Productions since January 2019.[47] Jordan portrayed attorney Bryan Stevenson in a legal drama, Just Mercy, which he also co-produced. The film, based on a real-life story, was released in December 2019 to critical acclaim.[48][49] Jordan stars in Without Remorse, based on the book by Tom Clancy, as John Clark, a former Navy SEAL and director of the elite counterterrorism unit Rainbow Six. Originally planned for release on September 18, 2020, it was released on April 30, 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[50] Jordan reprised his MCU role as Erik "Killmonger" Stevens in two episodes of the first season of What If...? (2021), and in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022),[51][52] and made a cameo appearance in Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021). He also starred in A Journal for Jordan (2021), directed by Denzel Washington, as a soldier who "kept a journal full of poignant life lessons for their newborn son, Jordan, while deployed overseas."[53] Jordan made his directorial debut with Creed III, a sequel to Creed II, in addition to producing and reprising his starring role as boxer Adonis Creed. It was released on March 3, 2023.[11] Michael B. Jordan's influences for filmmaking are: Steven Speliberg, Martin Scorsese, Alfonso Cuarón, Ryan Coogler, George Lucas, and Christopher Nolan[54] Upcoming projects [edit] He is slated to reteam with Coogler for the fourth time in Wrong Answer, a film based on the Atlanta Public Schools cheating scandal.[41] Jordan is also set to appear in a second remake of The Thomas Crown Affair.[55] Jordan is also set to appear in the vampire film Blood Brothers.[56] His production company Outlier Society signed a first look deal with Amazon,[57] and is also developing Val-Zod, an HBO Max series featuring a Black version of the DC Comics character Superman.[58] As of March 2022 , Jordan will produce and star in the sequel of I Am Legend with Will Smith.[59] Personal life [edit] Jordan has resided in Los Angeles since 2006.[60] He grew up in a religious household and considers himself to be spiritual.[61] As of 2018 , he lived with his parents in a Sherman Oaks home that he purchased.[62][63] Jordan is also a fan of anime, particularly Naruto: Shippuden and the Dragon Ball franchise.[64][65] Jordan grew up in Newark, New Jersey and is a lifelong fan of the New York Giants.[66] In November 2020, the actor began dating model Lori Harvey, daughter of comedian Steve Harvey.[67] In June 2022, it was announced that the couple had ended their relationship.[68] Sports ownership [edit] In December 2022, Jordan was announced as part-owner of English football club AFC Bournemouth. The club was taken over by the consortium group the Black Knights Football Club led by fellow American Businessman William Foley.[69] Jordan led the minority ownership group with Kosmos Founder Nullah Sarker.[70][71] Filmography [edit] Film [edit] Year Title Role Notes 1999 Black and White Teen #2 2001 Hardball Jamal 2007 Blackout C.J. 2009 Pastor Brown Tariq Brown 2012 Red Tails Maurice Wilson Chronicle Steve Montgomery County Travis TV Movie Hotel Noir Leon 2013 Fruitvale Station Oscar Grant Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox Victor Stone / Cyborg Voice, direct-to-video 2014 That Awkward Moment Mikey 2015 Fantastic Four Johnny Storm / Human Torch Creed Adonis Johnson 2016 Against The Wall Man Short 2018 Black Panther Erik Killmonger Kin Male Cleaner Cameo; also executive producer Creed II Adonis Johnson Fahrenheit 451 Guy Montag Television film, also executive producer 2019 Just Mercy Bryan Stevenson Also producer 2021 Without Remorse John Kelly Also producer Space Jam: A New Legacy Himself Cameo[72] A Journal for Jordan Charles King Also producer 2022 Legends of the Lane Himself Short Black Panther Wakanda Forever Erik Killmonger 2023 Creed III Adonis Creed Also director and producer 2025 Untitled Ryan Coogler film TBA Post-production Television [edit] Year Title Role Notes 1999 The Sopranos Rideland Kid Episode: "Down Neck" Cosby Michael Episode: "The Vesey Method" 2002 The Wire Wallace 12 episodes 2003–2006 All My Children Reggie Porter Montgomery 59 episodes 2006 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Morris Episode: "Poppin' Tags" Without a Trace Jesse Lewis Episode: "The Calm Before" 2007 Cold Case Michael Carter Episode: "Wunderkind" 2009 Burn Notice Corey Jensen Episode: "Hot Spot" Bones Perry Wilson Episode: "The Plain in the Prodigy" The Assistants Nate Warren 13 episodes 2009–2011 Friday Night Lights Vince Howard 26 episodes 2010 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Danny Ford Episode: "Inhumane Society" Lie to Me Key 2 episodes 2010–2011 Parenthood Alex 16 episodes 2012 House Will Westwood Episode: "Love Is Blind" 2014 The Boondocks Pretty Boy Flizzy Voice, episode: "Pretty Boy Flizzy" 2019–2021 Gen:Lock Julian Chase / Nemesis / King Demon Voice, 16 episodes; also executive producer[73] Raising Dion Mark Warren 3 episodes; also executive producer 2021 Love, Death & Robots Terence[74] Voice/motion capture; episode: "Life Hutch"[75] What If...? Erik Killmonger Voice, 2 episodes: "What If... Killmonger Rescued Tony Stark?", "What If... the Watcher Broke His Oath?" 2022 America the Beautiful Narrator Documentary series 2023 Saturday Night Live Himself; host Episode: "Michael B. Jordan/Lil Baby" Video games [edit] Year Title Voice role Notes 2011 Gears of War 3 Jace Stratton 2016 NBA 2K17 Justice Young / Himself Host on MyCareer mode 2017 Wilson's Heart Kurt Mosby 2018 Creed: Rise to Glory Adonis Creed Music videos [edit] Year Title Performer(s) Album 2008 "Did You Wrong" Pleasure P The Introduction of Marcus Cooper 2017 "Family Feud" Jay-Z featuring Beyoncé 4:44 [76] 2019 "Whoa" Snoh Aalegra Ugh, Those Feels Again [77] Awards and nominations [edit] Year Award Category Nominated work Result 2005 Soap Opera Digest Award Favorite Teen All My Children Nominated [78] NAACP Image Award Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series Nominated [79] 2006 NAACP Image Award Nominated [80] 2007 Nominated [81] 2008 Outstanding Literary Work – Debut Author Homeroom Heroes Nominated [82] 2011 EWwy Awards Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Friday Night Lights Nominated [83] 2013 Detroit Film Critics Society Best Breakthrough Fruitvale Station Nominated [84] Hollywood Film Awards Hollywood Spotlight Award Won [85] Gotham Awards Breakthrough Actor Won [86] National Board of Review of Motion Pictures Breakthrough Actor Won [87] Phoenix Film Critics Society Breakthrough Performance on Camera Nominated [88] Satellite Awards Breakthrough Award Performance Won [89] Santa Barbara International Film Festival Virtuoso Award Won [90] St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Best Actor Nominated [91] 2014 Independent Spirit Awards Best Male Lead Nominated [92] Black Reel Awards Outstanding Actor Nominated [93] NAACP Image Award Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture Nominated [94] 2015 Golden Raspberry Awards Worst Screen Combo (shared with Kate Mara, Miles Teller, and Jamie Bell) Fantastic Four Nominated African-American Film Critics Association Breakout Performance Creed Won Boston Online Film Critics Association Best Actor Won Austin Film Critics Association Nominated [95] Las Vegas Film Critics Society Nominated Online Film Critics Society Best Actor Nominated NAACP Image Awards Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture Won Black Reel Awards Best Actor Won National Society of Film Critics Best Actor Won Empire Awards Best Actor Nominated [96] MTV Movie Awards Best Male Performance Nominated [97] 2016 Teen Choice Awards Choice Movie Actor: Drama Nominated 2018 Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Television Movie Fahrenheit 451 Nominated [98] Saturn Awards Best Supporting Actor Black Panther Nominated [99] MTV Movie & TV Awards Best Villain Won [100] BET Awards Best Actor Nominated [101] Chicago Film Critics Association Awards Best Supporting Actor Nominated [102] Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Best Supporting Actor Nominated [103] San Francisco Film Critics Circle Best Supporting Actor Won [104] Seattle Film Critics Society Nominated [105] Villain of the Year Won St. Louis Film Critics Association Best Supporting Actor Nominated [106] Teen Choice Awards Choice Villain Won [107] Toronto Film Critics Association Awards Best Supporting Actor Runner-up [108] Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards Best Supporting Actor Nominated [109] 2019 Alliance of Women Film Journalists Best Actor in a Supporting Role Nominated [110] Santa Barbara International Film Festival Cinema Vanguard Award Honored [111] Black Reel Awards Outstanding Supporting Actor Won [112] Critics' Choice Awards Best Supporting Actor Nominated [113] Austin Film Critics Association Best Supporting Actor Nominated [114] Houston Film Critics Society Nominated [115] London Film Critics' Circle Best Supporting Actor of the Year Nominated [116] Online Film Critics Society Best Supporting Actor Won [117] Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Won [118] NAACP Image Awards Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture Won [119] Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special Fahrenheit 451 Won [120] Producers Guild of America Awards Best Streamed or Televised Movie Won 2020 NAACP Image Awards Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture Just Mercy Won [120] 2022 Children's and Family Emmy Awards Outstanding Children's or Family Viewing Series Raising Dion Nominated [121] 2023 MTV Movie & TV Awards Best Performance in a Movie Creed III Nominated [122] 2024 Black Reel Awards Outstanding Director Won [123] Outstanding Lead Performance Won People's Choice Awards Drama Movie Star of the Year Won [124] Male Movie Star of the Year Won References [edit] Biography portal Film portal Television portal
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His freshman season at UNC culminated with Jordan hitting the game-winning shot in the 1982 NCAA national title game. That shot put Michael on the map and a new era was born. Following his junior year, Jordan entered the NBA Draft and was selected third overall by the Chicago Bulls. The young superstar began stockpiling NBA hardware. The court was his and the world soon followed. His unmistakable style - the wagging tongue, the baggy shorts, the signature line of sneakers - helped make the 14-time All Star the most recognizable person on the planet. Still his resume lacked an NBA title. Then in 1991, the Jordan-led Bulls launched an all-out assault on the rest of the league winning three straight world championships. Michael won Olympic gold again in 1992 and then in 1993 abruptly retired from the Bulls to play minor league baseball. He returned to the NBA full-time in 1995 and the Bulls promptly won three consecutive titles. Jordan was named Finals MVP each time. 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wrong_mix_domain_birth_00112	FactBench	0	47	https://mikelamberti.wordpress.com/2020/05/03/grieving-belleville-high-pals-recall-dennis-deworks-sense-of-humor-compassion-and-love-of-family-and-friends/	en	Grieving Belleville High pals recall Dennis Dework’s sense of humor, compassion and love of family and friends	https://mikelamberti.wor…s/2020/05/dd.jpg	https://mikelamberti.wor…s/2020/05/dd.jpg	[ "https://mikelamberti.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dd.jpg?w=800", "https://mikelamberti.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dd8.jpg?w=960", "https://mikelamberti.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dd1.jpg?w=800", "https://mikelamberti.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dd2.jpg?w=720", "https://mikelamberti.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dd3.jpg?w=800", "https://mikelamberti.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dd4.jpg?w=581", "https://mikelamberti.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dd5.jpg?w=800", "https://mikelamberti.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dd6.jpg?w=800", "https://mikelamberti.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dd7.jpg?w=800", "https://secure.gravatar.com/blavatar/246d144a9b328134aeb71809397a26c2caa147556436b76e65fb6966d95eabd3?s=50&d=https%3A%2F%2Fs2.wp.com%2Fi%2Flogo%2Fwpcom-gray-white.png", "https://secure.gravatar.com/blavatar/246d144a9b328134aeb71809397a26c2caa147556436b76e65fb6966d95eabd3?s=50&d=https%3A%2F%2Fs2.wp.com%2Fi%2Flogo%2Fwpcom-gray-white.png", "https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?v=noscript" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[]	2020-05-03T00:00:00	Good morning, yesterdayYou wake up and time has slipped awayAnd suddenly it's hard to findThe memories you left behindRemember, do you remember Dennis Dework was a member of a special fraternity at Belleville High, one that will always define his athletic ability. Beyond that, his personality, charisma and fortitude would be a staple in the…	en	https://secure.gravatar.com/blavatar/246d144a9b328134aeb71809397a26c2caa147556436b76e65fb6966d95eabd3?s=32	Mike Lamberti, From Margate To Cleveland, And Back !	https://mikelamberti.wordpress.com/2020/05/03/grieving-belleville-high-pals-recall-dennis-deworks-sense-of-humor-compassion-and-love-of-family-and-friends/	Good morning, yesterday You wake up and time has slipped away And suddenly it’s hard to find The memories you left behind Remember, do you remember Dennis Dework was a member of a special fraternity at Belleville High, one that will always define his athletic ability. Beyond that, his personality, charisma and fortitude would be a staple in the lives of his family and close friends. A 1993 graduate of Belleville High, Dennis was called home on April 30. He was 45 years old. Twenty seven years ago, he had became just the seventh member of the Belleville High boys’ basketball program to eclipse 1,000 career points. To show you how tough a club that is, only one player in the program’s history has attained that mark since. In 2010, DeWork was enshrined in the Belleville High Hall of Fame. The laughter and the tears The shadows of misty yesteryears The good times and the bad you’ve seen And all the others in between Remember, do you remember The times of your life Beyond being an excellent basketball player, Dennis Dework loved his family, and was a dear friend to many. One of his closest friends, Michael Janicelli recalled Dennis’ athletic abilities. “Dennis was one of the kindest, gentlest souls anybody has ever known,” said Janicelli. “His confirmation name was Jordan, because he was such a huge (Chicago) Bulls fan. His full name is Dennis Michael Jordan Dework. “The only bigger Bulls fan was his Grandma Mary, who had a house in Belmar. The family would congregate there often. Dennis trained in martial arts for years. Reach back for the joy and the sorrow Put them away in your mind The mem’ries are time that you borrow To spend when you get to tomorrow “His first and true love was obviously basketball. That was the only sport he had played in high school. He did play little league baseball for FMBA. And in grammar school, he was a great center forward for the traveling soccer team.” Janicelli also remembered Dennis’ sense of humor, calling him one of the funniest people one could ever meet. “He was the star of our friends’ funny videos over the years, including being Chevy Chase, in the Paul Simon video ‘You Can Call Me Al.'” Keith Veltre, another Belleville graduate, also remembered a dear friend. “I grew up with Dennis and he’s been one of my closest friends since grade school,” said Veltre. “I think when you talk to any of us, we would all tell you that one of the things we are most proud of is how we all stayed so close over the years. I think I speak for everybody when I say we truly have the best friends in the world, and Dennis Dework was a huge part of all of us. Here comes the setting sun The seasons are passing one by one So gather moments while you may Collect the dreams you dream today Remember, will you remember The times of your life “Thinking back on the many memories I had with Dennis, since we were kids, I could not think of a single memory that didn’t include some kind of laughter. Whether he was sneaking up behind you and putting his nose in your ear until you turned around then busted out laughing once you reacted, to doing his many impersonations, or just acting like a complete goofball, where you had no choice but to laugh.” “Dennis was one of a kind, and wasn’t afraid to be who he was. I’m not sure exactly why, but Dennis’ mannerisms always reminded me of Chevy Chase, specifically his Clark Griswold character. You could not be around Dennis and be in a bad mood. It was impossible.” Carmen Pizzano noted how difficult it’s been to come to grips with this loss. The two were also inseparable. “We are all saddened,” said Pizzano. “This one hit hard. Dennis was my first friend. Our parents were neighbors before we were born. I was born in January, and he, in April. We shared many firsts together and milestones. It was my birthday, on Jan. 19 1993, that he scored his 1000th (career point). “After that game, we went back to my house with our friends and celebrated my birthday, and his milestone. He was a gentle giant, and didn’t have a mean bone in his body. He would have done anything for anybody. We had a Zoom call with all our friends (on May 1) and shared a lot of tears but more laughs, all in remembrance of our guy Denny.” Rich Romano, yet another guy from the Class of ’93, recalled, like all the other pals, a lot of laughing, when being around Dennis DeWork. “My brother Joe and I spent many summers in Belmar and Ortley with Dennis, and loved every minute of it,” said Rich. “He was a great person to be around. Dennis was funny and kind. We had a lot of laughs when Dennis was around. We will miss him.” Rocco Constantino noted Dennis’ ability to make others feel good. “He was one of those guys who made any get-together better, by just being there,” said Rocco. “He was a great person and one of the funniest people you could imagine.” Having written sports for a local newspaper for many years, I had the chance to watch Dennis play basketball during his four years of high school. One day, after a practice, in 1991, Dennis, myself and a few coaches played a quick pick up game. Klutz that I am, I accidentally stepped on Dennis’ foot and ended up fracturing my ankle. (Of course, if I wasn’t wearing running shoes, it probably wouldn’t have happened). When I came to the next practice, about two days later, with a cast on my leg, Dennis couldn’t help but laugh, but it was in such a way that he was concerned, but also understood that it was just a freak accident. “That story doesn’t surprise me at all,” said Constantino. “Dennis was a character. You never knew what he was going to say, or do next, but you knew you’d be laughing.” Beyond the laughter and smiles that defined Dennis, his friends are grieving. “We are all hurting right now,” said Veltre. “Every single one of us. It still doesn’t seem real and quite honestly I can’t accept the fact that he’s gone. But I was thinking to myself, late last night, the one thing I’ve learned from Dennis and from his passing, was never to take yourself too seriously, but take the time you have with friends and family seriously. “Dennis loved his family and friends. And he loved them with every ounce of his soul.” Dennis Dework is survived by his parents, Judy and Dennis, along with his sister, Danielle, herself a tremendous athlete at BHS, and his cherished niece and nephew, Caitlyn and Nicholas. May God bless Dennis’ family and friends. Thank you, Dennis, for being the man that you were. Rest well. We’ll all see you again one day. Gather moments while you may Collect the dreams you dream today Remember, will you remember The times of your life Of your life Of your life Do you remember baby,
wrong_mix_domain_birth_00112	FactBench	3	12	https://www.dncr.nc.gov/blog/2016/02/17/basketball-superstar-michael-jordan-born	en	Basketball Superstar Michael Jordan Born	https://files.nc.gov/dnc…wOjDUlZJSW7osGZV	https://files.nc.gov/dnc…wOjDUlZJSW7osGZV	[ "https://files.nc.gov/dncr/DNCR%20Web%20Logo%201.png?VersionId=pBb30wGHrjSUb3FfMzjrp_C4WBGYBcgC", "https://files.nc.gov/dncr/styles/event_image/public/images/2024-02/Michael_Jordan_in_2014.jpg?VersionId=Ctz56PycACHCFEYgJ_NmjuvPNIQuPDCl&itok=8Td93gcA" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[]	2016-02-17T00:00:00	On February 17, 1963, American basketball superstar Michael Jeffrey Jordan was born in Brooklyn, New York. Before his first birthday, Jordan’s parents moved to Wilmington, where he played three sports at Laney High School and was named to the McDonald’s All-American team.	en	https://files.nc.gov/dnc…Lrg7MNfMHFVQfGDC		https://www.dncr.nc.gov/blog/2016/02/17/basketball-superstar-michael-jordan-born	On February 17, 1963, American basketball superstar Michael Jeffrey Jordan was born in Brooklyn, New York. Before his first birthday, Jordan’s parents moved to Wilmington, where he played three sports at Laney High School and was named to the McDonald’s All-American team. As a UNC-Chapel Hill freshman, Jordan scored the winning basket in the 1982 NCAA title game. In 1984, he was named College Player of the Year and won the first of two Olympic gold medals (the other was in 1992) with the U.S. men’s basketball team. After his junior year at Carolina, Jordan entered the NBA draft and was picked by the Chicago Bulls. His high-scoring, high-flying antics quickly made “Air Jordan” an international sports celebrity and marketing marvel. After leading the Bulls to three consecutive NBA championships, Jordan unexpectedly retired in 1993 to pursue a career in baseball. He rejoined the Bulls in 1995 and led them to three more NBA titles before retiring again in 1999. After a two-year hiatus, Jordan returned to basketball, playing with the Washington Wizards. He retired for the final time in 2003. Other related resources: Sports-related articles on NCpedia Historical images of basketball from the State Archives The N.C. Sports Hall of Fame at the N.C. Museum of History Image credit: DOD photo by D. Myles Cullen, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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wrong_mix_domain_birth_00112	FactBench	2	3	https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/02/07/new-warrior-andrew-wiggins-once-touted-as-the-michael-jordan-of-canada/	en	Warriors F Andrew Wiggins once touted as Michael Jordan of Canada	https://www.mercurynews.…jpg?w=1024&h=721	https://www.mercurynews.…jpg?w=1024&h=721	[ "https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/mn-logo.svg", "https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/SJM-WIGGINSDRAFT.jpg?w=497", "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/?s=85&d=mm&r=g", "https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/plugins/dfm-trust-indicators/static/images/Trust-Logo-Horizontal.svg", "https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/BNG-L-WARRIORS-0224-17.jpg?w=525", "https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/BNG-Z-KNOX-0722.jpg?w=525", "https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/BNG-L-WARRIORS-0408-18.jpg?w=448", "https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/BNG-L-WARRIORS-0321-18.jpg?w=510", "https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/mn-logo.svg", "https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/themes/wp-mason/static/images/site-logo/banglogo_small.png" ]	[ "https://www.youtube.com/embed/qI64le2YQVI?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-US&autohide=2&wmode=transparent", "https://apps.mercurynews.com/newsletters-signup/?campaign=dubsdaily" ]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[ "Jon Becker" ]	2020-02-07T00:00:00	Newest Warrior Andrew Wiggins was country's No. 1 high school player before becoming NBA's top pick.	en	https://www.mercurynews.…s-white.png?w=32	The Mercury News	https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/02/07/new-warrior-andrew-wiggins-once-touted-as-the-michael-jordan-of-canada/	No one expects Andrew Wiggins to suddenly become another Kevin Durant or LeBron James after he joins the Warriors. But, once upon a time, that’s exactly the company some basketball experts predicted Wiggins’ talents would allow him to join. Wiggins brought a lot of baggage with him when joined the Warriors in a four-player trade with Minnesota Wednesday — he was weighed down by a six-year NBA career full of lofty but unfulfilled expectations. “It’s not always easy to make a name for yourself,” Wiggins said earlier this year. “You’ve gotta earn it. Because nothing’s ever given.” Certainly, Wiggins has been no bust in the NBA — he was the rookie of the year in 2015 after being the No. 1 overall pick, he’s still only 24 and he’s scored nearly 9,000 points — but superstardom seemed a certainty after one of the best high school careers in years. The Toronto-born Wiggins transferred to Huntington Prep in West Virginia after leading Ontario’s Vaughan High to a 44-1 record and a provincial championship. His stock soared at Huntington and he left as the consensus No. 1 player in the country while winning both Naismith and Gatorade player of the year awards, as well as earning Mr. Basketball USA in 2013. One recruiting analyst went so far as to say Wiggins could be “The Michael Jordan of Canada.” On the day he announced his commitment to the University of Kansas, “Andrew Wiggins to Kansas” was Twitter’s No. 3 trend worldwide. Like his new teammates Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson, Wiggins is a second-generation NBA player — his dad Mitchell spent six years in the league with three different teams after being a No. 1 draft pick in 1984. So he’s been conditioned for this journey. He once told a reporter who asked if the pressure was too much for a high schooler, “Not really. It’s part of being an elite player, you get attention.” And boy did Wiggins get attention. One NBA general manager later admitted his team was tanking in order to get a chance to draft Wiggins. As Wiggins was preparing to start his one-and-done college career at Kansas, Bleacher Report had this to say about him: “Canadian-born Andrew Wiggins is the best prospect to enter the league since LeBron James was picked first overall 10 years ago. With more hype than Kevin Durant, Blake Griffin, Derrick Rose and Kyrie Irving, Wiggins is set to take the NBA by storm 12 months from now, and by all accounts, he will be the standard-bearer for the next generation of superstars.” Once at Kansas, Wiggins continued to deliver … until facing Stanford in the NCAA Tournament. After averaging 17.1 points and 5.9 rebounds and making 34.1 percent of his 3-pointers, Wiggins’ freshman season, and hopes for a national title, ended when Stanford beat Kansas to advance to the Sweet 16. Wiggins had his worst game in college in his final game while scoring a career-low four points on 1-for-6 shooting while the No. 2-seeded Jayhawks lost. To his credit, Wiggins handled adversity with grace. “Whenever I went right, I saw three Stanford guys. Whenever I went left, I saw three Stanford guys,” Wiggins said after the 60-57 upset loss. “If I had played better, we’d have won.” A few months later, the Cavaliers made Wiggins the No. 1 overall pick in the draft. It didn’t take long for him to experience disappointment, though. Shortly after the draft, LeBron James returned to Cleveland and suddenly there wasn’t room for a 19-year-old hot shot rookie. A month after being drafted by the Cavaliers, Wiggins was on his way to Minnesota in a trade for Kevin Love, LeBron’s preferred playing partner. Six years and five head coaches later, Wiggins is now a Warrior and still chasing the ever-elusive elite status.
wrong_mix_domain_birth_00112	FactBench	2	2	https://aaregistry.org/story/michael-jordan-one-of-the-best-basketball-players-ever/	en	Michael Jordan, Basketball Player and Businessman born.	https://aaregistry.org/w…chael_jordan.jpg	https://aaregistry.org/w…chael_jordan.jpg	[ "https://aaregistry.org/wp-content/themes/aareg/images/logo.jpg", "https://aaregistry.org/wp-content/themes/aareg/images/logo.jpg", "https://aaregistry.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/michael_jordan-300x196.jpg", "https://aaregistry.org/wp-content/themes/aareg/images/storyDetail/poemsImage.png", "https://aaregistry.org/wp-content/themes/aareg/images/envelopeImage.png", "https://aaregistry.org/wp-content/themes/aareg/images/logoSmall.png" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[]	2009-09-08T02:59:33+00:00	*Michael Jordan was born on this date in 1963. He is an African American businessman and was one of the best basketball players in the world.	en	https://aaregistry.org/wp-content/themes/aareg/images/favicon.ico	African American Registry	https://aaregistry.org/story/michael-jordan-one-of-the-best-basketball-players-ever/	*Michael Jordan was born on this date in 1963. He is a Black businessman and was one of the best professional basketball players in the world. Michael Jeffrey Jordan is from Brooklyn, New York, and is the son of Delores and James Jordan. His family decided to move to Wilmington, North Carolina when he was still a toddler. Jordan is the fourth of five children. His dad worked at an electric plant while his mom worked at a bank. Jordan's parents worked hard to provide him and his siblings with a comfortable lifestyle. As a child, Jordan played baseball, basketball, and football. His preferred sport at the time was baseball, but after he began spending a lot of time on the basketball court, his outlook changed. His older and taller brother, Larry, kept beating him when they played one-on-one. In 1978, when Jordan attended Emsley A. Laney High School in Wilmington, North Carolina, he was cut from the varsity team. Instead of giving up, he worked through this hardship and became one of the greatest basketball players in the world. Between the 10th and 11th grades, Jordan grew from 5'11" to 6'3", and because his game improved, he made the varsity team the following year. Jordan played so well in his junior season that he was invited to attend the Five-Star Camp in Pittsburgh before his senior year. By the time Jordan finished his senior year, he had grown to 6'5" and attained a basketball scholarship from the University of North Carolina. Jordan's ever-growing popularity began at UNC, where he made a last-minute game-winning shot in the 1984 NCAA championship game. That summer, Jordan played on the US Men's Olympic Basketball Team under head coach Bobby Knight. The team had such college players as Jordan, Patrick Ewing, and Chris Mullin (NBA players weren't allowed to compete in the Games until 1992). Jordan scored 14 points against China, 20 against Canada, and 16 against Uruguay. The US won all eight games by an average of 32.1 points per game. Jordan led the team in scoring with an average of 17.1 points per game. Jordan began his first NBA professional season with the Chicago Bulls. His acrobatic moves and hang time won him the infamous nickname Air Jordan. His basketball skills and allure made him the perfect key figure to market both Nike products and the NBA, and he led the Bulls to three consecutive World Championships (1991, 1992, and 1993). Jordan retired from the NBA preceding the 1993/94 season after the mysterious death of his father and after rumors about his gambling addictions began to circulate. He decided to try his hand at professional baseball. He played outfielder for the Birmingham Barons and realized that he was not cut out for baseball after a disappointing season. In 1995, Jordan returned to basketball right before the playoffs, but the Bulls didn't win the Championship. Jordan led the Bulls to their best regular-season record and the fourth Championship title in six years the following season. He also starred alongside Bugs Bunny in the animated comedy Space Jam. He also decided to retire after winning his last Championship in 1999, mainly due to dedicating his life to his wife Juanita and their three children, Jeffrey, Marcus, and Jasmine. After partly returning to the game as president of basketball operations with the Washington Wizards (he owned a stake in the team), Jordan announced his return to the NBA, this time as a Wizard. In that 2002 season, he suffered a knee injury that kept him on the sidelines for the rest of the year, and his wife announced her desire to file for divorce (the couple is still married). Jordan has two older brothers (Larry and James), one older sister (Delores), and one younger sister (Roslyn). James R. Jordan is a Sergeant Major in the 35th Signal Brigade of the XVIII Airborne Corps in the U.S. Army. James R. gained a certain celebrity when he announced, at the age of 47, that he intended to stay in Iraq until the Iraqi invasion ended. Michael Jordan currently lives in Highland Park, Illinois; he listed the mansion for sale in 2012. In 2006, Jordan bought a share of the Charlotte Bobcats and joined the team's executive ranks as its managing member of basketball operations. In 2010, he became the majority owner of the Charlotte Bobcats and serves as the team's chairman. Improving the team's less-than-stellar record seems to be Jordan's priority. He told ESPN in November 2012 "I don't anticipate getting out of this business. My competitive nature is I want to succeed. It's always been said that when I can't find a way to do anything, I will find a way to do it." Jordan proposed to his longtime girlfriend, Cuban-American model Yvette Prieto, on Christmas 2011, and they were married on April 27, 2013, at Bethesda-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church. On February 11, 2014, Prieto gave birth to identical twin daughters, Victoria and Ysabel. In 2019, Jordan became a grandfather when his daughter Jasmine gave birth to a son, whose father is professional basketball player Rakeem Christmas. In 2016, Jordan was presented with a Presidential Medal of Freedom honor by Barack Obama. In 2023, on his 60th birthday, he made a $10 million donation to Make-A-Wish America. It's the largest individual contribution the organization has received in its 43-year history. The donation is Jordan's latest sign of support — the first wish he granted was in 1989, and he's fulfilled hundreds more wishes to children with critical illnesses.
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wrong_mix_domain_birth_00112	FactBench	3	29	https://historydraft.com/story/michael-jordan/236	en	Michael Jordan	https://historydraft.com/files/covers/stories/en/236	https://historydraft.com/files/covers/stories/en/236	[ "https://historydraft.com/assets/logo.white.png", "https://historydraft.com/assets/logo.white.png", "https://historydraft.com/assets/logo.white.png", "https://historydraft.com/assets/logo.white.png", "https://historydraft.com/files/47bb1d4f-d6b0-4757-973c-567c6e4d6373.80.webp 160w, https://historydraft.com/files/47bb1d4f-d6b0-4757-973c-567c6e4d6373.160.webp 320w, https://historydraft.com/files/47bb1d4f-d6b0-4757-973c-567c6e4d6373" ]	[]	[]	[ "history", "timelines", "story", "stories", "on this day" ]	null	[]	null	Enjoy reading all about Michael Jordan in the best storytelling website.	en	logo.png		https://historydraft.com/story/michael-jordan/236	Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963), also known by his initials, MJ, is an American former professional basketball player who is the principal owner and chairman of the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played 15 seasons in the NBA for the Chicago Bulls and Washington Wizards. His biography on the official NBA website states: "By acclamation, Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time." He was one of the most effectively marketed athletes of his generation and was considered instrumental in popularizing the NBA around the world in the 1980s and 1990s. Continue in Storyteller
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Swoopes is showcasing hardware with the likes of Olympic medals, WNBA championships, MVP accolades, and holds a series of ‘first women ever to...’ The original trailblazer for females on the basketball court, no woman comes close to surmounting what Swoopes was able to accomplish in her career. Follow along as we recount the career of the Michael Jordan of Women’s Basketball. The Early Years: Junior College to Division-I In 91’ Swoopes was named the National Junior College Player of the year. Her career took off when she transferred to Texas Tech. At Texas Tech University Swoopes stacked up an impressive record of 47 points scored in a NCAA title game. She also led the Raiders to a 1993 NCAA national championship title. Swoopes was named National Player of the Year in the same season and NCAA Final Four MVP. Tack on a Naismith National Player of the year and as a player who averaged 24.9 points and 8 rebounds throughout her entire Collegiate career. It is understandable that no one has been able to touch the impressive college career of the female Michael Jordan of Women’s Basketball. Representing Her Country: Olympics and USA Basketball Swoopes wasn’t satisfied with her college career and moved on to represent the USA in multiple FIBA World Championships. During her play in the FIBA World Championships Sherylbrought home two bronze medals (94’ and 06’) and two gold medals (98 and 02’) in her four appearances. Moving on to the Olympic court for Team USA, Swoopes wasn’t going to settle for anything less than the golden hardware. She appeared in the Olympic games in 1996, 2000, and 2004. The Michael Jordan of women’s basketball brought home gold medals in all three Olympic appearances. Sheryl Swoopes was digging the groundwork for all women to break through on the basketball court. Destined For The Professional Game: WNBA All-Star The first female player to sign a Women’s National Basketball Association contract took place in October of 1996. Her WNBA contract and previous accolades caught the attention of Nike who jumped at the opportunity to offer the Michael Jordan of women’s basketball her own shoe and Nike contract. In her first season of her WNBA contract, Swoopes was pregnant with her first child and missed 19 games of the season. Staying true to form, Swoopes returned to her team, The Comets, and led them to the first WNBA national title during the 97’ season. Nothing was stopping her now. Throughout her WNBA career Swoopes gained a reputation as the Michale Jordan of women’s basketball. Her stamp on the game speaks for themselves: ALL-WNBA First Team, All-Star Games, National Championships, recording the first triple-double in league play, MVP awards, Defensive Player of the year awards, and the list goes on. Simply put, there’s nothing Swoopes couldn’t do on the basketball court. Tough Act To Follow: Her Legacy In Women's Basketball With such an elusive career there is no doubt that Sheryl Swoopes was, is, and will always be the Michael Jordan of women’s basketball. Swoopes continues to emerge herself in the game after her impressive career. She spent time coaching at the DI level with Loyola University in 2013 and working as Director of Player Development at her alma mater, Texas Tech University.
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flavor.	en	https://www.valuewalk.co…favicon_dark.svg	ValueWalk	https://www.valuewalk.com/nicknames-states-usa/	You probably have a few different names for your home town. Perhaps not all of them are family-friendly. Our relationship with the place that we’re from can be as complicated as the ones we have with our family. You can choose your friends and the place you live, but not your family and where you’re from! But nicknames work both ways. They can be affectionate, rude, or affectionately rude. In the case of places, then, sometimes the state itself chooses to step in to provide an official version, even if it is derived from what the people say. But still, a nickname only works if there is a “grain of truth” to it. In addition to that grain of truth, that sense of the character of a region, a place’s nickname may often feature a historical flavor. You can learn about the inhabitants’ sense of pride, why they chose their area and chose to stay. And in still other cases, it simply isn’t known where the nickname came from – but it must have felt somehow true to have stuck! The people over at CashNetUSA have put on their research hats to find out a bit more about the nicknames of each state in the U.S. and each province or territory in Canada, and created some zany new maps to represent their findings. There will always be somebody to argue, “that’s not the nickname of my state!” so the researchers made a rule: they discovered the three most popular nicknames for each place, and then chose the best-known or most preferred for each one. They also created a set of categories (history, agriculture, nature, geography, culture/language, animals, and weather/climate) so you can quickly see which states have a nickname theme in common. For the U.S. map, the team have highlighted the peculiarly American nickname of Indiana. The state is commonly known as the Hoosier State, and people from Indiana are known as Hoosiers – even if nobody knows quite why. “I don’t know what it is about Hoosiers,” wrote Kurt Vonnegut, himself a Hoosier. “But where ever you go there is always a Hoosier doing something very important there.” From the 1830s onwards, the name appears in records – in the title of a poem, as the name of a newspaper and a boat, in speeches and diaries – but never any explanation of what it means. Some say it comes from Indiana rivermen’s skill for “hushing” their opponents in bar brawls; some say it is from a Native word for corn, or ‘hoosa.’ Some say it’s named after a businessman named Hoosier who would only hire laborers from Indiana. They became known as ‘Hoosier’s Men.’ The Indiana Historical Bureau proposes a still more charming explanation: “When a visitor hailed a pioneer cabin in Indiana or knocked upon its door, the settler would respond, “Who’s yere?” And from this frequent response Indiana became the “Who’s yere” or Hoosier state. No one ever explained why this was more typical of Indiana than of Illinois or Ohio.” Utah is known as the Beehive State. But there is no particular prevalence of beehives in Utah, nor is the state’s honey reputed to be more delicious than any other state. As with so many things connected with politics and religion, it can be explained by a misinterpretation. The Mormons who founded Utah considered the region to be their ‘land of milk and honey’ – as trademarked by the Bible. But you wouldn’t have found many honeybees in the Middle East in biblical times. When God wrote that bit, They were probably thinking about a type of honey made from date fruits. Perhaps concerned that folk should start to worry there might be more than one modern-day misunderstanding of God’s word, Mark Twain suggested his own take. “The Mormon crest was easy,” he wrote. “And it was simple, unostentatious and it fitted like a glove. It was a representation of a Golden Beehive, with all the bees at work.” Local newspaper The Deseret News confirmed: “The hive and honey bees form our communal coat of arms. … It is a significant representation of the industry, harmony, order and frugality of the people, and of the sweet results of their toil, union and intelligent cooperation.” As long as we’re talking about sweetness and intelligence, how have the fine people of Canada nicknamed their places of note? Manitoba has a particularly noble nickname: the Keystone State. But like so many others, the reasoning behind it depends on who you ask. Some say it’s the shape of the state; some say it’s because Manitoba is at the heart of Canada, making it “the Keystone province in Canada’s great continental arch.” It wasn’t always such a proud name. When Manitoba first became a province in 1870 it soon became known as the Postage Stamp State. Not because of its advanced postal system, but because it was tiny (1/18th the size of today) and rectangular. A final highlight from CashNetUSA’s project is the territory of Nunavut. At first glance, the nickname – Our Land – is just a translation from the Inuktitut-language name of the territory itself. But the land was only given official status in 1999, after twenty years of negotiating, after decades of subjugation and disrespect, and after four centuries of indigenous people living on ‘their land’ in the Nunavat region. Not just a nickname, after all! What’s the nickname of your home province – and what does it mean to you?
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Through three quarters of a November, 1995 game against the expansion Vancouver Grizzlies, Michael Jordan had just 10 points and the Bulls trailed the Grizzlies 64-62. Then the fourth quarter happened. According to the Sporting News, Jordan remained on the bench until midway through the fourth quarter, when Vancouver guard Darrick Martin knocked down a 3-pointer to put the Grizzlies up 75-67 and began trash-talking Jordan. Via the Sporting News: Jordan came off the bench to score 19 points in a six-minute span, leading the Bulls to a comfortable 94-88 win in his first game in Canada. The win improved Chicago’s record to 12-2 and the Bulls would go on to set an NBA record with 72 wins. Vancouver, meanwhile, finished 15-67 and moved to Memphis following the 2000–01 season. All stats via Basketball Reference. The best Bulls player to wear each number
wrong_mix_domain_birth_00112	FactBench	3	87	https://truthinamericaneducation.com/what-school-did-michael-jordan-go-to/	en	The Education Of Michael Jordan: Where Did He Go To School? – Truth in American Education	https://truthinamericane…pped-2-32x32.png	https://truthinamericane…pped-2-32x32.png	[ "https://truthinamericaneducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/cropped-1.png", "https://truthinamericaneducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/cropped-1.png", "https://truthinamericaneducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/7713230-768x401.jpg", "https://truthinamericaneducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/7395904-768x401.jpg", "https://truthinamericaneducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/4778401-768x401.jpg", "https://truthinamericaneducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/220367-768x401.jpg", "https://truthinamericaneducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/8466714-768x401.jpg", "https://truthinamericaneducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/4145153-768x401.jpg", "https://truthinamericaneducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/cropped-1.png" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[]	2023-06-10T02:07:18+00:00		en	https://truthinamericane…pped-2-32x32.png		https://truthinamericaneducation.com/what-school-did-michael-jordan-go-to/	Michael Jordan is a name that needs no introduction. He is one of the greatest basketball players of all time. But, there is more to him than just his athletic abilities. If you’re short on time, here’s a quick answer to your question: Michael Jordan attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for his college education. In this article, we will take a closer look at Michael Jordan’s educational background and the schools he attended throughout his life. We will also explore the impact that his education had on his career and personal life. Early Education and High School Childhood and Early Education Michael Jordan was born on February 17, 1963, in Brooklyn, New York, but he grew up in Wilmington, North Carolina. His parents, James and Deloris Jordan, emphasized the importance of education to him and his siblings. Jordan attended Trask Middle School and Laney High School in Wilmington. Jordan had a passion for sports at a young age, and he played baseball, football, and basketball. He was cut from the varsity basketball team as a sophomore, but he used that as motivation to improve his skills. He joined the junior varsity team and worked tirelessly to become a better player. High School and Basketball Career Jordan’s hard work paid off, and he made the varsity basketball team as a junior. He averaged 25 points per game in his senior year and was named a McDonald’s All-American. He received a scholarship to play at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he helped lead the Tar Heels to a national championship in 1982. Jordan’s high school basketball career was just the beginning of his legendary basketball journey. He went on to play for the Chicago Bulls and the Washington Wizards, winning six NBA championships and being named the league’s Most Valuable Player five times. Jordan’s success on the court is a testament to his hard work and dedication, both on and off the basketball court. It is worth noting that although Jordan’s success is largely attributed to his basketball career, he also had a successful career off the court, including owning the Charlotte Hornets and launching the Jordan brand under Nike. College Education Michael Jordan, considered by many to be the greatest basketball player of all time, attended college at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He played for the Tar Heels for three seasons before being drafted third overall by the Chicago Bulls in the 1984 NBA Draft. Choosing a College When it came to choosing a college, Jordan’s decision was heavily influenced by legendary head coach Dean Smith. Smith had a reputation for developing players both on and off the court, and Jordan believed that playing for him would help him grow as a basketball player and a person. In addition to the basketball program, Jordan also took into consideration the academic programs offered by the university. He wanted to make sure that he could receive a quality education while also pursuing his basketball career. College Basketball Career Jordan’s college basketball career was nothing short of remarkable. He was a two-time consensus First Team All-American and won the Naismith College Player of the Year award in 1984. He also helped lead the Tar Heels to the 1982 NCAA Championship, hitting the game-winning shot in the title game against Georgetown. Playing for Dean Smith also had a profound impact on Jordan’s basketball development. Smith emphasized teamwork, discipline, and hard work, all of which helped Jordan become a better player and teammate. Academic Achievements Despite his success on the basketball court, Jordan also excelled academically while at UNC. He earned a degree in geography in 1986 and was later inducted into the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame in 1993. Jordan’s commitment to academics is a testament to his dedication to being a well-rounded individual, both on and off the court. Continuing Education Michael Jordan had a successful career in basketball, but his education did not end after he left college. He continued his education through post-graduate studies and received several honorary degrees and awards. Post-Graduate Education After being drafted by the Chicago Bulls, Jordan returned to the University of North Carolina to finish his degree in geography. He completed his Bachelor of Arts in 1986, five years after he left college to pursue a career in basketball. Later in his career, Jordan pursued post-graduate studies at the University of North Carolina and Stanford University. He took courses in business and management to prepare for his future as a businessman and team owner. Honorary Degrees and Awards Throughout his career, Jordan has received several honorary degrees and awards for his contributions to basketball and society as a whole. In 1996, he received an honorary degree from Limestone College for his contributions to basketball and his philanthropic efforts. In 2009, he received an honorary doctorate in humane letters from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for his contributions to basketball and his humanitarian efforts. In 2016, he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor in the United States, for his contributions to basketball and his philanthropic efforts. These awards and degrees show that Jordan’s education did not end after he left college. He continued to learn and grow throughout his career, and his contributions to society have been recognized and celebrated. Conclusion Michael Jordan’s education played a significant role in shaping his career and life. From his early education to his time as a college student, Jordan was able to develop skills that would serve him well in his professional life. Even after achieving great success in his career, Jordan continued to value education and pursue opportunities for learning. By exploring Jordan’s educational background, we gain a deeper understanding of the man behind the legend and the impact that education can have on a person’s life.
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November 1st is a monumental moment, not only in Canadian history, but for all sports history for it was on this day 75-years-ago, the NBA’s first game was held at Maple Leafs Gardens between the Toronto […]		/apple-touch-icon.png?v=2	CityNews Toronto	https://toronto.citynews.ca/2021/10/31/the-first-nba-game-played-75-years-ago-today-in-toronto/	There was no three-point line, no shot clock, and Michael Jordan wouldn’t even be born for another 17 years. November 1st is a monumental moment, not only in Canadian history, but for all sports history for it was on this day 75-years-ago, the NBA’s first game was held at Maple Leafs Gardens between the Toronto Huskies and the New York Knickerbockers. The Huskies played only one season in the league before they folded, finishing with a 22-38 record, but Canada’s legacy in the league goes far beyond that one game and one season. “I will tell you that is something that all Canadians should be proud of,” NBA Canada’s Managing Director Leah MacNab told CityNews about Canada’s impact on the NBA and the sport of basketball. “From the fact the game was invented by Canadian Dr. James Naismith to some of the iconic moments of Steve Nash, there are a lot of great Canadian moments.” To help celebrate the 75th anniversary of the first NBA game, NBA Canada is launching the ‘NBA 75th Shop.’ “The NBA 75 shop is a celebration of all of the iconic moments in NBA history that have a tie to Canada,” MacNab said. “So things that Canadian fans should be proud of, things that they can take home literally, you can buy a piece of history.” What kind of history? To start, they are releasing just 75 units of a three-pack mini court set that are replicas of what the first court looked like in 1946 when they played at Maple Leafs Gardens and then how it evolved to the Raptors and Vancouver Grizzlies courts. All of them were made with a piece of the hardwood that is from the 2011 NBA All-Star Game. “We will have 13 different drops throughout the year, this is the first. You can get them by registering to hear about the products at 75thShop.ca, and we send you an email about when they are going to be available online and you just have to be first in line.” While the Huskies lasted just one season, basketball would return 48-years later in the form of the Toronto Raptors. “Reflecting on my time playing in Canada, I was fortunate to witness the passion that Canadians fans have for basketball and the NBA,” former Raptors guard and current Boston Celtics assistant coach Damon Stoudamire said in a press release. “It’s an honor to be recognized among this group of iconic players and Canadian basketball moments, and I hope fans across the country share my excitement around this ‘mighty’ piece of history.” In October the NBA named the 75 greatest players to help celebrate the 75th anniversary of the league. Current Brooklyn Net’s Head Coach Steven Nash, who was born in South Africa but moved to Regina, Saskatchewan with his family when he was just 18-months old before finally settling in British Colombia, is one of a handful of Canadians who have made their impact on the league. “It’s actually pretty wide-ranging how big their legacy is in the NBA,” Sportsnet’s Raptors Radio play-by-play Eric Smith told CityNews. “From Toronto being one of the original teams of the first tip-off to then having to wait all those years to get a franchise back in ‘95 and then going through the lumps that they took for so many years to then ultimately going out on that run in the playoffs for 10 years. I think their legacy is the way the sport originated in this country and then the foundation that the Raptors have set for the future of basketball in this country, whether it be Vince Carter who turned into Cory Joseph and Tristan Thompson to Kelly Olynyk. Let alone the kids that are watching the DeRozan’s and the Lowry’s that played for the Raptors that are just going to springboard the future of basketball lovers for generations to come.” Along with the online NBA Canada Digital shop, they also launched NBA Films For Fans which is a short film program featuring five Canadian filmmakers and basketball fans designed to celebrate Canada’s connection to the game. The first film released is “Born Identities” and is available to watch at NBA.com/FilmsForFans. The mini court replicas will go on sale at 2 pm ET.
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The Chicago Bulls star captivated the nation from his college days at North Carolina and used his professional career to break through barriers of what a basketball player could be. Jordan became a global icon in his 15-year NBA career and continues to be an international sensation. This was all before the dawn of social media. Today’s basketball stars, including Kevin Durant, Candace Parker, Damian Lillard, Breanna Stewart and the NBA’s new scoring king, LeBron James, have built fanbases through excellence on and off the court. The importance of a personal brand continues to increase. But Jordan literally created his own brand. As the six-time NBA champion celebrates his 60th birthday on Friday, here are 60 facts about his basketball career, pop culture influence and life beyond the hardwood: Michael Jordan's early days 1. Michael Jordan was born on Feb. 17, 1963 to James and Deloris Jordan. The couple was living in Brooklyn, New York, at the time, but moved to Wilmington, North Carolina, a few years after he was born. Jordan has two older brothers, an older sister and a younger sister. 2. Michael Jordan was motivated as a child by his brother, Larry, who also played basketball. They both wore No. 45 jerseys, but when they played on the same team, the younger brother had to pick a new number. So he cut 45 in half and rounded up to No. 23. He carried it through college, the NBA and into icon status. 3. The only time Michael Jordan wore 45 after committing to 23 was after the return from his first retirement in March of 1995. He finished out the regular season and the first round of the playoffs in the new number before struggling in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals and deciding he had better luck in No. 23. 4. Michael Jordan was very close with his father, James. In “The Last Dance,” he revealed that he was suspended three times during his ninth grade year and his father put him back on track. “My father pulled me aside that summer,” he shared, “and he said, ‘Look, you don’t look like you’re headed in the right direction. If you want to go about doing all this mischievous stuff, you can forget sports.’ That’s all I needed to hear. It was like from that point on, it was tunnel vision.” 5. His sophomore year, Michael Jordan didn’t make the varsity basketball team at Laney (N.C.) High School. The experience gave him reason to not ever be left off a team again. Michael Jordan's legend starts at North Carolina 6. As a freshman with the North Carolina Tar Heels, Michael Jordan hit the game-winning jump shot in the victory over the Georgetown Hoyas to win the 1982 national championship. “That turned my name from Mike to Michael Jordan,” he said in “The Last Dance.” “It gave me the confidence that I needed to start to excel at the game of basketball.” 7. Michael Jordan received his degree from the University of North Carolina in 1986 when he returned to complete his classes after breaking his foot. He majored in geography. 8. Michael Jordan wore a pair of North Carolina practice shorts under his Chicago Bulls shorts for every game. Michael Jordan dominates the basketball world 9. Michael Jordan was selected by the Chicago Bulls as the No. 3 overall pick in the 1984 NBA draft. Ahead of him was Hakeem Olajuwon by the Houston Rockets and Sam Bowie by the Portland Trail Blazers. Other stars in the draft class included Charles Barkley of the Philadelphia 76ers and John Stockton of the Utah Jazz. 10. Michael Jordan was named the 1984-85 NBA Rookie of the Year. He finished his first season with the Chicago Bulls starting all 82 games with a stat line of 28.2 points per game, 6.5 rebounds per game and a .515 field goal percentage. WRITING HISTORY: Longtime Chicago Bulls writers share favorite Michael Jordan stories 11. Michael Jordan broke his foot in his second season. He powered his way through rehab to return to top shape. 12. Michael Jordan’s highest-scoring game was when he racked up 69 points in a 117-113 overtime win against the Cleveland Cavaliers on March 28, 1990. He scored 60-plus points five times in his career. 13. The legacies of Larry Bird and Magic Johnson weighed heavily on Michael Jordan early in his career since he was known as a scorer, but not a winner. The 1991 NBA Finals in which the Chicago Bulls defeated the Los Angeles Lakers was a big relief to the rising star, who won his first of six championships. 14. Michael Jordan only packed one suit when the Chicago Bulls traveled to play the Phoenix Suns in the 1993 NBA Finals. The Bulls failed to clinch the title in Game 5 at home. “We going back to win one game,” he recalled telling the team in “The Last Dance.” “I’m not going there to play two games.” He scored 33 points in Game 6 as the Bulls won their third straight title, becoming the the third team in NBA history to accomplish a three-peat. 15. Michael Jordan announced his first retirement in 1993 after the death of his father. 16. On March 18, 1995, Michael Jordan shocked the world when he returned to basketball. He shared the news with an often-imitated, never duplicated two-word fax, “I’m back.” 17. Michael Jordan played with a stomach bug in Game 5 of the 1997 NBA Finals against the Utah Jazz, the “Flu Game.” He scored 38 points and a key three-point shot that gave the Chicago Bulls the lead for good. Chicago wrapped up the series in the next game and Jordan captured his fifth title. 18. Despite initially not appreciating Phil Jackson’s triangle offense, which emphasized team play, Michael Jordan advocated for giving the head coach a contract extension ahead of his last season with the Chicago Bulls. “Phil should be the head coach and I shouldn’t be put in a position to have to make a choice to play for another coach other than Phil Jackson,” he said in a press conference during the 1995-96 season. “&mldr; Sadly as it may be, I have choices. I will not choose to play for another coach.” 19. Michael Jordan was a mentor to Kobe Bryant, who entered the NBA in 1996, Jordan’s 12th season in the league. Jordan spoke at Bryant’s memorial after he died in 2020 at the age of 41. 20. Madison Square Garden was Michael Jordan’s favorite arena to play in. When he played there in 1998, believing it was his last season of basketball, he broke out an old pair of Air Jordan 1s, which he wore several years before during his debut at the iconic New York venue. He scored 42 points in the game even though his feet were bleeding. 21. Michael Jordan retired a second time in 1998 after capturing his sixth title. In his final game with the Chicago Bulls, he scored the game-winning shot to beat the Utah Jazz in six games. WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN: Michael Jordan on Chicago Bulls: 'I felt like we could've won seven' NBA titles 22. Michael Jordan was away from the NBA for three seasons and took on the role of president of basketball operations and was a minority owner of the Washington Wizards. The lure of the game pulled him in yet again as he signed a two-year deal with the team on Sept. 25, 2001. "I feel there is no better way of teaching young players than to be on the court with them as a fellow player, not just in practice, but in NBA games," he said. "While nothing can take away from the past, I am firmly focused on the future and the competitive challenge ahead of me." 23. Michael Jordan played his last NBA game at the age of 40 on April 16, 2003 when the Washington Wizards played the Philadelphia 76ers. He scored 15 points in 28 minutes. 24. The Chicago Bulls retired Michael Jordan’s No. 23 number in 1994 after he first stepped away from the game. 25. Even though Michael Jordan never played for the Miami Heat, the franchise retired his No. 23 in 2003, his final season in the NBA. 26. Michael Jordan was an All-Star in 14 of his 15 NBA seasons, including both seasons with the Washington Wizards. GOAT DEBATE: Who is better LeBron or Jordan: After Lakers star broke scoring record, who is really the GOAT? 27. Michael Jordan was the NBA scoring champion 10 times. He scored 3,041 points in the 1986-87 campaign, which is the third-highest total in history. 28. After LeBron James became the new NBA all-time scoring leader, Michael Jordan is now fifth with 32,292 career points. 29. Michael Jordan was named the MVP five times in his career. The NBA named the award after him in 2022. 30. Michael Jordan was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2009. He chose his childhood hero, former North Carolina State star David Thompson, to present him. Michael Jordan's Olympic greatness 31. Michael Jordan wore No. 9 in the Olympics because the games only allowed numbers up to 15. He took his favorite number from childhood, 45, and added 4 and 5 together. 32. Michael Jordan won two Olympic gold medals, one in 1984 when he was a college player and one in 1992 as a member of the Dream Team. Alongside Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Karl Malone, Charles Barkley, Patrick Ewing, Clyde Drexler, Christian Laettner, John Stockton and his Chicago Bulls teammate Scottie Pippen, Jordan and the U.S. won eight straight games to be crowned the best basketball team in the world. 33. During the 1992 Olympic gold medal ceremony, Michael Jordan, a Nike athlete, famously covered up the Reebok logo on his jacket by draping an American flag over his shoulders. 34. Michael Jordan won an NCAA championship, an NBA title and an Olympic gold medal. He is only one of seven players to do so. Air Jordan takes on a life of its own 35. Michael Jordan signed with Nike in 1984 at the advice of his agents and parents after initially wanting to join Adidas. He received a monster deal of $550,000 per year over five years. In the first year of the contract, the company sold $126 million worth of product. 36. Michael Jordan’s Jordan Brand became its own company in 1997 and has become synonymous with style, performance and greatness. 37. Spike Lee helped Air Jordan gain traction across the country by using the sneakers in his movies and working with the company on their ad campaigns. He coined the phrase, “Is it the shoes? It’s gotta be the shoes!” 38. Air Jordan cleats are now fairly common to see on the NFL field. San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Deebo Samuel has worn multiple pairs and Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts wore Jordan XI Concords and Jordan 1s in Super Bowl 57. 39. The most expensive pair of Jordan sneakers to be sold at retail was the Jordan 1 collaboration with Dior, which had a price tag of $2,200 upon its release in 2020 and has resold for $12,000. 40. Several game-worn sneakers from Michael Jordan's career have sold for incredible amounts of money. The "Flu Game" Jordan XIIs sold for $104,675 at auction in 2013. An original pair of Jordan 1s that he wore during an exhibition in Italy still have a piece of glass in the sole from when he shattered a backboard on a dunk. The sneakers sold in 2020 for $615,000. Michael Jordan's baseball career 41. Michael Jordan threw the first pitch at Comiskey Park for Game 1 of the 1993 ALCS between the Toronto Blue Jays and Chicago White Sox. 42. Michael Jordan entered Minor League Baseball in 1994 at the age of 31. He played outfield for the Birmingham Barons, a Double-A farm team for the Chicago White Sox. 43. Michael Jordan’s father inspired him to pursue baseball. James Jordan was a fan of Bo Jackson, who was an All-Star outfielder for the Kansas City Royals and a Pro Bowl running back for the then-Los Angeles Raiders. When Jordan's father died in 1993, he took the opportunity to fulfill the dreams they always talked about. 44. Terry Francona, who won two World Series titles later in his career, was Michael Jordan’s manager when he played baseball and believed he could have had a successful career in the majors if he continued with America’s Pastime. 45. Michael Jordan hit .202 in his lone season in Minor League Baseball. His manager Terry Francona said that the batting average is reasonable for someone who was so rusty. However, famed batting coach Walt Hriniak was less than pleased with his student’s performance. “I didn’t expect him to tear it up,” Hriniak told MLB.com, “but I expected him to do better.” 46. Michael Jordan’s baseball career abruptly ended due to the baseball strike of 1994-95. Michael Jordan in pop culture 47. Michael Jordan has been the subject of several songs, including “Michael Jordan” by Kendrick Lamar and “Jumpman” by Drake and Future. Many artists, including Jay-Z, Big Pun, Lil Wayne, Fabulous and Nicki Minaj compare themselves to the champion in their lyrics to associate themselves with greatness. The tributes even come from overseas as British rapper A.J. Tracey paid homage to the basketball legend in 2021 with an entire album called “Flu Game.” 48. Michael Jordan starred in the 1996 film “Space Jam” where he was abducted by the Looney Tunes to help save the day from a group of aliens who stole the powers of other NBA stars. The movie, which Michael Jordan made while getting back in basketball shape after his first retirement, earned $90.4 million and became a pop culture sensation. 49. In 2002, Lil Bow Wow starred in “Like Mike.” The rapper/actor — who dropped the “Lil” in his moniker and now goes by his given name, Shad Moss — played an orphan who got extraordinary basketball powers after finding a pair of sneakers with Michael Jordan’s initials on them. The film reflected how MJ was the star everyone aspired to be. 50. In 2020, ESPN released the 10-part documentary “The Last Dance” on Netflix. The series came at a serendipitous time as the world was going through the coronavirus pandemic and had the time to sit and watch Michael Jordan’s story of perseverance and greatness. Michael Jordan beyond the court 51. Michael Jordan is a father of five children. He had two sons, Jeffrey and Marcus, and a daughter, Jasmine, from his first marriage to Juanita Vanoy. He had twin daughters Ysabel and Victoria with his current wife, Yvette Prieto, in 2014. His older children have been involved with his business ventures. 52. In 2021, a game-worn jersey from Michael Jordan’s championship season with the North Carolina Tar Heels sold for $1.38 million, the record for a Jordan jersey at the time. 53. In 2022, the record for highest-selling Michael Jordan jersey was blown out of the water. A game-worn jersey from the 1998 NBA Finals sold for $10.1 million. Not only did it beat the previous Jordan jersey record, but it set the amount for the highest-selling piece of sports memorabilia ever. 54. In the 1990s, Michael Jordan was friends with WNBA star Sheryl Swoopes, who was the first women’s basketball player to have her own signature shoe, Nike’s Air Swoopes. The four-time WNBA champion was known as Her Airness. 55. Michael Jordan’s autobiography, “For the Love of the Game: My Story,” was released in 1998 after his second retirement. 56. Michael Jordan is the co-owner of the NASCAR team, 23XI Racing, with NASCAR standout Denny Hamlin. The two launched the team in 2020 with Bubba Wallace, who won his first race in 2021 at Talladega Superspeedway, making him the second Black driver to claim a victory in the Cup Series. 57. In 2010, Michael Jordan became the majority owner of the Charlotte Bobcats — now the Charlotte Hornets — for a reported $275 million. He mentored college superstar Kemba Walker, who became a three-time All-Star with the team. Upon Walker's departure, the Hornets drafted LaMelo Ball, who was the 2020-21 NBA Rookie of the Year. 58. Michael Jordan is an avid golfer. He played 36 holes of golf a day while in Barcelona for the 1992 Olympics. He hosted his own charity tournament, the Michael Jordan Celebrity Invitational, from 2001 to 2014, and has his own golf course, The Grove XXIII, in Florida. 59. Some of the most iconic photos of Michael Jordan feature him smoking a celebratory cigar. But besides using them as a symbol of victory, the superstar genuinely enjoys smoking cigars. In an interview with Cigar Aficionado, he said, “It is the most relaxing thing.” His favorite? Partagas Lusitanias. 60. To celebrate his 60th birthday, Michael Jordan donated $10 million to Make-A-Wish, a charity that he has supported since 1989. The organization said that it was the largest donation in its history. “For the past 34 years, it’s been an honor to partner with Make-A-Wish and help bring a smile and happiness to so many kids,” he said. “Witnessing their strength and resilience during such a tough time in their lives has truly been an inspiration.”
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From varying points around the three-point line, an arc drawn 22 feet out from the basket, Rogers launches shot after shot, trying to master an aspect of the game that is usually reserved for smaller players. At six feet, 11 inches, Rogers can dunk with the best of them, and he is more comfortable playing closer to the basket. But his coach wants him to develop an outside shot, so the 24-year-old, who learned about life and basketball on the mean streets of Detroit, will do whatever it takes. "Coming out of the playgrounds has its advantages," Rogers says when, after 40 minutes, he finally grabs a towel and heads toward the dressing room. "Those guys from the suburbs, they don't have the desire to go, go, go," he explains. "They already got everything, they're satisfied. But me, I had to make it, or I would have had to go back to the street." The National Basketball Association is a package deal. It brings with it the star power of Michael Jordan and Shaquille O'Neal, the pummelling beat of rap music, the pizzazz of halftime dance teams, the gravity-defying wonder of a game played 10 feet off the ground, and a whole bunch of guys like Carlos Rogers. On the narrow confines of the hardwood floor, the players - enormous yet graceful - have refined a game they learned as kids on the playground. They give NBA basketball its edge, swapping moments of otherworldly athleticism with unprintable trash talk and boastful swagger. Starting Nov. 3 at cavernous SkyDome in Toronto and Nov. 5 in the lavish new GM Place in Vancouver, Canadians will finally see firsthand what has made the NBA the fastest-growing sports league of modern times. "Every time that Shaq or Michael or David Robinson comes to town, it's going to be a spectacle that people haven't seen before," says Vancouver Grizzlies general manager Stu Jackson. "It'll be like a Rolling Stones concert or something." The NBA's enormous popularity is relatively new. In the early 1980s, poor management, a league-wide drug problem and a lack of TV coverage threatened its survival. The league governors then hired lawyer and marketing whiz David Stern as commissioner, and he quickly implemented a salary cap and a comprehensive drug policy. But things really turned around when Stern redirected the marketing focus. To succeed in show business, he needed stars, so the league stopped selling basketball and started selling Magic Johnson and Larry Bird, Julius Erving and Michael Jordan. Stern's initiatives paid off handsomely. The league now has four-year network and cable TV deals worth $1.5 billion, and it sells a staggering $4 billion worth of NBA licensed products - from caps to video games - worldwide. It has also taken on grand aspirations: to help basketball supplant soccer as the world's number 1 sport. NBA teams now play some preseason games in Europe and Japan, and Dream Teams of league all-stars crushed all comers at the Summer Olympics in Barcelona in 1992 and the World Championship of Basketball in Toronto and Hamilton two years later. The league has also expanded, adding teams in Miami and Charlotte, N.C. (1988), and Minneapolis and Orlando, Fla. (1989), for a then-record $44 million each. Still, the NBA - concerned about diluting its talent - was cool to Canada's expansion aspirations until Toronto construction magnate Larry Tanenbaum forced the league's hand. In 1991, Tanenbaum and some partners tried to buy the Denver Nuggets and later the San Antonio Spurs. The league wanted those teams to stay put, so in 1992 it accepted Tanenbaum's application, complete with a nonrefundable cheque for $135,000, for an expansion franchise. Two other Toronto groups and one from Vancouver made similar applications, and in November, 1993, the league awarded the Toronto franchise to a syndicate headed by John Bitove Jr., whose family is in the catering business, and broadcast mogul Allan Slaight. The Vancouver bid, headed by Canucks' owner Arthur Griffiths, was accepted in February, 1994. After a scramble to sell enough season tickets - a minimum of 12,500 each - to meet league demands, the two teams began the task of acquiring players. The pickings were slim under the expansion draft rules, mainly high-salaried, aging veterans, malcontents and fringe types who were no longer wanted by their teams. And although both the Raptors and Grizzlies did find some hidden gems, they were quick to warn new fans not to expect too much for the first couple of years. Vancouver coach Brian Winters said it has been a struggle to establish offensive and defensive schemes. "We are bringing in players from all over, and trying to acclimate them to our system," says Winters. "It's not easy," Raptors coach Brendan Malone concurs: "I'm going to need a good sense of humor this season." The fans are not the only ones who will need patience. "My biggest concern is what happens to the players if we lose seven in row," Malone says. "I just don't know how these guys will react." Neither do the players. "I've never been on a losing team," says Vancouver point guard Greg Anthony, who spent four seasons with the contending New York Knicks. "It's not a good feeling, but it's something we have to learn to deal with." Vancouver will rely heavily on the experience and scoring of Byron Scott, a stylish guard who won three NBA titles as a member of the Los Angeles Lakers. And the team desperately needs guard Gerald Wilkins, who did not play the preseason because of a back injury. Without Wilkins and his 14-points-per-game scoring average, there are not enough teeth in the Grizzlies' attack. "We have had trouble scoring more than 80 points," says Winters, "and you have to score at least 90 to stay in a game." The team would also benefit from more production from its top college draft pick, Bryant (Big Country) Reeves, a brush-cut, seven-foot centre from Oklahoma. Reeves was a college star who demonstrated an unusually deft touch around the basket for a big man, but in preseason action he did not match up well against NBA centres. Mychal Thompson, a former star with Portland and Los Angeles who now is an analyst on Grizzlies telecasts, says it takes time for centres to adjust to the heavy going in the NBA. "There are going to be nights when Bryant looks like a world beater, and other nights when he looks lost," Thompson says. "But he has to play. You don't learn anything about playing in the NBA by sitting on the bench." Off the court, the Grizzlies are gradually getting used to their new surroundings. "It sure is beautiful around here," enthuses Reeves, an avid hunter and fisherman. Some players are already getting involved in their new community. Anthony, for instance, is establishing a charitable foundation in Vancouver that will raise funds for cancer research. He did the same in New York City in support of multiple sclerosis, and in his home town, Las Vegas, for his old school district. "My mom has cancer," he says, "so I'd like to be able to do something about that." Despite the similarities, the players are discovering some cultural differences. "It takes awhile to get used to the money, that's for sure," Anthony says. "And it keeps changing value." There is the inconvenience of having to clear customs on trips to and from the United States, and many of the players miss the familiarity of their favorite TV station, the U.S. sports network ESPN, and its signature SportCenter news show. Then there are the fans who are, by NBA standards, a bit too polite. Toronto Raptor Rogers says, "We were playing at home, and they were cheering for the other team as well. They've got to stop doing that." The Raptors took to Malone's system quickly, showing that they could win in the preseason. Among the standouts was point guard Damon Stoudamire, who was booed by some Toronto fans when he was named the team's top college draft pick last June. Stoudamire has since won most of those fans over with his quickness and scoring touch. Being on an expansion team gives him a chance to play right away, and he credits veteran guards Alvin Robertson and Willie Anderson with showing him the ropes. But he is anxious to improve. "We are nowhere near where we can be with this team, but it's still early," he says. "I think that we are going to surprise a few people." Raptors general manager Isiah Thomas has shown a willingness to take risks on players other teams do not want. Last week, for instance, he was reportedly discussing a trade for New Jersey forward Derrick Coleman, one of the league's most notable bad boys. He took Stoudamire in the draft even though some scouts felt that, at five feet, 10 inches, he was too short for the NBA. And Thomas traded for Rogers even though the young forward had only a so-so rookie campaign last season with Golden State. An all-round athlete - he was a football quarterback and baseball pitcher in high school - Rogers can run the floor and soar above defences. "When I first saw Carlos, I saw a guy who had phenomenal talent," Thomas says. "Given the right environment, he could be very exciting." For now, the Canadian teams are providing opportunities for mostly American players. Only two Canadians were invited to the teams' camps - Cory Hallas of Almonte, Ont., in Vancouver, and Wayne Yearwood of Montreal in Toronto - and both were cut early. Moreover, there are only two Canadians currently on NBA rosters - Rick Fox in Boston and Bill Wennington in Chicago. But Canadian officials expect that the new franchises will encourage young Canadian athletes to play the game. "It will improve as the Grizzlies and Raptors become established," says Yearwood. "I think you'll soon see more Canadian players at the NBA level, and that is so important for young kids to see." Both teams sold an extraordinary number of season tickets - nearly 16,000 in Toronto, just over 13,000 in Vancouver. The teams' owners will need the fan support to continue. The two groups each paid $176 million - the highest expansion fees of any sport - to purchase the franchises. They will each carry player payrolls of at least $15 million this season, and both groups are investing in new arenas. Grizzly chairman Arthur Griffiths and his partners, John and Bruce McCaw of Seattle, just paid $163 million to build GM Place, which also houses the NHL Canucks. The Raptors plan to build a similar facility in downtown Toronto. The stakes are high, but NBA commissioner Stern says the investments are sound. "As a league, we have a lot invested in the success of our teams," Stern says, "so we are not interested in seeing this fail." The fans have heard the warnings and have prepared themselves for the worst. "We know they aren't going to win right away," says Vancouver outerwear manufacturer Bill Hanna, who bought Grizzlies season tickets with his wife, Diane. "But as long as people keep seeing progress, we'll still come to watch." Others appear to feel the same way. With three minutes left in a game against Sacramento, the Grizzlies were trailing the Kings 98-77, headed for their fifth straight loss. Slowly, a cheer began to build among the diehards who had stayed to the end at GM Place. "We want 80," the fans chanted, aware that the Grizzlies had been unable to score that many points so far in the preseason. "If nothing else," Grizzlies general manager Jackson said after his team broke the 80 barrier, "it shows our fans have a sense of humor." The players know they will play a big role in the game's success in Canada. "I guess you could call us basketball ambassadors," joked the Grizzlies' Anthony. But no one on either team seemed worried that the game might not catch on. "The hoopla will come," said Toronto's Rogers. "When the fans get to know the game and know what to expect, they will appreciate it. Right now, they are used to watching hockey guys check people, beat each other up, and that's exciting. But this, man, this is totally different." Maclean's November 6, 1995
wrong_mix_domain_birth_00112	FactBench	2	12	https://www.forbes.com/sites/mitchlawrence/2016/02/12/nba-all-star-2k16-canadas-michael-jordan/	en	In One Unexpected Way, Vince Carter Surpassed Michael Jordan	https://imageio.forbes.c…=1600&fit=bounds	https://imageio.forbes.c…=1600&fit=bounds	[ "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/93725214ce093c604d9dd9cd28a1539c?s=400&d=mm&r=g" ]	[]	[]	[ "Arts Entertainment", "Business", "Lifestyle", "Sports Leisure", "SportsMoney", "Talent Strategies", "Arts & Entertainment", "Sports & Leisure" ]	null	[ "Mitch Lawrence" ]	2016-02-12T00:00:00	Vince Carter played only six seasons in Toronto, and never lived up to the comparisons with His Airness, but the player they called "Air Canada'' did something Jordan never did: He impacted an entire country, turning on a generation of future NBA players to the game of basketball, which is starting to rival the national sport of hockey in youth sports participation.	en	https://i.forbesimg.com/48X48-F.png	Forbes	https://www.forbes.com/sites/mitchlawrence/2016/02/12/nba-all-star-2k16-canadas-michael-jordan/	Vince Carter was one of those unfortunate souls who arrived in the NBA at a time when he and other high-flying wing players tried to live up to the hype of being “the next Michael Jordan,’’ and couldn’t pull it off. Off the court? The eight-time NBA All-Star was every bit Michael Jordan, if not bigger – in Canada. The former Toronto Raptor did more for the game of basketball and the NBA in Canada than the most famous Canadian associated with the sport, the game's inventor, James Naismith. Because of Carter: --The NBA has seen the influx of future superstars who hail from Canada, starting with Toronto product Andrew Wiggins, now in his second season in Minnesota. --The Canadian national team, with only one medal in nine previous Olympics, has a record eight NBA players on its roster and is considered a favorite to go home with a medal if it qualifies for the upcoming Summer Games in Rio. --The explosion of youth basketball in Canada is to the point where kids today in Toronto and Montreal are picking hoops over hockey, forever the national sport. --Unlike their Canadian brothers out in Vancouver who came into the league at the same time, in 1995, the Raptors were able to put down roots, as Carter exploded on the NBA scene, and didn’t end up south of the American border in a place like Memphis, where the Grizzlies relocated after only six seasons in British Columbia. --Toronto is hosting the 65th annual NBA All-Star Game this weekend, the first time it’s being held outside the United States. As impactful as Michael Jordan was on the game of basketball, with a generation of kids wanting to "be like Mike,'' His Airness never did all of that. “It’s surreal,’’ Carter told Forbes the other day after a game in New York playing for the Grizzlies (how ‘bout that, Vancouver?). Now 39, he isn’t up in Toronto to bask in the glory this weekend. Family obligations have him in Florida. “Coming into the league at 21, I was just trying to establish myself. I was just trying to make my way and show the world what I could do,’’ he said. Then, reflecting on what he did for basketball in Canada, where a generation of kids had his poster on their bedroom walls, he said, with a smile, “It’s freakin’ awesome. It’s hard to believe.’’ It is difficult to fathom because it’s not like he spent a lifetime in Toronto winning titles. After only six seasons and just 15 playoff games for the Raptors, he had worn out his welcome with a lot of fans. He came into the NBA in 1998, around the same time as other gifted athletes who drew the unfair Jordan comparison at a tender age -- Tracy McGrady, Harold Miner, Penny Hardaway, Grant Hill and Kobe Bryant, to name just a few. Carter had an additional burden, coming out of North Carolina as Jordan did more than a decade earlier. In the end, only Bryant came close, with his five rings and legendary competitive fire that will be hailed this weekend when he makes his 18th and final All-Star Game appearance. Carter has spent the rest of his career with five teams, never reaching the heights some expected. But he never disappointed thousands of Canadian kids who saw him live up to his “ Air Canada ’’ nickname with his rousing 2000 victory in the NBA All-Star slam-dunk contest. That night, they were hooked for life, with some even putting down their hockey sticks for good and dribbling off to promising careers in basketball. “If you look at how popular the Raptors are now, they sell out every game,’’ said Nik Stauskas, a second-year player for the Sixers who grew up outside Toronto, in Mississauga, and became a basketball gym-rat during Carter’s heyday. “That popularity started with Vince Carter. Before he got there, basketball was not really big in Toronto or Canada. But now, everywhere you go, everyone is playing basketball. Even though it’s a country where most kids are playing hockey, it’s leveling out now, the amount of kids playing basketball over hockey.’’ They start out dribbling early, with four-year olds being taught the basic rules and fundamentals. The highly-acclaimed CIA-Bounce program keeps it going in grade school and then sends junior-high age teams to the United States to compete against Americans. This is how Wiggins got his start, along with the Cavs’ Tristan Thompson, and several others who have succeeded in making NBA rosters. A record-tying 12 Canadians are playing in the NBA this season, more than any other country outside the United States. This weekend in Toronto, Wiggins, Saskatoon’s Trey Lyles, now with the Utah Jazz, and another Toronto product, Dallas Maverick forward Dwight Powell, are playing for the World Team in the BBVA Compass Rising Stars Challenge in Air Canada Centre. Many Canadians in the NBA have come from marquee college programs like Kentucky and Kansas, so it proves that the Canadian youth programs are doing something right. Under Vancouver’s Steve Nash, the former two-time NBA MVP now running the Canadian national team, they’re seen as Summer Games medalists for the first time since 1936, when they won the silver in Berlin. “If we get to Brazil, we’ve got a shot to win a medal,’’ said the Celtics’ Kelly Olynyk, another Toronto product and member of the Canadian National team who grew up with a poster of Carter dunking on his bedroom wall. Last summer, the Raptors, now right on the heels of LeBron James’ Cavs in the East, brought in Toronto native Cory Joseph as a free agent. If not for Vince Carter, Canadians like Joseph might not have the chance to return home to continue their NBA careers. “When the Grizzlies didn’t make it in Vancouver, there was a feeling that maybe the Raptors would also be leaving,’’ said Tas Melas, a Toronto native and part of the quartet of Canadians who comprise “The Starters’’ on NBA TV. “But Vince Carter, more than any other player, brought such a level of excitement and popularity to the Raptors, he might well have prevented the Raptors from leaving Toronto. That’s how big he was for the city. He really did put the Raptors on the map. He made them relevant.’’ Along with basketball, from Halifax all the way out to the Yukon.
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trainers once worn by basketball legend Michael Jordan has sold for $2.2m (£1.7m) at auction, becoming the priciest shoes ever sold. The signed sneakers - which Sotheby's had estimated would fetch $2m to $4m - are among the most expensive Jordan items auctioned. A jersey he wore at the 1998 NBA Finals sold in 2022 for $10.1m. The latest sale seals Jordan's position as the most valuable athlete at auctions for sportswear memorabilia. "Today's record-breaking result further proves that the demand for Michael Jordan sports memorabilia continues to outperform and transcend all expectations," said Brahm Wachter, Sotheby's Head of Streetwear and Modern Collectables. The previous record for Jordan shoes was $1.47m for a pair of his Nike Air Ships auctioned in 2021. The Air Jordan XIIIs sold on Tuesday were worn by the basketball star during his last championship season with the Chicago Bulls in 1997-98. Jordan had the size-13 shoes on when he scored 37 points in Game 2 of the 1998 NBA Finals series, carrying the Bulls to a 93-88 victory over the Utah Jazz. The Bulls went on to win the championship, a story told in the 2020 documentary series "Last Dance" about the megastar's last season with the team. It was Jordan's sixth NBA championship and the fifth time he'd be named the NBA's Most Valuable Player. Right after the Game 2 victory, Jordan gave the shoes to a ball boy in the locker room as thanks for finding a lost jacket, Sotheby's auction house says. The "Bred" Air Jordans - short for "black and red" - are the only complete pair of sneakers worn by Jordan in an NBA Finals game to be authenticated, Sotheby's said. Jordan wore the first Air Jordan shoe in 1984 during his rookie season with the Chicago Bulls. The Air Jordan I became available to the general public the following year. To date, more than 30 different models of the Air Jordan have been made. Jordan won a total of six NBA Finals championships, two Olympic Gold Medals and numerous other accolades.
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]	2013-07-03T00:00:00	Read CNN’s Fast Facts about Michael Jordan and learn more about the basketball legend and NBA superstar.	en	/media/sites/cnn/apple-touch-icon.png	CNN	https://www.cnn.com/2013/07/03/us/michael-jordan-fast-facts/index.html	CNN — Here’s a look at basketball legend and NBA superstar Michael Jordan. Personal Birth date: February 17, 1963 Birth place: Brooklyn, New York Birth name: Michael Jeffrey Jordan Father: James Jordan, business owner Mother: Deloris (Peoples) Jordan Marriages: Yvette Prieto (April 27, 2013-present); Juanita Vanoy (September 2, 1989-December 29, 2006, divorced) Children: with Yvette Prieto: Victoria and Ysabel, twins; with Juanita Vanoy: Jasmine; Marcus; Jeffrey Education: University of North Carolina, B.A., Cultural Geography, 1986 Other Facts Led the Chicago Bulls to six NBA championships (1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998). Five-time NBA Most Valuable Player and six-time NBA Finals MVP. Played 15 NBA seasons in total: 13 with the Chicago Bulls (1984-1985 through 1992-1993, then 1994-1995 through 1997-1998) and two seasons with the Washington Wizards (2001-2002 and 2002-2003). Has enjoyed lucrative endorsement deals with Nike, Hanes, Gatorade, Upper Deck and others. Played in 1,072 NBA games, scored 32,292 points, and had 5,633 assists and 6,672 rebounds. Timeline 1982-1984 - Plays for the University of North Carolina. They win the NCAA championship in 1982. 1984 - Member of the US Olympic basketball team that wins the gold medal in Los Angeles. 1984 - Is drafted by the Chicago Bulls, the third overall pick. 1992 - Member of the “Dream Team,” helps the US men’s team win the gold in the Summer Olympics in Barcelona. 1993 - Becomes the first player to be named NBA Finals MVP three years in a row. August 3, 1993 - The body of Jordan’s father, James, is found in South Carolina. Two young men are later convicted of his murder. October 6, 1993 - Announces his retirement from the NBA. February 7, 1994 - Signs a free agent minor league contract with the Chicago White Sox and is assigned to their AA affiliate Birmingham Barons. March 2, 1995 - Leaves the White Sox spring training camp. March 18, 1995 - Announces he is rejoining the Chicago Bulls and will wear number 45. His previous number, 23, had already been retired. 1996 - Is named NBA Finals MVP, regular season MVP, and All-Star Game MVP. 1996 - Named one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History by the NBA. January 13, 1999 - Announces again he is retiring from basketball and that he is “99.9%” sure that he won’t be coming back. December 1999 -ESPN names him Athlete of the Century. January 19, 2000 - Becomes part owner of the basketball team, the Washington Wizards. October 30, 2001 - After resigning his position as president of basketball operations and selling his part ownership, makes a comeback playing basketball for the Washington Wizards. April 16, 2003 - Plays his last game, against the Philadelphia 76ers. The Wizards lose 107-87 and Jordan scores 15 points. February 1, 2004 - Founds Michael Jordan Motorsports, a motorcycle racing team. December 13, 2007 - An Illinois appellate court rules in favor of Jordan in a dispute with a former lover who alleges he promised her $5 million to keep quiet about their affair. January 24, 2009 - Named the new “Chief Wish Ambassador” for the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Jordan will be the most prominent figure on the foundation’s new Wish Ambassador Council. September 11, 2009 - Is inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. March 17, 2010 - The NBA’s Board of Governors approves Jordan’s purchase of the Charlotte Bobcats team, for $275 million. He becomes the second black majority owner of a major professional sports team. February 6, 2013 - Pamela Smith files a paternity suit against Michael Jordan in Fulton County Superior Court (Georgia) claiming that Jordan is her son’s father. March 4, 2013 - Files a dismissal to the paternity suit filed against him. March 15, 2013 - Smith withdraws the paternity suit, without prejudice. The possibility of refiling remains, as she stands by her claim that Jordan is the father of her teenage son. December 12, 2013 - Former Utah Jazz ball boy Preston Truman sells the shoes Jordan wore during Game 5 of the 1997 NBA Finals at auction for $104,765. Despite suffering flu-like symptoms, Jordan scored 38 points and led the Bulls to win the game. Afterward, Jordan autographed and gave the sneakers, Air Jordan XII’s, to Truman. May 6, 2014 - Little, Brown and Company publishes his biography, “Michael Jordan: The Life.” May 20, 2014 - The Charlotte Bobcats officially reclaim the Charlotte Hornets name after a long-running campaign. November 22, 2016 - Jordan is awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama. October 2, 2017 - The sale of the Miami Marlins baseball team to a 16-person investment group for $1.2 billion is finalized. The investment group is led by principal owner Bruce Sherman and includes CEO Derek Jeter and Jordan – Jordan owns about 0.5%. October 9, 2017 - Novant Health announces a $7 million gift from Jordan to open two Novant Health Michael Jordan Family Clinics in Charlotte, North Carolina. September 18, 2018 - The Charlotte Hornets announce that Jordan, the principal owner and chairman, will donate $2 million toward the Hurricane Florence relief effort. September 10, 2019 - Jordan announces he has pledged to donate $1 million to Hurricane Dorian relief efforts in the Bahamas. October 18, 2019 - Jordan unveils the first of two medical clinics he has funded in Charlotte, North Carolina. The facility will offer care to Charlotte residents, including underinsured and uninsured patients. July 29, 2020 - It is announced that Jordan and the Jordan Brand are donating $2.5 million toward fighting Black voter suppression. One million dollars is being donated to the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Inc. and $1 million to the Formerly Incarcerated and Convicted People and Families Movement. The Black Voters Matter organization will receive $500,000. The commitment is part of a $100 million, 10-year pledge announced in June. September 21, 2020 - Jordan and three-time Daytona 500 winner Denny Hamlin announce they will be teaming up to form a new NASCAR Cup Series team with Bubba Wallace as driver, according to an announcement by the Charlotte Hornets and Jordan’s spokeswoman, Estee Portnoy. The deal marks the first time a Black man will own a full-time race team in NASCAR’s premier series since Wendell Scott, who owned and raced his own car from the 1960s into the early 1970s. February 15, 2021 - Jordan donates $10 million to open two new medical clinics in his hometown of Wilmington, North Carolina. October 25, 2021 - A pair of Nike Air Ships sneakers worn by Michael Jordan sell for a record-breaking $1.47 million. The basketball star wore the red and white sneakers during his fifth NBA game in his rookie season with the Chicago Bulls on November 1, 1984. September 15, 2022 - A jersey worn by Jordan sells for a record $10.1 million. Jordan wore the Chicago Bulls jersey in Game 1 of the 1998 NBA Finals, the culmination of a famous season known as “The Last Dance.” December 13, 2022 - The NBA announces that the league’s regular season MVP will now be awarded the Michael Jordan Trophy, a bronze trophy packed with details which nod to Jordan’s achievements. June 16, 2023 - It is announced that Jordan has reached an agreement to sell his majority stake in the Charlotte Hornets to a group led by Gabe Plotkin and Rick Schnall. He will retain a minority ownership stake in the NBA team.
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Would you think of Usain Bolt? Serena Williams? Muhammad Ali? For many, one famous basketball player would top the list. Who? Michael Jordan! Maybe you know him better as Air Jordan. But before he earned that nickname, Michael Jordan was just a kid. He was born in New York but grew up in Wilmington, North Carolina. He was always competitive and learned to play baseball before starting to play the sport he would become famous for—basketball. However, Jordan wasn’t always the basketball star he became. In fact, in his sophomore year of high school, he didn’t make the varsity basketball team. The coach put Jordan on junior varsity (JV), which greatly disappointed the young athlete. Still, Jordan had a great year as a player on the JV team. He proved his competitive spirit and work ethic. Jordan had an unmatched drive to improve and win, which helped him make the varsity team his junior year. As a student athlete at the University of North Carolina, Jordan was named the NCAA College Player of the Year twice, in 1983 and 1984. His team also won the NCAA Division I championship while he was there. Jordan also helped the U.S. Olympic basketball team bring home the gold in 1984. He would do so again in 1992. After his junior year in college, Jordan entered the National Basketball Association (NBA). He joined the Chicago Bulls in 1984. Still, he valued education. He also completed his bachelor’s degree in geography in 1985. In his first year in the NBA, Jordan donned the red #23 jersey and scored an average of 28.2 points per game. He was named Rookie of the Year and played in the League’s All-Star Game. Of course, Jordan didn’t stop there. The Bulls won NBA championships in 1991, 1992, and 1993 (a threepeat!) with him on the team. To this day, the Bulls are one of only three teams in the NBA to win the championship three years in a row. In 1993, Jordan announced his retirement from basketball—the first one, at least. His father was tragically killed, and Jordan wanted to go back to the first sport the two of them had first bonded over. He swapped his Bulls jersey for a minor league baseball uniform. Michael Jordan spent one year as an outfielder for the Birmingham Barons. Jordan’s baseball career was short and not very impressive. It was a humbling experience for the star. Jordan took this as an opportunity for growth and returned to the NBA in 1995. There, he led the Bulls to championships in 1996, 1997, and 1998—another threepeat! Then, he retired from the sport again. Still, Jordan stayed involved in basketball. He became part owner of the Washington Wizards in 2000. He even came back out of retirement in 2001 to play two seasons for the Wizards. Finally, he retired from basketball a final time in 2003. Was that it for Air Jordan? Not at all! He’s still involved with the NBA as an owner of the Charlotte Hornets. He also continues to partner with Nike and hosted a charity golf tournament from 2001 until 2014. And, of course, he starred in the 1996 film “Space Jam.” Michael Jordan is best known as one of the greatest basketball players of all time. But, as you can see, his career has taken many twists and turns! Countless people have been inspired by his constant drive to grow and desire to win. Jordan’s experiences go to show that you can be successful in more than one way if you work hard enough.
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wrong_mix_domain_birth_00112	FactBench	3	80	https://www.bartleby.com/essay/Michael-Jordan-F3JEX6ZYTC	en	Michael Jordan Essay examples - 579 Words			[ "https://assets.bartleby.com/1.17/images/logos/bartleby/logo-home.svg", "https://assets.bartleby.com/1.17/images/placeholders/essay_preview.png" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[]	null	Free Essay: Michael Jeffrey Jordan, third son of Delores and James Jordan, was born on February 17th 1963 in Brooklyn, NY. As a child Michael was not a very...				https://www.bartleby.com/essay/Michael-Jordan-F3JEX6ZYTC	Michael Jordan, in his prime, was thought of as one of the greatest basketball champions of all time. A shooting guard, standing at six-six, Jordan was able to out play anyone in his position. He started his career at the University of North Carolina, where he helped his team win a national championship. He then was drafted by the Chicago Bulls in the 1984-85 season. While playing for the Bulls, Jordan received many awards such as, MVP, five championships, Olympic gold medals, slam dunk contests, and many more defensive and offensive awards. Jordan simply dominated the nineties and left the game as a NBA Finals winner in 1998. Michael Jeffrey Jordan was his full name. MJ was his nickname, he was known as the man that changed the game of basketball forever and nobody knew that even when he was in high school that he would grow to be the best player to ever play the game. Michael was influenced by his older brother, his brother was much bigger and stronger than him, but Michael made it his goal that eventually one day that he would be better than him, Michael was cut by his high school coach twice, and wouldn’t make the team until his senior year, where he completely changed the game and was unrealistic the way he could dunk it and dribble, and as well shoot the ball. Michael attended the University Of North Carolina. That is when the nation took notice that he was Michael Jeffrey Jordan was born in Brooklyn, New York on February 17, 1963. He is regarded as one of the legends that have played the game of Basketball. Michael Jordan is also known as His Airness, MJ and Air Jordan. He has been credited as one of the people that gave the NBA its worldwide acclaim. Despite the huge number of trophies that he has won, the numerous commercial endorsements and other personal accomplishments; Michael Jordan is a perfect model that teaches us how to overcome obstacles like a genius. It is important to note that there are many things he did that showed his inner strength, but I would be highlighting the genesis of his playing Career. Jordan’s journey started his freshman year of high school during basketball season. “He (Michael Jordan) did not make the basketball team at Laney High School his freshman year.” (Jhonson 1) The first tryout of his high school career, he didn’t make it. That would absolutely demoralize a person and break down their self esteem. But Jordan kept at it and kept training to be the best player he could be. “Jordan was only 5’11 his freshman… He grew 3 inches his junior and senior year , making him a final height of 6’6.” (Jhonson 1). With his final height, Jordan would be able to excel at many levels of his game. Making him a national force at the high school level. Jordan would go on to play college basketball at the division one level at the North Carolina University, and then get drafted by the Chicago Bulls. “Jordan is considered to be one of the greatest basketball players of the twentieth century” (Jhonson 1). With Jordan getting a mega deal with Nike to manufacture shoes and many other products, Jordan would go on to make a fortune. Jordan won 6 NBA championships and a 5 time NBA MVP award recipient. Jordan started from not making the freshman basketball team to being named on of the best basketball players of all As a result or his hard work, "he finally earned his berth on the varsity squad and--with his burning ambitions in tow--he became one of the most widely-recruited high school athletes in the country ("Michael Jordan")." During the summer before Jordan's senior year, he attended the Five-Star Basketball Camp. There he met Dean Smith, the coach of the University of North Carolina's Tar Heels. Smith encouraged Jordan to come to the school. A few months later Jordan signed his letter of intent and received a full scholarship. The Tar Heels had an outstanding season and went on to play in the NCAA championship against Georgetown University. Jordan hit the game winning shot making his name know around the country. For the next two seasons, He averaged a reputable 17.7 points per game. In 1984, Jordan traveled to Los Angeles to compete with the U.S. Olympic basketball team. With Jordan's help, the team won a gold medal. Soon after Jordan entered the NBA draft and was picked third by the Chicago Bulls. The bulls were the laughing stock of the NBA, but that would soon be changed (Mattern 82-28). Michael Jeffrey Jordan spent his first season of NBA playing with the Bulls he was the best thing that happened to the Bulls since 1984 because Jordan was the best scoring machine of all time.(World Book) He has had a lot of accomplishments with the Bulls the first one was that he scored 32,292 points in the first season.(World Book) The second one is that Jordan average 30.12 points per game. (World Book)The third one is that Jordan had led the NBA scoring Michael Jeffrey Jordan is known by many people as the best basketball player ever to play the game. Jordan played for the Chicago Bulls, helping them obtained six championship titles in eight years. Now remembered for being the best and the most popular athlete in the sports world. He had a great influence on the people. "Jordan was just another great legend" (Stein 2). Being a role model on and off the court Jordan showed his abilities to play the game and his kindness towards other people, especially those who admired him the most. "His widespread appeal to fans has helped keep basketball one of the world's most popular spectator sports" (Stein 1). Michael Jordan was born in 1963, nine years before the birth of Shaquille O’neal. Jordan started his National Basketball Association career in 1984 when Shaq was just twelve years old. Jordan played for the Chicago Bulls for ten years until he announced his retirement in 1994. He said he had “a lost desire to play the game” (Porter xix). Shortly after he announced he was back, and played the game until his final retirement in 2003 at the age of forty. Shaq was drafted into the National Basketball Association in June of 1992 by the Orlando Magic (Nelson xiii). He played for a handful of teams and after nineteen years of fun he retired in 2011 at the age of With his parents support, he made the team next year of tryouts. Though he never did win a state championship in high school, he did win an NCAA National Championship at North Carolina. He received a full-scholarship to attend the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He did very well during his college career. Michael numerous awards while playing college ball such as being nominated as the ACC Men’s Basketball Player of the Year during the years of 1983 and 1984. That was one of his many accomplishments he had done. Dean Smith, Michael’s head coach, decided that Michael should go pro during his junior year of college. Michael later agreed and was picked in the Draft of 1984. He was drafted in the first round, but was picked the number three overall pick. He was picked by the Bulls, which are a team based out in Chicago. This is where people began to realize who Michael Jordan was. During his first year, he won the Rookie of the Year award. That award does not top being named Most Valuable Player six times or winning six NBA Championships. Michael also won Olympic gold medals and he was a member of the “Dream Team.” One of the greatest Olympic team or any other team period to step on the court with them. They were Michael Jordan, the most well known and recognizable athlete in the world, was an inspiration to many. He was born in Brooklyn, New York on February 17, 1963, and that’s where it all started. Jordan was a guard for the Chicago Bulls and Washington Wizards. Many people looked up to him and thought of him as a role model and the best to ever play the game. Michael’s achievements are what make him such an inspiration too many people around the world. Not only did Jordan break many records throughout his career, but he also won many achievements. Michael has 840 consecutive games with 10 or more points and has made it to the front cover of Sports Illustrated for the 50th time! Michael has won 6 NBA Championships, and was the Most Valuable Player in 1988,
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Includes lesson plans & study material resources. Available in PDF & Google Slides format. Great for school & home use.	en	https://cdn-bhhha.nitroc…ages/favicon.png	KidsKonnect	https://kidskonnect.com/people/michael-jordan/	Worksheets /People /Michael Jordan Facts & Worksheets Not ready to purchase a subscription? Click to download the free sample version Download sample Table of Contents Michael Jordan is a professional American basketball player and is considered as one of the legends of the sport. He led the Chicago Bulls to six NBA championships and won five Most Valuable Player awards. He also starred in the film Space Jam. See the fact file below for more information on the Michael Jordan or alternatively, you can download our 19-page Michael Jordan worksheet pack to utilise within the classroom or home environment. Key Facts & Information EARLY CAREER Born on February 17, 1963, Michael Jordan is one of the five children of Delores, a bank teller, and James, a manager at the General Electric Company. In 1981, Jordan entered the University of North Carolina, where he became a member of the school’s basketball team. In 1983 and 1984, he was named as the NCAA College Player of the Year. In 1984, he joined the NBA. After a year, he finished his bachelor’s degree in geography and continued to play in the NBA. In the same year, he became a member of the U.S Olympic basketball team. His first appearance in the Olympics was a victory, as they won gold. THE CHICAGO BULLS AND BASEBALL After being drafted by the Chicago Bulls, Jordan received the NBA Rookie of the Year Award, followed by his selection for the All-Star Game. For his second season in the playoffs, Jordan scored more than 3,000 points in a single season, making him the first player to do so since Wilt Chamberlain. In 1990, the Chicago Bulls made it to the Eastern Conference Finals against Los Angeles Lakers. They won their first NBA championship and Jordan proved himself on the court. By 1992, the Bulls won their second championship against the Portland Trail Blazers and dominated the world of basketball after winning back-to-back the following year. In 1994, Jordan tried minor league baseball and returned to basketball in 1995. Again, the Chicago Bulls won against the Seattle Sonics in the 1995-1996 season. Victory for the Chicago Bulls followed in 1997 and 1998, defeating the Utah Jazz. In 1998, Jordan retired from baseball and joined the Washington Wizards the following year as the team’s part owner. Before finally retiring in 2003, Jordan played two seasons for the Wizards. In baseball, Jordan initially became the Birmingham Barons’ outfielder before joining the Scottsdale Scorpions. He was named as one of the worst baseball players, which encouraged him to return to basketball in 1995. BUSINESS VENTURES AND AWARDS In 2018, Forbes estimated Michael Jordan’s profit to be over $1 billion. Among his businesses, his partnership with Nike and ownership of the Charlotte Hornets contributed the most. It was in 1984 when Jordan first signed a deal with Nike. The following year, the signature Air Jordan was launched which gave Jordan 25% in royalties. For more than 30 years, Air Jordan remains to be the best-selling product of Nike. In addition to Nike, Jordan also signed endorsement deals with Upper Deck, Gatorade, Hanes, Coca-Cola, McDonald’s, and Chevrolet. In 1996, the basketball superstar starred in a mixed live action and animation film Space Jam. Formerly known as the Bobcats, Jordan bought a share of the Charlotte Hornets in 2006. By 2010, while holding majority of the shares, Jordan served as the team’s chairman. Between 2001 and 2014, he hosted the Michael Jordan Celebrity Invitational, an annual charitable golf event supporting the several foundations including Cats Care, Keep Memory Alive, Make-A-Wish, and the James R. Jordan Foundation. In 1988, 1991, 1992, 1996, and 1998, Jordan received the Most Valuable Player Award from the NBA. In April 2009, he was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, one of the basketball’s greatest honors. In 2016, US President Barack Obama presented him with a Presidential Medal of Freedom honor. Michael Jordan Worksheets This is a fantastic bundle which includes everything you need to know about the Michael Jordan across 19 in-depth pages. These are ready-to-use Michael Jordan worksheets that are perfect for teaching students about Michael Jordan who is a professional American basketball player and is considered as one of the legends of the sport. He led the Chicago Bulls to six NBA championships and won five Most Valuable Player awards. He also starred in the film Space Jam. Complete List Of Included Worksheets Michael Jordan Facts Basketball Legends Sports Superstars Slam Dunk NBA Basketball History New in Sports! The Space Jam World of Sports Hall of Famers Jordan 23 Link/cite this page If you reference any of the content on this page on your own website, please use the code below to cite this page as the original source. Link will appear as Michael Jordan Facts & Worksheets: https://kidskonnect.com - KidsKonnect, September 3, 2019 Use With Any Curriculum These worksheets have been specifically designed for use with any international curriculum. You can use these worksheets as-is, or edit them using Google Slides to make them more specific to your own student ability levels and curriculum standards.
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Little Michael wanted to be the first at everything – especially if that meant beating his older brother. One day, he came home crying… he’d been rejected from the basketball team at school. With his mom’s message of “go out and earn it” ringing in... Read more »	en	https://littlepeoplebigd…avicon-32x32.jpg	Little People, BIG DREAMS	https://littlepeoplebigdreams.com/book/michael-jordan/	Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Illustrated by Martin Le Lapin In this book from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy bestselling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, the talented pilot and… Read more » Salvador Dali Illustrated by Mariona Tolosa Sisteré Learn about the incredible life of Salvador Dalí, one of the pioneers of the Surrealism movement. 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The fact he is back on the court with his crazy ball skills is welcome news for the the Canadian men’s wheelchair basketball team.	en	/a/apple-touch-icon.png	CBC	https://www.cbc.ca/sports/paralympics/patrick-anderson-paralympics-comeback-1.5138182	Patrick Anderson dipsy doodles around the basketball court in his wheelchair during a recent friendly match against Japan at the Pan Am Centre in Scarborough, Ont. He dekes around opponents, changes speeds on a dime, shoots the ball from practically anywhere and hits nothing but net. Kady Dandeneau, who plays on Canada's national women's wheelchair basketball team, watches Anderson from the sidelines in awe. "He has been called the Michael Jordan of wheelchair basketball which says a lot about his talent, work ethic and achievements," Dandeneau says. She adds, "The guy can shoot the lights out. He's got a ton of speed. He's just all all-around amazing player. Anderson helped Canada win the Paralympic gold medal in 2000, 2004, as well as silver in 2008. The fact he is back on the court with the Canadian men's wheelchair basketball team is welcome news. The team has struggled since Anderson took time off after a highlight-reel performance at the London 2012 Paralympics, where he helped Canada win another gold medal. After those Games, Anderson moved to Brooklyn, N.Y., to follow his other passion — making music with his wife Anna. They have a band together called the Lay Awakes. They also started a family and now have two young children. But Anderson continued to play basketball for fun. Before the 2016 Paralympics in Rio, Anderson came back to mentor and play against the Canadian team. When he saw some of the special talent coming up, he decided to come out retirement. "When I was playing against these guys, I just saw a lot of potential," he says. "I saw guys who were really ready to make a splash internationally. WATCH \| Patrick Anderson's crazy ball skills: One more shot He was worried about not giving 100 per cent effort to his fledgling music career. But after talking to his wife, he decided to give basketball one more shot. "I realize music is something we continue to do and improve beyond 50, whereas my window for basketball was small. It remains a long shot that Anderson will be able to get Canada back on the podium in Tokyo in 2020. The team finished a disappointing 12th at the 2018 world championship in Hamburg, Germany. But Anderson attributes that to the team not aiming high enough and not believing in themselves. He's hoping to help Canada qualify for the Games by finishing in the top three at the Parapan American Games this August in Lima. Overcoming obstacles that might stop others in their tracks is nothing new. Anderson grew up in Fergus, Ont., and played ice hockey and other sports as a child. When he was nine, he was run over by a drunk driver and lost both his legs below the knee. At 11, he started playing wheelchair basketball and did other activities that helped him develop into the special player he is today. "Away from the game, I was always chasing my friends around town," he says. "I come from Fergus, a town with a river in the middle and hills on either side. I was going up and down hills and trying to keep up with the able-bodied kids who were running around. I was trying to chase them in my chair." One other big thing that helped him develop his unique talent came courtesy of his father. "My dad built me a basket in the backyard on a deck that I could wheel on. I'd shoot around on my legs, on my knees in my chair on my basketball chair, my day chair. I always had a basketball in my hands. I wouldn't have thought that I was training. But essentially that is what I was doing." Built-in advantage Anderson says he had great coaching from the beginning and having a long wing span, with long arms and short legs, gives him a built-in advantage. But his body is now 39, an age when many athletes are in decline. Anderson prefers to look at the exceptions to the rule including sporting greats like 41-year-old NFL quarterback Tom Brady and tennis star Roger Federer (37). "To be honest, I draw inspiration from those guys. I've been a big Federer fan for a long time. He is a little younger than me but [he's] in such a gruelling sport," he says. "You don't see guys playing at that level at that age, and Brady, I'm not a huge football fan but I'll tune in when he's playing for the same reason. I think people are rewriting the book on what can be done in your late 30s early 40s." That's not to say Anderson didn't have doubts about how his body would react. "I have been pleasantly surprised. The more work I put in, some of the stuff I could do in my 20's — some of it is coming back." One of the 20 something up-and-coming members of Team Canada Liam Hickey is impressed. "He is relentless. He's the smartest basketball player I've ever seen," Hickey adds, "He's also the hardest worker. He's the best player in the world and he's still putting all this work into the small details."
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Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963), also known by his initials MJ,[9] is an American businessman and former professional basketball player. He played 15 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) between 1984 and 2003, winning six NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls. He was integral in popularizing basketball and the NBA around the world in the 1980s and 1990s,[10] becoming a global cultural icon.[11] His profile on the NBA website states, "By acclamation, Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time."[12] Jordan played college basketball with the North Carolina Tar Heels. As a freshman, he was a member of the Tar Heels' national championship team in 1982.[5] Jordan joined the Bulls in 1984 as the third overall draft pick[5][13] and quickly emerged as a league star, entertaining crowds with his prolific scoring while gaining a reputation as one of the best defensive players.[14] His leaping ability, demonstrated by performing slam dunks from the free-throw line in Slam Dunk Contests, earned him the nicknames "Air Jordan" and "His Airness".[5][13] Jordan won his first NBA title with the Bulls in 1991 and followed that achievement with titles in 1992 and 1993, securing a three-peat. Following the murder of his father, Jordan abruptly retired from basketball before the 1993–94 NBA season to play Minor League Baseball in the Chicago White Sox organization, but returned to the Bulls in March 1995 and led them to three more championships in 1996, 1997, and 1998, as well as a then-record 72 regular season wins in the 1995–96 NBA season.[5] Jordan retired for the second time in January 1999, returning for two more NBA seasons from 2001 to 2003 as a member of the Washington Wizards.[5][13] He was selected to play for the United States national team during his college and NBA careers, winning four gold medals—at the 1983 Pan American Games, 1984 Summer Olympics, 1992 Tournament of the Americas and 1992 Summer Olympics—while also being undefeated.[15] Jordan's individual accolades include six NBA Finals Most Valuable Player (MVP) awards, ten NBA scoring titles (both all-time records), five NBA MVP awards, 10 All-NBA First Team designations, nine All-Defensive First Team honors, fourteen NBA All-Star Game selections, three NBA All-Star Game MVP awards, three NBA steals titles, and the 1988 NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award.[13] He holds the NBA records for career regular season scoring average (30.1 points per game) and career playoff scoring average (33.4 points per game).[16] In 1999, Jordan was named the 20th century's greatest North American athlete by ESPN and was second to Babe Ruth on the Associated Press' list of athletes of the century.[5] Jordan was twice inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, once in 2009 for his individual career,[17] and again in 2010 as part of the 1992 United States men's Olympic basketball team ("The Dream Team").[18] He became a member of the United States Olympic Hall of Fame in 2009,[19] a member of the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame in 2010,[20] and an individual member of the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2015 and a "Dream Team" member in 2017.[21][22] Jordan was named to the NBA 50th Anniversary Team in 1996 and to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team in 2021.[23] The trophy for the NBA Most Valuable Player Award is named in his honor. One of the most effectively marketed athletes of his generation, Jordan made many product endorsements.[10][24] He fueled the success of Nike's Air Jordan sneakers, which were introduced in 1984 and remain popular.[25] Jordan starred as himself in the live-action/animation hybrid film Space Jam (1996) and was the central focus of the Emmy-winning documentary series The Last Dance (2020). He became part-owner and head of basketball operations for the Charlotte Hornets (then named the Bobcats) in 2006 and bought a controlling interest in 2010, before selling his majority stake in 2023. Jordan is also the owner of 23XI Racing in the NASCAR Cup Series. In 2016, he became the first billionaire player in NBA history.[26] That same year, President Barack Obama awarded Jordan the Presidential Medal of Freedom.[27] As of 2024, his net worth is estimated at $3.2 billion by Forbes.[28] Early life Michael Jeffrey Jordan was born at Cumberland Hospital in Brooklyn, New York City, on February 17, 1963,[29] to bank employee Deloris (née Peoples) and equipment supervisor James R. Jordan Sr.[29][30] He has two older brothers, James Jr. and basketball player Larry, as well as an older sister named Deloris and a younger sister named Roslyn.[31][32] Jordan and his siblings were raised in the Methodist faith.[33] In 1968, the family moved to Wilmington, North Carolina.[34] Jordan attended Emsley A. Laney High School, where he highlighted his athletic career by playing basketball, baseball, and football. He tried out for the basketball varsity team during his sophomore year, but at a height of 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m), he was deemed too short. His taller friend Harvest Leroy Smith was the only sophomore to make the team.[35][36] Motivated to prove his worth, Jordan became the star of Laney's junior varsity team and tallied some 40-point games.[35] The following summer, he grew four inches (10 cm) and trained rigorously.[36] Upon earning a spot on the varsity roster, Jordan averaged more than 25 points per game (ppg) over his final two seasons of high school play.[37] As a senior, he was selected to play in the 1981 McDonald's All-American Game and scored 30 points,[38][39] after averaging 26.8 ppg,[37] 11.6 rebounds (rpg),[40][41] and 10.1 assists per game (apg) for the season.[41][42][43] Jordan was recruited by numerous college basketball programs, including Duke, North Carolina, South Carolina, Syracuse, and Virginia.[44] In 1981, he accepted a basketball scholarship to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where Jordan majored in cultural geography.[45] He chose this field of study because of its relationship to meteorology, as Jordan was interested in a career as a meteorologist.[46][47] College career As a freshman in coach Dean Smith's team-oriented system, Jordan was named ACC Freshman of the Year after averaging 13.4 ppg on 53.4% shooting (field goal percentage).[48] He made the game-winning jump shot in the 1982 NCAA Championship game against Georgetown, which was led by future NBA rival Patrick Ewing.[49] Jordan later described this shot as the major turning point in his basketball career.[50][51] During his three seasons with the Tar Heels, Jordan averaged 17.7 ppg on 54.0% shooting and added 5.0 rpg and 1.8 apg.[13] Jordan was selected by consensus to the NCAA All-American First Team in both his sophomore (1983) and junior (1984) seasons.[52][53] After winning the Naismith and the Wooden College Player of the Year awards in 1984, Jordan left North Carolina a year before his scheduled graduation to enter the 1984 NBA draft. Jordan returned to North Carolina to complete his degree in 1986,[54] when he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in geography.[55][56] In 2002, Jordan was named to the ACC 50th Anniversary men's basketball team honoring the 50 greatest players in ACC history.[57] Professional career Chicago Bulls (1984–1993; 1995–1998) Early NBA years (1984–1987) The Chicago Bulls selected Jordan with the third overall pick of the 1984 NBA draft after Hakeem Olajuwon (Houston Rockets) and Sam Bowie (Portland Trail Blazers). One of the primary reasons why Jordan was not drafted sooner was because the first two teams were in need of a center.[58] Trail Blazers general manager Stu Inman contended that it was not a matter of drafting a center but more a matter of taking Bowie over Jordan, in part because Portland already had Clyde Drexler, who was a guard with similar skills to Jordan.[59] Citing Bowie's injury-laden college career, ESPN named the Blazers' choice of Bowie as the worst draft pick in North American professional sports history.[60] Jordan made his NBA debut at Chicago Stadium on October 26, 1984, and scored 16 points. In 2021, a ticket stub from the game sold at auction for $264,000, setting a record for a collectible ticket stub.[61] During his rookie 1984–85 season with the Bulls, Jordan averaged 28.2 ppg on 51.5% shooting,[48] and helped make a team that had won 35% of games in the previous three seasons playoff contenders. He quickly became a fan favorite even in opposing arenas.[62][63][64] Roy S. Johnson of The New York Times described Jordan as "the phenomenal rookie of the Bulls" in November,[64] and he appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated with the heading "A Star Is Born" in December.[65][66] The fans voted in Jordan as an All-Star starter during his rookie season.[5] Controversy arose before the 1985 NBA All-Star Game when word surfaced that several veteran players, led by Isiah Thomas, were upset by the amount of attention Jordan was receiving.[5] This led to a so-called "freeze-out" on Jordan, where players refused to pass the ball to him.[5] The controversy left Jordan relatively unaffected when he returned to regular season play, and he would go on to be voted the NBA Rookie of the Year.[67] The Bulls finished the season 38–44,[68] and lost to the Milwaukee Bucks in four games in the first round of the playoffs.[67] An often-cited moment was on August 26, 1985,[37][69] when Jordan shook the arena during a Nike exhibition game in Trieste, Italy, by shattering the glass of the backboard with a dunk.[70][71] The moment was filmed and is often referred to as an important milestone in Jordan's rise.[71][72] The shoes Jordan wore during the game were auctioned in August 2020 for $615,000, a record for a pair of sneakers.[73][74] Jordan's 1985–86 season was cut short when he broke his foot in the third game of the year, causing him to miss 64 games.[75] The Bulls made the playoffs despite Jordan's injury and a 30–52 record,[68] at the time the fifth-worst record of any team to qualify for the playoffs in NBA history.[76] Jordan recovered in time to participate in the postseason and performed well upon his return. On April 20 at the Boston Garden, in Game 2 of the First Round, a 135–131 double overtime loss to the eventual NBA Champion Boston Celtics, Jordan scored a playoff career-high 63 points, breaking Elgin Baylor's single-game playoff scoring record.[77] A Celtics team that is often considered one of the greatest in NBA history swept the series in three games.[67][77][78] Jordan completely recovered in time for the 1986–87 season,[79] and had one of the most prolific scoring seasons in NBA history; he became the only player other than Wilt Chamberlain to score 3,000 points in a season, averaging a league-high 37.1 ppg on 48.2% shooting.[48][80] Jordan also demonstrated his defensive prowess, as he became the first player in NBA history to record 200 steals and 100 blocked shots in a season.[81] Despite Jordan's success, Magic Johnson won the NBA Most Valuable Player Award.[82] The Bulls reached 40 wins,[68] and advanced to the playoffs for the third consecutive year but were again swept by the Celtics.[67] Pistons roadblock (1987–1990) Jordan led the league in scoring during the 1987–88 season, averaging 35.0 ppg on 53.5% shooting,[48] and won his first league MVP Award. He was named the NBA Defensive Player of the Year after averaging 1.6 blocks per game (bpg), a league-high 3.1 steals per game (spg),[83][c] and leading the Bulls defense to the fewest points per game allowed in the league.[85] The Bulls finished 50–32,[68] and made it past the first round of the playoffs for the first time in Jordan's career, as they defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers in five games.[86] In the Eastern Conference Semifinals, the Bulls lost in five games to the more experienced Detroit Pistons,[67] who were led by Isiah Thomas and a group of physical players known as the "Bad Boys".[87] In the 1988–89 season, Jordan again led the league in scoring, averaging 32.5 ppg on 53.8% shooting from the field, along with 8.0 rpg and 8.0 apg.[48] During the season, Sam Vincent, Chicago's point guard, was having trouble running the offense, and Jordan expressed his frustration with head coach Doug Collins, who then put Jordan at point guard. In his time as a point guard, Jordan had 10 triple-doubles in 11 games, with averages of 33.6 ppg, 11.4 rpg, 10.8 apg, 2.9 spg, and 0.8 bpg on 51% shooting.[88] The Bulls finished with a 47–35 record,[68] and advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals, defeating the Cavaliers and New York Knicks along the way.[89] The Cavaliers series included a career highlight for Jordan when he hit "The Shot" over Craig Ehlo at the buzzer in the fifth and final game of the series.[90] In the Eastern Conference Finals, the Pistons again defeated the Bulls, this time in six games,[67] by utilizing their "Jordan Rules" method of guarding Jordan, which consisted of double and triple teaming him every time he touched the ball.[5] The Bulls entered the 1989–90 season as a team on the rise, with their core group of Jordan and young improving players like Scottie Pippen and Horace Grant, and under the guidance of new coach Phil Jackson.[91] On March 28, 1990, Jordan scored a career-high 69 points in a 117–113 road win over the Cavaliers.[92] He averaged a league-leading 33.6 ppg on 52.6% shooting, to go with 6.9 rpg and 6.3 apg,[48] in leading the Bulls to a 55–27 record.[68] They again advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals after beating the Bucks and Philadelphia 76ers;[93] despite pushing the series to seven games, the Bulls lost to the Pistons for the third consecutive season.[67] First three-peat (1991–1993) In the 1990–91 season, Jordan won his second MVP award after averaging 31.5 ppg on 53.9% shooting, 6.0 rpg, and 5.5 apg for the regular season.[48] The Bulls finished in first place in their division for the first time in sixteen years and set a franchise record with 61 wins in the regular season.[68] With Scottie Pippen developing into an All-Star, the Bulls had elevated their play. The Bulls defeated the New York Knicks and the Philadelphia 76ers in the opening two rounds of the playoffs. They advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals where their rival, the Detroit Pistons, awaited them;[94] this time, the Bulls beat the Pistons in a four-game sweep.[95] The Bulls advanced to the Finals for the first time in franchise history to face the Los Angeles Lakers, who had Magic Johnson and James Worthy, two formidable opponents. The Bulls won the series in five games, and compiled a 15–2 playoff record along the way.[94] Perhaps the best-known moment of the series came in Game 2 when, attempting a dunk, Jordan avoided a potential Sam Perkins block by switching the ball from his right hand to his left in mid-air to lay the shot into the basket.[96] In his first Finals appearance, Jordan had 31.2 ppg on 56% shooting from the field, 11.4 apg, 6.6 rpg, 2.8 spg, and 1.4 bpg.[97] Jordan won his first NBA Finals MVP award[98] and cried while holding the Finals trophy.[99] Jordan and the Bulls continued their dominance in the 1991–92 season, establishing a 67–15 record, topping their franchise record from the 1990–91 campaign.[68] Jordan won his second consecutive MVP award with averages of 30.1 ppg, 6.4 rpg, and 6.1 apg on 52% shooting.[83] After winning a physical seven-game series over the New York Knicks in the second round of the playoffs and finishing off the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Conference Finals in six games, the Bulls met Clyde Drexler and the Portland Trail Blazers in the Finals. The media, hoping to recreate a Magic–Bird rivalry, highlighted the similarities between "Air" Jordan and Clyde "The Glide" during the pre-Finals hype.[100] In a Game 1 victory, Jordan scored a Finals-record 35 points in the first half, including a record-setting six three-point field goals.[101] After the sixth three-pointer, he jogged down the court shrugging as he looked courtside. Marv Albert, who broadcast the game, later stated that it was as if Jordan was saying: "I can't believe I'm doing this."[102] The Bulls went on to defeat the Blazers in six games. Jordan was named Finals MVP for the second year in a row,[98] and finished the series averaging 35.8 ppg, 4.8 rpg, and 6.5 apg, while shooting 52.6% from the floor.[103] In the 1992–93 season, despite a 32.6 ppg, 6.7 rpg, and 5.5 apg campaign, including a second-place finish in Defensive Player of the Year voting,[83][104] Jordan's streak of consecutive MVP seasons ended, as he lost the award to his friend Charles Barkley,[82] upsetting him.[105] Jordan and the Bulls met Barkley and his Phoenix Suns in the 1993 NBA Finals. The Bulls won their third NBA championship on a game-winning shot by John Paxson and a last-second block by Horace Grant, but Jordan was once again Chicago's leader. He averaged a Finals-record 41.0 ppg during the six-game series,[106] and became the first player in NBA history to win three consecutive Finals MVP awards.[98] Jordan scored more than 30 points in every game of the series, including 40 or more points in four consecutive games.[107] With his third Finals triumph, Jordan capped off a seven-year run where he attained seven scoring titles and three championships, but there were signs that Jordan was tiring of his massive celebrity and all of the non-basketball hassles in his life.[108] Gambling During the 1993 NBA playoffs, Jordan was seen gambling in Atlantic City, New Jersey, the night before Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals against the New York Knicks.[109] The previous year, he admitted that he had to cover $57,000 in gambling losses,[110] and author Richard Esquinas wrote a book in 1993 claiming he had won $1.25 million from Jordan on the golf course.[111] David Stern, the commissioner of the NBA, denied in 1995 and 2006 that Jordan's 1993 retirement was a secret suspension by the league for gambling,[112][113] but the rumor spread widely.[114] In 2005, Jordan discussed his gambling with Ed Bradley of 60 Minutes and admitted that he made reckless decisions. Jordan stated: Yeah, I've gotten myself into situations where I would not walk away and I've pushed the envelope. Is that compulsive? Yeah, it depends on how you look at it. If you're willing to jeopardize your livelihood and your family, then yeah. When Bradley asked him if his gambling ever got to the level where it jeopardized his livelihood or family, Jordan replied: "No."[115] In 2010, Ron Shelton, director of Jordan Rides the Bus, said that he began working on the documentary believing that the NBA had suspended him, but that research "convinced [him it] was nonsense".[114] First retirement and stint in Minor League Baseball (1993–1995) Baseball player On October 6, 1993, Jordan announced his retirement, saying that he lost his desire to play basketball. Jordan later said that the murder of his father three months earlier helped shape his decision.[116] James R. Jordan Sr. was murdered on July 23, 1993, at a highway rest area in Lumberton, North Carolina, by two teenagers, Daniel Green and Larry Martin Demery, who carjacked his Lexus.[117][118] His body, dumped in a South Carolina swamp, was not discovered until August 3.[118] Green and Demery were sentenced to life imprisonment.[119] Jordan was close to his father; as a child, Jordan imitated the way his father stuck out his tongue while absorbed in work. Jordan later adopted it as his own signature, often displaying it as he drove to the basket.[5] In 1996, Jordan founded a Chicago-area Boys & Girls Club and dedicated it to his father.[120][121] In his 1998 autobiography For the Love of the Game, Jordan wrote that he was preparing for retirement as early as the summer of 1992.[122] The added exhaustion due to the "Dream Team" run in the 1992 Summer Olympics solidified Jordan's feelings about the game and his celebrity status. Jordan's announcement sent shock waves throughout the NBA and appeared on the front pages of newspapers around the world.[123] Jordan further surprised the sports world by signing a Minor League Baseball (MiLB) contract with the Chicago White Sox on February 7, 1994.[124] He reported to spring training in Sarasota, Florida, and was assigned to the team's minor league system on March 31.[125] Jordan said that this decision was made to pursue the dream of his late father, who always envisioned his son as a Major League Baseball (MLB) player.[126] The White Sox were owned by Bulls owner Jerry Reinsdorf, who continued to honor Jordan's basketball contract during the years he played baseball.[127] In 1994, Jordan played for the Birmingham Barons, a Double-A minor league affiliate of the Chicago White Sox, batting .202 with three home runs, 51 runs batted in, 30 stolen bases, 114 strikeouts, 51 bases on balls, and 11 errors.[128][129] His strikeout total led the team and his games played tied for the team lead. His 30 stolen bases were second on the team only to Doug Brady.[130] Jordan also appeared for the Scottsdale Scorpions in the 1994 Arizona Fall League, batting .252 against the top prospects in baseball.[125] On November 1, 1994, his No. 23 was retired by the Bulls in a ceremony that included the erection of a permanent sculpture known as The Spirit outside the new United Center.[131][132][133] Return to the NBA (1995) The Bulls went 55–27 in 1993–94 without Jordan in the lineup[68] and lost to the New York Knicks in the second round of the playoffs.[134] The 1994–95 Bulls were a shell of the championship team of just two years earlier. Struggling at mid-season to ensure a spot in the playoffs, Chicago was 31–31 at one point in mid-March;[135] the team received help when Jordan decided to return to the Bulls.[136] In March 1995, Jordan decided to quit baseball because he feared he might become a replacement player during the Major League Baseball strike.[137] On March 18, 1995, Jordan announced his return to the NBA in a two-word press release: "I'm back."[138] The next day, Jordan took to the court with the Bulls to face the Indiana Pacers in Indianapolis, scoring 19 points.[139] The game had the highest Nielsen rating of any regular season NBA game since 1975.[140] Although he could have worn his original number even though the Bulls retired it, Jordan wore No. 45, his baseball number.[139] Despite his 18-month hiatus from the NBA, Jordan played well, making a game-winning jump shot against Atlanta in his fourth game back. He scored 55 points in his next game, against the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden on March 28, 1995.[67] Boosted by Jordan's comeback, the Bulls went 13–4 to make the playoffs and advanced to the Eastern Conference Semifinals against the Orlando Magic.[141] At the end of Game 1, Orlando's Nick Anderson stripped Jordan from behind, leading to the game-winning basket for the Magic; he later commented that Jordan "didn't look like the old Michael Jordan",[142] and said, "No. 45 doesn't explode like No. 23 used to".[143] Jordan responded by scoring 38 points in the next game, which Chicago won. Before the game, Jordan decided that he would immediately resume wearing his former No. 23. The Bulls were fined $25,000 for failing to report the impromptu number change to the NBA.[143] Jordan was fined an additional $5,000 for opting to wear white sneakers when the rest of the Bulls wore black.[144] He averaged 31 ppg in the playoffs, but Orlando won the series in six games.[145] Second three-peat (1996–1998) Jordan was freshly motivated by the playoff defeat, and he trained aggressively for the 1995–96 season.[146] The Bulls were strengthened by the addition of rebound specialist Dennis Rodman, and the team dominated the league, starting the season at 41–3.[147] The Bulls finished with the best regular season record in NBA history, 72–10, a mark broken two decades later by the 2015–16 Golden State Warriors.[148] Jordan led the league in scoring with 30.4 ppg,[149] and he won the league's regular season and All-Star Game MVP awards.[13] In the playoffs, the Bulls lost only three games in four series (Miami Heat 3–0, New York Knicks 4–1, and Orlando Magic 4–0), as they defeated the Seattle SuperSonics 4–2 in the NBA Finals to win their fourth championship.[147] Jordan was named Finals MVP for a record fourth time;[98] he achieved only the second sweep of the MVP awards in the All-Star Game, regular season, and NBA Finals after Willis Reed in the 1969–70 season.[67] Upon winning the championship, his first since his father's murder, Jordan reacted emotionally, clutching the game ball and crying on the locker room floor.[5][99] In the 1996–97 season, the Bulls stood at a 69–11 record but ended the season by losing their final two games to finish the year 69–13, missing out on a second consecutive 70-win season.[150] The Bulls again advanced to the Finals, where they faced the Utah Jazz.[151] That team included Karl Malone, who had beaten Jordan for the NBA MVP award in a tight race (986–957).[152][153][154] The series against the Jazz featured two of the more memorable clutch moments of Jordan's career. He won Game 1 for the Bulls with a buzzer-beating jump shot. In Game 5, with the series tied 2–2, Jordan played despite being feverish and dehydrated from a stomach virus. In what is known as "The Flu Game", Jordan scored 38 points, including the game-winning three-pointer with 25 seconds remaining.[151] The Bulls won 90–88 and went on to win the series in six games.[150] For the fifth time in as many Finals appearances, Jordan received the Finals MVP award.[98] During the 1997 NBA All-Star Game, he posted the first triple-double in All-Star Game history in a victorious effort, but the MVP award went to Glen Rice.[155] The Bulls compiled a 62–20 record in the 1997–98 season.[68] Jordan led the league with 28.7 ppg,[83] securing his fifth regular season MVP award, plus honors for All-NBA First Team, First Defensive Team, and the All-Star Game MVP.[13] The Bulls won the Eastern Conference Championship for a third straight season, including surviving a seven-game series with the Indiana Pacers in the Eastern Conference Finals; it was the first time Jordan had played in a Game 7 since the 1992 Eastern Conference Semifinals with the New York Knicks.[156][157] After winning, they moved on for a rematch with the Jazz in the Finals.[158] The Bulls returned to the Delta Center for Game 6 on June 14, 1998, leading the series 3–2. Jordan executed a series of plays, considered to be one of the greatest clutch performances in NBA Finals history.[159] With 41.9 seconds remaining and the Bulls trailing 86–83, Phil Jackson called a timeout. When play resumed, Jordan received the inbound pass, drove to the basket, and sank a shot over several Jazz defenders, cutting Utah's lead to 86–85.[159] The Jazz brought the ball upcourt and passed the ball to Malone, who was set up in the low post and was being guarded by Rodman. Malone jostled with Rodman and caught the pass, but Jordan cut behind him and stole the ball out of his hands.[159] Jordan then dribbled down the court and paused, eyeing his defender, Jazz guard Bryon Russell. With 10 seconds remaining, Jordan started to dribble right, then crossed over to his left, possibly pushing off Russell, although the officials did not call a foul.[160][161][162][163] With 5.2 seconds left, Jordan made the climactic shot of his Bulls career,[164] a top-key jumper over a stumbling Russell to give Chicago an 87–86 lead. Afterwards, the Jazz' John Stockton narrowly missed a game-winning three-pointer, and the buzzer sounded as Jordan and the Bulls won their sixth NBA championship,[165] achieving a second three-peat in the decade.[166] Once again, Jordan was voted Finals MVP for a record sixth time,[98] having led all scorers by averaging 33.5 ppg, including 45 in the deciding Game 6.[167] The 1998 Finals holds the highest television rating of any Finals series,[168] and Game 6 holds the highest television rating of any game in NBA history.[169] Second retirement (1999–2001) With Phil Jackson's contract expiring, the pending departures of Scottie Pippen and Dennis Rodman looming, and being in the latter stages of an owner-induced lockout of NBA players, Jordan retired for the second time on January 13, 1999.[170][171][172] On January 19, 2000, Jordan returned to the NBA not as a player but as part owner and president of basketball operations for the Washington Wizards.[173] Jordan's responsibilities with the Wizards were comprehensive, as he controlled all aspects of the Wizards' basketball operations, and had the final say in all personnel matters; opinions of Jordan as a basketball executive were mixed.[174][175] He managed to purge the team of several highly paid, unpopular players (like forward Juwan Howard and point guard Rod Strickland)[176][177] but used the first pick in the 2001 NBA draft to select high school student Kwame Brown, who did not live up to expectations and was traded away after four seasons.[174][178] Despite his January 1999 claim that he was "99.9% certain" he would never play another NBA game,[99] Jordan expressed interest in making another comeback in the summer of 2001, this time with his new team.[179][180] Inspired by the NHL comeback of his friend Mario Lemieux the previous winter,[181] Jordan spent much of the spring and summer of 2001 in training, holding several invitation-only camps for NBA players in Chicago.[182] Jordan hired his old Chicago Bulls head coach, Doug Collins, as Washington's coach for the upcoming season, a decision that many saw as foreshadowing another Jordan return.[179][180] Washington Wizards (2001–2003) On September 25, 2001, Jordan announced his return to the NBA to play for the Washington Wizards, indicating his intention to donate his salary as a player to a relief effort for the victims of the September 11 attacks.[183][184] In an injury-plagued 2001–02 season, Jordan led the team in scoring (22.9 ppg), assists (5.2 apg), and steals (1.4 spg),[5] and was an MVP candidate, as he led the Wizards to a winning record and playoff contention;[185][186] Jordan would eventually finish 13th in the MVP ballot.[187] After suffering torn cartilage in his right knee,[188] and subsequent knee soreness,[189] the Wizards missed the playoffs,[190] and Jordan's season ended after only 60 games, the fewest he had played in a regular season since playing 17 games after returning from his first retirement during the 1994–95 season.[48] Jordan started 53 of his 60 games for the season, averaging 24.3 ppg, 5.4 apg, and 6.0 rpg, and shooting 41.9% from the field in his 53 starts. His last seven appearances were in a reserve role, in which he averaged just over 20 minutes per game.[191] The Wizards finished the season with a 37–45 record, an 18-game improvement.[190] Playing in his 14th and final NBA All-Star Game in 2003, Jordan passed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the all-time leading scorer in All-Star Game history, a record since broken by Kobe Bryant and LeBron James.[192][193] That year, Jordan was the only Washington player to play in all 82 games, starting in 67 of them as he came off the bench in 15. Jordan averaged 20.0 ppg, 6.1 rpg, 3.8 assists, and 1.5 spg per game.[5] He also shot 45% from the field, and 82% from the free-throw line.[48] Although Jordan turned 40 during the season, he scored 20 or more points 42 times, 30 or more points nine times, and 40 or more points three times.[67] On February 21, 2003, Jordan became the first 40-year-old to tally 43 points in an NBA game.[194] During his stint with the Wizards, all of Jordan's home games at the MCI Center were sold out and the Wizards were the second most-watched team in the NBA, averaging 20,172 fans a game at home and 19,311 on the road.[195] Jordan's final two seasons did not result in a playoff appearance for the Wizards, and he was often unsatisfied with the play of those around him.[196][197] At several points, Jordan openly criticized his teammates to the media, citing their lack of focus and intensity, notably that of Kwame Brown, the number-one draft pick in the 2001 NBA draft.[196][197] Final retirement (2003) With the recognition that 2002–03 would be Jordan's final season, tributes were paid to him throughout the NBA. In his final game at the United Center in Chicago, which was his old home court, Jordan received a four-minute standing ovation.[198] The Miami Heat retired the No. 23 jersey on April 11, 2003, even though Jordan never played for the team.[199] At the 2003 All-Star Game, Jordan was offered a starting spot from Tracy McGrady and Allen Iverson but refused both;[200] he accepted the spot of Vince Carter.[201] Jordan played in his final NBA game on April 16, 2003, in Philadelphia. After scoring 13 points in the game, Jordan went to the bench with 4 minutes and 13 seconds left in the third quarter and his team trailing the Philadelphia 76ers 75–56. Just after the start of the fourth quarter, the First Union Center crowd began chanting "We want Mike!" After much encouragement from coach Doug Collins, Jordan finally rose from the bench and re-entered the game, replacing Larry Hughes with 2:35 remaining. At 1:45, Jordan was intentionally fouled by the 76ers' Eric Snow, and stepped to the line to make both free throws. After the second foul shot, the 76ers in-bounded the ball to rookie John Salmons, who in turn was intentionally fouled by Bobby Simmons one second later, stopping time so that Jordan could return to the bench. He received a three-minute standing ovation from his teammates, his opponents, the officials, and the crowd of 21,257 fans.[202] National team career Jordan made his debut as a college player for the U.S. national basketball team at the 1983 Pan American Games in Caracas, Venezuela. He led the team in scoring with 17.3 ppg as the U.S., coached by Jack Hartman, won the gold medal.[203][204] The following year, Jordan won another gold medal in the 1984 Summer Olympics. The 1984 U.S. team was coached by Bob Knight and featured young players such as Patrick Ewing, Sam Perkins, Chris Mullin, Steve Alford, and Wayman Tisdale. Jordan led the team in scoring, averaging 17.1 ppg for the tournament.[205] In 1992, Jordan, now an NBA player, was a member of the star-studded squad that was dubbed the "Dream Team", which included Larry Bird and Magic Johnson. The team won two gold medals: the first in the 1992 Tournament of the Americas,[206] and the second in the 1992 Summer Olympics. Jordan was the only player to start all eight games in the Olympics, averaged 14.9 ppg, and finished second on the team in scoring.[207] He was undefeated in the four tournaments he played for the United States national team, and Jordan won all 30 games he took part in.[15] Player profile Jordan was a shooting guard who could also play as a small forward, the position he would primarily play during his second return to professional basketball with the Washington Wizards,[13] and as a point guard.[88] Jordan was known throughout his career as a strong clutch performer. With the Bulls, he decided 25 games with field goals or free throws in the last 30 seconds, including two NBA Finals games and five other playoff contests.[208] His competitiveness was visible in his prolific trash talk and well-known work ethic.[209][210][211] Jordan often used perceived slights to fuel his performances. Sportswriter Wright Thompson described him as "a killer, in the Darwinian sense of the word, immediately sensing and attacking someone's weakest spot".[3] As the Bulls organization built the franchise around Jordan, management had to trade away players who were not "tough enough" to compete with him in practice. To improve his defense, Jordan spent hours studying film of opponents. On offense, he relied more upon instinct and improvization.[212] Noted as a durable player, Jordan did not miss four or more games while active for a full season from 1986–87 to 2001–02, when he injured his right knee.[13][213] Of the 15 seasons Jordan was in the NBA, he played all 82 regular season games nine times.[13] Jordan has frequently cited David Thompson, Walter Davis, and Jerry West as influences.[214][215] Confirmed at the start of his career, and possibly later on, Jordan had a special "Love of the Game Clause" written into his contract, which was unusual at the time, and allowed him to play basketball against anyone at any time, anywhere.[216] Jordan had a versatile offensive game and was capable of aggressively driving to the basket as well as drawing fouls from his opponents at a high rate. His 8,772 free throw attempts are the 11th-highest total in NBA history.[217] Early in Jordan's career, he weighed in at around 200 pounds (91 kg) and was more athletic in terms of play style.[218] As his career progressed, Jordan also developed the ability to post up his opponents and score with his trademark fadeaway jump shot, using his leaping ability to avoid block attempts. According to Hubie Brown, this move alone made Jordan nearly unstoppable.[219] Around this time, he bulked up to 215 pounds (98 kg) in order to adapt to the increased physicality of NBA defenses during the 1990s, sacrificing some athleticism for added strength in the post.[218] Despite media criticism by some as a selfish player early in his career, Jordan was willing to defer to this teammates, with a career average of 5.3 apg and a season-high of 8.0 apg.[48] For a guard, Jordan was also a good rebounder, finishing with 6.2 rpg. Defensively, he averaged 2.3 spg and 0.8 bpg.[48] The three-point field goal was not Jordan's strength, especially in his early years. Later on in his career, Jordan improved his three-point shooting, and finished his career with a respectable 32% success rate.[48] His three-point field-goal percentages ranged from 35% to 43% in seasons where Jordan attempted at least 230 three-pointers between 1989–90 and 1996–97.[13] His effective field goal percentage was 50%, and he had six seasons with at least 50% shooting, five of which consecutively (1988–1992); Jordan also shot 51% and 50%, and 30% and 33% from the three-point range, throughout his first and second retirements, respectively, finishing his Bulls career with 31.5 points per game on 50.5 FG% shooting and his overall career with 49.7 FG% shooting.[13] Unlike NBA players often compared to Jordan, such as Kobe Bryant and LeBron James, who had a similar three-point percentage, he did not shoot as many threes as they did, as Jordan did not need to rely on the three-pointer to be effective on offense. Three-point shooting was only introduced in 1979 and would not be a more fundamental aspect of the game until the first decades of the 21st century,[220] with the NBA having to briefly shorten the line to incentivize more shots.[221] Jordan's three-point shooting was better selected, resulting in three-point field goals made in important games during the playoffs and the Finals, such as hitting six consecutive three-point shots in Game 1 of the 1992 NBA Finals. Jordan shot 37%, 35%, 42%, and 37% in all the seasons he shot over 200 three-pointers, and also shot 38.5%, 38.6%, 38.9%, 40.3%, 19.4%, and 30.2% in the playoffs during his championship runs, improving his shooting even after the three-point line reverted to the original line.[222][223][224] In 1988, Jordan was honored with the NBA Defensive Player of the Year and the Most Valuable Player awards, becoming the first NBA player to win both awards in a career let alone season. He also set both seasonal and career records for blocked shots by a guard,[225] and combined this with his ball-thieving ability to become a standout defensive player. Jordan ranks fourth in NBA history in total steals with 2,514, trailing John Stockton, Jason Kidd and Chris Paul.[226] Jerry West often stated that he was more impressed with Jordan's defensive contributions than his offensive ones.[227] Doc Rivers declared Jordan "the best superstar defender in the history of the game".[228] Jordan was known to have strong eyesight. Broadcaster Al Michaels said that Jordan was able to read baseball box scores on a 27-inch (69 cm) television clearly from about 50 feet (15 m) away.[229] During the 2001 NBA Finals, Phil Jackson compared Jordan's dominance to Shaquille O'Neal, stating: "Michael would get fouled on every play and still have to play through it and just clear himself for shots instead and would rise to that occasion."[230] Legacy Jordan's talent was clear from his first NBA season; by November 1984, he was being compared to Julius Erving.[62][64] Larry Bird said that rookie Jordan was the best player he ever saw, and that Jordan was "one of a kind", and comparable to Wayne Gretzky as an athlete.[231] In his first game in Madison Square Garden against the New York Knicks, Jordan received a near minute-long standing ovation.[64] After Jordan established the single game playoff record of 63 points against the Boston Celtics on April 20, 1986, Bird described him as "God disguised as Michael Jordan".[77] Jordan led the NBA in scoring in 10 seasons (NBA record) and tied Wilt Chamberlain's record of seven consecutive scoring titles.[5] Jordan was a fixture of the NBA All-Defensive First Team, making the roster nine times (NBA record shared with Gary Payton, Kevin Garnett, and Kobe Bryant).[232] He also holds the top career regular season and playoff scoring averages of 30.1 and 33.4 ppg, respectively.[16][233] By 1998, the season of his Finals-winning shot against the Jazz, he was well known throughout the league as a clutch performer. In the regular season, Jordan was the Bulls' primary threat in the final seconds of a close game and in the playoffs; he would always ask for the ball at crunch time.[234] Jordan's total of 5,987 points in the playoffs is the second-highest among NBA career playoff scoring leaders.[235] He scored 32,292 points in the regular season,[236] placing him fifth on the NBA all-time scoring list behind LeBron James, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Karl Malone, and Bryant.[236] With five regular season MVPs (tied for second place with Bill Russell—only Abdul-Jabbar has won more, with six), six Finals MVPs (NBA record), and three NBA All-Star Game MVPs, Jordan is the most decorated player in NBA history.[13][237] He finished among the top three in regular season MVP voting 10 times.[13] Jordan was named one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History in 1996,[238] and selected to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team in 2021.[23] He is one of only seven players in history to win an NCAA championship, an NBA championship, and an Olympic gold medal (doing so twice with the 1984 and 1992 U.S. men's basketball teams).[239] Since 1976, the year of the ABA–NBA merger,[240] Jordan and Pippen are the only two players to win six NBA Finals playing for one team.[241] In the All-Star Game fan ballot, Jordan received the most votes nine times, more than any other player.[242] Many of Jordan's contemporaries have said that he is the greatest basketball player of all time.[227] In 1999, an ESPN survey of journalists, athletes and other sports figures ranked Jordan the greatest North American athlete of the 20th century.[243] Jordan placed second to Babe Ruth in the Associated Press' December 1999 list of 20th century athletes.[244] The Associated Press also voted Jordan the greatest basketball player of the 20th century.[245] He has also appeared on the front cover of Sports Illustrated a record 50 times.[246] In the September 1996 issue of Sport, which was the publication's 50th-anniversary issue, Jordan was named the greatest athlete of the past 50 years.[247] Jordan's athletic leaping ability, highlighted in his back-to-back Slam Dunk Contest championships in 1987 and 1988, is credited by many people with having influenced a generation of young players.[248][249] Several NBA players, including James and Dwyane Wade, have stated that they considered Jordan as their role model while they were growing up.[250][251] Commentators have also dubbed a number of next-generation players "the next Michael Jordan" upon their entry to the NBA, including Penny Hardaway, Grant Hill, Allen Iverson, Bryant, Vince Carter, James, and Wade.[252][253][254] Some analysts, such as The Ringer's Dan Devine, drew parallels between Jordan's experiment at point guard in the 1988–89 season and the modern NBA; for Devine, it "inadvertently foreshadowed the modern game's stylistic shift toward monster-usage primary playmakers", such as Russell Westbrook, James Harden, Luka Dončić, and James.[255] Don Nelson stated: "I would've been playing him at point guard the day he showed up as a rookie."[256] Although Jordan was a well-rounded player, his "Air Jordan" image is also often credited with inadvertently decreasing the jump shooting skills, defense, and fundamentals of young players,[248] a fact Jordan himself has lamented, saying: "I think it was the exposure of Michael Jordan; the marketing of Michael Jordan. Everything was marketed towards the things that people wanted to see, which was scoring and dunking. That Michael Jordan still played defense and an all-around game, but it was never really publicized."[248] During his heyday, Jordan did much to increase the status of the game; television ratings increased only during his time in the league.[257] The popularity of the NBA in the U.S. declined after his last title.[257] As late as 2022, NBA Finals television ratings had not returned to the level reached during his last championship-winning season.[258] In August 2009, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts, opened a Michael Jordan exhibit that contained items from his college and NBA careers as well as from the 1992 "Dream Team"; the exhibit also has a batting baseball glove to signify Jordan's short career in the Minor League Baseball.[259] After Jordan received word of his acceptance into the Hall of Fame, he selected Class of 1996 member David Thompson to present him.[260] As Jordan would later explain during his induction speech in September 2009, he was not a fan of the Tar Heels when growing up in North Carolina but greatly admired Thompson, who played for the rival NC State Wolfpack. In September, Jordan was inducted into the Hall with several former Bulls teammates in attendance, including Scottie Pippen, Dennis Rodman, Charles Oakley, Ron Harper, Steve Kerr, and Toni Kukoč.[17] Dean Smith and Doug Collins, two of Jordan's former coaches, were also among those present. His emotional reaction during his speech when Jordan began to cry was captured by Associated Press photographer Stephan Savoia and would later go viral on social media as the "Crying Jordan" Internet meme.[261][262] In 2016, President Barack Obama honored Jordan with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.[27] In October 2021, he was named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team.[23] In September 2022, Jordan's jersey in which he played the opening game of the 1998 NBA Finals was sold for $10.1 million, making it the most expensive game-worn sports memorabilia in history.[263] In December 2022, the NBA unveiled a new MVP trophy, named in Jordan's honor, to be awarded beginning with the 2022–23 season, which replaced the original trophy, named in honor of former NBA commissioner Maurice Podoloff.[264][265] NBA career statistics Legend GP Games played GS Games started MPG Minutes per game FG% Field goal percentage 3P% 3-point field goal percentage FT% Free throw percentage RPG Rebounds per game APG Assists per game SPG Steals per game BPG Blocks per game PPG Points per game Bold Career high † Won an NBA championship * Led the league ‡ NBA record Regular season Michael Jordan regular season statistics[13] Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG 1984–85 Chicago 82* 82* 38.3 .515 .173 .845 6.5 5.9 2.4 .8 28.2 1985–86 Chicago 18 7 25.1 .457 .167 .840 3.6 2.9 2.1 1.2 22.7 1986–87 Chicago 82* 82* 40.0 .482 .182 .857 5.2 4.6 2.9 1.5 37.1* 1987–88 Chicago 82 82* 40.4* .535 .132 .841 5.5 5.9 3.2* 1.6 35.0* 1988–89 Chicago 81 81 40.2* .538 .276 .850 8.0 8.0 2.9 .8 32.5* 1989–90 Chicago 82* 82* 39.0 .526 .376 .848 6.9 6.3 2.8* .7 33.6* 1990–91† Chicago 82* 82* 37.0 .539 .312 .851 6.0 5.5 2.7 1.0 31.5* 1991–92† Chicago 80 80 38.8 .519 .270 .832 6.4 6.1 2.3 .9 30.1* 1992–93† Chicago 78 78 39.3 .495 .352 .837 6.7 5.5 2.8* .8 32.6* 1994–95 Chicago 17 17 39.3 .411 .500 .801 6.9 5.3 1.8 .8 26.9 1995–96† Chicago 82 82* 37.7 .495 .427 .834 6.6 4.3 2.2 .5 30.4* 1996–97† Chicago 82 82* 37.9 .486 .374 .833 5.9 4.3 1.7 .5 29.6* 1997–98† Chicago 82* 82* 38.8 .465 .238 .784 5.8 3.5 1.7 .5 28.7* 2001–02 Washington 60 53 34.9 .416 .189 .790 5.7 5.2 1.4 .4 22.9 2002–03 Washington 82 67 37.0 .445 .291 .821 6.1 3.8 1.5 .5 20.0 Career 1,072 1,039 38.3 .497 .327 .835 6.2 5.3 2.3 .8 30.1‡ All-Star 13 13 29.4 .472 .273 .750 4.7 4.2 2.8 .5 20.2 Playoffs Michael Jordan playoff statistics[13][266] Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG 1985 Chicago 4 4 42.8 .436 .125 .828 5.8 8.5 2.8 1.0 29.3 1986 Chicago 3 3 45.0 .505 1.000 .872 6.3 5.7 2.3 1.3 43.7‡ 1987 Chicago 3 3 42.7 .417 .400 .897 7.0 6.0 2.0 2.3 35.7 1988 Chicago 10 10 42.7 .531 .333 .869 7.1 4.7 2.4 1.1 36.3 1989 Chicago 17 17 42.2 .510 .286 .799 7.0 7.6 2.5 .8 34.8 1990 Chicago 16 16 42.1 .514 .320 .836 7.2 6.8 2.8 .9 36.7 1991† Chicago 17 17 40.5 .524 .385 .845 6.4 8.4 2.4 1.4 31.1 1992† Chicago 22 22 41.8 .499 .386 .857 6.2 5.8 2.0 .7 34.5 1993† Chicago 19 19 41.2 .475 .389 .805 6.7 6.0 2.1 .9 35.1 1995 Chicago 10 10 42.0 .484 .367 .810 6.5 4.5 2.3 1.4 31.5 1996† Chicago 18 18 40.7 .459 .403 .818 4.9 4.1 1.8 .3 30.7 1997† Chicago 19 19 42.3 .456 .194 .831 7.9 4.8 1.6 .9 31.1 1998† Chicago 21 21 41.5 .462 .302 .812 5.1 3.5 1.5 .6 32.4 Career 179 179 41.8 .487 .332 .828 6.4 5.7 2.1 .8 33.4‡ Awards and honors NBA Six-time NBA champion – 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998[5] Six-time NBA Finals MVP – 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998[13] Five-time NBA MVP – 1988, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1998[5] NBA Defensive Player of the Year – 1987–88[267] NBA Rookie of the Year – 1984–85[5] 10-time NBA scoring leader – 1987–1993, 1996–1998[13] Three-time NBA steals leader – 1988, 1990, 1993[13] 14-time NBA All-Star – 1985–1993, 1996–1998, 2002, 2003[13] Three-time NBA All-Star Game MVP – 1988, 1996, 1998[13] 10-time All-NBA First Team – 1987–1993, 1996–1998[5] One-time All-NBA Second Team – 1985[5] Nine-time NBA All-Defensive First Team – 1988–1993, 1996–1998[5] NBA All-Rookie First Team – 1985[13] Two-time NBA Slam Dunk Contest champion – 1987, 1988[5] Two-time IBM Award winner – 1985, 1989[267] Named one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History in 1996[5] Selected on the NBA 75th Anniversary Team in 2021[23] No. 23 retired by the Chicago Bulls[268] No. 23 retired by the Miami Heat[268] Chicago Bulls Ring of Honor[269] NBA MVP trophy renamed in Jordan's honor ("Michael Jordan Trophy") in 2022[265] USA Basketball Two-time Olympic gold medal winner – 1984, 1992[5] Tournament of the Americas gold medal winner – 1992[270] Pan American Games gold medal winner – 1983[271] Two-time USA Basketball Male Athlete of the Year – 1983, 1984 NCAA NCAA national championship – 1981–82[267] ACC Rookie of the Year – 1981–82[272] Two-time Consensus NCAA All-American First Team – 1982–83, 1983–84[272] ACC Men's Basketball Player of the Year – 1983–84[272] ACC Athlete of the Year – 1984[273] USBWA College Player of the Year – 1983–84[274] Naismith College Player of the Year – 1983–84[5] Adolph Rupp Trophy – 1983–84[275] John R. Wooden Award – 1983–84[5] Two-time Sporting News National Player of the Year (1983, 1984)[276] No. 23 retired by the North Carolina Tar Heels[277] High school McDonald's All-American – 1981[38] Parade All-American First Team – 1981[278] Halls of Fame Two-time Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductee: Class of 2009 – individual[17] Class of 2010 – as a member of the "Dream Team"[18] United States Olympic Hall of Fame – Class of 2009 (as a member of the "Dream Team")[19] North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame – Class of 2010[20] Two-time FIBA Hall of Fame inductee: Class of 2015 – individual[21] Class of 2017 – as a member of the "Dream Team"[22] Media Three-time Associated Press Athlete of the Year – 1991, 1992, 1993[279] Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year – 1991[280] Ranked No. 1 by Slam magazine's "Top 50 Players of All-Time"[281] Ranked No. 1 by ESPN SportsCentury's "Top North American Athletes of the 20th Century"[243] 10-time ESPY Award winner (in various categories)[282] 1997 Marca Leyenda winner[283] National 2016 Presidential Medal of Freedom[27] State/local Statue inside the United Center[284] Section of Madison Street in Chicago renamed Michael Jordan Drive – 1994[285] Post-retirement After his third retirement, Jordan assumed that he would be able to return to his front office position as Director of Basketball Operations with the Wizards.[286] Jordan's previous tenure had produced mixed results and may have also influenced the trade of Richard "Rip" Hamilton for Jerry Stackhouse, although Jordan was not technically Director of Basketball Operations in 2002.[174] On May 7, 2003, Wizards owner Abe Pollin fired Jordan from the role.[174] Jordan later stated that he felt betrayed, and that if he had known he would be fired upon retiring, he never would have come back to play for the Wizards.[115] Over the next few years, Jordan played golf in celebrity charity tournaments and spent time with his family in Chicago. He also promoted his Jordan Brand clothing line and rode motorcycles.[287] Since 2004, Jordan has owned Michael Jordan Motorsports, a professional closed-course motorcycle road racing team that competed with two Suzukis in the premier Superbike championship sanctioned by the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) until the end of the 2013 season.[288][289] Charlotte Bobcats/Hornets On June 15, 2006, Jordan bought a minority stake in the Charlotte Bobcats (known as the Hornets since 2013), becoming the team's second-largest shareholder behind majority owner Robert L. Johnson. As part of the deal, Jordan took full control over the basketball side of the operation, with the title Managing Member of Basketball Operations.[290][291] Despite his previous success as an endorser, Jordan made an effort not to be included in Charlotte's marketing campaigns.[292] A decade earlier, he had made a bid to become part-owner of Charlotte's original NBA team, the Charlotte Hornets, but talks collapsed when owner George Shinn refused to give Jordan complete control of basketball operations.[293] In February 2010, it was reported that Jordan was seeking majority ownership of the Bobcats.[294] As February wore on, it became apparent that Jordan and former Houston Rockets president George Postolos were the leading contenders for ownership of the team. On February 27, the Bobcats announced that Johnson had reached an agreement with Jordan and his group, MJ Basketball Holdings, to buy the team from Johnson pending NBA approval.[295] On March 17, the NBA Board of Governors unanimously approved Jordan's purchase, making him the first former player to become the majority owner of an NBA team,[296] and the league's only African-American majority owner.[297] During the 2011 NBA lockout, The New York Times wrote that Jordan led a group of 10 to 14 hardline owners who wanted to cap the players' share of basketball-related income at 50 percent and as low as 47. Journalists observed that, during the labor dispute in 1998, Jordan told Washington Wizards then-owner Abe Pollin: "If you can't make a profit, you should sell your team."[298] Jason Whitlock of FoxSports.com called Jordan "a hypocrite sellout who can easily betray the very people who made him a billionaire global icon" for wanting "current players to pay for his incompetence".[299] He cited Jordan's executive decisions to draft disappointing players Kwame Brown and Adam Morrison.[299] During the 2011–12 NBA season that was shortened to 66 games by the lockout, the Bobcats posted a 7–59 record. The team closed out the season with a 23-game losing streak; their .106 winning percentage was the worst in NBA history.[300] Before the next season, Jordan said: "I'm not real happy about the record book scenario last year. It's very, very frustrating."[301] During the 2019 NBA offseason, Jordan sold a minority piece of the Hornets to Gabe Plotkin and Daniel Sundheim, retaining the majority for himself,[302] as well as the role of chairman.[303] In 2023, Jordan finalized the sale of his majority stake to Gabe Plotkin and Rick Schnall, ending his 13-year tenure as majority owner, although he kept a minority stake.[304] The sale was officially completed in August 2023 for approximately $3 billion, more than 10 times the $275 million Jordan had paid for the team.[305] 23XI Racing On September 21, 2020, Jordan and NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin announced they would be fielding a NASCAR Cup Series team with Bubba Wallace driving, beginning competition in the 2021 season.[306] On October 22, the team's name was confirmed to be 23XI Racing (pronounced twenty-three eleven) and the team's entry would bear No. 23.[307] After the team's inaugural season, it added a second car with No. 45, driven by Kurt Busch in 2022 and Tyler Reddick in 2023.[308][309] Ty Gibbs, John Hunter Nemechek, and Daniel Hemric also drove for 23XI as substitute drivers during the 2022 season.[310][311][312] The team fielded a third car, No. 67, driven by Travis Pastrana in the 2023 Daytona 500.[313] 23XI Racing has won six races, two by Wallace, three by Reddick, and one by Busch.[314][315][316][317] Personal life Jordan married Juanita Vanoy at A Little White Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas on September 2, 1989.[318][319] They had three children: Jeffrey, Marcus, and Jasmine.[320] The Jordans filed for divorce on January 4, 2002, citing irreconcilable differences, but reconciled shortly thereafter. They again filed for divorce and were granted a final decree of dissolution of marriage on December 29, 2006, commenting that the decision was made "mutually and amicably".[321][322] It is reported that Juanita received a $168 million settlement (equivalent to $254 million in 2023), making it the largest celebrity divorce settlement on public record at the time.[323][324] In 1991, Jordan purchased a lot in Highland Park, Illinois, where he planned to build a 56,000-square-foot (5,200 m2) mansion. It was completed in 1995. Jordan listed the mansion for sale in 2012.[325] He also owns homes in North Carolina and Jupiter Island, Florida.[326] On July 21, 2006, a judge in Cook County, Illinois, determined that Jordan did not owe his alleged former lover Karla Knafel $5 million in a breach of contract claim.[327] Jordan had allegedly paid Knafel $250,000 to keep their relationship a secret.[328][329][330] Knafel claimed Jordan promised her $5 million for remaining silent and agreeing not to file a paternity suit after Knafel learned she was pregnant in 1991; a DNA test showed that Jordan was not the father of the child.[327] Jordan proposed to his longtime girlfriend, Cuban-American model Yvette Prieto, on Christmas 2011,[331] and they were married on April 27, 2013, at Bethesda-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church.[332][333] It was announced on November 30, 2013, that the two were expecting their first child together.[334][335] On February 11, 2014, Prieto gave birth to identical twin daughters named Victoria and Ysabel.[336] In 2019, Jordan became a grandfather when his daughter Jasmine gave birth to a son, whose father is professional basketball player Rakeem Christmas.[337] Media figure and business interests Endorsements Jordan is one of the most marketed sports figures in history. He has been a major spokesman for such brands as Nike, Coca-Cola, Chevrolet, Gatorade, McDonald's, Ball Park Franks, Rayovac, Wheaties, Hanes, and MCI.[338] Jordan has had a long relationship with Gatorade, appearing in over 20 commercials for the company since 1991, including the "Be Like Mike" commercials in which a song was sung by children wishing to be like Jordan.[338][339] Nike created a signature shoe for Jordan, called the Air Jordan, in 1984.[340] One of his more popular commercials for the shoe involved Spike Lee playing the part of Mars Blackmon. In the commercials, Lee, as Blackmon, attempted to find the source of Jordan's abilities and became convinced that "it's gotta be the shoes".[338] The hype and demand for the shoes even brought on a spate of "shoe-jackings", in which people were robbed of their sneakers at gunpoint. Subsequently, Nike spun off the Jordan line into its own division named the "Jordan Brand". The company features a list of athletes and celebrities as endorsers.[341][342] The brand has also sponsored college sports programs such as those of North Carolina, UCLA, California, Oklahoma, Florida, Georgetown, and Marquette.[343][344] Jordan also has been associated with the Looney Tunes cartoon characters. A Nike commercial shown during 1992's Super Bowl XXVI featured Jordan and Bugs Bunny playing basketball.[345] The Super Bowl commercial inspired the 1996 live action/animated film Space Jam, which starred Jordan and Bugs in a fictional story set during the former's first retirement from basketball.[346] They have subsequently appeared together in several commercials for MCI.[346] Jordan also made an appearance in the music video for Michael Jackson's "Jam" (1992).[347] Since 2008, Jordan's yearly income from endorsements is estimated to be over $40 million.[348][349] In addition, when his power at the ticket gates was at its highest point, the Bulls regularly sold out both their home and road games.[350] Due to this, Jordan set records in player salary by signing annual contracts worth in excess of US$30 million per season.[351] An academic study found that his first NBA comeback resulted in an increase in the market capitalization of his client firms of more than $1 billion.[352] Most of Jordan's endorsement deals, including his first deal with Nike, were engineered by his agent, David Falk.[353] Jordan has described Falk as "the best at what he does" and that "marketing-wise, he's great. He's the one who came up with the concept of 'Air Jordan'."[354] Business ventures In June 2010, Jordan was ranked by Forbes as the 20th-most-powerful celebrity in the world, with $55 million earned between June 2009 and June 2010. According to Forbes, Jordan Brand generates $1 billion in sales for Nike.[355] In June 2014, Jordan was named the first NBA player to become a billionaire, after he increased his stake in the Charlotte Hornets from 80% to 89.5%.[356][357] On January 20, 2015, Jordan was honored with the Charlotte Business Journal's Business Person of the Year for 2014.[358] In 2017, he became a part owner of the Miami Marlins of Major League Baseball.[359] Forbes designated Jordan as the athlete with the highest career earnings in 2017.[360] From his Jordan Brand income and endorsements, Jordan's 2015 income was an estimated $110 million, the most of any retired athlete.[361] As of 2024 , his net worth is estimated at $3.2 billion by Forbes,[28] making him the fifth-richest African-American, behind Robert F. Smith, David Steward, Oprah Winfrey, and Rihanna.[362] Jordan co-owns an automotive group which bears his name. The company has a Nissan dealership in Durham, North Carolina, acquired in 1990,[363] and formerly had a Lincoln–Mercury dealership from 1995 until its closure in June 2009.[364][365] The company also owned a Nissan franchise in Glen Burnie, Maryland.[364] The restaurant industry is another business interest of Jordan's. Restaurants he has owned include a steakhouse in New York City's Grand Central Terminal, among others;[366] that restaurant closed in 2018.[367] Jordan is the majority investor in a golf course, Grove XXIII in Hobe Sound, Florida.[368] In September 2020, Jordan became an investor and advisor for DraftKings.[369] Philanthropy From 2001 to 2014, Jordan hosted an annual golf tournament, the Michael Jordan Celebrity Invitational, that raised money for various charities.[370] In 2006, Jordan and his wife Juanita pledged $5 million to Chicago's Hales Franciscan High School.[371] The Jordan Brand has made donations to Habitat for Humanity and a Louisiana branch of the Boys & Girls Clubs of America.[372] The Make-A-Wish Foundation named Jordan its Chief Wish Ambassador in 2008.[370] In 2013, he granted his 200th wish for the organization.[373] As of 2019, Jordan has raised more than $5 million for the Make-A-Wish Foundation.[370] In 2023, he donated $10 million to the organization for his 60th birthday.[374] In 2015, Jordan donated a settlement of undisclosed size from a lawsuit against supermarkets that had used his name without permission to 23 different Chicago charities.[375] In 2017, Jordan funded two Novant Health Michael Jordan Family Clinics in Charlotte, North Carolina, by giving $7 million, the biggest donation he had made at the time.[376] The following year, after Hurricane Florence damaged parts of North Carolina, including his former hometown of Wilmington, Jordan donated $2 million to relief efforts.[377] He gave $1 million to aid the Bahamas' recovery following Hurricane Dorian in 2019.[378] On June 5, 2020, in the wake of the protests following the murder of George Floyd, Jordan and his brand announced in a joint statement that they would be donating $100 million over the next 10 years to organizations dedicated to "ensuring racial equality, social justice and greater access to education".[379] In February 2021, Jordan funded two Novant Health Michael Jordan Family Clinics in New Hanover County, North Carolina, by giving $10 million.[380][381] In 2024, he funded the opening of another Novant Health Clinic, this time in Wilmington.[382] Film and television Jordan played himself in the 1996 comedy film Space Jam. The film received mixed reviews,[383] but it was a box office success, making $230 million worldwide, and earned more than $1 billion through merchandise sales.[384] In 2000, Jordan was the subject of an IMAX documentary about his career with the Chicago Bulls, especially the 1998 NBA playoffs, titled Michael Jordan to the Max.[385] Two decades later, the same period of Jordan's life was covered in much greater and more personal detail by the Emmy Award-winning The Last Dance, a 10-part TV documentary which debuted on ESPN in April and May 2020. The Last Dance relied heavily on about 500 hours of candid film of Jordan's and his teammates' off-court activities which an NBA Entertainment crew had shot over the course of the 1997–98 NBA season for use in a documentary. The project was delayed for many years because Jordan had not yet given his permission for the footage to be used.[386][387] Jordan was interviewed at three homes associated with the production and did not want cameras in his home or on his plane, as according to director Jason Hehir "there are certain aspects of his life that he wants to keep private".[388] Jordan granted rapper Travis Scott permission to film a music video for his single "Franchise" at his home in Highland Park, Illinois.[389] Jordan appeared in the 2022 miniseries The Captain, which follows the life and career of Derek Jeter.[390] Books Jordan has authored several books focusing on his life, basketball career, and world view. Rare Air: Michael on Michael, with Mark Vancil and Walter Iooss (Harper San Francisco, 1993).[391][392] I Can't Accept Not Trying: Michael Jordan on the Pursuit of Excellence, with Mark Vancil and Sandro Miller (Harper San Francisco, 1994).[393] For the Love of the Game: My Story, with Mark Vancil (Crown Publishers, 1998).[394] Driven from Within, with Mark Vancil (Atria Books, 2005).[395] See also Forbes' list of the world's highest-paid athletes List of athletes who came out of retirement List of NBA teams by single season win percentage Michael Jordan's Restaurant Michael Jordan: Chaos in the Windy City Michael Jordan in Flight NBA 2K11 NBA 2K12 Notes References Sources External videos Discussion with Halberstam on Playing for Keeps: Michael Jordan and the World He Made, February 22, 1999, C-SPAN Condor, Bob (1998). Michael Jordan's 50 Greatest Games. Carol Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-8065-2030-8. Halberstam, David (2000). Playing for Keeps: Michael Jordan and the World He Made. Broadway Books. ISBN 978-0-7679-0444-5. Jordan, Michael (1998). For the Love of the Game: My Story. New York City: Crown Publishers. ISBN 978-0-609-60206-5. Kotler, Philip; Rein, Irving J.; Shields, Ben (2006). The Elusive Fan: Reinventing Sports in a Crowded Marketplace. The McGraw-Hill Companies. ISBN 978-0-07-149114-3. Kruger, Mitchell (2003). One Last Shot: The Story of Michael Jordan's Comeback. New York City: St. Martin's Paperbacks. ISBN 978-0-312-99223-1. Lazenby, Roland (2014). Michael Jordan: The Life. New York City: Little, Brown and Company. ISBN 978-0-316-19477-8. LaFeber, Walter (2002). Michael Jordan and the New Global Capitalism. W. W. Norton. ISBN 978-0-393-32369-6. Markovits, Andrei S.; Rensman, Lars (June 3, 2010). Gaming the World: How Sports are Reshaping Global Politics and Culture. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-13751-3. Porter, David L. (2007). Michael Jordan: A Biography. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-313-33767-3. The Sporting News Official NBA Register 1994–95 (1994). The Sporting News. ISBN 978-0-89204-501-3. Further reading Leahy, Michael (2004). When Nothing Else Matters: Michael Jordan's Last Comeback. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-7432-7648-1. McGovern, Mike (2005). Michael Jordan: Basketball Player. Ferguson. ISBN 978-0-8160-5876-1. Michael Jordan on X Career statistics and player information from NBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com Michael Jordan at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Michael Jordan at Curlie
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Widely considered the greatest basketball player in history he has parlayed an incredible college and professional career with the North Carolina Tar Heels and the Chicago Bulls into a position as an...	en	/skins-ucp/mw139/common/favicon.ico	Space Jam Wiki	https://space-jam.fandom.com/wiki/Michael_Jordan	Gender Male Birthday February 17, 1963 Age 59 Team Tune Squad. Lakers Michael Jordan, who appears as himself, makes his motion-picture feature debut with "Space Jam." Widely considered the greatest basketball player in history he has parlayed an incredible college and professional career with the North Carolina Tar Heels and the Chicago Bulls into a position as an American icon and one of the most recognized personalities, sports or otherwise, in the world. Jordan's list of basketball accomplishments is unparalleled in the history of the sport: member of North Carolina's NCAA championship team in 1982 and Atlantic Coast Rookie of the Year; NCAA player of the year and All-American in 1983 and 1984; co-captain of the United States' gold medal-winning team in the 1984 Olympic games; NBA Rookie of the Year and scoring leader in 1985; NBA's Most Valuable Player in 1988, 1991, 1992 and 1995; second NBA player in history to score more than 3,000 points in a season; member of 10 NBA All-Star teams; NBA's scoring leader for eight seasons, seven consecutively; holder of the league's best career scoring average -- 32.3 points per game; member of the "Dream Team" that won the 1992 Olympic gold medal; earned NBA Finals' MVP honors in each of the Bulls' championship seasons: 1991-93, 1996-1998; named to the NBA All-Defensive team seven times; voted 1988 NBA Defensive player of the Year; selected for the All-NBA first team eight times; named NBA ALL-Star Game MVP in 1988, 1996; and scored NBA playoff record 63 points vs. Boston in 1986. Jordan retired from professional basketball shortly after his Fathers' death in 1993 to concentrate on a career in professional baseball. After playing one season with the Chicago White Sox AA affiliate, the Birmingham Barons, Jordan rejoined the Chicago Bulls and, in the 1995-96 season, led his team to another three NBA championships, won the league's scoring title, and was again named Most Valuable Player of the Year and of the NBA All-Star Game. Jordan retired for a second time in 1999, but returned for two more NBA seasons from 2001 to 2003 as a member of the Washington Wizards. Biography[] Michael Jeffrey Jordan was born in Brooklyn, New York on February 17, 1963. He was the fourth of five children born to James and Deloris. James Jordan was a mechanic and Deloris Jordan was a bank teller. Soon after Michael's birth, James and Deloris felt that the streets of Brooklyn were unsafe to raise a family, so they relocated to Wilmington, North Carolina. As a youngster, Michael immediately became interested in sports. However, it was baseball not basketball that was his first love. He would play catch in the yard with his father, who loved baseball. He soon started to play basketball to try and follow in the footsteps of his older brother, Larry, whom he idolized growing up. At Laney High School, as a sophomore, he decided to try out for the varsity team but was cut because he was raw and undersized. The following spring, he grew four inches and practiced tirelessly. The hard work paid off as he averaged 25 points per game in his last two years and was selected to the McDonald's All-American Team as a senior. Following high school, he earned a basketball scholarship from North Carolina University where he would play under legendary coach Dean Smith. In his first year, he was named ACC Freshman of the Year. He would help lead the Tarheels to the 1982 NCAA Championship, making the game-winning shot. After winning the Naismith College Player of the Year award in 1984, Jordan decided to leave North Carolina to enter the NBA draft. Although he decided to leave college early, he would later return to the university in 1986 to complete his degree in geography. In the 1984 NBA draft, he was selected with the third overall pick by the Chicago Bulls. As a rookie for the Bulls, he made an immediate impact, averaging an amazing 28.2 points a game, including six games where he scored 40+ points. He was selected to the NBA All-Star Game and named Rookie of the Year. This would just be the beginning of a career filled with awards and accolades. In the upcoming years, he would go on to win five regular season MVP awards, six NBA championships, six NBA finals MVP awards, three All-Star game MVP awards, and a defensive player of the year award. In 1993, tragedy struck Jordan's seemingly perfect life. On July 23, 1993, his father, James, was murdered off Interstate 95 in North Carolina. Two locals had robbed him, shot him in the chest and threw his body in a swamp. Three months later on October 6, 1993, following a run of three consecutive NBA championships, Jordan announced his retirement from basketball citing that "he no longer had the desire to play." Now "retired" at age 30, it was uncertain what Jordan would do next. Would he take a year off out of the public eye to grieve and then come back to the Bulls? Would he go out and look for a white collar job in the field of geography, his college major? Or would he take up a completely different hobby like golf? In early 1994, Jordan decided to take up a new hobby alright. However, it wasn't golf. It was baseball. Despite not playing baseball since high school some 13 years ago, he signed a minor league contract with the Chicago White Sox in 1994. He played one unspectacular season for the Double-A Birmingham Barons. On March 18, 1995, Jordan, a man of few words since his retirement, sent two important words to media sources everywhere: "I'm Back". He celebrated his return to the NBA by doing what he always did best: winning. Although the Bulls would lose in the playoffs to the Orlando Magic, it was obvious that Jordan was still the same superstar player. He would go on to lead the Bulls to three more consecutive NBA championships and etch his place in the history as the "NBA's greatest player of all-time". On January 13, 1999, Jordan re-announced his retirement, saying that "he was 99.9 percent sure that he would never play again". Soon after, Jordan became part owner of the Washington Wizards. Near the start of the 2001-02 season, there were hints that Jordan may try another comeback to the NBA. On September 25, 2001, Jordan confirmed those rumors, announcing that he would once again return to the NBA as a member of the Wizards. His two seasons in Washington were mediocre at best. His statistics were solid and he showed some flashes of his old self but he could not lead the Wizards to the playoffs and missed several games due to injury. He retired for good following the 2002-03 season and was subsequently dismissed as president of the Washington Wizards. In June 2006, he became part owner of the Charlotte Bobcats. Later that year, he filed for divorce from Juanita, his wife of 17 years. They have three children together. Bullet Points of Life Attended the University of North Carolina. Drafted: 1st Rd-Pick 3 Chicago, 1984. Drafted behind Hakeem Olajuwon and Sam Bowie. Salary: Earns about $80 million from Nike/Earned $35 million a year playing in the NBA. He has his own line of sport clothing called JORDAN. [1997-1998 season] Shoe: Air Jordan Chosen in 1996 as one of the 50 greatest players of all time. Chosen by People Magazine as one of The Most Intriguing People of the Century. [1997] Professional basketball player in the NBA. Chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the world. [1991] In 1999, ESPN voted him as the greatest athlete of the twentieth century. In 2000, he was named part owner and director of basketball operations for the Washington Wizards basketball team. His father was murdered while sleeping in his car, which led Jordan to his first retirment in 1993. Two-time Olympic gold medalist in men's basketball, in 1984 in L.A. and 1992 in Barcelona (as part of the celebrated original Dream tsNuts). Paid more than $30 million in his final season with the Chicago Bulls. In January 2002, wife Juanita filed for divorce in circuit court in Waukegan, Illinois, citing "irreconcilable differences." She sought permanent custody of the couple's three children, their 25,000-square-foot home in Highland Park and half the couple's property. She withdrew the divorce papers a month later only to re-file them seven years later. Fortune estimated at $400 million. A virtual endorsement cash cow, no athlete has had a larger impact on the economy. Began shaving his head when he started going bald. Grew up in Wilmington, North Carolina. Attended Laney High School in Wilmington, NC. The gymnasium is now called the "Michael Jordan Gym" in his honor. custom-tailored shirts monogrammed with "Michael" or "MJ". Moved past Wilt Chamberlain for third-place all-time on the NBA scoring list [23 January 2003]. Third of five nuts. Children with ex-wife Juanita: sons Jeffrey Michael (b. 18 November 1988) and Marcus James (b. 24 December 1990), and daughter Jasmine Mickael (b. 7 December 1992). Has a tattoo of the Greek letter 'Omega' over his heart, representing Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Incorporated, of which he is a member. Fired by the Washington Wizards due to player dissension, the team finishing 37-45 two years in a row, and dissonance in the organization involving Jordan's people. Jordan was hired on 19 January 2000 as chief executive and president of basketball operations. Owner Abe Pollin gave him free rein to run the Wizards, and Jordan eventually bought a percentage of the team. He got $10 million in severance. (7 May 2003). In a 1988 game against the Utah Jazz, he dunked over John Stockton, who was 6' 1" and 175 pounds. A Jazz fan heckled him, saying, "Why don't you dunk on somebody your own size?" The next trip down the floor, Jordan dunked again, this time on 6' 11", 285-lb. center 'Melvin Turpin'. He then turned to the fan and said, "Was he big enough?". Wore the #23 for his NBA career with the Chicago Bulls, and the Washington Wizards. Sometimes wore the #45 because it was his older brother Larry's number in high school. Neither of his parents are more than 5' 9" tall. In Space Jam (1996), he tells the Looney Tunes that he used to wear his UNC shorts under his Bulls jersey in every game he played in. He really did do this, as a good luck charm. Has numerous records and awards under his name and career, including most points in a single playoff game (63), most scoring titles (10), highest scoring average (31 points per game), and most three pointers in one quarter of a playoff game (5). Known as the world's greatest clutch player in basketball for his numerous shots and high-flying moves to win games. He eliminated the Cleveland Cavaliers twice from the NBA playoffs due to last-second shots, and won his last NBA championship with a steal and a shot. The Chicago Bulls' all-time leader in points, rebounds, assists and steals. The only category he doesn't hold is blocks, still held by Artis Gilmore. His #23 is one of four retired numbers for the Bulls (along with Bob Love's #10, Scottie Pippen's #33 and Jerry Sloan's #4). While most are familiar with his obvious #23 and the #45 he wore when he returned from a brief baseball career in 1995, Jordan also wore #12. However, he wore it in only one game--in 1990 after an Orlando Magic Arena employee stole his uniform. It was a back-up jersey and did not even feature a last name. He scored 49 points in the game, leading the Bulls win over the Magic. While his baseball career was considered a sham and widely criticized, his performance was not as poor as depicted in the press. While he only batted .202 with 3 Home Runs and committed 11 errors, he also had 51 runs batted in, 30 stolen bases, and 6 outfield assists. He led the Birmingham Barons with 11 bases-loaded RBI and 25 RBI with runners in scoring position and two outs. With those statistics, he may have been the best clutch hitter on that team. On 14 June 1998, Jordan made a shot that won the Chicago Bulls their 6th NBA championship in 8 years. "Jordan Hits the Last Shot" was ranked #2 in TV Guide's list of the "25 Most Awesome Sports Moments (of the last 15 years)". [17 July 2005 issue] His 37.1 points per game season average during the 1986-1987 season was the third highest in history. The first two were both held by Wilt Chamberlain. Contrary to popular belief, Jordan does not hold the regular season single game scoring record. Wilt Chamberlain has the highest at 100, followed by Kobe Bryant at 81, David Thompson at 73 and David Robinson at 71. Jordan's single game-scoring high was 69 points, making his the fifth highest single-game scoring record in history. His 1992 playoff game against the Portland Trailblazers, where he had 35 first-half points and nailed six three-pointers in a row, has been claimed by many as "the closest anyone has ever come to playing a perfect game of basketball." Ironically, Jordan was bypassed in the 1984 draft by the Trailblazers, who picked Sam Bowie instead, a move that has gone down in history as one of the biggest draft-day blunders ever. Participated in three slam dunk contests, winning two of them. Reinvented some of the traditions and rules in basketball. Started the trend of the long-length shorts. He claims he wore them that length so he could cover up his North Carolina shorts, which he always wore during his pro career. However, his style caught on, and soon mostly everyone wore their shorts at a longer length. A new rule also was invented were a player could take one extra step if he was in the process of shooting, passing, or driving to the hoop. This was because of how Jordan would do this quite often in his career without getting a traveling call. Showing just how truly talented he was, Jordan's rookie three-point average was around 14%. By his last season he got it up to around 40%. Also, known for his poor defense, rebounding and assists, Jordan became a regular on the NBA All-Defense team, won the defensive player of the year award and one season averaged eight assists and eight rebounds to go with 35 points, the closest a player has come to averaging a triple-double since Oscar Robertson did. During his record performance of 63 points against the Boston Celtics in the playoffs, Larry Bird claimed that Jordan was "God disguised as Michael Jordan." Played with the Chicago Bulls for 14 years, 1984-1998, and with the Washington Wizards for 2 years, 2001-2003. Topped "Forbes" magazine's "The 10 Most Expensive Celebrity Divorces", with an estimated settlement of $150 million (April 2007). In 2007, Forbes Magazine estimated his earnings for the year at $31 million. Lives in Chicago. Inducted into the ESPN Chicago Hall of Fame in 2011 (inaugural class) with Walter Payton, Ernie Banks, Dick Butkus, and Mike Ditka. Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2009. Space Jam[] Michael decides to retire from Basketball and decides to become a Baseball player. He gets a new bodyguard, an energetic and goofy man named Stan Podolak. He also watches in TV that his NBA friends are losing their talents. Later, he's playing Golf with Larry Bird and Bill Murray. Bill asks Michael if he could become an NBA player since his friends are losing their talents but Jordan answers that he's not fit for the game. When Stan wants to photograph Michael while he takes the ball Michael gets sucked down the hole. He is dragged in an underground world habituated by the Looney Tunes and he has a meeting with Bugs Bunny that reveals him that they dragged him down there because some aliens came from outer space and wants them as their new attractions in their amusement park, since they were small they tried to make fools of them by having a basketball game with them but they became huge monsters (calling themselves Monstars) and they need his help. Michael agrees to train them and then he meets the Monstars who bullies him squashing him into the shape of a ball while bouncing him around like one and then they bully Tweety as well. Having had enough of their behavior, Michael agrees to play with them against the Monstars. After meeting the attractive yet strong Lola Bunny, which Bugs falls in love with, that joins the team, Michael asks Bugs and Daffy Duck to bring his sneakers and shorts from his home so he can play better. Stan succeeds to come down into the Tune World and hugs Michael relieved to see he's okay. That night, Michael and the Tunes prepares for their match against the Monstars. In the first round the Monstars cheats and easily beat them using phsycal violence towards them. Stan discovers that the Monstars stole the talents from the NBA players which explains how they became like that and what happened to Michael's friends. Bugs takes some water and says that it's Jordan's secret stuff which makes the other Tunes believe they're invincible giving them the confidence they need to win. During the second round the Tunes go hard on the Monstars and they finally make a comeback but the boss of the Monstars, Mr. Swashmacker asks for time out. Michael offers him a deal, if they win they will give his friends their talents back and if the Monstars win they get him as their new attraction for Moron Mountain for the rest of his life. In the third round both Michael and the Tunes get heavily injured and defeated by the Monstars and lose their confidence again. However, thanks to the help of Stan and the arrival and partecipation of Bill in the game, the Tunes gets their redemption in the third round with Michael successfully stretching his arm longer with slam dunk to win after learning the physical rules of the Tune World. After the Tunes's victory, Mr. Swashmacker is mad at the Monstars for their failure and tries to break their deal ordering them to go in his spaceship. Michael asks the Monstars why they let him treat them that way and the Monstars tells him that he's bigger than them until they realize that they're bigger than him and they turn on him using one of Wile E. Coyote's rockets to send him in the moon. Then the now reedemed Monstars gives Michael the NBA players talents back thus returning to their original forms and deciding to remain in the Tune World. Michael says goodbye to the Tunes and comes back to his world with Stan using the Nerdlucks spaceship. At the end Michael returns to his baseball game, gives his friends their talents back and he decides to come back to be a basketball player mirroring his real life come back with the Chicago Bulls. Space Jam: A New Legacy[] Michael doesn't appear in the sequel but he's mentioned a couple of times. When LeBron James asks Bugs to help him to win a Basketball Game he talks to the audience breaking the fourth wall and says "Sounds awfully familiar" referring to his experience with Jordan. The same thing happens when Bugs asks Lola how many times she has the occasion to play with an NBA superstar and Lola answers that she already did that. During the interval of the final game, Sylvester says that he found Michael Jordan but it turns out to be the actor Michael B. Jordan, much to the Tunes's disappointment and dismay.
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wrong_mix_domain_birth_00112	FactBench	2	81	https://www.hoophall.com/about/about-hall/history/	en	The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame :: History of The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame	https://www.hoophall.com…/hof_favicon.png	https://www.hoophall.com…/hof_favicon.png	[ "https://www.hoophall.com/themes/bhof/images/transpix.png", "https://www.hoophall.com/themes/bhof/images/transpix.png", "https://www.hoophall.com/themes/bhof/images/transpix.png", "https://www.hoophall.com/themes/bhof/images/transpix.png", "https://www.hoophall.com/themes/bhof/images/transpix.png", "https://www.hoophall.com/files/7014/6773/6868/book_the_hall.jpg", "https://www.hoophall.com/files/7214/6620/6111/enshrinement_thumbnail.jpg", "https://www.hoophall.com/files/3814/6653/4103/about.jpg", "https://www.hoophall.com/themes/bhof/images/transpix.png", "https://www.hoophall.com/themes/bhof/images/transpix.png", "https://www.hoophall.com/themes/bhof/images/transpix.png", "https://www.hoophall.com/themes/bhof/images/transpix.png", "https://www.hoophall.com/themes/bhof/images/transpix.png", "https://www.hoophall.com/themes/bhof/images/transpix.png", "https://www.hoophall.com/themes/bhof/images/transpix.png", "https://www.hoophall.com/themes/bhof/images/transpix.png", "https://www.hoophall.com/themes/bhof/images/transpix.png", "https://www.hoophall.com/themes/bhof/images/transpix.png", "https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/activity;xsp=4385222;ord=1;num=1", "https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/activity;xsp=4385222;ord=1;num=1" ]	[]	[]	[ "basketball hall of fame history \r\nhistory of basketball hall of fame \r\nNaismith history \r\nhistory about Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame" ]	null	[]	null	Since 1959, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame has honored and celebrated the game’s greatest moments and brightest stars. On the occasion of its 50th Anniversary, we look back as the greatest shrine to the greatest game fulfills its steadfast promise to be the world’s finest sports museum.	en	/files/5714/6774/2087/hof_favicon.png		null	Since 1959, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame has honored and celebrated the game’s greatest moments and brightest stars. On the occasion of its 50th Anniversary, we look back as the greatest shrine to the greatest game fulfills its steadfast promise to be the world’s finest sports museum. It began humbly. The first manifestation of the Basketball Hall of Fame occupied a small piece of real estate on the campus of Springfield (MA) College, just a midrange jump shot from where the game was first played on December 21, 1891. That day, a physical education instructor named James Naismith introduced a new game to his class of 18 young men in an otherwise unremarkable gymnasium at the YMCA International Training School in Springfield. The objective of this new game seemed simple enough: throw a round ball into a round basket tacked to a balcony 10 feet above the floor. But the winning team in that first game managed only one basket, on a 25-foot toss by William Chase. The pace of the game was slow and its origins humble, but the new pastime spread quickly, and by 1894, basketball was already being played in France, China, India, and more than a dozen other nations. The original Basketball Hall of Fame opened its doors to the public on February 17, 1968, during a pivotal time for the sport. Just a month before, on January 20, 1968, Elvin Hayes had just led the University of Houston to a thrilling 71-69 victory over Lew Alcindor and the Bruins of UCLA in college basketball’s version of the Game of the Century. More than 50,000 fans packed the Houston Astrodome that night and millions more watched from home as this epic battle was the first-ever regular season game to be broadcast live on national television. Only three days after that watershed moment, New York’s Madison Square Garden played host to the 18th annual NBA All-Star Game. The star-studded lineups included future Hall of Famers Oscar Robertson and Jerry Lucas, Elgin Baylor and Jerry West, Wilt Chamberlain and Willis Reed, not to mention Boston’s own triple threat of Bill Russell, John Havlicek, and Sam Jones. For the first time in its history, basketball was front and center in the minds of sports fans across the country. The grand opening of the Hall in 1968, while timely, was actually the culmination of a game plan that had begun more than thirty years before. The seeds were planted in 1936 when the United States defeated Canada 19-8 in the gold medal game of the Berlin Olympics. Dr. Naismith, a Canadian himself, attended the game thanks to the generosity and foresight of the National Association of Basketball Coaches, which raised enough money in the months leading up to the Opening Ceremony to send the game's inventor, all expenses paid, to Berlin. Naismith later called this his proudest moment and the sight of his game being played on the international stage stirred his emotions. Before long the NABC took up an even greater cause – a capital campaign to erect a memorial to the late Dr. Naismith and his wonderful game. America's entry into World War II on December 8, 1941 postponed any thoughts of a Hall of Fame, but in 1949 the NABC renewed its commitment to honor the game and its inventor. Ten years later, in 1959, despite the absence of a physical structure to call home, the Basketball Hall of Fame was incorporated and its first class of inductees was announced. The Hall of Fame experienced some growing pains during its first two decades on the campus of Springfield College. Each year, several thousand visitors flocked to the birthplace of basketball to be inspired by the stories and memorabilia on display. The Hall had outgrown its original confines. Aware of the need for the Hall’s expansion, efforts were underway to make the Hall of Fame the world's premier source of basketball information. In 1979, with the cooperation and support of a local organizing committee, the Basketball Hall of Fame sponsored the inaugural Tip-Off Classic, an early season game that signaled the official start of the college basketball season. The Tip-Off Classic pitted the nation's top teams against one another and in its 27 years featured such storied programs as Kentucky, Duke, North Carolina, UCLA, Indiana, and Kansas. In the early 1980s, the popularity of the game soared to unprecedented heights and the Basketball Hall of Fame was poised to take flight. The rivalry between Larry Bird and Magic Johnson, which first set the nets on fire at the 1979 NCAA Final Four, breathed new life into Dr. Naismith’s game. Bird versus Magic struck a chord with basketball fans everywhere and NBA action was, as its advertising campaign promised, fantastic. Meanwhile at the University of North Carolina, another kind of bird was about to spread his wings. Flight 23 was cleared for takeoff, tongue wagging from somewhere high above the clouds, hanging in mid-air, and finally returning to earth to change the game forever. His name? Michael Jordan. As Bird, Magic, Michael and many others pushed the popularity of basketball to a fever pitch in the early 1980s, basketball was about to turn 100 years old and the need for a more appropriate shrine to reflect the game’s growth and development was clear. On June 30, 1985 more than 10,000 basketball fans descended upon the city of Springfield, including weatherman Willard Scott of NBC’s The Today Show, for the dedication and grand opening of a brand-new Hall of Fame. Three levels of basketball history welcomed visitors that day and new high-tech exhibits gave the museum a futuristic look and feel. The Spalding Shootout, an interactive phenomenon where visitors of all ages shot hoops from a moving platform, proved most popular that first day and remained so every day thereafter. The sprawling new museum, with its fast-paced activity and cutting-edge technology, attracted visitors from every state in the Union and six of the seven continents. Also in 1985, the Basketball Hall of Fame entered a new era by being the first to recognize the contributions women have made to the game. Senda Berenson Abbott, the First Lady of Basketball, introduced the new game to the women of Smith College in 1892, just a few months after its invention. Bertha Teague coached at Byng High School in Ada, Oklahoma for 42 straight seasons, winning eight state championships. Margaret Wade patrolled the sidelines at Delta State University, and though her time there was short, she captured three consecutive AIAW national championships from 1975 to 1977. The Basketball Hall of Fame was becoming more inclusive, a reflection of the game itself. The 1985 version of the Basketball Hall of Fame witnessed its share of historic milestones and championship moments. Basketball celebrated its 100th Birthday in grand style on December 21, 1991 by returning to its place of birth for a centennial gala. More than a dozen basketball luminaries helped blow out the candles that day, including the good doctor Julius Erving, the bespectacled George Mikan, the great amateur Bob Kurland, the irrepressible Rick Barry, and the famed coach John McLendon. Duke's Mike Krzyzewski became the first coach since John Wooden to win back-to-back NCAA national championships in 1992, the same year the United States Dream Team captured gold at the summer Olympics. In 1997 the WNBA, a women’s professional league, exploded onto the American sports scene. Once again, the tremendous growth and popularity of the game forced a second relocation and in 2000 construction began on the third Hall of Fame. In September of 2002, on the occasion of the new building’s spectacular grand opening celebration, the Hall welcomed Coaches Larry Brown, Lute Olson, and Kay Yow and, players Drazen Petrovic and Magic Johnson as the first Inductees to take their rightful place in the new Honors Ring. The Honors Ring overlooks Center Court, an iconic, breathtaking, full-size regulation basketball court where the game never ends. On any given day, visitors lace ’em up to play under the basketball heavens, reliving the glory days of yesteryear or practicing for the big games yet to come. Today, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame is home to nearly three hundred inductees and more than 40,000 square feet of basketball history. Located on the picturesque banks of the Connecticut River, the new museum is a fitting shrine to the game Dr. Naismith invented more than a century ago. The landmark structure is one of the world’s most distinctive monuments punctuating the Springfield skyline and stirring the spirits of basketball fans everywhere. Hundreds of interactive exhibits share the spotlight with skills challenges, live clinics, and shooting contests. And of course there is enough basketball history to impress the world’s most avid sports fans! After decades of growth, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame celebrated its 50th Anniversary in 2009. It has evolved from its humble origins to become Hoops Heaven...the earthly home of the game’s immortals.
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If an employer is found non-compliant, they can receive either or both of the following: a monetary penalty a ban from hiring temporary workers (these employers are ineligible to hire temporary workers for a period of time) Employers who were found non-compliant Business operating name Business legal name Address Reason(s) Date of final decision Penalty Status Meps Air Quality Meps Air Quality 9820 44 Ave NW Edmonton, Alberta T6T 0T2 6 2024-07-12 $10,000 Eligible SAUGE cuisine vegane inc SAUGE cuisine vegane inc 17 rue Peel Sherbrooke, Quebec J1H 4J9 6 2024-07-18 $5,000 Eligible Dynasty Produce Ltd. Dynasty Produce Ltd. 7290 Telephone Road Cobourg, ON K9A 4J7 6, 9 2024-07-09 $25,000 Eligible Nunavut Caribou Tuktu Cabs Ltd. Nunavut Caribou Tuktu Cabs Ltd. 1087 Mivvik Street Iqualui, NU X0A 0H0 6 2024-07-09 $15,000 Eligible Solmaz for Retail Ltd. Solmaz for Retail Ltd. 16 Jutland Road Etobicoke, ON M8Z 2G9 6 2024-07-09 $15,000 Eligible Harpreet Bains Harpreet Bains 82 Penny Lane Rocky View County, AB T1Z 0A4 9 2024-07-08 $2,500 Eligible Alpha Convenience 2705622 Ontario Inc. 15 Disan Court Toronto, ON V3R 8B2 4, 6, 15 2024-07-08 $72,000 and a 5-year ban Ineligible until July 8, 2029 GR Marketing Group GR Marketing Group 401-989 Johnson Street Victoria, British Columbia V8V 0E3 6 2024-07-09 $5,000 Eligible Freshii 1845496 Alberta Ltd. 690 – 9737 Macleod Trail SW Calgary, Alberta T2J 0P6 6 2024-07-09 $10,000 Eligible Rhein General Contracting Inc. Rhein General Contracting Inc. 166 Wharncliffe Road South London, Ontario N6J 2K6 6 2024-07-10 $5,000 Eligible Two Brothers Construction Ltd Two Brothers Construction Ltd 5120 – 151 Street NW Edmonton, Alberta T6H 4Z8 6 2024-07-08 $5,000 Eligible Howard Johnson Hotel 612539 BC Ltd. 8540 Alaska Road Fort St. John BC V1J 5L6 9 2024-07-04 $3,000 Eligible Papa John's Pizza 10833673 Canada Inc. 18 Corporation Drive, Unit #1 Brampton, ON L6S 6B5 6 2024-07-04 $15,000 Eligible Canadian Tire Gas Bar Billy’s Holdings Ltd. 9809 50 Street Edmonton, AB T6A 3X5 4, 15 2024-07-04 $16,000 Eligible Jon’s Newtrition Kitchen Inc. Jon’s Newtrition Kitchen Inc. 130th Street, Unit #7-8145 Surrey, BC V3W 7X4 2, 9 2024-07-04 $21,000 and a 1-year ban Ineligible until July 4, 2025 2447986 Ontario Inc. 2447986 Ontario Inc. 9-34 Doncaster Ave Thornhill, ON L3T 4S1 8, 9 2024-07-04 $74,000 and a 2-year ban Ineligible until July 4, 2026 Misoya Japanese and Korean Cuisine 102091718 Saskatchewan Corp. 229 Victoria Ave. E Regina, Saskatchewan S4N 0P4 6 2024-06-26 $5,000 Eligible Intertech Building Services Ltd Intertech Building Services Ltd 201- 10451 Shellbridge Way Richmond, British Columbia 6 2024-06-28 $5,000 Eligible La Finca Distribution Corp. La Finca Distribution Corp. 825 – 1st Street West North Vancouver, British Columbia 6 2024-06-26 $5,000 Eligible Victoria Job Bank Victoria Job Bank Ltd 221-2985 Drew Road Mississauga, Ontario 6 2024-06-27 $35,000 and a 2 year ban Ineligible – 2 year ban MAV Wood Working Corp. MAV Wood Working Corp. 91 Healy Road, Unit 6 Bolton, ON L7E 5A9 6 2024-05-28 $15,000 Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty Kochel Cattle & Timber Inc. Kochel Cattle & Timber Inc. 40647 Telegraph Rd Box 363 Vanderhoof, BC V0J 3A0 6 2024-05-28 $15,000 Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty H & R Productions Ltd. H & R Productions Ltd. 8334 128th Street, Unit 216 Surrey, BC V3W 4G2 6 2024-05-28 $45,000 and a 5-year ban Ineligible until May 28, 2029 The Edge Multimedia Studio Gallery The Edge Multimedia Studio Gallery 32 Dunlop St. W. Barrie, Ontario L4N 1A2 6 2024-05-31 $5,000 Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty Ascent Archway Logistics Inc. Ascent Archway Logistics Inc. 14553 89 Avenue Surrey, BC V3R 8B2 6, 15 2024-05-23 $60,000 and a 5-year ban Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty Transby Inc. Transby Inc. 423, Avenue Pie X St-Christopher-D’Arthabaska, Québec G6R 0M5 20 2024-05-23 $1,000 Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty Domino's Pizza 1447028 Alberta Ltd. 4006-11300 Tuscany Blvd. NW Calgary, AB T3L 2V7 6 2024-05-23 $15,000 Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty Calmar Petro Canada 2212647 Alberta Ltd. 4710 50 Avenue Calmar, AB T0C 0V0 4, 9, 15 2024-05-23 $22,000 Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty Mary Brown's Ambleside 2002093 Alberta Ltd. 16228 Ellerslie Road Edmonton, AB T6W 2S8 6, 9 2024-05-23 $16,250 Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty Elite Airways LLC Elite Airways LLC 50 Portland Pier Portland, Maine, USA 6 2024-05-29 $2,000 Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty Bar La Plage Sainte Foy Inc. Bar La Plage Sainte Foy Inc. 990 Route de l'Église Québec (Quebec) 9 2023-07-14 $3,000 Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty Roots Goods Carrier Ltd. Roots Goods Carrier Ltd. 3487 Goldfinch Street Abbotsford, BC V2T 6Z8 6 2024-05-17 $1,000 Eligible Grant Global Logistics Inc. Grant Global Logistics Inc. 960 Edgeley Blvd., Unit 1A Second Floor Concord, ON L4K 4V4 8 2024-05-17 $3,000 Eligible Global-con Inc. Global-con Inc. 219 Connie Crescent Concord, ON L4K 1L4 6, 15 2024-05-17 $60,000 and a 5-year ban Ineligible until May 17, 2029 Adda Bistro Inc. Adda Bistro Inc. 29 St. Matthews Ave. Hamilton, ON L8L 5P4 2, 9 2024-05-17 $24,000 and a 1-year ban Ineligible until May 17, 2025 Brantford Mushroom Farm 1140506 Ontario Inc. 1744 Colborne Street East Brantford, ON N3T 5L4 4, 9 2024-05-17 $4,000 Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty THT Logistics Ltd. THT Logistics Ltd. 205-15055 54A Avenue Surrey, BC V3S 5X7 6, 8, 9 2024-05-17 $30,000 Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty Capital Sun Financial Inc. Capital Sun Financial Inc. 105-3650 Westwinds Dr. NE Calgary, AB T3J 0W9 15 2024-05-06 $15,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Ferme L. Campbell et Fils Inc. Ferme L. Campbell et Fils Inc. 160, Rang Campbell, Sainte-Sabine (QC) J0J 2B0 6, 17 2024-05-06 $60,000 and a 5-year ban Ineligible until May 6, 2029 Ultra Shine Building Maintenance Inc. Ultra Shine Building Maintenance Inc. 9050 22 avenue SW Edmonton, Alberta T6X 1Z6 9 2024-05-06 $124,000 and a 5-year ban Ineligible until May 6, 2029 GTA Restoration GTA Restoration Group Inc. 12 Upjohn Road #1A Toronto, ON M3B 1Y2 6 2024-05-06 $10,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Chelsea Buys Houses TY Enterprises Corp 5328 Calgary Trail S NW Edmonton, Alberta 6 2024-04-30 $5,000 Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty Groundscape Solutions Groundscape Solutions 12 Industrial St. Toronto, ON 6 2024-04-30 $5,000 Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty Pizza Pizza 1205280 Ontario Inc. 114 Lakeshore Road E, Unit 1 & 2 Mississauga, ON L5G 1E4 6, 15 2024-04-29 $30,000 Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty Qahwa Cafe N Eats Keerthi Foods Inc. 725 Coronation Blvd., B7 Cambridge, ON N1R 0B6 6, 15 2024-04-29 $25,000 Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty Orbit Carpet Ltd. Orbit Carpet Ltd. 401, 8342 130 Street Surrey, BC V3W 8J9 9 2024-04-29 $6,000 Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty Karas Shawarma Karas Shawarma 3435 Eglington Avenue West, Unit 4 Mississauga, ON L5M 7Z5 6 2024-04-19 $10,000 Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty 1406480 Alberta Ltd. 1406480 Alberta Ltd. 236 Mayfield Common Northwest Edmonton, AB T5P 4B3 2, 9 2024-04-19 $1,750 Eligible 1366392 BC Ltd. 1366392 BC Ltd. 7689 122 Street Surrey, BC V3W 1J3 6, 15 2024-04-19 $60,000 and a 5-year ban Ineligible until April 19, 2029 Freshii 1062715 BC Ltd. 8751 Unit 5, No. 1 Road Richmond, BC V7C 1V2 6 2024-04-19 $15,000 Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty Afromusée Musée Afro-Canadien 533 rue Ontario Est, suite 100 Montréal, QC H2L 1N8 9 2024-04-17 $1,750 Eligible Victoria Stonescape Ltd. Victoria Stonescape Ltd. 1870 Keating Cross Road Saanichton, BC V8M 1W9 6, 15 2024-04-15 $25,000 Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty Pêcheries Lebreton & Fils Ltee Pêcheries Lebreton & Fils Ltee 690 rue Acadie Grande Anse, Nouveau-Brunswick E8N 1G4 2, 8, 9, 17, 26 2024-04-15 $365,750 and a 2-year ban Ineligible until April 15, 2026 Les Serres Floraplus Greenhouse Inc. Les Serres Floraplus Greenhouse Inc. 1200, Chemin de la Bataille Sud La Prairie (Québec) J5R 0K6 6 2024-04-15 $1,000 Eligible Timber Kitchens Ltd Timber Kitchens Ltd 149 Callowhill Rd. Riverview, New Brunswick E1B 5S2 2, 6 2024-04-03 $1,000 Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty Lion’s Gate Building Maintenance Lion’s Gate Building Maintenance Ltd. 2311 Beta Avenue Burnaby, British Columbia V5C 0M1 6 2024-04-11 $5,000 Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty Air Liaison Air Liaison inc 607, 6e Avenue de l'Aéroport Québec, QC G2G 0J2 6 2024-04-16 $5,000 Eligible 1352076 BC Ltd. 1352076 BC Ltd. 148686 76 A Avenue Surrey, BC V3S 1S3 6 2024-04-05 $45,000 and a 5-year ban Ineligible until April 5, 2029 Sondh Freight Systems Inc. Sondh Freight Systems Inc. 19 Wandering Trail Dr. Brampton, ON L7A 1T5 6 2024-04-05 $15,000 Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty 1999467 Ontario Inc. 1999467 Ontario Inc. 499 Notre Dame Avenue Sudbury, ON P3C 5L1 6, 15 2024-04-05 $25,000 Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty DYK Post DYK Logistics Inc. 3157 5 Ave NE Calgary AB T2A 6C9 9 2024-04-05 $750 Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty Bhullar & Sons Farms Ltd. Bhullar & Sons Farms Ltd. 3011 Erickson Road Creston, BC V0B 1G1 6, 9 2024-04-05 $13,000 Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty The Banquet The Banquet Drinkery Ltd. 155 Eagle Ridge Blvd Fort McMurray, Alberta 6 2024-04-04 $8,000 Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty Pho Bat Trang Corporation Pho Bat Trang Corporation 353 Lake Street, Unit 18 St Catherines, ON L2N 7G4 9 2024-03-26 $6,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Group au Coton Inc. Group au Coton Inc. 1475 Rue Atateken, Montréal, QC H2L 3L2 6 2024-03-20 $15,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Gateway Newsstand Omshri Convenience Inc. 25 Peel Centre Drive, #708K Brampton, Ontario L6T 3R5 6, 7, 15 2024-03-08 $75,000 and a 5-year ban Ineligible until March 8, 2029 Gary’s Towing 2017210 Ontario Inc. 933 Alloy Drive Thunder Bay, ON P7B 5Z8 2, 6 2024-03-08 $16,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Tornado Haulers Ltd. Tornado Haulers Ltd. Unit 1A, 331 Parkdale Road Stony Mountain, MB R1A 3P6 8, 9 2024-03-08 $78,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty SPFM Insulation and Coatings Ltd. SPFM Insulation and Coatings Ltd. 1805-55 Ellerslie Avenue Toronto, ON M2N 1X9 6 2024-03-08 $1,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty AZ Logistic Corp AZ Logistic Corp 101-469 King-Edward Avenue Vancouver, BC 25, 26, 9, 6 2024-02-08 $56,500 Ineligible until February 8, 2029 Gur Sikh Temple and Sikh Heritage Museum Society Gur Sikh Temple and Sikh Heritage Museum Society 33089 South Fraser Way Abbotsford, BC 6 2024-01-24 $30,000 Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty Alta Vista Stucco Ltd Alta Vista Stucco Ltd 309-3951 165 Avenue NW, Edmonton, AB 6 2024-01-25 $5,000 Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty Soltron Retail LP Commerce de vente au détail 312 – 1455 Peel Street Montreal, QC 9 2024-01-26 $3,750 Eligible Destination Electronics Destination Electronics 210-5589 Byrne Road Burnaby, BC V5J 3J1 9 2024-02-29 $1,250 Eligible Kenneth Mo Kenneth Mo 40 Pilgrim Drive Markham, ON L6C 1R9 2 2024-02-21 $1,000 Eligible 1276896 BC Ltd. 1276896 BC Ltd. 1894 165A Street Surrey, BC V3Z 9N3 6, 15 2024-02-21 $60,000, and a 5-year ban Ineligible until February 21, 2029 Mohammad Mostajeran Mohammad Mostajeran PO Box 16 SE36 39 02 W3 Aberdeen, SK S0K 0A0 4, 6, 9, 17 2024-02-21 $54,250 Eligible Italia Pizzeria Trebastien Inc. 120 Welland Ave., Unit 6 St. Catharines, Ontario 6, 15 2024-02-13 $30,000 Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty Neeba Enterprises Ltd. Neeba Enterprises Ltd. 13251 Shakespeare Place Surrey, British Columbia V3W 6C9 6, 15 2024-02-13 $25,000 Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty Bawarchi Indian Cuisine Elite Fine Foods Inc. 1949 Kennedy Rd, Unit 1 Toronto, Ontario 2, 6 2024-02-13 $16,000 Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty Durston Honey Farms Ltd. Durston Honey Farms Ltd. RR#5 Comp 31 Dauphin, Manitoba 2, 4, 6, 9 2024-02-12 $8,750 Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty Maxim Roofing Limited Maxim Roofing Limited 82 Signet Dr. Toronto, Ontario 9 2024-02-01 $9,000 Ineligible Hot Soup Marketing Group Hot Soup Marketing Group 63 6th Avenue West 311 Vancouver, British Columbia 6 2024-01-10 $5,000 Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty 1000117763 Ontario Inc 1000117763 Ontario Inc 300-543 Yonge Street Toronto, Ontario 6 2024-01-10 $5,000 Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty AgraCon Projects Inc AgraCon Projects Inc 4441 Carson Street Burnaby, British Columbia 6 2024-01-10 $10,000 Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty Rosby Lequido and Julio Garrovillas Rosby Lequido and Julio Garrovillas 26 Thornbush Crescent Waterloo, Ontario 9 2024-01-09 $12,000 Eligible Rasoi the Indian Kitchen 1828252 Alberta Ltd. 4341 50 St NW, Edmonton, Alberta 6, 8 2024-01-09 $1,750 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty 1993430 Ontario Ltd. 1993430 Ontario Ltd. 15 Sail Crescent Vaughan, Ontario 6, 9, 15 2024-01-09 $33,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Sooch Farm Inc. Sooch Farm Inc. 1816 Country Rd 42 Stayner, Ontario 6, 9, 15 2024-01-09 $28,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Vancouver Art Department Vancouver Art Department 8244 Fraser Street Vancouver, British Columbia 6, 8, 9, 17 2024-01-08 $31,750 Ineligible until January 5, 2025 Bianaca Mior Bianaca Mior 13145 Calledon King Townline South King City, Ontario 2, 6 2024-01-05 $16,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Fraser Valley Produce 1334232 BC Ltd. 16450 16th Ave Surrey, British Columbia 6, 15 2024-01-03 $30,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Explore India Inc. Explore India Inc. 10700 104 Ave NW Edmonton, Alberta 6, 15 2024-01-03 $60,000 and a 5-year ban Ineligible until January 3, 2028 Greenwood Bar Windsor Hotel Ltd. 321 Copper Ave. Greenwood, British Columbia 2, 5, 6, 8, 9, 15, 17 2024-01-03 $152,000 and a 2-year ban Inelligible until January 3, 2026 Pepper Shack 2505422 Ontario Inc. 143 Clarence Street, Unit 14 Brampton, Ontario 9, 26 2024-01-03 $24,000 Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty BOLD Event Creative Three Dimensional Services 1525 Derwent Way Delta, British Columbia 6 2024-01-03 $10,000 Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty Les Productions Delaniche Inc. Les Productions Delaniche Inc. 1-3448 Messier Street Montreal, Quebec 6 2024-01-02 $750 Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty Toocor Limited Toocor Limited 2800 Highway 7 West, Suite 301 Vaughan, Ontario 6 2024-02-06 $45,000, and a 5-year ban Ineligible until February 6, 2029 Smagh & Sons ltd. Smagh & Sons ltd. 3037 Erickson Road Creston, British Columbia 6 2024-02-06 $10,000 Eligible Kanganwal Farms Kanganwal Farms 7467, 118A Street Delta, British Columbia 6 2024-02-06 $15,000 Ineligible 1239583 BC Ltd. 1239583 BC Ltd. 211060 Mission Hills PO Mission, British Columbia 6 2024-02-06 $45,000, and a 5-year ban Ineligible until February 6, 2029 Zebu Steak Bar MCI Toronto Operataions Corp. 132 John Street Toronto, Ontario 6 2024-02-06 $15,000 Ineligible Regina Cabs Arch Transco Ltd 3405 Saskatchewan Dr. Regina, Saskatchewan 6 2023-12-28 $500 Eligible Subway 101277053 Saskatchewan Ltd. 34310 Range Road. 283 Red Deer, Alberta 9, 17 2023-12-21 $16,250 Eligible Sterling Park Holsteins and Jerseys Peter and Rebekah Mathers 34310 Range Road. 283 Red Deer, Alberta 6 2023-12-21 $15,000 Eligible Sven Smienk Dressage Stables Sven Smienk 943 Stevens Street White Rock, British Columbia 6 2023-12-18 $500 Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty Subway 101254790 SASKATCHEWAN LTD P.O. Box 538 Wadena, Saskatchewan 6 2023-12-18 $1,000 Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty Simpro Global Solutions Inc. Simpro Global Solutions Inc 100 Consilium Place, Unit # 601 Toronto, Ontario 6 2023-12-18 $500 Eligible Zaiqa Halal BBQ Restaurant Zaiqa Halal Restaurant and Sweets Ltd 107 – 9450 120 Street Surrey, British Columbia 6 2023-12-18 $500 Eligible Dr. Wrench Automotive Inc. N/A 41 Father Costello Drive Schumacher, Ontario 6 2023-12-14 $1,000 Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty Trans King 2489288 Ontario Inc. 25 Hale Rd Brampton, Ontario 6, 9 2023-12-11 $30,000 and a 1-year ban Ineligible until December 12, 2024 Montana Group of Companies Limited Montana Group of Companies Limited 52 Cranston Dr. Caledon East, Ontario 6, 9 2023-12-11 $13,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Glenco Concrete Ltd. Glenco Concrete Ltd. 9879 Concession Road 9 Essex, Ontario 6, 9 2023-12-11 $13,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty SJ Paysagiste Inc. SJ Paysagiste Inc. 3635, rue Arcand Longueuil, Quebec 6 2023-12-11 $15,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty A&S Express Inc. A&S Express Inc. 12050 Airport Road, Unit #5 Caledon, Ontario 9 2023-12-11 $3,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Bradner Mushroom Farm Ltd. Bradner Mushroom Farm Ltd. 27882 Townshipline Road Abbotsford, British Columbia 9 2023-12-08 $3,000 Eligible Teresa C M Fung Teresa C M Fung 3609 Walnut Grove Road Mississauga, Ontario 6 2023-12-08 $1,000 Eligible Lakeview Swine 451293 Ontario Ltd 30760 Lakeview Line Wallacetown, Ontario 6 2023-12-08 $10,000 Eligible Yates Street Taphouse and Grill Ltd Yates Street Taphouse and Grill Ltd 759 Yates Street Victoria, British Columbia 6 2023-12-06 $500 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty H and JB Transport Inc H and JB Transport Inc 65 Santa Fe Drive Winnipeg, Manitoba 6 2023-11-23 $500 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty NorthTech Cell Solutions Incorporated NorthTech Cell Solutions Incorporated Mall, Frobisher Inn, P.O. Box 208 505C Astro Hill, Iqaluit Nunavut 6 2023-11-23 $10,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Starline Foods Inc. Starline Foods Inc. 33786 Clayburn Road Abbotsford, British Columbia 2, 6 2023-11-16 $16,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Imaginefarm Limited Partnership Imaginefarm Limited Partnership 2375 Durham Road 15 Beaverton, Ontario 6 2023-11-16 $10,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Peak Janitorial Inc. Peak Janitorial Inc. Unit 101-1750 Harley Ave Coquitlam, British Columbia 9 2023-11-27 $7,000 Eligible Karamela Café George Karakonstantis 768 Pape Avenue Toronto, Ontario 6 2023-11-15 $1,000 Eligible Ferme Mileau 9106-6340 Québec Inc. 1410, 5e Rang Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare, Quebec 9, 18, 20 2023-10-31 $6,750 Eligible Vivienne Shearer Vivienne Shearer 2857 Morningside Avenue Toronto, Ontario 2, 9 2023-10-31 $4,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty 1684107 Alberta Ltd. 1684107 Alberta Ltd. PO Box 546, 4907 51st Street Breton, Alberta 2 2023-10-31 $1,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Chohan Farms Ltd. Chohan Farms Ltd. 5888 Hopedale Road Chilliwack, British Columbia 6, 9 2023-10-31 $21,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Resto Charny-Club Inc. Resto Charny-Club Inc. 229 Rue Saint-Paul Québec, Québec 9 2023-10-27 $2,000 Eligible New Discovery Lines Canada Ltd. New Discovery Lines Canada Ltd. Unit 6 162 Husum Road & 300 2540 Airport Road Regina, Saskatchewan 6 2023-10-30 $1,750 Eligible PPA Immobilier PPA Immobilier 925 boulevard Maisonneuve Ouest Suite 131 Montréal, Québec 6 2023-10-27 $750 Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty Olly Fresco's 18 York 10307475 Canada Ltd 200- 18 York St Toronto, Ontario 6 2023-10-25 $500 Eligible B & C Farm Ltd. B & C Farm Ltd. 3538 Galiano Drive Abbotsford, British Columbia 6, 9 2023-09-13 $10,750 Eligible KH Gill Blueberry Farm Ltd. KH Gill Blueberry Farm Ltd. 2508 232 Street Aldergrove, British Columbia 6 2023-09-13 $15,000 Ineligible-unpaid monetary penalty Witzke's Greenhouses Ltd. Witzke's Greenhouses Ltd. 1621 Pebblestone Road, Courtice, Ontario 17 2023-02-10 $1,000 Eligible Tim Hortons 9337-6002 Québec Inc. (Tim Hortons) 108-2700 boul. de la Côte-Vertu Saint-Laurent, Quebec 6 2023-10-23 $500 Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty Nodo Leslieville 2666524 Ontario Inc. 1192 Queen Street East Toronto, Ontario 6 2023-10-04 $15,000 Ineligible-unpaid monetary penalty Autozone Diagnostics Autozone Diagnostics Ltd. 6460 King George Blvd. Surrey, British Columbia 6 2023-10-04 $15,000 Ineligible-unpaid monetary penalty Rena Rosenthal Rena Rosenthal 6 Delia Crt. Toronto, Ontario 2 2023-10-04 $1,000 Eligible ComNav Marine Ltd. ComNav Marine Ltd. 13511 Crestwood Place Richmond, British Columbia 6 2023-10-10 $500 Ineligible-unpaid monetary penalty Randall J Martens OA Motorland Enterprises Randall J Martens OA Motorland Enterprises 5225 Portage Ave Headingly, Manitoba 2 2023-09-23 $500 Eligible JMG Carrier Ltd. JMG Carrier Ltd. 15328 48 Ave. Surrey, British Columbia 9 2023-09-26 $1,250 Eligible 0982024 BC Ltd. 0982024 BC Ltd. 411-7360 137th Street Surrey, British Columbia 6, 7, 9, 20 2023-09-26 $129,000 and a 1-year ban Ineligible until September 26, 2024 9092-2030 Québec Inc. 9092-2030 Québec Inc. 609, route 255 Nord Saint-Félix-de-Kingsey, Quebec 9 2023-07-28 $3,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Le Delice Pastry Shop Ltd. Le Delice Pastry Shop Ltd. Unit 8 – 115 Lorne Park Road Mississauga, Ontario 9 2023-09-15 $3,000 Eligible Cargo County Group 2110120 Ontario Inc. 7447 Bren Road, Mississauga, Ontario 9 2023-09-15 $6,000 Eligible Transvol Ltée. Transvol Ltée. 9182, route 279 St-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Quebec 4, 9, 17 2023-09-15 $14,750 Eligible GreenTree Outdoor Living Green Tree Eco-Friendly Services Ltd 5925 – 104 Street North West Edmonton, Alberta 1 2023-09-18 $11,250 Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty Mark Hurst CertainTeed Canada Inc. 3985 Belgreen Dr. Ottawa, Ontario 6 2023-09-11 $1000 Eligible Ferme du Doc Inc. Ferme du Doc Inc. 5460, Marie-Victorin Sainte-Croix, Quebec 20, 21 2023-09-05 $10,000 Eligible Missadell Natividad Missadell Natividad 2320 – 32 Avenue Edmonton, Alberta 8, 9, 17 2023-09-05 $15,000 Ineligible Theron Horton Theron Horton Design Inc. 1432 Rupert Street Vancouver, British Columbia 6 2023-09-05 $500 Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty Éric Gauthier Bar La Plage Sainte Foy Inc. 990 Route de l'Église Québec, Quebec 9 2023-07-14 $3,000 Eligible Unity Roots Canada Inc. Unity Roots Canada Inc. 12 Hardy Street Guelph, Ontario 9 2023-08-29 $50,000 and a 5-year ban Ineligible until August 30, 2028 Grizzly Motor Hotel 682175 Alberta Ltd. PO Box 750 #1 Commercial Court Fox Creek, Alberta 9 2023-08-29 $2,500 Eligible Birchwood Farm 1253146 BC Ltd. 16766 – 19a Ave Surrey, British Columbia 5, 6, 15 2023-08-29 $45,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Mehrab Family Mehrab Hamrazian 60 Rochester Ave. Toronto, Ontario 6 2023-08-29 $10,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Coast Fresh Farms 1347205 B.C. Ltd. 16450 16 Avenue Surrey, British Columbia 4, 6 2023-08-29 $46,000 and a 5-year ban Ineligible until August 30, 2028 Rainbow Caribbean Cuisine 1517301 Ontario Ltd. 5-29 King Street East Kitchener, Ontario 9 2023-08-29 $3,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty AFF Construction Ltd. AFF Construction Ltd. 28712 58 Ave. Abbotsford, British Columbia 6 2023-08-03 $15,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Gurshan Logistics 7630603 Canada Inc. 19 Bottlebrush Drive Brampton, Ontario 6 2023-08-03 $15,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Asal Ahmed Asal Ahmed 120 Stokes Trail Campbellville, Ontario 2 2023-08-03 $1,000 Eligible Bhavneet Pandher Bhavneet Pandher 5510 Whitemud Road NW Edmonton, Alberta 17 2023-08-03 $1,000 Eligible ShellShock Tattoo & Piercing Inc. ShellShock Tattoo & Piercing Inc. 920 36 Street NE Calgary, Alberta 20 2023-08-03 $10,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Willow Spring Hydroponic Farms Ltd. Willow Spring Hydroponic Farms Ltd. 6500 Fansher Road, Florence, Ontario 9 2023-08-03 $8,750 Eligible Sanaz Nouri Sanaz Nouri 93 De Vere Gardens North York, Ontario 9 2023-07-25 $3,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Priority Tooling Solutions Inc. Priority Tooling Solutions Inc. 335 Neptune Cres. London, Ontario 6 2023-07-25 $1,000 Eligible Trans Empire Logistics Trans Empire Logistics 11346 87 Avenue Delta, British Columbia 6, 17 2023-07-25 $135,000 and a 10-year ban Ineligible until July 25, 2033 Les Serres Jacques Barbe Inc. Les Serres Jacques Barbe Inc. 424, Rue Boileau, Saint-Eustache, Quebec 17 2023-07-20 $60,000 Eligible Ora Sushi 1159448 BC Ltd. #120 – 3651 Moncton Street Richmond, British Columbia 9 2023-06-08 $3,000 Eligible Taco Time JNK Enterprises Ltd. 4612 Cliffwood Place Victoria, British Columbia 8, 9 2023-06-08 $22,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Edo Japan Thickwood 2059383 Alberta Ltd. 25-101 Signal Road, Fort McMurray, Alberta 9 2023-06-08 $1,250 Eligible Kipling Motor Inn GS & GB Holdings Ltd. 102-6th Ave, Box 536 Kipling, Saskatchewan 15 2023-07-11 $15,000 Eligible Ferme Olistein Inc. Ferme Olistein Inc. 460 rang Sainte-Croix Saint-Raymond, Quebec 2, 8 2023-07-11 $4,000 Eligible Mario Côté Inc. Mario Côté Inc. 4479 Route 216 Stoke, Quebec 9 2023-07-11 $3,000 Eligible Centre horticole Julie Moraldo Saint-Nicolas Inc. Centre horticole Julie Moraldo Saint-Nicolas Inc. 497 route Marie-Victorin Lévis, Quebec 6 2023-07-11 $10,000 Eligible Flavours of Kerala Inc. Flavours of Kerala Inc. 1104 Klondike Road Unit 2B Kanata, Ontario 9 2023-07-11 $12,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Jack's Pizza & Donairs Jack's Pizza & Donairs 379 King Street Fredericton, New Brunswick 4, 6 2023-07-11 $2,000 Eligible Peter Paul Kopycinski PandJ Granite Services Ltd. Peter Paul Kopycinski PandJ Granite Services Ltd. 14 Navy Crescent, Brampton, Ontario 6 2023-07-20 $500 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Max II Agri Inc. Max II Agri Inc. 3557 Boundary Road Abbotsford, British Columbia 6 2023-07-04 $15,000 Eligible 1967356 Alberta Ltd. 1967356 Alberta Ltd. 2920 15 Ave NW Edmonton, Alberta 6 2023-07-04 $15,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Experius Greenhouses Ltd. Experius Greenhouses Ltd. 3485 Vantage Place Abbotsford, British Columbia 15 2023-07-04 $15,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Calgary Kickboxing Academy Almondi Consulting & Services Ltd. 55 Sienna Hills Court SW Calgary, Alberta 9, 15 2023-07-04 $18,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Liquor King 2159418 Alberta Ltd. 209 Calahoo Road Spruce Grove, Alberta 6 2023-07-04 $1,000 Eligible La Scampia 9427-6078 QUEBEC INC 281 Rue Saint Paul est Montréal, Quebec 6 2023-07-06 $1,000 Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty 1944044 Alberta Ltd. 1944044 Alberta Ltd. 203 East Lake Road NE Airdrie, Alberta 9 2023-06-23 $950 Eligible Pêcheries Lebreton & Fils Ltee Pêcheries Lebreton & Fils Ltee 690 rue Acadie, Grande Anse, New Brunswick 17 2023-06-23 $30,000 Eligible Roadlink Express Inc. Roadlink Express Inc. 25 Coventry Gardens NE Calgary, Alberta 8, 9 2023-06-23 $2,500 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty The Mud Slinger The Mud Slinger 5426 Georgia St Burnaby, British Columbia 6, 9 2023-06-23 $18,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Singer Enterprises Inc. Singer Enterprises Inc. PO Box 1091 Biggar, Saskatchewan 9 2023-06-23 $3,000 Eligible Pasqualino's Café & Bistro Pasqualino's Café & Bistro 248 Main Street East Milton, Ontario 6, 9 2023-06-23 $3,750 Eligible Burrard Tax LLP Peter Y Pang 505-1788 W Broadway Vancouver, British Columbia 9 2023-06-28 $3,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Divan Inc Claude Boiron 112 Parklea Drive Toronto, Ontario 6 2023-06-22 $500 Ineligible-unpaid monetary penalty Kal Juman IndustryLabs Ltd. 33-60 Green Lane Thornhill, ON 6 2023-06-19 $500 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Sunview Farms 1179424 BC Ltd. 9585 Paula Crescent Chilliwack, British Columbia 6, 8 2023-06-15 $18,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Extreme Doors Ltd. Extreme Doors Ltd. 109-13055 84th Avenue Surrey, British Columbia 2 2023-06-15 $750 Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty Vancouver Building Envelope Solutions Ltd. Vancouver Building Envelope Solutions Ltd. #908-691 North Road Coquitlam, British Columbia 8 2023-05-26 $3,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Goldfinch Cartage Ltd. Goldfinch Cartage Ltd. 234 High Ridge Rd Winnipeg, Manitoba 2, 6, 8, 9 2023-05-26 $9,250 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Aspen Crossing Jason Thornhill Box 30, 203079, RR251 Mossleigh, Alberta 9, 18 2023-05-26 $19,000 Eligible Enbala Power Networks BC ULC 12666638 B.C. Unlimited Liability Company 555 Robson Street, 6th Floor Vancouver, British Columbia 6 2023-05-19 $5,000 Eligible On Your Way Confectionery 102024990 Saskatchewan Ltd. 5 – 1025 Boychuk Drive Saskatoon, Saskatchewan 6 2023-05-17 $5,000 Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty Cabrito Tapas and Bebidas 1049319 BC Ltd. 2270 Commercial Drive Vancouver, British Columbia 9 2023-05-23 $2,000 Ineligible-unpaid monetary penalty Gold Train Express 0930130 BC Ltd. Unit 310 – 3320 Kingsway Vancouver, British Columbia 6 2023-05-11 $10,000 Eligible Samhil Logistics Inc. Samhil Logistics Inc. 5 Kevlin Road Markham, Ontario 6 2023-05-11 $15,000 Ineligible-unpaid monetary penalty Fraserview Meats and Indian Cuisine 2144576 Alberta Ltd. 3315 34 Street NW Edmonton, Alberta 8, 9 2023-05-11 $12,000 Ineligible-unpaid monetary penalty S&K Greenhouse and Farms Kuldeep Rai, Sarabjit Rai 10304 - 2 Avenue Osoyoos, British Columbia 9 2023-05-11 $1,250 Eligible Smagh Blueberry Farm Smagh Blueberry Farm 4380 Tolmie RD Abbotsford, British Columbia 6, 8 2023-05-11 $18,000 Ineligible-unpaid monetary penalty Carleton Corner Farms Ltd. Carleton Corner Farms Ltd. 9500 Carleton Corner Lane Marionville, Ontario 9, 20 2023-05-11 $11,250 Eligible Diamond Decor 2388691 Ontario Inc. 6720 Davand Drive, Unit 16 & 17, Mississauga, Ontario 6, 9 2023-05-02 $18,000 Ineligible-unpaid monetary penalty Via Cibo Deerfoot Meadows 1978913 Alberta Ltd 7929, 11 Street SE, Suite 2, Calgary, Alberta 2,8, 9 2023-05-02 $29,000 Ineligible-unpaid monetary penalty BD Construction Ltd. BD Construction Ltd. Unit 12-15192 62A Avenue, Surrey, British Columbia 2,8, 9 2023-05-02 $28,000 Ineligible-unpaid monetary penalty Product Line Holdings Product Line Holdings 180-19288, 22nd Ave, Surrey, British Columbia 6 2023-05-02 $1,000 Ineligible-unpaid monetary penalty Amcco Carrier Ltd. Amcco Carrier Ltd. 30630 Simpson Road, Abbotsford, British Columbia 9 2023-05-02 $3,000 Ineligible-unpaid monetary penalty 1038966 BC Ltd. 1038966 BC Ltd. 17027 40th Ave, Surrey, British Columbia 6 2023-05-02 $750 Ineligible-unpaid monetary penalty St. Michaels Inn 1078260 Alberta Ltd 4910-43 Street, PO Box 626, 9 2023-05-02 $4,250 Ineligible-unpaid monetary penalty Essex Freight Way Ltd. Essex Freight Way Ltd. 126 Strasbourg Driver, Winnipeg, Manitoba 9 2023-05-02 $3,000 Eligible Ambiya Nithiananthan Ambiya Nithiananthan 5 Kevlin Road, Markham, Ontario 6 2023-05-02 $1,000 Ineligible-unpaid monetary penalty Aquaend Waterproofing Systems Ltd. Aquaend Waterproofing Systems Ltd. 5015 Watling Street, Burnaby, British Columbia 2, 9 15 2023-04-11 $7,500 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Ferme Bancourt Ltée Ferme Bancourt Ltée 990 Route 260, St-Quentin, New Brunswick 2, 9 2023-03-28 $4,000 Eligible Applewood Smoked BBQ House Applewood Smoked BBQ House 831 Main Street, Moncton, New Brunswick 6 2023-03-28 $1,000 Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty Han Cor Construction Ltd. Han Cor Construction Ltd. 75 Chalamont Drive, Hammond Plains, Nova Scotia 20 2023-03-23 $5,000 Eligible 3343114 Nova Scotia Ltd. 3343114 Nova Scotia Ltd. 396 Main Street, Suite 203, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia 6, 9 2023-03-03 $36,000 and a 2-year ban Ineligible until March 4, 2025 0914942 BC Ltd. 0914942 BC Ltd. 13903 78A Avenue, Surrey, British Colombia 6, 9 2023-03-03 $20,000 and a 1-year ban Eligible Ferme Bourdages Tradition Inc. Ferme Bourdages Tradition Inc. 255, Avenue du Viaduc, Saint-Siméon, Québec 9 2023-03-03 $3,000 Eligible Hot Chinese Kitchen Hua-Mei Food Group Ltd. 2101 Pemberton Place, Comox, British Colombia 6, 9, 17 2023-03-03 $48,000 and a 2-year ban Ineligible until March 4, 2025 Volaille Giannone Volaille Giannone 2320 rue Principale, St-Cuthbert, Québec 6 2023-03-03 $20,000 Eligible Mehreen Enterprises Ltd. Mehreen Enterprises Ltd. 439 Grassie Boulevard, Winnipeg, Manitoba 6, 8, 9, 20 2023-03-03 $58,500 Eligible Pattern Logistics Inc. Pattern Logistics Inc. 2-33858 Enterprise Avenue Abbotsford, BC 6, 9 2023-04-14 $11,250 Ineligible-unpaid monetary penalty Falcon Transport Ltd. Falcon Transport Ltd. 13508 - 84 Ave, Surrey, British Columbia 6 2023-02-24 $15,000 Ineligible-unpaid monetary penalty 1449507 Alberta Ltd. 1449507 Alberta Ltd. 720-20 Crowfoot Crescent NW, Calgary, Alberta 6, 9 2023-02-24 $13,000 Ineligible-unpaid monetary penalty 474947 Alberta Ltd. 474947 Alberta Ltd. 37981 Wells Line Road, Abbotsford, British Columbia 9 2023-02-24 $3,750 Eligible Eiffel Transport Ltd. Eiffel Transport Ltd. 29 Canals Cove SW, Airdrie, Alberta 6 2023-02-17 $15,000 Ineligible-unpaid monetary penalty 1275728 BC Ltd. 1275728 BC Ltd. 16766 19th Avenue, Surrey, British Columbia 6, 15 2023-02-17 $30,000 Ineligible-unpaid monetary penalty Galaxy Iron Works & Railings 2271511 Ontario Ltd. 60 Rayette Road, Unit 2, Concord, Ontario 2, 6 2023-02-17 $1,750 Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty Frank Virgilio Frank Virgilio 94 Douglas Road, Richmond Hill, Ontario 6 2023-02-17 $750 Eligible Watt Veterinary Professional Corporation Watt Veterinary Professional Corporation 761 Davis Drive, Uxbridge, Ontario 20 2023-02-17 $1,000 Eligible Accuracia Security Patrol Ltd. Accuracia Security Patrol Ltd. 13049 76 Avenue, Unit 204, Surrey, British Columbia 6, 15 2023-02-10 $30,000 Ineligible-unpaid monetary penalty Buffalo West Ltd. Buffalo West Ltd. PO Box 537, Grande Prairie, Alberta 9 2023-02-10 $3,000 Eligible C&T Concrete Forming Ltd. C&T Concrete Forming Ltd. 20180 82 Avenue, Langley, British Columbia 6 2023-02-10 $15,000 Ineligible-unpaid monetary penalty Donna St. John Donna St. John 149 Kay Lane, Eston, Saskatchewan 8 2023-02-10 $3,000 Eligible M Jeet Transport Ltd. M Jeet Transport Ltd. 7106-144 Street, Surrey, British Columbia 5 2023-02-10 $1,000 Eligible 10047179 Manitoba Ltd. 10047179 Manitoba Ltd. 101 Kinver Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 17 2023-02-10 $258,000 and a 5-year ban Ineligible until February 10, 2028 Desserts Denis Tannous 9219-6815 Québec Inc. 134-1990, rue Cyrille Duquet, Québec, Quebec 9 2023-02-10 $3,000 Eligible Saman Bakery Ltd. Saman Bakery Ltd. 1185-16 Street West, North Vancouver, British Columbia 6, 7, 9 2023-02-10 $5,500 Eligible Gary Pollack / Frances Novack Pollack Gary Pollack / Frances Novack Pollack 49 Ruden Crescent, Toronto, Ontario 6 2023-02-10 $1,000 Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty Friends Furniture and Mattress 2430787 Ontario Inc. 80 Delta Park Boulevard, Brampton, Ontario 9 2023-02-10 $1,500 Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty KFC Grange Hamptons Chicken Foods Inc. 2474 Guardian Road NW, Edmonton, Alberta 8 2023-02-07 $3,000 Eligible Green West Building Maintenance Ltd. Green West Building Maintenance Ltd. 6875 Dunblaine Avenue, Burnaby, British Columbia 9 2023-02-03 $53,000 and a 5 year ban Ineligible until February 3, 2028 Vine Vera 1981761 Alberta Ltd. 140 Dechens Road NW, Edmonton, Alberta 6 2023-02-03 $1,000 Eligible Grewal Farms Inc. Grewal Farms Inc. PO Box 2362 Station A, Abbotsford, British Columbia 6 2023-02-03 $1,000 Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty Les Fines Herbes de Chez-Nous Inc. Les Fines Herbes de Chez-Nous Inc. 116, Chemin Trudeau, Saint-Mathieu-De-Beloeil, Quebec 9 2023-02-03 $20,000 Eligible Fermes Trudeau Inc. Fermes Trudeau Inc. 116, Chemin Trudeau, Saint-Mathieu-De-Beloeil, Quebec 9 2023-02-03 $12,000 Eligible Ontario Construction Industries Inc. Ontario Construction Industries Inc.6 501 Norfinch Drive, North York, Ontario 4, 9 2023-02-03 $8,000 Eligible Ranjit Gill, Shindo Gill Ranjit Gill, Shindo Gill 15929 40 Ave, Surrey, British Columbia 6, 9 2023-01-26 $4,000 Eligible Stoneworks Granite & Marble Inc. Stoneworks Granite & Marble Inc. 9753 51 Ave, Edmonton, Alberta 8, 9 2023-01-26 $10,000 Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty Sikh Academy Guru Nanak Education Society of BC 12895-85 Ave, Surrey, British Columbia 6, 9 2023-01-26 $30,000 Eligible M&M Freightlines Ltd. M&M Freightlines Ltd. 1349 Shawnee Road SW, Calgary, Alberta 8, 9 2023-01-26 $9,000 Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty Horizonte Imports Inc. Horizonte Imports Inc. 112-13030 76 Avenue, Surrey, British Columbia 2, 4, 8, 9 2023-01-26 $14,000 Eligible Ace High Barbershop Ltd. Ace High Barbershop Ltd. 823 Davie Street, Vancouver, British Columbia 2, 4 2023-01-26 $2,000 Ineligible Ferme Lunick Inc. Ferme Lunick Inc. 54, Route 391, Saint-Eugène-De-Guigues, Quebec 21 2023-01-26 $5,000 Eligible Vallée des Prairies Inc. Vallée des Prairies Inc. 99, chemin de l'Aqueduc, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Quebec 21 2023-01-26 $1,000 Eligible Second Brothers Mushroom Farm Second Brothers Mushroom Farm 25359 16 Avenue, Aldergrove, British Columbia 2, 6, 9, 17 2023-01-26 $34,000 Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty 7 Diamond Express Inc. 7 Diamond Express Inc. 6 James Carleton Drive, Winnipeg, Manitoba 6 2023-01-20 $10,000 Eligible Cellicon 0932293 BC Ltd. Unit 3-91 Esna Park Drive, Markham, Ontario 6, 8, 9 2023-01-20 $13,000 Ineligible-unpaid monetary penalty 1819856 Alberta Ltd. 1819856 Alberta Ltd. 5132 19 Avenue SW, Edmonton, Alberta 2, 8, 9 2023-01-20 $152,250 and a 5 year ban Ineligible until January 20, 2028 1831302 Alberta Ltd. 1831302 Alberta Ltd. PO Box 368 STN Main, Athabasca, Alberta 6 2023-01-20 $15,000 Ineligible-unpaid monetary penalty New Indian Village 1913808 Alberta Ltd. 320 Manning Crossing NW, Edmonton, Alberta 6 2023-01-20 $1,000 Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty Symetry Design Build 2473354 Ontario Inc. 14 Salvi Court, North York, Ontario 5, 6, 7 2023-01-20 $3,000 Ineligible-unpaid monetary penalty Alta Logistics Inc. Alta Logistics Inc. 3504 20 Street, Edmonton, Alberta 6 2023-01-20 $10,000 Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty CanUS Freight Solutions Ltd. CanUS Freight Solutions Ltd. 21393 64 Avenue, Langley, British Columbia 9 2023-01-20 $4,250 Ineligible-unpaid monetary penalty Centerfire Contracting Ltd. Centerfire Contracting Ltd. 106-236 Stony Mountain Rd RR 2, Anzac, Alberta 6 2023-01-20 $15,000 Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty D.J. LeeIan Trucking Ltd. D.J. LeeIan Trucking Ltd. 3619 29 Street, Edmonton, Alberta 6 2023-01-20 $15,000 Ineligible-unpaid monetary penalty GB Homes and Renos Inc. GB Homes and Renos Inc. 9806-106 Ave, Morinville, Alberta 6 2023-01-20 $15,000 Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty Guru's Systems Inc. Guru's Systems Inc. 19821 Fraser Hwy, Langley, British Columbia 6, 9 2023-01-20 $21,000 Ineligible-unpaid monetary penalty Horizon Carriers Inc. Horizon Carriers Inc. 1481 37A Avenue NW, Edmonton, Alberta 6 2023-01-20 $15,000 Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty Intertech Building Services Ltd. Intertech Building Services Ltd. 10451 Shellbridge Way Richmond, British Columbia 8, 9 2023-01-20 $6,000 Eligible Makhane Farms Ltd. Makhane Farms Ltd. 3513 Summit Drive Abbotsford, British Columbia 6 2023-01-20 $1,000 Eligible Nobra Holsteins Inc. Nobra Holsteins Inc. 2179 Irishtown Road Route 101, Kensington, Prince Edward Island 4 2023-01-20 $1,000 Eligible Custom Food Packaging R J Packaging Incorporated 1A-45 Basaltic Rd, Concord, Ontario 6 2023-01-20 $15,000 Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty Manning Motor Inn & Pub 1417497 Alberta Ltd. 1556 Rockcress Place Coquitlam, British Columbia 8 2023-01-13 $3,000 Ineligible-unpaid monetary penalty 7 Seas Seafood and Grill 1889917 Alberta Ltd. 7521 Macleod Trail SW Calgary, Alberta 6 2023-01-13 $1,000 Ineligible-unpaid monetary penalty ACS Benipal Ltd ACS Benipal Ltd 34931 Mount Blanchard Drive Abbotsford, British Columbia 2, 9 2023-01-13 $8,000 Ineligible-unpaid monetary penalty Agri Grow Farm Services Agri Grow Farm Services 32302 Adair Avenue Abbotsford, British Columbia 6 2023-01-13 $1,000 Ineligible-unpaid monetary penalty AXL Amazing Xpress Ltd. AXL Amazing Xpress Ltd. PO Box 567 Station A Abbotsford, British Columbia 6, 9 2023-01-13 $2,500 Eligible Cimmira Canada Inc. Cimmira Canada Inc. 318 11 Avenue SE, Unit 410 Calgary, Alberta 6 2023-01-13 $1,000 Eligible Desert Hills Estate Winery Inc. Desert Hills Estate Winery Inc. 4078 Black Sage Road Oliver, British Columbia 2, 4, 9 2023-01-13 $16,000 Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty Dsons Transport Ltd. Dsons Transport Ltd. 1448 25 Street NW Edmonton, Alberta 6, 9 2023-01-13 $20,000 Eligible FigTree Flooring Contractors Fig Tree Ventures Inc. 117-3823 Henning Drive Burnaby, British Columbia 9 2023-01-13 $3,000 Eligible Luigis Concrete Ltd Luigis Concrete Ltd 100-4 Liberty Road, Sherwood Park, Alberta 9 2023-01-13 $153,000 and a 5-year ban Ineligible until January 13, 2028 O&B Trucking O&B Trucking 2105-33B Ave NW, Edmonton, Alberta 6 2023-01-13 $15,000 Eligible Ruby Bhullar Ruby Bhullar 22317 64 Avenue Langley, British Columbia 9 2023-01-13 $6,000 Eligible Vergers Pierre Tremblay et Fils Inc. Vergers Pierre Tremblay et Fils Inc. 375 rand De La Montagne, Mont St-Grégoire, Quebec 9, 17 2023-01-09 $1,750 Eligible DPS Trucking Ltd. DPS Trucking Ltd. 1340 Gladwin Road Abbotsford, British Columbia 9 2023-01-09 $6,000 Eligible Chandhan Janitorial Services Ltd. Chandhan Janitorial Services Ltd. 93 Taralea Green NE Calgary, Alberta 6 2023-01-09 $1,000 Eligible R & C Asian Cuisine Ltd. R & C Asian Cuisine Ltd. 4-45590 Market Way Chilliwack, British Columbia 2, 8, 9, 20 2023-01-09 $25,250 Eligible A&M Orchards Ltd. A&M Orchards Ltd. PO Box 71, Keremeos, British Columbia 6 2024-01-29 $5,000 Eligible Samplii Freight Samplii Freight 24 George Place, Steinbach, Manitoba 8 2022-12-22 $3,000 Ineligible-unpaid monetary penalty Ferme Pikani Inc. Ferme Pikani Inc. 39, Route 132 Est, Saint-Denis-De-La-Bouteillerie, Québec 2 2022-12-22 $1,000 Eligible SA Fresh Harvest SA Fresh Harvest 101 12080 Nordel Way Surrey, British Columbia 4, 6, 7, 15 2022-12-6 $18,000 Ineligible-unpaid monetary penalty Criselda Narvacan Criselda Narvacan 620-3 Street SE Redcliff, Alberta 2, 9 2022-12-6 $12,750 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Virk Trucking Inc. Virk Trucking Inc. 7116 177A Street Surrey, British Columbia 6, 15 2022-12-6 $30,000 Ineligible-unpaid monetary penalty Sunview Electrical Ltd. Sunview Electrical Ltd. 16-8333 130 Street Surrey, British Columbia 6 2022-12-6 $15,000 Ineligible-unpaid monetary penalty Blue Meadow Blueberries Ltd. Blue Meadow Blueberries Ltd. 8905 240th Street Langley, British Columbia 6, 9 2022-12-6 $15,000 Eligible Gift Time 9319-5246 Quebec Inc 4452 Rue De Buillon, Montreal, Quebec 5, 6, 7 2020-03-04 $750 Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty Centrale Bergham Centrale Bergham International Inc 3467 Saint Laurent, Montreal, Quebec 6 2020-02-19 $750 Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty Mangoland Inc Mangoland Inc 4568 14 Street NE, Calgary, Alberta 9 2018-10-31 $3,000 Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty McConachie Barbershop Ltd. McConachie Barbershop Ltd. 6534 – 170 Ave NW, Edmonton, Alberta 6 2022-10-26 $5,000 Eligible AG Tile and Design AG Tile and Design 3050 Holland Road Kelowna, British Columbia 6 2022-10-03 $500 Eligible The Canadian Brew House Richmond Ltd. The Canadian Brew House Richmond Ltd. 1112 95 St. SW, Edmonton, Alberta 6, 8, 9 2022-06-01 $16,750 Eligible The Canadian Brew House (Saskatoon) Ltd. The Canadian Brew House (Saskatoon) Ltd. 1112 95 St. SW, Edmonton, Alberta 6, 7, 9 2022-06-01 $1,750 Eligible The Canadian Brew House Mahogany Ltd. The Canadian Brew House Mahogany Ltd. 1112 95 St. SW, Edmonton, Alberta 1, 6, 8, 9 2022-06-01 $9,750 Eligible The Canadian Brew House Regina Ltd. The Canadian Brew House Regina Ltd. 1112 95 St. SW, Edmonton, Alberta 7, 8, 9 2022-06-01 $11,250 Eligible The Canadian Brew House Red Deer Ltd. The Canadian Brew House Red Deer Ltd. 1112 95 St. SW, Edmonton, Alberta 8, 9 2022-06-01 $9,000 Eligible Dr. D’s Stats Cocktails and Dreams Hot Spot Restaurant Incorporated 1832 Victoria Ave East, Regina, Saskatchewan 1 2022-06-14 $4,000 Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty Ferme R. Mailloux et Fils Inc. Ferme R. Mailloux et Fils Inc. 2250, rang Papineau, St-Paul-d’Abbotsford, Quebec 8, 9, 17 2022-05-20 $36,000 Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty Kings Cargo Express Ltd. Kings Cargo Express Ltd. 344 Dawson Road N, Winnipeg, Manitoba 8, 9 2022-05-20 $18,000 Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty Dana Congiusti Dana Congiusti 31 Seurat Place, Thornhill, Ontario 2 2022-05-20 $1,000 Eligible Marilou Flores Marilou Flores 538 Holbrook Road East, Kelowna, British Columbia 2 2022-05-20 $1,000 Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty Bedford Basin Farmers Market Bedford Basin Farmers Market 130 Chain Lake Dr., Halifax, Nova Scotia 8, 9 2022-05-19 $2,000 Eligible The Great Indian Factory 1875807 Alberta Ltd. 10143 Saskatchewan Drive NW, Edmonton, Alberta 6, 15 2022-02-24 $16,000 Eligible 20/20 Plumbing Ltd. 20/20 Plumbing Ltd. 3501 Creston Drive, Abbotsford, British Columbia 2 2022-05-02 $8,000 Eligible M.S. Masonary Edmonton M.S. Masonary Edmonton 6825-39 Ave NW, Edmonton, Alberta 6 2022-05-02 $1,000 Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty Ric's Lounge & Grill (Edmonton-Airport) Ltd. Ric's Lounge & Grill (Edmonton-Airport) Ltd. 16523 57 Street NW, Edmonton, Alberta 8, 9 2022-05-02 $6,000 Eligible Uptrend Developments Inc. Uptrend Developments Inc. 708-1155 West Pender Street Vancouver, British Columbia 7, 9 2022-05-02 $2,000 Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty New Indian Sweet and Restaurant Prince India Catering Ltd. 3371 - 28A Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta 6 2022-05-02 $1,000 Eligible GK Brar Farms Ltd. GK Brar Farms Ltd. 2931 3 Hwy E, Creston, British Columbia 6, 9 2022-03-24 $22,000 Eligible Husky Gas Station & Propane 1283150 Alberta Ltd. 6419 173 Avenue NW, Edmonton, Alberta 2 2022-03-24 $1,000 Eligible GNT Transport Ltd. GNT Transport Ltd. 113B Street, Delta, British Columbia 6 2022-03-24 $15,000 Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty 2A Car Wash 1894602 Alberta Ltd. 4608 48 Street, Olds, Alberta 4, 8, 9 2022-03-01 $1,000 Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty Danica & Tyson Wokoeck Danica & Tyson Wokoeck 3341 Broadview Road, West Kelowna, British Columbia 9 2022-03-01 $1,250 Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty A-1 Fashion Ltd. A-1 Fashion Ltd. Unit 13 – 12070 76th Avenue Surrey, British Columbia 9, 15 2022-03-01 $18,000 Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty Ferme LaitRoy Inc. Ferme LaitRoy Inc. 1872 rue Johnson, Thetford Mines, Quebec 20 2022-03-08 $10,000 Eligible Costantino Loscerbo Costantino Loscerbo 9921 Echo Heights, Chemainus, British Columbia 6, 8, 9 2022-03-08 $63,000 and a 1-year ban Eligible Trident Organic Farms Ltd. Trident Organic Farms Ltd. 13240 Comber Way, Surrey, British Columbia 6, 15 2022-03-08 $16,000 Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty Top Gun Entertainment Inc. Top Gun Entertainment Inc. 1977 Abel Street, Kelowna, British Columbia 20 2022-03-08 $20,000 Eligible Riakman Overseas Inc. HKM Transport 233, 4818 Westwinds Drive NE, Calgary, Alberta 2, 6, 8, 9, 17 2022-03-08 $72,000 Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty Canada Ace International Education Group Canada Ace International Education Group APT 419 6800 Eckersley Road, Richmond, British Columbia 6 2021-11-12 $1,000 Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty K&M Bldg. Contractors (2004) Ltd. K&M Bldg. Contractors (2004) Ltd. PO Box 750, 5101-45 Avenue, Spirit River, Alberta 4 2022-03-15 $1,000 Eligible Iconic Ventures 2025526 Alberta Inc. 3676 48 Avenue NE, Calgary, Alberta 2 2022-03-15 $500 Eligible Pépinière Boucher Division Plants Forestier Inc. Pépinière Boucher Division Plants Forestier Inc. 94 rang des Aulnaies, Saint-Ambroise, Quebec 21 2022-03-15 $5,000 Eligible Les Entreprises Agricoles André Desroches Inc. Les Entreprises Agricoles André Desroches Inc. 47, rue des Églises Ouest, Abercorn, Quebec 9 2022-03-14 $3,000 Eligible Onkar Framing & Construction Ltd. Onkar Framing & Construction Ltd. 6826 Nanaimo Street, Vancouver, British Columbia 9 2022-03-14 $1,250 Eligible Rideway Transport Ltd. Rideway Transport Ltd. 14655-108 Avenue, Surrey, British Columbia 6 2022-03-14 $15,000 Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty Les Maraîchers P.Y. Cousineau Senc. Les Maraîchers P.Y. Cousineau Senc. 395, Chemin du Chicot, Saint-Eustache, Quebec 21 2022-03-14 $5,000 Eligible G & R Contracting Ltd. G & R Contracting Ltd. 1340 Gladwin Road, Abbotsford, British Columbia 6, 8, 20 2022-02-17 $8,000 Eligible Maan Farms Ltd. Maan Farms Ltd. 790 McKenzie Road, Abbotsford, British Columbia 9 2022-02-17 $3,000 Eligible 697131 NB Inc. 697131 NB Inc. 20 Lonsdale Drive, Moncton, New Brunswick 4, 9 2022-02-15 $12,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Hercules Moving Company Inc. Hercules Moving Company Inc. 1008 Magnetic Drive, Toronto, Ontario 6, 8 2022-03-22 $500 Eligible Elsie Ballogan Elsie Ballogan 508 White Adler Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario 5, 6 2020-02-28 $2,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Chohan Carriers Ltd. Chohan Carriers Ltd. P.O. Box 31135, R.P.O Thunderbird, Langley, British Columbia 6, 8, 17, 20 2020-11-12 $20,000 Eligible Valley Orchards Chancal Bal 1795 McCurdy Rd E, Kelowna, British Columbia 9 2020-12-23 $2,500 Eligible Sikh Society Regina Inc. Sikh Society Regina Inc. 3905 Princess Drive, Regina, Saskatchewan 9 2022-01-31 $7,000 Eligible Rajvarinder Sandhu Rajvarinder Sandhu 3180 Eclipse Avenue, Mississauga, Ontario 6 2022-02-08 $1,000 Eligible Black Top Ends Ltd. Black Top Ends Ltd. 257 Jenkins Road, Scotland, Ontario 9 2022-02-08 $3,000 Eligible Pizzeria Moretti Pizzeria Moretti 1059 rue Wellington, Montreal, Quebec 6 2022-01-28 $15,000 Eligible Pizza Pizza 2450775 Ontario Inc. 130 Rexdale Blvd., Etobicoke, Ontario 6 2022-01-28 $1,000 Eligible Freshii 1983887 Alberta Ltd. 306 9612 Franklin Ave., Fort McMurray, Alberta 6 2022-01-28 $1,000 Eligible White Angel Nails Nhung Huynh 2-5901 Broadway, Burnaby, British Columbia 8 2022-01-28 $3,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Gur-Fateh Transport Gur-Fateh Transport Ltd. 7612 36 Street NE, Calgary, Alberta 2, 6 2022-01-28 $16,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Lazy F-D Ranches & Hay Sales Lazy F-D Ranches & Hay Sales 3596 Long Lake Road, Knutsford, British Columbia 8, 9 2022-01-28 $1,250 Eligible G. Routhiers+Fils G. Routhier + Fils Ltée 2105, rue Holmes, Saint-Hubert, Quebec 2, 9 2022-01-28 $10,750 Eligible Ferme Ranjall Inc. Ferme Ranjall Inc. 181, Rang 7 St-Christophe-Arthabaska, Quebec 5, 6 2022-01-12 $2,000 Eligible 9376-2342 Québec Inc. 9376-2342 Québec Inc. 5899, Brandeis Avenue, Côte-Saint-Luc, Quebec 6, 15 2022-01-12 $16,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty High Point Orchards Ltd. High Point Orchards Ltd. 15 Roscoe Drive, Kentville, Nova Scotia 9 2022-01-12 $7,000 Eligible Canadian Brewhouse (Fort Saskatchewan) The Canadian Brewhouse (Fort Saskatchewan) 1112-95 Street, Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta 6, 8, 9 2022-01-12 $13,000 Eligible The Canadian Brew House (Cochrane) Ltd. The Canadian Brew House (Cochrane) Ltd. 1112 95 Street SW, Edmonton, Alberta 6 2022-01-12 $1,000 Eligible Singla Brothers Holdings Ltd. Singla Brothers Holdings Ltd. 567 Heather Road, Penticton, British Columbia 9 2022-01-12 $12,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Lawrence Davies Lawrence Davies 109-9915 88 Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta 2, 4 2022-01-06 $2,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Summer Farm Summer Farm 3926 22 Avenue, Vernon, British Columbia 2, 9, 17 2022-01-05 $103,000 and a 5-year ban Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty Persia Palace Restaurant & Banquet King of Dates Corp 9340-34 Avenue NW, Edmonton, Alberta 5, 8, 9, 17 2022-01-06 $46,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Anjie Orchard Maintenance Contractors Anjie Orchard Maintenance Contractors PO Box 23177, Plaza 33, Kelowna, British Columbia 2, 4, 9 2022-01-06 $2,000 Eligible Tim Hortons Alan Arsenault Holdings Ltd 900 – 500 Country Hills Blvd NE, Calgary, Alberta 6 2021-07-29 $1,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Johnson Poovelil Johnson Poovelil 14766 76 Avenue, Surrey, British Columbia 6 2021-07-29 $1,000 Eligible Thai Express Namar Cuisine Ltd. 250 Stanfield Ave., Dartmouth, Nova Scotia 6 2021-07-29 $1,000 Eligible Casa Dea Estate Winery Casa-Dea Vineyard Limited Partnership 1186 Greer Road, Wellington, Ontario 9 2021-07-28 $36,000 Eligible 0976504 BC Ltd. 0976504 BC Ltd. Suite 100 – 456 Prior Street, Vancouver, British Columbia 6 2021-07-28 $1,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Akal Siding & Soffit Akal Siding & Soffit Ltd. 14382 82nd Avenue, Surrey, British Columbia 9 2021-12-29 $10,000 Eligible G & B Friesen Farms Ltd. G & B Friesen Farms Ltd. PO Box 362, Quill Lake, Saskatchewan 20 2021-12-29 $1,000 Eligible Sunshine Cranberry Farms Sunshine Cranberry Farms Ltd. 184-185 9040 Blundell Road, Richmond, British Columbia 6, 9 2021-12-29 $4,750 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty 0768384 BC Ltd. 0768384 BC Ltd. 213-8334 128 Street, Surrey, British Columbia 6, 15 2021-12-29 $30,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Canada Champion Farms Ltd Canada Champion Farms Ltd 8871 Sidaway Rd., Richmond, British Columbia 9 2021-12-29 $3,000.00 Eligible Genomics Precision Fabricators Genomics Precision Fabricators 2 Indell Lane, Brampton, Ontario 9 2021-12-29 $12,000 Eligible Pandher Building Maintenance Ltd. Pandher Building Maintenance Ltd. 6278 137B Street, Surrey, British Columbia 6, 9 2021-12-29 $18,000 Ineligible – Unpaid monetary penalty S & D Farms S & D Farms 31488 King Road, Abbotsford, British Columbia 6 2021-12-29 $1,000 Eligible Maria Jessica Jemie Rico Maria Jessica Jemie Rico 2301-244 Sherbrooke Street, New Westminster, British Columbia 2, 8 2021-12-29 $4,000 Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty Southern Concrete & Labour Services Ltd. Southern Concrete & Labour Services Ltd. PO Box 74077 RPO Fraser Heights, Surrey, British Columbia 6 2021-12-29 $15,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty P.S.P Fabricating Inc. P.S.P Fabricating Inc. 11 Morrow Rd. Barrie, Ontario 9 2021-12-29 $3,000 Eligible Best Western London Airport Inn & Suites 2577001 Ontario Inc. 2230 Dundas Street, London, Ontario 8, 9 2021-12-21 $7,250 Eligible Gary Froude Gary Froude PO Box 172, 1182 Foreman Road, Port Carling, Ontario 9 2021-12-21 $15,500 Ineligible-unpaid monetary penalty Aman Dhaliwal Aman Dhaliwal 4 Discovery Ridge Cove SW, Calgary, Alberta 2, 8 2021-12-21 $13,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Magic Cleaning 2020 Magic Cleaning 2020 10112 JJ Gagnier Street Montreal, Quebec 6 2024-01-22 $1,000 Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty BC Frozen Foods Ltd. BC Frozen Foods Ltd. 33920 Lougheed Hwy, Mission, British Columbia 9 2021-12-14 $26,000 Eligible R Mann Trucking R. Mann Trucking Ltd 2770 Victoria Street, Abbotsford, British Columbia 2, 9 2021-12-14 $13,000 Eligible Lloyd McMahon Lloyd McMahon 18216-98A Avenue NW, Edmonton, Alberta 6 2021-12-14 $1,000 Eligible Afghan Chopan Kebab Inc. Afghan Chopan Kebab Inc. 10756 101 Street NW, Edmonton, Alberta 2, 6, 8, 9 2021-12-14 $8,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Stephanie Jamieson Steph Jamieson 3 Truesdale Crescent, Guelph, Ontario 9 2021-12-14 $3,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty 1979592 Alberta Ltd. 1979592 Alberta Ltd. 6718 24 Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta 6, 15 2021-12-14 $30,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Boss Liquor Ltd. Boss Liquor Ltd. 1531 Lakewood Road West, Edmonton, Alberta 2, 6 2021-12-14 $2,000 Eligible Les Constructions Gaballero Les Constructions Gaballero Ltd 92, rue de la Colonelle, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec 9 2021-12-14 $51,250 and a 5-year ban Ineligible until December 14, 2026 Eglise Essénienne Chrétienne Eglise Essénienne Chrétienne 345 Chemin Brochu, Cookshire, Quebec 6, 9 2021-12-14 $7,750 Eligible Giusseppa Gammichia Giusseppa Gammichia 217 Barrie Street, PO Box 594 Bradford, Ontario 2 2021-12-14 $1,000 Eligible KM Orchards Kamalpreet & Manpreet Gill 5582 Sumac Street, Oliver, British Columbia 2, 4, 6 2021-12-14 $2,250 Eligible Aldea Group Ltd Aldea Group Ltd 9048 22 Avenue SW, Edmonton, Alberta 6 2021-12-14 $1,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Pandher Drywall Pandher Drywall Ltd 2675 Janzen Street, Abbotsford, British Columbia 6, 8 2021-12-14 $21,000 Eligible Caribbean Spoon Caribbean Spoon 6832 190 Street, Surrey, British Columbia 6 2021-12-14 $15,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty New Pioneer New Pioneer Construction Ltd 438 Victoria Avenue, Regina, Saskatchewan 9 2021-11-30 $3,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Caffe Sorrentino Clearwater Plaza 1625145 Alberta Ltd. 10665-109 St., Edmonton, Alberta 9 2021-11-30 $1,250 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Pritam Sekhon Pritam Sekhon 5008 107 Street, Osoyoos, British Columbia 9 2021-11-30 $1,250 Eligible JLS Development JLS Development Ltd 1100-1200 West 73rd Ave., Vancouver, British Columbia 4, 6, 15 2021-11-30 $17,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Park Safe Inc. Park Safe Inc. B4-1523 Laperriere Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario 6, 9 2021-12-01 $35,000 and a 1-year ban Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty Eva Ungar Eva Ungar 54 Alexandra Wood, Toronto, Ontario 6, 9 2021-12-02 $62,000 and a 2-year ban Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty Nails Time Nails Time Inc. 38 Ropewalk Lane St. John’s, Newfoundland 4, 9 2021-12-02 $1,000 Eligible Mona Pasasadaba Mona Pasasadaba 1-5330 Joyce Street, Vancouver, British Columbia 2 2021-12-02 $1,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty (Surplus) 4046200 Canada Inc. (Surplus) 4046200 Canada Inc. 4100 Saint-Antoine Ouest, Montréal, Quebec 6 2021-12-02 $750 Eligible Freestyle Design Upholstery Freestyle Design Upholstery 106, 2368 Marpole Avenue, Port Coquitlam, British Columbia 6, 15 2021-12-02 $30,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Devinder Singh Samra & Surinder Pal Kuar Samra Gagan Blueberry Growers Ltd. 35826 South Parallel Road, Abbotsford, British Columbia 4 2021-12-02 $1,000 Eligible Red Maple Enterprises Inc. Red Maple Enterprises Inc. 4732 Rundlehorn Drive NE, Calgary, Alberta 6, 7 2021-11-09 $1500 Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty Morse’s Farm Limited Morse’s Farm Limited 116 Main Street, Berwick, Nova Scotia 6 2021-10-01 $15,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Boston Pizza Coastal Pizza Company Inc. 367 Water St. St. John’s, Newfoundland 9 2021-10-01 $2,500 Eligible Eugénie Canada Inc. Eugénie Canada 1167, rue Nationale, Terrebonne, Quebec 9 2021-10-01 $35,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Les Sapins Downey Inc. Les Sapins Downey Inc. CP 117, Succ. Lennoxville, Sherbrooke, Quebec 9 2021-10-01 $3,000 Eligible Fournée des nations 9193-9082 Québec Inc. 3465 rue Thomas –Chapais, Sherbrooke, Quebec 6, 15 2021-10-01 $15,750 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Great Harvest Farm Great Harvest Farm Inc. 19680 Dufferin St. RR2, Newmarket, Ontario 9 2021-10-01 $6,000 Eligible Subway Sandwiches 2320966 Ontario Corporation 6465 Airport Road, Unit 103, Mississauga, Ontario 9 2021-10-01 $1,250 Eligible Parminder Luthra Parminder Luthra 42 Leone Lane, Brampton, Ontario 2, 9 2021-10-01 $2,250 Eligible Karma IVF Clinic 1880636 Ontario Inc. 107-18 Pine Street, Kitchener, Ontario 4, 9 2021-10-01 $21,000 Eligible Maureen McDermott Maureen McDermott 3672 Crestview Road, Victoria, British Columbia 9 2021-10-01 $6,000 Eligible Irish Subijano Irish Subijano 5145 Canuck Crescent, Regina, Saskatchewan 2, 4 2021-10-01 $750 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty S & J Construction Ltd. S & J Construction Ltd. 100 St. Paul Blvd, West St Paul, Manitoba 9 2021-10-01 $3,000 Eligible Royal Pizza 1607127 Alberta Ltd. 7712 Sparrow Drive, Leduc, Alberta 2, 9 2021-10-01 $20,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty The Canadian Brewhouse (Fort McMurray) Ltd. The Canadian Brewhouse 1112 – 95th Street S.W., Edmonton, Alberta 9 2021-10-01 $15,000 Eligible Princess Carpio Princess Carpio 9728-126 Avenue, Grande Prairie, Alberta 6 2021-10-01 $1,000 Eligible Emerald Holdings Inc. Emerald Holdings Inc. 2625 26 Street NE, Calgary, Alberta 6, 9 2021-10-01 $7,750 Eligible Keller and Sons Farming Ltd. Keller and Sons Farming Ltd. PO Box 760, Carberry, Manitoba 4, 15 2021-10-01 $16,000 Eligible Balwinder Brar, Amandeep Brar Balwinder Brar, Amandeep Brar 18-31501 Upper Maclure Road, Abbotsford, British Columbia 6 2021-10-01 $750 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Brandi Donavon Brandi Donavon 45 Ross Heights Court SE, Medicine Hat, Alberta 6, 9 2021-11-26 $71,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Greater Valley Nursery Ltd. Greater Valley Nursery Ltd. 28230 Fraser Hwy, Abbotsford, British Columbia 6, 15 2021-11-25 $16,000 Eligible Aikam Transport Aikam Logistics Inc 110 Bluemeadow Rd., Winnipeg, Manitoba 6, 15 2021-11-25 $16,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Emer Enterprises Emer Enterprises 2280 Upper Bench Road, Cawston, British Columbia 6 2021-11-25 $15,000 Eligible 1148918 BC Ltd 1148918 BC Ltd 13753 Hale Road Pitt Meadows, British Columbia 6, 15 2021-11-25 $16,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Trullo Ristorante Italiano Trullo Ristorante Italiano Ltd. 67 Kings Wharf Place, Unit 102 Dartmouth, Nova Scotia 9 2021-11-24 $12,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty United Drywall Ltd United Drywall Ltd 4339 14 Street NE, Calgary, Alberta 6 2021-11-10 $5000 Eligible BC 101 Farms Ltd. BC 101 Farms Ltd. 2242 168 Street, Surrey, British Columbia 9 2021-11-22 $3,000 Eligible BlackGold Tattoo 1821942 Alberta Ltd 104-2951 Ellwood Drive SW, Edmonton, Alberta 9 2021-11-22 $3,000 Eligible Agrocorp Processing Ltd Agrocorp Processing Ltd Unit 210-254 Edmonton Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba 9 2021-11-22 $35,000 and a 2-year ban Eligible Double Diamond Farms 1808278 Ontario Inc. 1975 Graham Side Road, Leamington, Ontario 9, 17 2021-11-23 $2,250 Eligible Mike's Barber Shop Inc. Mike's Barber Shop Inc. 3518, Tudor Glen Market, St. Albert, Alberta 2, 6, 8, 9 2021-11-23 $14,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty JSJ Farm Ltd. JSJ Farm Ltd. 11695 89 Avenue, Delta, British Columbia 6 2021-11-23 $15,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty BC 2000 Plumbing and Heating Ltd. BC 2000 Plumbing and Heating Ltd. 2188 No. 5 Road, Richmond, British Columbia 6 2021-11-23 $15,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty One Ocean Expeditions Inc. One Ocean Expeditions Inc. PO Box 81, 38141 2 Avenue, Squamish, British Columbia 6, 15 2021-11-23 $16,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty North Bruce Farms North Bruce Farms Inc. 1217 Bruce Road 19 RR1, Paisley, Ontario 9 2021-11-25 $3,000 Eligible Gurdip Singh Sidhu Gurdip Singh Sidhu 9822 Gillard Avenue, Summerland, British Columbia 6 2021-11-23 $15,000 Eligible The Canadian Brewhouse Winnipeg Limited The Canadian Brewhouse Winnipeg Limited 1112 – 95th Street SW, Edmonton, Alberta 9 2021-11-23 $12,000 Eligible Mamma's Italian Pizza & Steak House 1585678 Alberta Ltd. PO Box 235, Thorhild, Alberta 4, 9 2021-11-23 $1,000 Eligible Northern Tropic Four Seasons Sunrooms Northern Tropic Four Seasons Sunrooms 901 A Devonshire Rd., Victoria, British Columbia 9 2021-11-23 $7,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty B Gill Dryway Ltd B Gill Dryway Ltd 12308 71 Avenue, Surrey, British Columbia 6, 15 2021-11-23 $16,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Malda Farms Ltd. Malda Farms Ltd. RR 3, Barrhead, Alberta 9 2021-11-23 $4,250 Eligible White Lotus Pet Spa Ltd. White Lotus Pet Spa Ltd. 10 Donald Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba 6, 15 2021-11-23 $16,000 Eligible Satpaul Singh Verma Satpaul Singh Verma 8473 – 171 Street, Surrey, British Columbia 9 2021-11-23 $2,500 Eligible Suisha Gardens Suisha Gardens 5701 Lewis Avenue, Niagara Falls, Ontario 9 2021-11-24 $12,000 Eligible CAN-BC Drywall Ltd CAN-BC Drywall Ltd 17944 58 Avenue, Surrey, British Columbia 6, 15 2021-11-15 $16,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Belinda Chesang Belinda Chesang 242-2270 Cotter’s Crescent, Ottawa, Ontario 9 2021-11-15 $50,000 and a 5-year ban Ineligible until November 15, 2026 REA Investments REA Investments Limited 70 Deerhide Crescent, North York, Ontario 4, 9 2021-11-15 $47,000 and a 2-year ban Eligible 0973617 BC Ltd. 0973617 BC Ltd. PO Box 1095, Vedder Crossing, Chilliwack, British Columbia 6, 15 2021-11-15 $16,000 Eligible True North Interiors Inc. True North Interiors Inc. RPO Marda Loop 86073, Calgary, Alberta 8, 9 2021-11-05 $2,500 Eligible RS Farms Ltd. RS Farms Ltd. 1918 Mount Lehman Road, Abbotsford, British Columbia 2, 9 2021-11-05 $21,000 Eligible Gleneagles Painting Gleneagles General Contractors 2220 Midland Avenue, Toronto, Ontario 9 2021-11-05 $36,250 and a 2-year ban Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Zhuo’s Farm Ltd. Zhuo’s Farm Ltd. 2735 7th Line RR#1, Port Hope, Ontario 6, 9 2021-11-05 $10,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Rocket Transport Rocket Transport Inc. 202-2640 Cedar Park Place, Abbotsford, British Columbia 9 2021-11-03 $3,750 Eligible VR Mechanical Solutions VR Mechanical Solutions Inc. 464 Kingston Road West, Ajax, Ontario 9 2021-11-03 $1,250 Eligible Canmark Family Farming Canmark Family Farming Ltd. PO Box 1198, Roblin, Manitoba 2, 8, 9 2021-11-03 $11,500 Eligible Christopher Simwamu Christopher Simwamu 121, 13907 - 136 Street, Edmonton, Alberta 2, 9 2021-11-03 $62,750 and a 5-year ban Ineligible until November 3, 2026 Eco Insulators Ltd Eco Insulators Ltd 15867 10th Avenue SW, Edmonton, Alberta 6, 9 2021-11-02 $3,750 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Viper Vapour Keter David Ltd. 200-17311 103 Avenue NW, Edmonton, Alberta 6, 15 2021-11-02 $16,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Shiva's Holdings Corporation Shiva's Holdings Corporation 2807 50 Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta 9 2021-11-02 $7,250 Eligible Fabutan 1245305 Alberta Ltd. 10221 109 Street NW, Edmonton, Alberta 6, 9 2021-11-02 $3,750 Eligible Yellowhead Trucking Yellowhead Trucking Ltd 6218-167A Ave, Edmonton, Alberta 6, 15 2021-11-02 $16,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Xtreme Oilfield Technology Ltd. Xtreme Oilfield Technology Ltd. PO Box 1476, St. Paul, Alberta 4, 9 2021-11-02 $500 Eligible Top Form Concrete Ltd. Top Form Concrete Ltd. RR3 Site 448 Box 2 C14, Drayton Valley, Alberta 4, 9 2021-11-02 $32,000 and a 1-year ban Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty Fas Gas Black Gold Service Gardezi Corporation Inc. Unit 12, 1615 7th Street, East Saskatoon, Saskatchewan 4 2021-11-02 $1,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Randhava Farms 1062570 BC Ltd. 3406-13475 Central Avenue, Surrey, British Columbia 6, 15 2021-11-02 $15,750 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty AJ Mona Pizza Inc. AJ Mona Pizza Inc. 19162 McMyn Rd, Pitt Meadows, British Columbia 2 2021-11-02 $750 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Yes Education Center Inc. Yes Education Center Inc. 204 – 2112 West Broadway, Vancouver, British Columbia 9 2021-11-02 $2,500 Eligible Christina Mushrooms Ltd. Christina Mushrooms Ltd PO Box 10088, 3600-248 Street, Aldergrove, British Columbia 6, 9 2021-11-02 $6,750 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty TRV General Cleaning Ltd. TRV General Cleaning Ltd. 10556-115 Street NW, Edmonton, Alberta 9 2021-11-02 $1,250 Eligible A&W 1186882 Ontario Inc. 731K-25 Peel Centre, Brampton, Ontario 9 2021-11-02 $7,000 Eligible 1165461 Alberta Ltd. 1165461 Alberta Ltd. 15540 Stony Plain Road, Edmonton, Alberta 9 2021-11-02 $35,000 and a 2-year ban Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty Jean Lemay 9058-3964 Québec Inc. 1226 rang Salvail Sud, Saint-Jude, Quebec 8, 9, 17, 18 2021-10-25 $198,750 and a permanent ban Ineligible Majik Wash Inc. Majik Wash Inc. 525 East 6th Ave., Regina, Saskatchewan 8, 9 2021-10-25 $5000 Eligible Advance Home and Commercial Builders Inc. Advance Home and Commercial Builders Inc. 1 1428 Lorne Street Regina, Saskatchewan 6 2021-11-02 $5000 Eligible Stone City Builders Stone City Builders PO BOX 51, 58 Carol Lane, Marchland, Manitoba 6 2021-11-02 $500 Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty Sunny Kim Taekwondo Sunny Kim Taekwondo 101 - 1209 16th Street West, North Vancouver, British Columbia 1, 9 2021-10-21 $1500 Eligible Hub Roastery 1946544 Ontario Inc. 69 Front Street, Sioux Lookout, Ontario 9 2021-10-18 $20,000 and a one-year ban Eligible 907687 Ontario Inc. 907687 Ontario Inc. 402-120 Carlton Street, Toronto, Ontario 9 2021-10-18 $1,250.00 Eligible Fraser Valley Growers Ltd. Fraser Valley Growers Ltd. 2373 Westerly Street Abbotsford, British Columbia 5, 15 2021-10-18 $16,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Grewal Farms (2015) Ltd. Grewal Farms (2015) Ltd. P.O. Box 873, Station A Abbotsford, British Columbia 5, 6, 15 2021-10-18 $17,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Sharminder Singh Mallhi, Chhinder Kaur Mallhi Sharminder Singh Mallhi, Chhinder Kaur Mallhi 1464 264 Street, Aldergrove, British Columbia 2, 6 2021-10-18 $2,000 Eligible Hotel North - Jungle Jim Restaurant 10565 NFLD. Inc. 25 Loring Drive, P.O Box 1114 Station “C”, Happy Valley – Goose Bay, Labrador 4, 9 2021-10-18 $6,000 Eligible Les Investissements Marialex Investments Ltd Les Investissements Marialex Investments Ltd 2-2261 rue du Souvenir, Montreal, Quebec 6, 15 2021-09-28 $19,000 Eligible Ganked Film Inc. Ganked Film Inc. 7B – 38 Wellington St. E, Aurora, Ontario 6 2021-09-17 $1000 Eligible Tyler Demeulenaere Farms Ltd. Tyler Demeulenaere Farms Ltd. 220 Second Concession, Princeton, Ontario 6 2021-07-22 $10,000 Eligible Canada Fluorspar Inc. Canada Fluorspar (NL) Inc. 1 Clark’s Pond Rd. St Lawrence, Newfoundland 4 2021-07-16 $1,000 Eligible Karlo Estates Winery Karlo Estates Winery 561 Danforth Road Wellington, Ontario 9,11,8 2021-07-16 $750 Eligible M&J McElhone Farming M&J McElhone Farming 312 Windham Road 6 La Salette, Ontario 11 2021-07-16 $3,000 Eligible Ramesh Ahluwalia Ramesh Ahluwalia 40 Fenton Way Brampton, Ontario 11,6 2021-07-16 $750 Eligible Tuyet Tran Tuyet Tran 417 Downsview Place Waterloo, Ontario 6,5 2021-07-16 $2,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Wonton King 1672085 Alberta Ltd. 3449 12 Street NE Calgary, Alberta 2 2021-07-16 $750 Eligible Shoker Farms Ltd. Shoker Farms Ltd. 4952 Giesbrecht Road Chilliwack, British Columbia 6 2021-07-16 $750 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Solar Construction Ltd. Solar Construction Ltd. 13531 87A Avenue Surrey, British Columbia 6 2021-07-16 $750 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Man Kil Kim & Soon Hwa Choi Joyce Hair Design 5156 Joyce Street Vancouver, British Columbia 9 2021-07-16 $3,000 Eligible Liquor King 1819010 Alberta Ltd 209 Calahoo Road Spruce Grove, Alberta 6 2021-07-16 $750 Eligible Oliver Fruit House Ltd. Oliver Fruit House Ltd. PO Box 29151, RPO Okanagan Mission Kelowna, British Columbia 6 2021-07-16 $1,000 Eligible West Valley Produce Ltd. West Valley Produce Ltd. 1156 Bute Street Vancouver, British Columbia 6 2021-07-16 $750 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Judicious Professional Solutions Judicious Professional Solutions Inc Unit #204, 10830 107 Avenue, NW Edmonton, Alberta 2 2021-07-16 $750 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Dairy Queen GSK Restaurants Ltd. 5403 – 23 Avenue NW Edmonton, Alberta 11,2 2021-07-16 $750 Eligible Toor Farms Toor Farms 32241 Huntingdon Road Abbotsford, British Columbia 6 2021-07-16 $1,000 Eligible Freshii 2043990 Alberta Ltd. 100 - 1830 Strachan Road SE Medicine Hat, Alberta 6 2021-07-16 $750 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Lakeview Inn & Suites Lakeview Flag Operating Ltd. 10115 88th Avenue Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta 6 2021-07-16 $750 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Paramount Project Solutions Ltd. Paramount Project Solutions Ltd. 19 Millbank Crescent SW Calgary, Alberta 6 2021-07-16 $1,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Bart's Construction Ltd. Bart's Construction Ltd. Unit 2-821, Wilson Way Canmore, Alberta 2 2021-07-16 $750 Eligible Phil's Farm John Christensen 6080 Oldfield Road Victoria, British Columbia 2 2021-07-16 $1,000 Eligible 1080187 Alberta Ltd. 1080187 Alberta Ltd. 505 11808 100 Avenue NW Edmonton, Alberta 2 2021-07-16 $1,000 Eligible Kristen Haase Kristen Haase 51333 Temperance Street Saskatoon, Saskatchewan 2 2021-07-16 $750 Eligible Chad Lawless Chad Lawless Box 126 Maryfield, Saskatchewan 6 2021-07-16 $1,000 Eligible New Way Stucco Ltd. New Way Stucco Ltd. 1013 Wildwood Court Edmonton, Alberta 6 2021-07-16 $1,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Victoria Nannies & Caregiver Placement Agency Perry Maricel 986 Walfred Place Victoria, British Columbia 2,8 2021-07-16 $10,750 Eligible Conrad Preteau Conrad Preteau P.O. Box 5543 Bonnyville, Alberta 6 2021-07-14 $1,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Rose Country Inn Jetocalo Corp. 4820 50 Street, Wetaskiwin, Alberta 6 2021-07-14 $1,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Sanela Begic Sanela Begic 4414 Sage Crescent Regina, Saskatchewan 2,6 2021-07-14 $1,000 Eligible Fionn MacCool’s Sanj Corporation Ltd. 5527 15 Street Lloydminister, Alberta 6 2021-07-14 $1,500 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Grewal & Sons Enterprises Inc. Grewal & Sons Enterprises Inc. 819 Clearbrook Road Abbotsford, British Columbia 6,7 2021-07-14 $1,000 Eligible Mary Brown's Ambleside 2002093 Alberta Ltd. 16228 Ellerslie Rd SW, Edmonton, Alberta T6W 2S8 9 2021-09-28 $6,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Sumwa Trading Co Ltd Sumwa Trading Co Ltd 2710-5 Ave NE, Calgary, Alberta 4 2021-09-28 $6,000 Eligible Oldwood Farms Inc. Oldwood Farms Inc. 289 du Golf Rd., Hammond, Ontario 17 2021-09-28 $40,000 Eligible Blue Lake Landscaping and General Contracting Blue Lake Landscaping and General Contracting 8010 40 St SE, Calgary, Alberta 9 2021-09-29 $1,250 Eligible The Canadian Brewhouse (Red Deer) Ltd. The Canadian Brewhouse (Red Deer) Ltd. 112 95 Street SW, Edmonton, Alberta 6 2021-09-22 $1,000 Eligible Amos and Andy Fisheries Ltd. Amos and Andy Fisheries Ltd. 21 Atlantic View Drive, Sambro, Nova Scotia 4 2021-09-22 $750 Eligible A&W Restaurant Froyd Services PO Box 1025, Station C, Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Newfoundland 6, 9 2021-09-22 $750 Eligible 9181-8187 Québec Inc. 9181-8187 Québec Inc. 411-6525 av. Wilderton, Montreal, Quebec 15 2021-09-20 $15,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Caspian Apiaries Caspian Apiaries Inc. 10473 Main Street, Delta, British Columbia 2, 6 2021-09-20 $2,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Dyke Valley Berry Ltd. Dyke Valley Berry Ltd. 300-8820 120 Street, Surrey, British Columbia 6 2021-09-20 $15,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Maison Ramen Yokato Yokabai 9299-4797 Quebec Inc. 4185 Dolet Street, Montreal, Quebec 9 2021-09-20 $7,000 Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty Photo Action Montreal Photo Action-Montreal Inc. 5184, ave. Royale, Boischatel, Quebec 9 2021-09-20 $3,000 Eligible Evilnut Creative Technology Evilnut Creative Technology 307-333 Terminal Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia 6 2021-08-20 $5,000 Eligible Valley Select Foods Valley Select Foods 41212 No. 3 Road, Abbotsford, British Columbia 6, 7 2021-08-10 $2,000 Eligible The Canadian Brewhouse 1471418 Alberta Ltd 1112-95 Street S.W., Edmonton, Alberta 6 2022-03-31 $1,000 Eligible Trimove Inc. Trimove Inc. Suite 10, 2nd Floor 3908 – 97 Street Edmonton, Alberta 6, 15 2021-08-10 $16,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Garage Pépin 2164-8431 Québec Inc. 8258 rue de Tamias, Québec, Quebec 4 2021-08-10 $1,000 Eligible Dukhia Farms Dukhia Farms 6308 Apple Lane, Vernon, British Columbia 6 2021-08-05 $1,000 Eligible Canadian Brewhouse Catering Canadian Brewhouse Catering (North Calgary) 1112-95 Street SW, Edmonton, Alberta 6 2021-08-05 $1,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Les Productions Outan Inc. Les Productions Outan Inc. 5555 Avenue de Gaspé, #300, Montréal, Québec 6 2021-08-05 $1,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Sarah Caldwell Sarah Caldwell 12405 Crystal Lake Drive, Grand Prairie, Alberta 6 2021-08-05 $15,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Futurelife Agricultural Products Ltd Futurelife Agricultural Products Ltd 7650 176 Street, Surrey, British Columbia 6 2022-05-20 $1,000 Eligible 1295503 Ontario Inc. 1295503 Ontario Inc. 5685 Sidmouth Street, Mississauga, Ontario 6 2021-08-05 $1,000 Eligible AD Media AD Media Inc. 1340 Baines, Greenfield Park, Québec 6 2021-08-05 $750 Eligible Bangkok Express 9218-2666 Québec Inc. 4154 boulevard Dagenais Ouest, Laval, Québec 4, 6 2021-08-05 $2,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Westernstar Transport Ltd. Westernstar Transport Ltd. P.O. Box 11031 McCallum Road, Abbotsford, British Columbia 5, 6 2021-08-05 $2,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty HarnekSingh Seikhon-Jaswinder Kaur Seikhon HarnekSingh Seikhon-Jaswinder Kaur Seikhon 123 Short Road, Abbotsford, British Columbia 2, 4 2021-08-05 $1,750 Eligible Montreal Racket Club Montreal Racket Club 396 Concord Street, Montreal, Québec 9 2021-08-05 $2,500 Eligible Asian Sweets and Restaurant 1083946 Ontario Inc. 7148 Airport Rd, Mississauga, Ontario 6, 9 2021-08-05 $2,000 Eligible L’entreprise Datawind Inc. Datawind Inc. 7895 Tranmere Drive, Suite 207, Mississauga, Ontario 6, 9 2021-08-05 $12,750 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Los Planes Gourmet 9290-2188 Quebec Inc. 4115, rue Saint-Denis, Montréal, Québec 6 2021-08-05 $1,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty The Canadian Brewhouse The Canadian Brewhouse (Lloydminster) Ltd 1112-95 Street Edmonton, Alberta 6 2021-08-03 $1,000 Eligible Malkit Singh Rahelu & Lakhvir Kaur Rahelu Malkit Singh Rahelu & Lakhvir Kaur Rahelu 16507 – 40 Avenue, Surrey, British Columbia 6 2021-08-03 $1,000 Eligible Deux Chic Deux Chic 2621 Bobolink Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia 6 2021-08-03 $10,000 Eligible Best Lifestyle Incorporated Best Lifestyle Incorporated 6 Reinbird St., Coldwater, Ontario 6 2021-08-03 $1,000 Eligible Northern Honey Bee Farm Ltd. Northern Honey Bee Farm Ltd. 178 Crystal Heights Lane, Grande Prairie, Alberta 9,6 2021-07-22 $1,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Orchid Tattoo, Body Piercing & Hair Inc. Orchid Tattoo, Body Piercing & Hair Inc. 1449 – 8882 170 Street NW, Edmonton, Alberta 11,6 2021-07-22 $750 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Bridgeview Gardens Shaftesbury Bridgeview Gardens Shaftesbury P.O. Box 7737, Peace River, Alberta 21 2021-07-22 $1,000 Eligible Starlink Enterprises Ltd. Starlink Enterprises Ltd. 13210-62B Avenue, Surrey, British Columbia 6 2021-07-22 $15,000 Eligible E & J Supply Inc. E & J Supply Inc. 29-1111 Flint Road, North York, Ontario 4, 9 2021-05-04 $1,250 Eligible Clearpier Inc. Clearpier Inc. 121 Richmond Street West, Suite 1300, Toronto, Ontario 9 2021-05-04 $6,000 Eligible Paramount Plantscapes Ltd. Paramount Plantscapes Ltd. 3511 Bishop Cres, Regina, Saskatchewn 6, 9 2021-05-04 $3,750 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Fox Sand Farming Ltd. Fox Sand Farming Ltd. 692 Windham Rd 6, Vanessa, Ontario 9, 17 2021-05-04 $15,000 Eligible Pasqua Chimienti Pasqua Chimienti 42 Jason Street, Concord, Ontario 6, 5 2021-07-13 $2,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Margo Castillo Margo Castillo 126 Fisherville Road, Toronto, Ontario 6, 5 2021-07-13 $2,000 Eligible Eternity Electric Ltd. Eternity Electric Ltd. 378 Galbraith Close, Edmonton, Alberta 6 2021-07-13 $750 Eligible Oyshi Sushi 2243027 Ontario Inc. 12 Queens Quay West, Unit 107, Toronto, Ontario 6 2021-07-13 $750 Eligible Golden Scizzors Imagemakers Hairstyling 121-1 Millborne Shopping Centre, Edmonton, Alberta 2 2021-07-13 $750 Eligible Basil Pasta Bar Domb Enterprises 636 Davie Street, Vancouver, British Columbia 6 2021-07-13 $750 Eligible Casey Belzberg Casey Belzberg 173 Stathearn Road, Toronto, Ontario 6 2021-07-13 $1,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Joseph Kahunyo Muhuni Joseph Kahunyo Muhuni 2095 Sacramento Drive, Orleans, Ontario 6 2021-07-13 $1,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Naima Geyd Naima Geyd 3B Clareview Village, Edmonton, Alberta 6 2021-07-13 $750 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Alen Miller Alen Miller Room 2601 9925 Jasper Avenue NW, Edmonton, Alberta 6 2021-07-13 $750 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Alberta Quality Waterproofing Contracting Ltd. Alberta Quality Waterproofing 9951 69 Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta 2 2021-07-13 $750 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Mini Apna Punjab Foods Ltd. Mini Apna Punjab Foods Ltd. 1515, 50 Street NW, Edmonton, Alberta 11 2021-07-13 $1,250 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty The Open Tap Open Tap Brewing Co & Eatery Inc. 4245 Rochdale Blvd., Regina, Saskatchewan 2, 6, 11 2021-07-13 $750 Eligible Total Maintenance Services Inc. Total Maintenance Services Inc. 240 Heagle Crescent, Edmonton, Alberta 6 2021-07-12 $1,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty 1312383 Alberta Ltd Coalhurst Esso 840, 18 Avenue SW, Calgary, Alberta 6 2021-07-12 $750 Eligible Kalala Organic Vineyards Ltd. Kalala Organic Vineyards Ltd. 3361 Glencoe Road, West Kelowna, British Columbia 11, 2 2021-07-12 $12,750 Eligible Prévention Incendie Régionale Prévention Incendie Régionale 12400, boulevard Saint-Claude, Québec, Quebec 2, 6, 17 2021-07-12 $12,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Ukrainian Cuisine Ukrainian Cuisine 2131 Princess Avenue, Brandon, Manitoba 6 2021-07-12 $1,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Purewal Blueberry Farms Inc. Purewal Blueberry Farms Inc. 13549 Hale Road, Pitt Meadows, British Columbia 6, 11, 9 2021-07-12 $15,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty 3 Heads Media 9178-8034 Québec Inc 7051, avenue Alfred-de-Vigny, Montréal, Quebec 9, 6 2021-07-12 $35,750 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Ross Ulmer Chevrolet Cadillac Ltd Ross Ulmer Chevrolet Cadillac 2101 50th Avenue, Lloydminster, Saskatchewan 9 2021-07-12 $3,000 Eligible 9261-4270 QUÉBEC INC. Régate de Valleyfield Mitsubishi 3333, boul. Monseigneur-Langlois, Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec 9, 10, 11 2021-07-12 $3,750 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Kelly, Joseph Ryan Kelly, Joseph Ryan 10735 130 Ave, Edmonton, Alberta 6 2021-07-12 $750 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Delicious Pho 1823076 Alberta Ltd 20731-89 Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta 11, 6 2021-07-12 $3,750 Eligible Canadian Brewhouse 1233406 Alberta Ltd 12711 97 Street, Edmonton, Alberta 9 2021-07-12 $3,000 Eligible R. Panacci Refrigeration Company R. Panacci Refrigeration Company 545 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario 11 2021-07-12 $3,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Pop-A-Lock of Edmonton 1866662 Alberta Ltd. 524 Stewart Cres SW, Edmonton, Alberta 11, 9 2021-07-12 $24,000 Eligible U Tronix Inc U Tronix Inc 2-8710 51 Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta 9 2021-07-12 $3,000 Ineligible – Unpaid monetary penalty Olive Tree Restaurant Minoen Holdings Ltd Box 460 Hwy 12N, Blaine Lake, Saskatchewan 6 2021-07-22 $500 Ineligible - Unpaid monetary penalty Mangal Capital Inc. Mangal Capital Inc. 7311 Hillborn Street, Summerland, British Columbia 6 2021-05-14 $10,000 Eligible Kenson Janitorial Services Trevor and Leah Adams Janitorial Services 76F Manitoba Drive, Clarenville, Newfoundland 6 2021-05-31 $5,000 Ineligible – unpaid monetary penalty Scotlynn Sweetpac Growers Inc. Scotlynn Sweetpac Growers Inc. 1150 Vittoria Road, Vittoria, Ontario 8 2021-05-20 $7,000 Eligible Shell Canada 1482722 Alberta Ltd. 81 Waters Edge Drive, Dewinton, Alberta 6 2021-04-22 $750 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Hansik Restaurant Hansik Garden Ltd. 15912 98 Avenue, Surrey, British Columbia 2 2021-04-22 $750 Eligible O & B Trucking O & B Trucking Ltd. 2105 – 33B Avenue NW, Edmonton, Alberta 6 2021-04-22 $750 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Jetlink Contractors Ltd. Jetlink Contractors Ltd. P.O. Box 88703, Surrey, British Columbia 5, 9 2021-04-22 $1,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Phoenix Farms Ltd. Phoenix Farms Ltd. 13549 Hale Road, Pitt Meadows, British Columbia 6 2021-04-23 $15,000 Eligible Assi Supermarket 0704250 BC Ltd. A-5593 Kingsway, Burnaby, British Columbia 6 2021-04-23 $10,000 Eligible Hillside Orchards Mervin Toews & Diana Toews 4771 Hwy 221, Welsford, Nova Scotia 21 2021-04-23 $5,000 Eligible Jardin Jouvence Inc. Jardin Jouvence Inc. 2020 Jules-Verne, Québec, Quebec 6 2021-04-23 $10,000 Eligible Lotus Orchards Lotus Orchards 5784 Teal Dr., Vernon, British Columbia 6 2021-04-26 $15,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty 1181526 BC Ltd. 1181526 BC Ltd. 46212 Maple Avenue, Chilliwack, British Columbia 6, 15 2021-04-26 $30,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Bradley Edwards Bradley Edwards 31 Nineteenth Street, Etobicoke, Ontario 2 2021-04-26 $750 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Earnest Prescotte Earnest Prescotte P.O. Box 40114, Lagimodiere Winnipeg, Manitoba 6 2021-04-26 $1,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty TwoTwentyTwo Services Inc. TwoTwentyTwo Services Inc. 9048 22 Avenue SW, Edmonton, Alberta 2 2021-04-26 $750 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Booster Juice 1450567 Alberta Ltd. 208 Whitehaven Road North, East Calgary, Alberta 6 2021-04-26 $1,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Malcanix Repair Services Ltd. Malcanix Repair Services Ltd. 2451 76 Avenue NW, Edmonton, Alberta 6 2021-04-26 $750 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Xena Technologies Inc. Xena Technologies Inc. 805 Yates Drive, Milton, Ontario 6 2021-04-26 $750 Eligible Shirin Mahal Sweets & Restaurant Ltd. Shirin Mahal Sweets & Restaurant Ltd. 9241 34a Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta 6 2021-04-26 $1,000 Eligible Signmasters Inc. Signmasters Inc. P.O. Box 2404806 - 47 Street, Sedgewick, Alberta 9 2021-04-26 $23,000 and a one year ban Eligible Auberge Le Flores 9265-6362 Québec Inc. 4291 Chemin St-Flore, Grand-Mère, QC 9 2021-04-16 $3,000 Eligible Hoang Long Food 1689833 Alberta Ltd. 10037 109 Street, Edmonton, AB 6, 9 2021-04-16 $4,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty DESCH Canada Ltd. Navneet Ghuman 240 Shearson Crescent, Cambridge, ON 9 2021-03-03 $3,000 Eligible Zandgate Farms Inc. Zandgate Farms Inc. 13875 Gosnell Line, Highgate, ON 9 2021-03-03 $750 Eligible 7174919 Manitoba Ltd. 7174919 Manitoba Ltd. 65 Santa Fe Drive, Winnipeg, MB 6 2021-03-16 $1000 Ineligible-unpaid monetary penalty Troya Services 1632422 Ontario Inc 48 Chauncey Avenue, Etobicoke, Ontario 2 2020-12-23 $500 Eligible Scott Foods Lucky Buck 189 Columbia St., Vanderhood, British Columbia 9 2021-02-10 $750 Eligible Boulangerie l’Amour du pain Boulangerie l’Amour du pain 3050 boulevard Matte, local D Brossard, Quebec 1, 9 2020-11-02 $1,750 Eligible Canada One Five Zero Facts Global Care 2-140 King Street E., Hamilton, Ontario 6, 15 2021-02-01 $220,000 Ineligible-unpaid monetary penalty 10353264 Canada Inc 10353264 Canada Inc 309-1425 Bodmin Road, Mississauga, Ontario 9 2021-01-14 $1,750 Eligible D & R Construction Ltd. D & R Construction Ltd. 2424 Ashcraft Crescent SW, Edmonton, Alberta 9 2021-01-07 $3,000 Ineligible - unpaid monetary penalty Wilma Farms Canada Ltd. 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James Naismith (NAY-smith; November 6, 1861 – November 28, 1939) was a Canadian-American physical educator, physician, Christian chaplain, and sports coach, best known as the inventor of the game of basketball.[1][2][3] After moving to the United States, he wrote the original basketball rule book and founded the University of Kansas basketball program in 1898.[4] Naismith lived to see basketball adopted as an Olympic demonstration sport in 1904 and as an official event at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, as well as the birth of the National Invitation Tournament (1938) and the NCAA Tournament (1939). Naismith studied and taught physical education at McGill University in Montreal until 1890, before moving to Springfield, Massachusetts, United States later that year, where in 1891 he designed the game of basketball while he was teaching at the International YMCA Training School.[5] Seven years after inventing basketball, Naismith received his medical degree in Denver in 1898. He then arrived at the University of Kansas, later becoming the Kansas Jayhawks' athletic director and coach.[5] While a coach at Kansas, Naismith coached Phog Allen, who later became the coach at Kansas for 39 seasons, beginning a lengthy and prestigious coaching tree. Allen then went on to coach legends including Adolph Rupp and Dean Smith, among others, who themselves coached many notable players and future coaches.[6] Early years [edit] Naismith was born on November 6, 1861, in Almonte, Canada West, Province of Canada (now part of Mississippi Mills, Ontario, Canada) to Scottish parents.[7] Despite some sources to the contrary Naismith never had a middle name and never signed his name with an "A" initial. The "A" was added by someone in administration at the University of Kansas.[a] Gifted in farm labour, Naismith spent his days outside playing catch, hide-and-seek, or duck on a rock, a medieval game in which a person guards a large drake stone from opposing players, who try to knock it down by throwing smaller stones at it. To play duck on a rock most effectively, Naismith soon found that a soft lobbing shot was far more effective than a straight hard throw, a thought that later proved essential for the invention of basketball.[9] Orphaned early in his life, Naismith lived with his aunt and uncle for many years and attended grade school at Bennies Corners near Almonte. Then, he enrolled in Almonte High School, in Almonte, Ontario, from which he graduated in 1883.[9] In the same year, Naismith entered McGill University in Montreal. Although described as a slight figure, standing 5 feet 10+1⁄2 inches (1.791 m) and listed at 178 pounds (81 kg)[10] he was a talented and versatile athlete, representing McGill in football, lacrosse, rugby, soccer, and gymnastics. He played centre on the football team, and made himself some padding to protect his ears. It was for personal use, not team use.[11] He won multiple Wicksteed medals for outstanding gymnastics performances.[2] Naismith earned a BA in physical education (1888) and a diploma at the Presbyterian College in Montreal (1890).[9] At the end of his career, in 1938 and 1939, he would receive honorary doctorates from both institutions.[12] [13] From 1888 to 1890, Naismith taught physical education and became the first McGill director of athletics, but then left Montreal to study at the YMCA International Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts.[14][15] Naismith played football during his one year as a student at Springfield, where he was coached by Amos Alonzo Stagg and scored a touchdown in the first exhibition of indoor college football at Madison Square Garden.[16] Springfield College: Invention of basketball [edit] Naismith is credited with inventing basketball. Naismith was an outstanding football player at McGill University in Montreal when he realized he needed to invent an indoor game for the winter due to the weather conditions.[clarification needed] He later decided to become a physical education teacher at McGill University for his three postgraduate years and then went to Springfield, Massachusetts, to study at the YMCA International Training School in the 1890s. After completing the YMCA physical director training program that had brought him to Springfield, Naismith was hired as a full-time faculty member in 1891.[17] At the Springfield YMCA, Naismith struggled with a rowdy class that was confined to indoor games throughout the harsh New England winter, and thus was perpetually short-tempered. Under orders from Luther Gulick, head of physical education there, Naismith was given 14 days to create an indoor game that would provide an "athletic distraction"; Gulick demanded that it would not take up much room, could help its track athletes to keep in shape[2] and explicitly emphasized to "make it fair for all players and not too rough".[10] Naismith was later employed to teach physical education using two boxes. He told the superintendent he needed the two boxes to be put onto a pole so a large ball could be thrown into them.[18] In his attempt to think up a new game, Naismith was guided by three main thoughts.[9] Firstly, he analyzed the most popular games of the times (rugby, lacrosse, soccer, football, hockey, and baseball); Naismith noticed the hazards of a ball and concluded that the big, soft soccer ball was safest. Secondly, he saw that most physical contact occurred while running with the ball, dribbling, or hitting it, so he decided that passing was the only legal option. Finally, Naismith further reduced body contact by making the goal unguardable by placing it high above the player's heads with the plane of the goal's opening parallel to the floor. This placement forced the players to score goals by throwing a soft, lobbing shot like that which had proven effective in his old favorite game, duck on a rock.[19] For this purpose, Naismith asked a janitor to find a pair of boxes, but the janitor brought him peach baskets instead.[20] Naismith christened this new game Basket Ball[9] and put his thoughts together in 13 basic rules.[21] The first game of "Basket Ball" was played in December 1891. In a handwritten report, Naismith described the circumstances of the inaugural match; in contrast to modern basketball, the players played nine versus nine, handled a soccer ball, not a basketball, and instead of shooting at two hoops, the goals were a pair of peach baskets: "When Mr. Stubbins brot [sic] up the peach baskets to the gym I secured them on the inside of the railing of the gallery. This was about 10 feet [3.0 meters] from the floor, one at each end of the gymnasium. I then put the 13 rules on the bulletin board just behind the instructor's platform, secured a soccer ball, and awaited the arrival of the class ... The class did not show much enthusiasm, but followed my lead ... I then explained what they had to do to make goals, tossed the ball up between the two center men and tried to keep them somewhat near the rules. Most of the fouls were called for running with the ball, though tackling the man with the ball was not uncommon."[22] In contrast to modern basketball, the original rules did not include what is known today as the dribble. Since the ball could only be moved up the court by a pass early players tossed the ball over their heads as they ran up court. Also following each "goal", a jump ball was taken in the middle of the court. Both practices are obsolete in the rules of modern basketball.[23] In a radio interview in January 1939, Naismith gave more details of the first game and the initial rules that were used: I showed them two peach baskets I'd nailed up at each end of the gym, and I told them the idea was to throw the ball into the opposing team's peach basket. I blew a whistle, and the first game of basketball began ... The boys began tackling, kicking, and punching in the clinches. They ended up in a free-for-all in the middle of the gym floor. [The injury toll: several black eyes, one separated shoulder, and one player knocked unconscious.] It certainly was murder. [Naismith changed some of the rules as part of his quest to develop a clean sport.] The most important one was that there should be no running with the ball. That stopped tackling and slugging. We tried out the game with those [new] rules (fouls), and we didn't have one casualty.[24][25] Naismith was a classmate of Amos Alonzo Stagg at the YMCA School, where Stagg coached the football team. They became close friends and Naismith played on the football team and Stagg played on the basketball team. Naismith invited Stagg to play in the first public basketball game on March 12, 1892. The students defeated the faculty 5–1 and Stagg scored the only basket for the faculty.[26] The Springfield Republican reported on the same: "Over 200 spectators crammed their necks over the gallery railing of the Christian Workers gymnasium while they watched the game of 'basket ball' between the teachers and the students. The most conspicuous figure on the floor was Stagg in the blue Yale uniform who managed to have a hand in every scrimmage."[27] By 1892, basketball had grown so popular on campus that Dennis Horkenbach (editor-in-chief of The Triangle, the Springfield college newspaper) featured it in an article called "A New Game",[7] and there were calls to call this new game "Naismith Ball", but Naismith refused.[9] By 1893, basketball was introduced internationally by the YMCA movement.[7] From Springfield, Naismith went to Denver, where he acquired a medical degree, and in 1898, he joined the University of Kansas faculty at Lawrence.[10] The family of Lambert G. Will, disputing Naismith's sole creation of the game, has claimed that Naismith borrowed components for the game of basketball from Will, citing alleged photos and letters. In an interview, the family did give Naismith credit for the general idea of the sport, but they claimed Will changed aspects of Naismith's original plans for the game and Naismith took credit for the changes.[28][29] Spalding worked with Naismith to develop the official basketball and the Spalding Athletic Library official basketball rule book for 1893–1894.[30][31] University of Kansas [edit] The University of Kansas men's basketball program officially began following Naismith's arrival in 1898, seven years after Naismith drafted the sport's first official rules. Naismith was not initially hired to coach basketball, but rather as a chapel director and physical-education instructor.[32] In those early days, the majority of the basketball games were played against nearby YMCA teams, with YMCAs across the nation having played an integral part in the birth of basketball. Other common opponents were Haskell Indian Nations University and William Jewell College. Under Naismith, the team played only one current Big 12 school: Kansas State (once). Naismith is, ironically, the only coach in the program's history to have a losing record (55–60).[33] However, Naismith coached Forrest "Phog" Allen, his eventual successor at Kansas,[34] who went on to join his mentor in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.[35] When Allen became a coach himself and told him that he was going to coach basketball at Baker University in 1904, Naismith discouraged him: "You can't coach basketball; you just play it."[2] Instead, Allen embarked on a coaching career that would lead him to be known as "the Father of Basketball Coaching". During his time at Kansas, Allen coached Dean Smith (1952 National Championship team) and Adolph Rupp (1922 Helms Foundation National Championship team). Smith and Rupp have joined Naismith and Allen as members of the Basketball Hall of Fame. By the turn of the century, enough college teams were in the East that the first intercollegiate competitions could be played out.[34] Although the sport continued to grow, Naismith long regarded the game as a curiosity and preferred gymnastics and wrestling as better forms of physical activity.[34] However, basketball became a demonstration sport at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis. As the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame reports, Naismith was not interested in self-promotion nor was he interested in the glory of competitive sports.[36] Instead, he was more interested in his physical-education career; he received an honorary PE master's degree in 1910,[9] patrolled the Mexican border for four months in 1916, traveled to France, and published two books (A Modern College in 1911 and Essence of a Healthy Life in 1918). He took American citizenship on May 4, 1925.[5] In 1909, Naismith's duties at Kansas were redefined as a professorship; he served as the de facto athletic director at Kansas for much of the early 20th century. Naismith had "strong feelings against segregation," dating back to his World War I-era service in France and his service on the United States-Mexico border, and he strove for progress in race relations through modest steps. During the 1930s, he would not or could not get African-Americans onto Kansas' varsity Jayhawks, but he did help engineer the admission of black students to the university's swimming pool. Until then, they had been given automatic passing grades on a required swimming test without entering the pool, so it could remain all-white.[37] Through Naismith's association with Baker University Basketball Coach Emil Liston, he became familiar and impressed with Emil Liston's fraternity at Baker University, Sigma Phi Epsilon (SigEp). As a result, he started the effort to bring a Sigma Phi Epsilon chapter to his University of Kansas (KU). On February 18, 1923, Naismith, intending to bring a SigEp Chapter to KU, was initiated as a SigEp member by national office of the fraternity. Under Naismith's leadership, the University of Kansas Sigma Phi Epsilon Chapter was founded and officially Charted on April 28, 1923, with Naismith leading the new 40-member fraternity as "Chapter Counselor." Naismith was deeply involved with the members, serving as Chapter Counselor for 16 years, from 1923 until his death in 1939. During those 16 years as Chapter Counselor, he married SigEp's housemother, Mrs. Florence Kincaid. Members who were interviewed during that era remembered Naismith: "He was deeply religious", "He listened more than he spoke", "He thought sports were nothing but an avenue to keep young people involved so they could do their studies and relate to their community", and "It was really nice having someone with the caliber of Dr. Naismith, he helped many a SigEp." In 1935, the National Association of Basketball Coaches (founded by Naismith's pupil Phog Allen) collected money so the 74-year-old Naismith could witness the introduction of basketball into the official Olympic sports program of the 1936 Summer Olympic Games in Berlin.[36] There, Naismith handed out the medals to three North American teams: the United States, for the gold medal, Canada, for the silver medal, and Mexico, for their bronze medal.[38] During the Olympics, he was named the honorary president of the International Basketball Federation.[9] When Naismith returned, he commented that seeing the game played by many nations was the greatest compensation he could have received for his invention.[34] In 1937, Naismith played a role in the formation of the National Association of Intercollegiate Basketball, which later became the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA).[39] Naismith became professor emeritus at Kansas when he retired in 1937 at the age of 76. In addition to his years as a coach, for a total of almost 40 years, Naismith worked at the school and during those years, he also served as its athletic director and was also a faculty member at the school. In 1939, Naismith suffered a fatal brain hemorrhage. He was interred at Memorial Park Cemetery in Lawrence, Kansas. His masterwork "Basketball — its Origins and Development" was published posthumously in 1941.[9] In Lawrence, Naismith has a road named in his honor, Naismith Drive, which runs in front of Allen Fieldhouse and James Naismith Court therein are named in his honor, despite Naismith's having the worst record in school history. Naismith Valley Park, located at the south end of Naismith Drive in Lawrence is also named in his honor. Naismith Hall, a dormitory, is located on the northeast corner of the intersection of 19th Street with Naismith Drive on the KU campus is also named for him.[40] Head-coaching record [edit] Basketball [edit] In 1898, Naismith became the first basketball coach of University of Kansas. He compiled a record of 55–60 and is ironically the only losing coach in Kansas history.[33] Naismith is at the beginning of a massive and prestigious coaching tree, as he coached Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame coach Phog Allen, who himself coached Hall of Fame coaches Dean Smith, Adolph Rupp, and Ralph Miller who all coached future coaches as well.[34] In addition to Allen, Naismith also can be seen as a mentor and therefore beginning for the coaching tree branches of John McLendon who wasn't permitted to play at Kansas but was close to Naismith during his time as an athletic director.[41] Amos Alonzo Stagg, was primarily a football coach, but he did play basketball for Naismith in Springfield, coached a year of basketball at Chicago and had several football players who also coached basketball such as Jesse Harper, Fred Walker and Tony Hinkle.[26] Statistics overview Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason Kansas Jayhawks (Independent) (1898–1907) 1898–99 Kansas 7–4 1899–00 Kansas 3–4 1900–01 Kansas 4–8 1901–02 Kansas 5–7 1902–03 Kansas 7–8 1903–04 Kansas 5–8 1904–05 Kansas 5–6 1905–06 Kansas 12–7 1906–07 Kansas 7–8 Total: 55–60 (.478) Legacy [edit] Naismith invented the game of basketball and wrote the original 13 rules of this sport;[36] for comparison, the NBA rule book today features 66 pages. The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts, is named in his honor, and he was an inaugural inductee in 1959.[36] The National Collegiate Athletic Association rewards its best players and coaches annually with the Naismith Awards, among them the Naismith College Player of the Year, the Naismith College Coach of the Year, and the Naismith Prep Player of the Year. After the Olympic introduction to men's basketball in 1936, women's basketball became an Olympic event in Montreal during the 1976 Summer Olympics.[42] Naismith was also inducted into the Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame, the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame, the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame, the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame, the Ottawa Sports Hall of Fame, the McGill University Sports Hall of Fame, the Kansas State Sports Hall of Fame, FIBA Hall of Fame.[9][43] The FIBA Basketball World Cup trophy is named the "James Naismith Trophy" in his honor. On June 21, 2013, Naismith was inducted into the Kansas Hall of Fame during ceremonies in Topeka.[44] Naismith's home town of Almonte, Ontario, hosts an annual 3-on-3 tournament for all ages and skill levels in his honor. Every year, this event attracts hundreds of participants and involves over 20 half-court games along the main street of the town.[45] All proceeds of the event go to youth basketball programs in the area.[citation needed] Today basketball is played by more than 300 million people worldwide, making it one of the most popular team sports.[2] In North America, basketball has produced some of the most-admired athletes of the 20th century. ESPN and the Associated Press both conducted polls to name the greatest North American athlete of the 20th century. Basketball player Michael Jordan came in first in the ESPN poll and second (behind Babe Ruth) in the AP poll. Both polls featured fellow basketball players Wilt Chamberlain (of KU, like Naismith) and Bill Russell in the top 20.[46][47] The original rules of basketball written by James Naismith in 1891, considered to be basketball's founding document, was auctioned at Sotheby's, New York, in December 2010. Josh Swade, a University of Kansas alumnus and basketball enthusiast, went on a crusade in 2010 to persuade moneyed alumni to consider bidding on and hopefully winning the document at auction to give it to the University of Kansas. Swade eventually persuaded David G. Booth, a billionaire investment banker and KU alumnus, and his wife Suzanne Booth, to commit to bidding at the auction. The Booths won the bidding and purchased the document for a record US$4,338,500, the most ever paid for a sports memorabilia item, and gave the document to the University of Kansas.[48] Swade's project and eventual success are chronicled in a 2012 ESPN 30 for 30 documentary "There's No Place Like Home" and in a corresponding book, The Holy Grail of Hoops: One Fan's Quest to Buy the Original Rules of Basketball.[49] The University of Kansas constructed an $18 million building named the Debruce Center, which houses the rules and opened in March 2016.[50] Naismith was designated a National Historic Person in 1976, on the advice of the national Historic Sites and Monuments Board[51] In 1991, postage stamps commemorated the centennial of basketball's invention: four stamps were issued by Canada Post, including one with Naismith's name; one stamp was issued by the US Postal Service. Another Canadian stamp, in 2009, honored the game's invention. In July 2019, Naismith was inducted into Toronto's Walk of Fame.[52] On January 15, 2021, Google placed a Google Doodle celebrating James Naismith on its home page in 18 countries, on five continents.[53] Personal life [edit] Naismith was the second child of two Scottish immigrants.[9] His father left Europe when he was 18, and also settled down in Lanark County.[54] On June 20, 1894, Naismith married his wife in Springfield, Massachusetts. The couple had five children.[10] He was a member of the Pi Gamma Mu and Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternities.[10] Naismith was a Presbyterian minister and was also a Freemason.[55] His first wife died in 1937, and on June 11, 1939, he married his second wife. On November 19 of that year, Naismith suffered a major brain hemorrhage and died nine days later in his home in Lawrence.[56] He was 78 years old.[57] Naismith died eight months after the birth of the NCAA Basketball Championship, which today has evolved to one of the biggest sports events in North America. Naismith is buried with his first wife in Memorial Park Cemetery in Lawrence.[58] Florence Kincaid died in 1977 at the age of 98 and is buried with her first husband, Frank B. Kincaid, in Elmwood Cemetery in Beloit, Kansas. During his lifetime, Naismith held these educational and academic positions:[10] Location Position Period Remarks Bennie's Corner Grade School (Almonte, Ontario) Primary school 1867–1875 Almonte High School Secondary school 1875–1877, 1881–83 Dropped out and re-entered McGill University University student 1883–87 Bachelor of Arts in Physical Education McGill University Instructor in Physical Education 1887–1890 Gold Wickstead Medal (1887), Best All-Around Athlete; Silver Cup (1886), first prize for a one-mile walk; Silver Wickstead Medal (1885), Best All-Around Athlete; Awarded one of McGill's first varsity letters The Presbyterian College, Montreal Education in Theology 1887–1890 Silver medal (1890), second highest award for regular and special honor work in Theology Springfield College Instructor in Physical Education 1891–1895 Invented "Basket Ball" in December 1891 YMCA of Denver Instructor in Physical Education 1895–1898 University of Kansas Instructor in Physical Education and Chapel Director 1898–1909 University of Kansas Basketball Coach 1898–1907 First-ever basketball coach University of Kansas Professor and University Physician 1909–1917 Hiatus from 1914 on due to World War I First Kansas Infantry Chaplain/Captain 1914–1917 Military service due to World War I First Kansas Infantry (Mexican Border) Chaplain 1916 Military and YMCA secretary in France Lecturer of Moral Conditions and Sex Education 1917–1919 University of Kansas Athletic Director 1919–1937 Emeritus in 1937 See also [edit] Sports portal James Naismith's Original Rules of Basketball Basketball scorekeeping Notes [edit] References [edit] Further reading [edit] Naismith, James; Gulick, Luther Halsey (1894). Basket Ball. New York, NY: American sports Publishing Company. OCLC 1041046804. Reprinted: Naismith, James (1996). Basketball : its origin and development. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 9780803283701. OCLC 604260339. Rains, Rob; Carpenter, Hellen (2009). James Naismith : the man who invented basketball. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press. ISBN 9781439901359. JSTOR j.ctt14btb6m. OCLC 489150081. Sumner, David E. Amos Alonzo Stagg, College Football's Greatest Pioneer. Jefferson, NC: McFarland Books, 2021.
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He is the principal owner and chairman of the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and of 23XI Racing in the NASCAR Cup...	en	/skins-ucp/mw139/common/favicon.ico	NBA Street Wiki	https://nbastreet.fandom.com/wiki/Michael_Jordan	Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963), also known by his initials MJ, is an American businessman and former professional basketball player. He is the principal owner and chairman of the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and of 23XI Racing in the NASCAR Cup Series. He played 15 seasons in the NBA, winning six championships with the Chicago Bulls. His biography on the official NBA website states: "By acclamation, Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time." He was integral in helping to popularize the NBA around the world in the 1980s and 1990s, becoming a global cultural icon in the process. Biography[] Jordan played college basketball for three seasons under coach Dean Smith with the North Carolina Tar Heels. As a freshman, he was a member of the Tar Heels' national championship team in 1982. Jordan joined the Bulls in 1984 as the third overall draft pick, and quickly emerged as a league star, entertaining crowds with his prolific scoring while gaining a reputation as one of the game's best defensive players. His leaping ability, demonstrated by performing slam dunks from the free throw line in Slam Dunk Contests, earned him the nicknames "Air Jordan" and "His Airness". Jordan won his first NBA championship with the Bulls in 1991, and followed that achievement with titles in 1992 and 1993, securing a "three-peat". Jordan abruptly retired from basketball before the 1993–94 NBA season to play Minor League Baseball, but returned to the Bulls in March 1995 and led them to three more championships in 1996, 1997, and 1998, as well as a then-record 72 regular-season wins in the 1995–96 NBA season. He retired for a second time in January 1999 but returned for two more NBA seasons from 2001 to 2003 as a member of the Washington Wizards. Jordan's individual accolades and accomplishments include six NBA Finals Most Valuable Player (MVP) Awards, ten scoring titles(both all-time records), five MVP Awards, ten All-NBA First Team designations, nine All-Defensive First Team honors, fourteen NBA All-Star Game selections, three All-Star Game MVP Awards, three steals titles, and the 1988 NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award. He holds the NBA records for career regular season scoring average (30.12 points per game) and career playoff scoring average (33.45 points per game). In 1999, he was named the 20th century's greatest North American athlete by ESPN, and was second to Babe Ruth on the Associated Press' list of athletes of the century. Jordan was twice inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, once in 2009 for his individual career and again in 2010 as part of the 1992 United States men's Olympic basketball team ("The Dream Team"). He became a member of the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2015. One of the most effectively marketed athletes of his generation, Jordan is also known for his product endorsements. He fueled the success of Nike's Air Jordan sneakers, which were introduced in 1984 and remain popular today. Jordan also starred as himself in the 1996 live-action animated film Space Jam, and is the central focus of the Emmy Award-winning documentary miniseries The Last Dance (2020). He became part-owner and head of basketball operations for the Charlotte Bobcats (now named the Hornets) in 2006, and bought a controlling interest in 2010. In 2014, Jordan became the first billionaire player in NBA history. With a net worth of $2.1 billion, he is the fourth-richest African American, behind Robert F. Smith, David Steward, and Oprah Winfrey. NBA Street[] Since they been able to use MJ since the beginning, after beating Stretch at Rucker Park, they have a good sense of what His Airness can do. Now the have to face him and the NYC Legends. This isn't going to be pretty. The thing about Michael Jordan is that you can never leave him unguarded, so you'll need a player with a lot of quickness to shadow him. Don't worry if Michael scores some points. NBA Street Vol. 2[] In NBA Street Vol. 2, there are three incarnations of Michael Jordan are playable: the 1985 Chicago Bulls Jordan, the 1996 Chicago Bulls Jordan, and the Washington Wizards Jordan. It is possible to play as a team made up of the three different Jordans (or the "All-Jordan" team as Bobbito García refers to it).
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Palm Beach County official records show the sale of the home at 103 W. Bears Club Drive was completed March 27 between former homeowners Michael A. Murphy and Marla Murphy and the Illinois-based Bull & Bear, LLC. The 9,100-square-foot home with five bedrooms, six bathrooms, a four-car garage, pool and guest house, was listed in November at $18.5 million, according to the multiple listing service, or MLS. While the deed recorded last month shows a sale price of $16.5 million, the sale price on the MLS is $17 million, possibly reflecting the inclusion of other items such as furniture. Forbes 400: Michael Jordan becomes first billionaire athlete to make the richest-of-the rich list Bull & Bear, LLC, is also the owner of the 26,300-square-foot home the retired Chicago Bulls icon built in 2013 at 172 Bears Club Drive, which is less than a mile from the newly purchased house across the golf course at the Bear's Club, a private golf-course community on Donald Ross Road east of Alternate A1A. What is the Bear's Club in Jupiter? The Bear's Club was founded by Jack and Barbara Nicklaus in 1999. According to Realtor.com, there are just 61 estate homes in the Bear's Club. Jordan's custom-built home on 3.05 acres is likely the largest, according to the Palm Beach County Property Appraiser's website. Jordan married former model Yvette Prieto in 2013 at The Episcopal Church of Bethesda-by-the-Sea, holding a reception after at the newly-built home in the Bear's Club. He is a partner at 1000 North, an upscale restaurant in Jupiter, and the Cincoro Tequila brand. Cincoro means "five gold" in Spanish: Michael Jordan celebrates his new unique tequila at Jupiter's 1000 North restaurant Michael Murphy, who sold the home at 103 W. Bears Club Drive to Jordan, is the founder of founded AirWayz, an online service that provides exclusive sports content, such as athlete interviews and photos, to subscribers. The sellers were represented by Compass real estate agent Jeremy Brown. Jordan was represented by Keller Williams Capital Realty, according to Realtor.com. Kimberly Miller is a veteran journalist for The Palm Beach Post, part of the USA Today Network of Florida. She covers real estate and how growth affects South Florida's environment. Subscribe to The Dirt for a weekly real estate roundup. If you have news tips, please send them to kmiller@pbpost.com. Help support our local journalism, subscribe today.
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He is Full Professor at Université de Montréal, and the Founder and Scientific Director of Mila – Quebec AI Institute. He co-directs the CIFAR Learning in Machines & Brains program as Senior Fellow and acts as Scientific Director of IVADO. In 2019, he was awarded the prestigious Killam Prize and for several years has been the computer scientist with the greatest impact in terms of citations, as measured by the h-index. He is a Fellow of both the Royal Society of London and Canada, Knight of the Legion of Honor of France, Officer of the Order of Canada, Member of the UN’s Scientific Advisory Board for Independent Advice on Breakthroughs in Science and Technology since 2023 and a Canada CIFAR AI Chair. Concerned about the social impact of AI, he actively contributed to the Montreal Declaration for the Responsible Development of Artificial Intelligence and currently chairs the International Scientific Report on the Safety of Advanced AI. Longer Version: Yoshua Bengio is recognized worldwide as one of the leading experts in artificial intelligence, known for his conceptual and engineering breakthroughs in artificial neural networks and deep learning. He is a Full Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Operations Research at Université de Montréal and the Founder and Scientific Director of Mila – Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute, one of the largest academic institutes in deep learning and one of the three federally-funded centers of excellence in AI research and innovation in Canada. He began his studies in Montreal, where he obtained his Ph.D. in Computer Science from McGill University in 1991. After completing a postdoctoral fellowship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on statistical learning and sequential data, he completed a second postdoc at AT&T Bell Laboratories, in Holmdel, NJ, on learning and vision algorithms in 1992-1993. In September 1993, he returned to Montreal and joined UdeM as a faculty member. In 2016, he became the Scientific Director of IVADO. He is Co-Director of the CIFAR Learning in Machines & Brains program that funded the initial breakthroughs in deep learning and since 2019, holds a Canada CIFAR AI Chair and is Co-Chair of Canada’s Advisory Council on AI. Since 2022, Yoshua Bengio has been the computer scientist with the greatest impact in terms of citations, as measured by the h-index. Concerned about the social impact of AI, he actively took part in the conception of the Montreal Declaration for the Responsible Development of Artificial Intelligence and currently chairs the International Scientific Report on the Safety of Advanced AI. His goal is to contribute to uncovering the principles giving rise to intelligence through learning while favouring the development of AI for the benefit of all. Yoshua Bengio was made an Officer of the Order of Canada and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2017 and in 2020, became a Fellow of the Royal Society of London. From 2000 to 2019, he held the Canada Research Chair in Statistical Learning Algorithms. He is a member of the NeurIPS Foundation advisory board and Co-Founder of the ICLR conference. His scientific contributions have earned him numerous awards, including the 2019 Killam Prize for Natural Sciences, the 2017 Government of Québec Marie-Victorin Award, the 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Canadian AI Association, the Prix d’excellence FRQNT (2019), the Medal of the 50th Anniversary of the Ministry of International Relations and Francophonie (2018), the 2019 IEEE CIS Neural Networks Pioneer Award, Acfas’s Urgel-Archambault Prize (2009) and in 2017, he was named Radio-Canada’s Scientist of the Year. He is the 2018 laureate of the A.M. Turing Award, “the Nobel Prize of Computing,” alongside Geoffrey Hinton and Yann LeCun for their important contributions and advances in deep learning. In 2022, he was appointed Knight of the Legion of Honor by France and named co-laureate of Spain’s Princess of Asturias Award for technical and scientific research. In 2023, Yoshua Bengio was appointed a Member of the UN’s Scientific Advisory Board for Independent Advice on Breakthroughs in Science and Technology.
wrong_mix_domain_birth_00112	FactBench	2	8	https://retail-insider.com/retail-insider/2017/06/michael-jordan-toronto/	en	Inside Michael Jordan’s 2nd North American Store [3D Phototour]	https://retailinsider.b-…ont-Toronto.jpeg	https://retailinsider.b-…ont-Toronto.jpeg	[ "https://retailinsider.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/RetailInsiderLogo.png", "https://retailinsider.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/RI-Logo-285x150-1.png", "https://retailinsider.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/image-asset-2020-11-06T200014.997.jpeg", "https://retailinsider.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/image-asset-2020-11-06T200019.748.jpeg", "https://retailinsider.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Jordan-Customization.jpeg", "https://retailinsider.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Jordan-Interior.jpeg", "https://retailinsider.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/image-asset-2020-11-06T200044.461.jpeg", "https://retailinsider.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/image-asset-2020-11-06T200048.922.jpeg", "https://retailinsider.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/image-asset-2020-11-06T200055.728.jpeg", "https://retailinsider.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/User.jpg", "https://retailinsider.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/253fdb8f-07c7-4c40-a2c5-c67adb434e94-300x200.jpg", "https://retailinsider.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Retail-Insider-Newsletter-1.png" ]	[ "https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=XCsf7YZWQjW" ]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[ "Craig Patterson" ]	2017-06-06T16:58:00+00:00	The unique three level retail space, which opened last week, offers unique product and experiences over three floors -- including a training facility.	en	https://retailinsider.b-…lInsiderLogo.png	Retail Insider	https://retail-insider.com/retail-insider/2017/06/michael-jordan-toronto/	Date: By Martin Owusu Last week, Nike in partnership with Footaction (a Foot Locker subsidiary) launched North America’s second Jordan Brand store. The 9,000 square foot 306 Yonge Street Toronto location follows the successful 2015 launch of the Jordan Brand’s flagship store in Chicago. Toted as a landmark for basketball culture in Toronto, the new store seeks not only to be a world destination for Jordan brand apparel and sneakers, but a hub for Toronto’s vibrant basketball community. The origins of Toronto’s Jordan Brand store date back to 2016, when Toronto hosted the NBA All-Star Weekend. Amidst the basketball hysteria that took hold of the city, Nike aimed to build momentum for the store’s eventual launch through a pop-up shop experience. “Pop-ups help generate interest and excitement, which provide momentum for a brand when launching a new concept or product,” says Linda Farha, Founder and Chief Connector at pop-up go, an online platform that helps pair retailers with available temporary retail spaces, including a match service that provides access to the ever-growing pipeline of pop-up seekers. “For Jordan – 306 Yonge, the initial success of their pop-up retail store during the NBA All-Star Weekend in Toronto in February 2016 has helped fuel their permanent store opening in the same location last week,” noted Ms. Farha. Conceptually, the store pushes the boundaries of a traditional retail space. In addition to providing premium selections of Jordan apparel and sneakers, the 9,000 square foot store seamlessly integrates a state-of-the-art training facility, two shoe customization stations and an on-site barber service. We coordinated a 3D tour of the Toronto Jordan store (below) with Warren Vandal of GEOmarketing Solutions, who uses an innovative Matterport platform to photograph stores to make it appear that one is walking through the live space’s three levels. Mr. Vandal is expanding his 3D photographic business to include retail stores, with a unique feature — products within the store can be tagged in the photo tour, with a link connecting them to an e-commerce site or other page. It’s a unique merger of brick-and-mortar and online that retailers may use to profile both store spaces as well as products. Mr. Vandal is now also able to create Google Street View tours, allowing the world to come and virtually tour a store within Google Maps. (Click Image Below for 3D Tour) Main Retail Floor: The 5,000 square foot main floor is primarily dedicated to retail, and features the best of the Jordan brand, from apparel to sneakers. Also included on this level is a customization space staffed with three customization technicians. Here, customers are given the opportunity to take on the role of designer, including being able to customize Jordan brand t-shirts and laser-etch Jordan brand footwear to their own specifications. Besides offering the best of the Jordan brand, the street level floor offers customers an immersive basketball cultural experience. Adorning the walls are brand themed art and décor that draw inspiration from Toronto’s basketball culture. At the time of publication, the store displayed a total of nine art installations, including an Air Jordan shoe mural. Patrons can best experience the mural from the store’s very own consumer lounge. Centre 23 Floor: Directly above the retail floor is the 3,000 square foot Centre 23 training facility. Staffed with two Jordan trainers, the centre provides a state of the art facility for player skill development. Facilities are open to local youth through training programs running Friday through Sunday, and include unique training features like the Jordan Standard interactive virtual training experience. This piece of technology integrates interactive media with traditional basketball skill drills to deliver an innovative training experience. Also included on this floor are three showers, washrooms and lockers for athletes to use post-workout. The floor also includes an on-site barber service. Kids Floor: To complete the store’s 9,000 square feet, the lower concourse level houses a kids space. This lower level retail space is dedicated entirely to children’s apparel and sneakers. Similar to the main retail floor, this level features a customization space with dedicated technicians. However, keeping in line with its child-centric theme, this floor’s customization space is geared towards sneaker-heads 13 and under. The store is accessible from both Yonge Street as well as on the concourse PATH level of the Atrium complex, giving customers a direct and convenient connection to the Dundas TTC subway station. Originally from British Columbia, Martin Owusu is currently studying towards a JD/MBA at Dalhousie University. He has a keen interest in the combined potential for sport and business to build community. RECENT RETAIL INSIDER VIDEOS Advertisment Subscribe to the Newsletter
wrong_mix_domain_birth_00112	FactBench	1	57	https://americanaffairsjournal.org/2022/05/the-canadian-ideology/	en	The Canadian Ideology	https://americanaffairsj…71628-scaled.jpg	https://americanaffairsj…71628-scaled.jpg	[ "https://americanaffairsjournal.org/wp-content/themes/american-affairs-journal/assets/images/logo-new.png", "https://americanaffairsjournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Canadian_confederation_and_its_leaders_1917_14577771628-scaled.jpg", "https://americanaffairsjournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Cover-Summer-2024-website-166x249.jpg", "https://americanaffairsjournal.org/wp-content/themes/american-affairs-journal/assets/images/logo-white-new.png" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[ "Michael Cuenco" ]	2022-05-20T04:14:00+00:00	The city of Ottawa found itself in the unusual position of being at the center of international media attention in early February when the Freedom Convoy occupied Parliament Hill. In the United States and elsewhere, right and left-wing commentators made the most of the crisis, each side integrating it into a preexisting narrative about either…	en	https://americanaffairsj…/favicon-new.png	American Affairs Journal	https://americanaffairsjournal.org/2022/05/the-canadian-ideology/	The city of Ottawa found itself in the unusual position of being at the center of international media attention in early February when the Freedom Convoy occupied Parliament Hill. In the United States and elsewhere, right and left-wing commentators made the most of the crisis, each side integrating it into a preexisting narrative about either the rise of biomedical authoritarianism or the specter of fascism. By the middle of the month, as the events in Ottawa died down, a far more consequential crisis erupted on the other side of the globe when Russia invaded Ukraine. The trucker rebellion was forgotten as quickly as it was picked up by the media. To the extent that it is recalled, it is likely in reference to either of the readymade interpretations provided by liberal or conservative pundits. Any chance to discern lessons from a deeper exploration of the events of the Freedom Convoy was lost. Outside of Canada, one influential piece from the Right went furthest in offering a sustained meditation on the larger significance of the incident, but it is notable less as an elucidation of the social conflicts underlying the convoy and more for what it says about the sensibilities of those who endorsed its arguments. For just as thinking on the liberal center-left has ossified into a stale dogmatism, the writers and intellectuals of the populist Right (along with allies on the contrarian, anti-establishment Left) have proven to be every bit as susceptible to seeing the world in terms of reflexive formulas and comfortable conceits. The world, however, is often a more complex place than such narratives will allow, and the self-serving illusions of one camp are no less worth dispelling than the ones propagated by the other. On February 16, 2022, as the convoy’s encampments were being dispersed by authorities, the pseudonymous writer “N.S. Lyons” published an essay entitled “Reality Honks Back.”1 It quickly went viral and was shared on social media with approval by Canadian and foreign commentators sympathetic to the convoy’s cause, such as Jordan Peterson, Rod Dreher, and Andy Puzder, among others. Ross Douthat based a New York Times column on Lyons’s analysis.2 Unfortunately, Lyons’s piece falls victim to the same flaw that has marked much international coverage of the convoy insofar as it uncritically transposes class war narratives from elsewhere without much knowledge or concern about the uniquely Canadian circumstances that have shaped this event. If Lyons rightly accuses establishment media of parroting conventional liberal narratives about the convoy being a Russian-financed white supremacist terror threat, he makes an equally crude mistake by relying on tropes imported wholesale from conservative intellectual circles in America and other Western countries. This counternarrative supposes an unfolding class realignment between mostly working-class citizens who exist in the “real world” and arrogant elitist cosmopolitan types who sneer at them from an otherworldly realm of abstractions. For obvious reasons, this view is enormously flattering to the self-image of its adherents on the right as it makes them out to be the noble underdogs. In addition, this narrative has allowed some conservative voices to claim for themselves—with gleeful irony—the mantle of Marx, the workers’ movement, and the revolutionary tradition. Indeed, Lyons invokes the ex-Marxist Christopher Lasch, now a mainstay of the intellectual Right, and quotes his critique of the “thinking classes.” Though he could have just as easily referenced other similar polemical devices like Daniel Bell’s “new class” or Lionel Trilling’s “adversary culture,” favorite epithets of the old neoconservatives, or the more recent one devised by British commentator David Goodhart, “Anywheres versus Somewheres.” Lyons’s own “Physicals versus Virtuals” is but one more derivative addition to this by now somewhat tired and overused conservative variant of class war discourse. More importantly, the application of such schemes, however useful they may be in the broader Western context, is much less appropriate in Canada. As I have argued here3 and elsewhere,4 the Canadian ruling class, known as “the Laurentian elite,” stands apart from other national elites. Unlike the faded American “Eastern Establishment” or the aristocracies of the old world, the Laurentian elites have yet to be overthrown. Their oligarchic ancestors willed the Canadian state into being as a means of furthering their economic interests; and they have, for the most part, held the levers of power ever since, marking Canada as a holdout in the present age of populism. The Freedom Convoy might have once captured the hearts and minds of so many likeminded sympathizers around the world, including nearly the entire American Right, and some prominent figures on the contrarian Left like Bill Maher, Glenn Greenwald, and Matt Taibbi, who all voiced concern at what they saw as an unduly harsh government response. (Notably, progressive congresswoman Ilhan Omar also defended convoy supporters but against journalists rather than the government.) Tucker Carlson’s headline warning of “Canadian-style tyranny” seemed to encapsulate many Americans’ impression of their neighbor’s apparently draconian legal system. But the convoy was merely the latest in a long line of challengers to Laurentian hegemony, who came far only to fall short and suffer retribution. So, just what exactly were the dissenting truckers up against? Canada as a Commercial Empire The Laurentian elite consists of the ruling business, political, administrative, and intellectual classes who live in the region along the St. Lawrence River and its watershed, encompassing the economic heartland of Central Canada, consisting of the two most populous provinces of Ontario and Quebec, and centering on the cities of Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal. The partisan allegiances, economic orientations, and cultural self-conception of this elite has, of course, changed greatly over the years, but there has been a remarkable continuity in the concentration of national power in their hands. The mid-century giant of the Canadian historical profession, Donald Creighton, described the ideology of this class in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries as a “Tory doctrine of material expansion through political unity” guided by a “fundamental political principle [of] unification and centralization of control.”5 Note (in light of Lyons’s dichotomy) the word “material”: unlike Thomas Jefferson and his ideological successors, the Laurentians were not moral or political idealists and were chiefly concerned with the material economic progress of their domain. Creighton’s 1937 book The Commercial Empire of the St. Lawrence, 1760–1850 treats the history and early development of Canada as coterminous with the ambitions of this mercantile Tory oligarchy,6 known as the “Family Compact” in Upper Canada (now Ontario) and as the “Château Clique” in Lower Canada (now Quebec). In the long-running philosophical debate between “wealth and virtue,” as documented by the historians of Anglo-American political thought J. G. A. Pocock, Bernard Bailyn, and Gordon S. Wood, Canada’s establishment and its form of political regime were, and arguably remain, firmly grounded on the side of “wealth” rather than “virtue”—that is, early modern commercial liberalism against the tradition of classical republicanism. The difference between the two worldviews, in the American context, has been summed up by M. Anthony Mills in a recent essay for National Affairs: In formulating their vision for America, some founders drew especially heavily on the liberalism of theorists like Locke, Smith, and Hume—perhaps the most prominent among them being Alexander Hamilton. These founding-era liberals viewed commercial activity as a form of liberalization that not only increased wealth, but facilitated cooperative exchange, thereby engendering refinement and civility within the citizenry. Other founders, like Thomas Jefferson, saw commercial activity as a source of potential corruption. As Wood points out, these early American republicans—like the “country” republicans of Walpole’s England—worried that the “rise of banks, trading companies, and stock markets, plus the emergence of the new moneyed men, [and] the increasing public debt” would change the culture of the nascent republic, allowing self-interest to displace public virtue as society’s chief animating principle.7 While the United States has been home to both traditions, Bailyn’s The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution (1967), among other works, showed how the latter Jeffersonian, republican, or “country party” strain has occupied the preeminent place in the rhetorical discourse and political legacy of 1776.8 The rival Hamiltonian “court party” strain has occupied the secondary position in U.S. history—largely only drawn upon in times when a strong state is required to coordinate and develop the economy. Canadian history, too, features an interplay between the two traditions, but the positions are reversed: the court party ideology favored by the Laurentian elites has been the leading tradition since Confederation in 1867 and well before, while the mantle of the country party has been adopted by their agrarian and populist adversaries in the Reform movement, who have played the part of the semi-permanent opposition.9 Reformers saw the Family Compact (often not inaccurately) as a corrupt, self-dealing club, whose members circulated offices and favors among themselves while using their privileged positions in the colonial state to line their pockets and exclude all outsiders from participation. This mirrored the original country party polemics of the Viscount Bolingbroke against the modernizing regime of Sir Robert Walpole, which later influenced the Patriots’ depiction of Britain as a corrupted, usurping tyranny during the American Revolution.10 In Upper Canada, this tendency found its most impassioned spokesman in firebrand newspaper editor and first mayor of Toronto, William Lyon Mackenzie. For its part, the oligarchy looked upon Mackenzie and his kind as an ignorant rabble who trafficked in seditious republican sentiments. No one embodied this elitist attitude more than John Strachan, Anglican Bishop of Toronto. Described as a reactionary arch-Tory, Strachan “did not believe that the voice of the people was the voice of God”11 and so dedicated his energies to building a hierarchical society patterned after the mother country. In religion, this meant adherence to the Church of England (though it was never formally established in Canada, acting more like a de facto rather than a de jure state religion); in politics, it called for loyalty to the Crown, deference to one’s betters in what he hoped would be a Canadian class system no less pervasive than the British one, and opposition to and all things American. This visceral anti-American attitude among the Lauretnian elites and their counterparts in the Maritime colonies can be traced to the influx of Loyalist refugees fleeing the new United States in the 1780s. Many of the leading families in the Tory exodus—the Robinsons, the Sewells, the Uniackes—would resume their positions as members of the elite north of the forty-ninth parallel. The Loyalist element also explains the difference between Canadian Toryism and what would become American conservatism, which was described by Ronald Reagan in a 1975 interview with Reason: “if we were back in the days of the Revolution, so-called conservatives today would be the Liberals and the liberals would be the Tories. The basis of conservatism is . . . less centralized authority or more individual freedom.”12 At the heart of the difference between these two worldviews was a disagreement over the nature and purposes of power. The view that animated the Patriot cause (which the Tories disagreed with) was summed up in the third chapter of Bailyn’s Ideological Origins, entitled “Power and Liberty: A Theory of Politics”: The theory of politics that emerges from the political literature of the pre-Revolutionary years rests on the belief that what lay behind every political scene, the ultimate explanation of every political controversy, was the disposition of power. . . . The essence of what they meant by power was perhaps best revealed inadvertently by John Adams as he groped for words in drafting his Dissertation on the Canon and Feudal Law. Twice choosing and then rejecting the word “power,” he finally selected as the specification of the thought he had in mind “dominion,” and in this association of words the whole generation concurred. “Power” to them meant the dominion of some men over others, the human control of human life: ultimately force, compulsion. And it was, consequently, for them as it is for us “a richly connotative word”: some of its fascination may well have lain for them, as it has been said to lie for us, in its “sado-masochistic flavor,” for they dwelt on it endlessly, almost compulsively. . . . [Their] discussion of power centered on its essential characteristic of aggressiveness: its endlessly propulsive tendency to expand itself beyond legitimate boundaries. . . . Power, it was said over and over again, has “an encroaching nature”; “. . . if at first it meets with no control [it] creeps by degrees and quick subdues the whole.”13 This deeply ingrained fear and suspicion of power (not merely the potential misuse of it but the very act of possessing it in any great degree) constituted a key feature of the republican country party ethos. In the early nineteenth century, this ideology started to spread and win converts in Canada, particularly among farmers and small-holders, roughly the same constituency for Jeffersonian and Jacksonian politics in the United States. Led by Mackenzie and his allies, they formed the militant wing of the colony’s Reform movement. Though it had never been dominant, the country party strain has made major contributions to Canada’s political evolution, the most notable of which was spurring the movement from the rule of colonial governors and their councils toward parliamentary self-government, or what in Canada is referred to as “responsible government” (in which the executive is responsible to the elected assembly). The outbreak of a rebellion in 1837 at the hands of the Patriotes in Lower Canada and Mackenzie’s radicals in Upper Canada was the spark. Inspired by the republican spirit of the American and French revolutions, the rebels sought to overthrow the oligarchy and establish a constitution that would empower the elected assemblies over the executive; their economic vision entailed turning the Canadas into agrarian Jeffersonian republics. These uprisings (amounting to a series of skirmishes rather than a true social revolution) were defeated and the perpetrators were hanged, jailed, or exiled as far afield as Australia. Their efforts were not all in vain, however, as the local elite and Imperial government decided that the pressure for reform could no longer be ignored and set course for responsible government. This happened under the auspices of Lord Durham, the Governor General, who issued a famous report assessing the causes of the rebellion. In it, he recommended a union of the Canadas and introduction of responsible government, which was achieved in 1848 under the moderate Reformers Robert Baldwin and Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine. As responsible government took shape, so too did the modern party system: the Laurentian commercial elite based in Montreal and other urban centers would unite around the Conservative Party, which would favor economic development. The Reform movement, after having achieved its main goal of responsible government, splintered into moderate and radical “Clear Grit” factions (with some moderates joining the Conservatives), before regrouping and rebranding as the Liberal Party in the 1860s. The new party adopted Gladstone’s classical liberalism, a persuasion no less enamored of free trade, low taxes, and limited government, but without the political liability of Mackenzie’s republicanism. Though parliamentary government was introduced as a result of the agitation and then the rebellion of the Reformers, the new political system proved to be more hospitable to the continued rule of their Tory opponents, as the latter half of the nineteenth century would be dominated by the Conservatives. This turn of events meant that while the demands of the rebels were ultimately met, they had been taken up by the very same elites the rebellion sought to depose, who would go on to shape Canadian institutions on their own terms. Meanwhile, the country party ideology would find new life in the Western prairies, manifesting as both right and left-wing populism, and continuing its role as the challenger to the Laurentian regime.14 This pattern, whereby the ruling class proactively manages the currents of political, economic, and social change from the top-down, would not only repeat itself at the time of Confederation a generation later in the 1860s, it would recur throughout the succeeding chapters of Canadian history, thus providing confirmation for the view, associated with Seymour Martin Lipsett, that “Contrary to the tumultuous republic to the south, Canada is a counter-revolutionary society.”15 In the same way that the country party ethos of the American Revolution lives on in the idioms and axioms of U.S. politics, the court party legacy of the Canadian founding can still be discerned in the dominant political and institutional culture of Canada today. It is, therefore, worth tracing the trajectory of Canada’s ruling ideology before reexamining the more recent conflicts underlying the Freedom Convoy, which may then be situated in a larger historical pattern. Confederation and Dominion: The Court Party Ideology in Action After the end of British mercantilism that came with the 1846 repeal of the Corn Laws and the concurrent rise of protectionism in the United States, the Laurentians, who had previously relied on both the protective system of the Empire and reciprocal trade with the States for the export of their commodities, realized that the only way to secure their economic survival was to forge “a unified and competitive entity in North America.”16 This vision called for the Queen’s colonies to consolidate into a federation: the abundnant natural resources of the upper half of the continent would fuel Central Canada’s industrial sector in a vast internal market connected by railroads and subsequently protected by high tariffs. This was the essence of what in the 1870s would be dubbed the “National Policy” of Tory chieftain and first prime minister Sir John A. Macdonald: it was the Canadian answer to the Hamiltonian “American School” of state-led capitalist developmentalism—a model of political economy against which both Jeffersonian producerism and Gladstonian liberalism were opposed. As with Hamilton’s Federalists or Henry Clay’s Whigs, the proponents of Confederation saw material and moral betterment as the common blessings of a commercial society. The view was expressed by Macdonald’s French Canadian partner, Sir George-Étienne Cartier, when he said: “commerce brings in its train . . . tranquillity, order, and rule,” and acted as “a cure for the most destructive prejudices; for it is almost a general rule, that wherever we ﬁnd agreeable manners, there commerce ﬂourishes. . . .”17 Cartier saw the British conquest of Quebec as a providential stroke that saved his people from the horror of the French Revolution. With their religion and the virtues of the ancien régime intact, Cartier thought the French Canadians all the more ready to imbibe the spirit of enterprise and join the English in becoming “men of faith and progress.”18 It was in pursuit of this idea of national and commercial greatness that the Canadas, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick came together by act of the British Parliament after a series of intercolonial conferences to form the modern Canadian state on July 1, 1867, to be joined by other provinces later on. (In line with the counter-revolutionary and anti-republican character of Confederation, appeals to the popular will were nowhere to be found in Canada’s founding documents.) There was some disagreement as to what the formal name of this new entity would be: Macdonald preferred “Kingdom of Canada,” but the Colonial Office in London vetoed the idea for fear of offending the United States. New Brunswick premier Sir Samuel Leonard Tilley proposed another name taken from Psalm 72:8, which read: “He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth.”19 It was fitting that the very word America’s founders had used to express their aversion to power was now taken up by Canada’s founders to christen their federation, for the new Dominion of Canada would operate on a distinct conception of power that was almost diametrically opposed to the one that held in the American republic. Aghast at the ongoing U.S. Civil War, which Canadian observers attributed to weak central government, Macdonald (who had originally wished for a unitary state before conceding its implausibility for a country so large and diverse) opted for a highly centralized federal state. Canada’s constitutional motto, “peace, order and good government,” arose as an expression of its founders’ intent to reserve a broad scope of authority for the federal parliament over that of its provincial counterparts, according to the former any area of the law not explicitly delegated to either level of government (an inversion of the U.S. model).20 Through later economic, political, and juridical developments, however, Canada would actually evolve steadily away from Macdonald’s ideal of a centralist Leviathan, and the country would end up as one of the more decentralized federations in the world, most evidently in key areas of domestic policy like healthcare and education.21 But there is another aspect of the court party ideology that proved to be more resilient and that is the emphasis on a strong executive, which remains to this day. In contrast to the distinctly American fear of executive overreach, borne of the republican aversion to monarchical power, the statesmen of British North America and Canada positively embraced the prospect of an executive that could act boldly22 with “energy” and “despatch,” as Hamilton put it in Federalist no. 70. (It was for such views in support of a powerful federal government and executive, illustrated most clearly in his radical executive-centric constitutional proposal of June 18, 1787, that Hamilton was attacked as a closet monarchist and Anglophile.23 ) In “The Ideological Origins of Canadian Confederation” (1987), Peter J. Smith became the first scholar to apply the categories of the Pocock-Bailyn historiography to Canada. Smith detailed the court party ideology of Canada’s founders as one that called for “an expanded commercial state: a strong executive and political stability, underwritten by the availability of offices—the prizes of ambition necessary to mute the spirit of faction [along with] healthy public credit provided by an enlarged tax base, which also promoted political stability.”24 Indeed, Smith observes that with Confederation, “Macdonald obtained most of what Alexander Hamilton wanted in 1787”25 (that is, everything short of liquidating the states).26 The late constitutional historian Frederick Vaughan traced the inspiration of Canada’s form of government to the aforementioned early modern commercial liberal tradition associated with Locke and Hobbes. Through this tradition, the ambitions of a rising commercial class represented in the Commons had been accommodated by a constitutional settlement that foreswore monarchical absolutism after 1688 in favor of a nearly unchecked parliamentary supremacy.27 In effect, this meant an all-powerful executive, since the government rests on a fusion of the executive and legislature (where the prime minister and cabinet must be members of the parliament, and must enjoy the confidence of a majority in order to govern), which allows the head of the executive to directly shape and steer legislation as well as executive policy. This is in contrast with the more straightforwardly republican premises of the Madisonian constitution, which envisions a strict formal and practical separation of powers: Hobbes recognized that the tenuous hold of republican government on public order required a strong “monarch”—whether one or many fully armed. Hobbes’s and Locke’s new constitution framed a form of government that permitted the rulers—that is, the “executive”—to rule with the support of public force. There was to be no separation of powers or checks and balances beyond the apparent in the new English constitution. . . . Neither Hobbes nor Locke would have recognized the prince or the executive of the American constitution. The British constitution learned from Hobbes that those who exercise the sovereign authority must not be “content with less power, than to the peace, and defence of the commonwealth is necessarily required.” From John Locke it learned that the one who “has the executive power” must be fully conscious of and fully prepared to use all those prerogative powers. . . . It is a tribute to the genius of the British constitution that it was able to accommodate the ambitions of the new commercial age under an executive government that could act with dispatch and authority.28 Though it stems from common roots in the British constitution, Canada’s executive has grown to be unusually powerful even in comparison with its counterparts in other Westminster systems, hewing closest to the ideal of executive dominance envisioned by Hobbes and Hamilton to a remarkable extent that almost strains the standards of a modern Western liberal democracy. With such titles as The Friendly Dictatorship (2001), “Prime Minister and Cabinet in Canada: An Autocracy in Need of Reform?” (2000), and Governing from the Centre: The Concentration of Power in Canadian Politics (1999), contemporary Canadian analysts have often tried to grapple with just how much power and discretion rests in the hands of prime ministers and executive organs like the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), even in instances of minority government.29 They have noted the head of government’s vast sway over lawmaking, administrative, and political matters at the expense of both cabinet ministers and backbenchers—the latter having virtually no power in setting or altering the government’s agenda.30 In Britain, backbenchers have some institutional conduits for airing their concerns and may exert considerable influence (as in the case of Margaret Thatcher’s downfall or in the more recent spate of post-Brexit backbench rebellions). In Australia, parliamentary party coups are an all-too-common occurrence. By contrast, Canada—at least in those matters of national policy reserved for the care of the federal government—appears to be something like a parliamentary autocracy with the prime minister as its Cromwell (or its Walpole). Against claims that this overmighty executive is a recent development from the 1970s or that it is a corruption of Canada’s system of government, historian Patrice Dutil ably demonstrated in Prime Ministerial Power in Canada (2017) that this apparent bug is actually a natural feature of the regime, established as a result of the design and intent of Canada’s early prime ministers.31 Dutil recognized Macdonald as the greatest influence, who “deliberately shaped government management according to his own wishes and inclinations.”32 He did this by centralizing control over the bureaucracy in his office, by cementing his political position through shrewd patronage appointments, and by applying the resulting executive leverage toward his central objective, realization of the National Policy. This had been the labor of years, but one crisis in particular exemplified the prime minister’s approach to the concerted and purposeful application of power. Macdonald’s vision rested on the completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR), which was to be the first to connect the Atlantic to the Pacific coasts without passing through the United States, thereby making good on the Confederation’s promise to build a great commercial dominion “from sea to sea.” Macdonald had been thrown out of office in 1873 after a scandal revealed improper dealings around the negotiation of the CPR contract; his political fortunes revived, however, and he returned to the premiership five years later only to find that a floundering, financially unsound construction effort was about to jeopardize the railway’s completion. Things took a bloody turn with the beginning of the North-West Rebellion of 1885. Métis leader and self-proclaimed prophet Louis Riel, returned from American exile and eager to avenge his previous failed uprising of 1869, declared it his mission to set up a theocratic state in the District of Saskatchewan, in the vicinity of the railway then under construction. Riel raised a small army among the Métis and, along with First Nations allies, began attacking forts and settlements. The federal government under Macdonald acted swiftly, mobilizing the militia and making use of the completed portions of the railway to transport them to the front. After early Métis victories, the rebellion was decisively defeated at the Battle of Batoche. The trial proved to be every bit as spectacular as the armed conflict. The government singled out Riel among the seventy-two perpetrators with the charge of high treason. At this time, Canadian treason law carried no death penalty, however, and Macdonald appeared determined to produce such a sentence. The choice of which statute to apply was entirely up to the prime minister and his justice minister, Sir Alexander Campbell. Passing over the 1868 Canadian High Treason Felony Statute, Macdonald and Campbell selected a medieval law from 1351, the Statute of Treasons, passed under Edward III, which did entail death. The resulting charges sounded archaic even to Victorian ears and could have been drafted by a scribe in the Plantagenet court, for Riel was accused of “being moved and seduced by the devil” in plotting “most wickedly, maliciously and traitorously . . . against our Lady, the Queen.”33 The defense pleaded insanity, but to no avail. Riel was found guilty. Macdonald turned down pleas for clemency from both the jury and a chorus of his own political supporters in Quebec, where the Francophone Catholic Riel became a figure of sympathy. Indeed, Riel’s execution was a great blow to Conservative fortunes in that province from which they never recovered. (Macdonald famously said: “He shall hang though every dog in Quebec bark in his favour.”) But the events of the rebellion turned out to be a catalyst for the completion of the CPR, as the railway proved indispensable in suppressing the insurgency. Increased public support helped to authorize funding for the remainder of the project and Macdonald’s vision of a transcontinental nation was fulfilled when the final tracks were laid in November 1885.34 In the words of his rival and successor, Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Macdonald “was fond of power and he never made any secret of it.”35 What’s more, he knew how to use it creatively in the service of a long-term goal. It is in the institutional legacy he left behind after nineteen years as prime minister that the conception of power underlying Canada’s system of government can be discerned. Where America’s republican regime is premised on the fragmentation of power as a means of thwarting ambitions, the executive-centric Canadian regime rests on the opposite principle, namely the concentration of power as a means of testing ambitions. Even then, this struck American sensibilities as somewhat tyrannical, as evidenced by the 1891 New York Times obituary of Macdonald, which described him as “almost the autocratic ruler of the country.”36 The Court Party’s New Clothes The Canadian state was thus born in a calculated act of material self-preservation (and self-advancement) by a restless Laurentian elite, who found an outlet for their ambitions in a nation-building project consciously grounded in the pursuit of wealth and commercial expansion. The impetus behind Confederation can be distilled as the desire on the part of the reigning financial, rail, and manufacturing interests (Macdonald’s core constituencies) for, in Smith’s words, “a credit instrument that would provide the resources necessary for the economic development of the British North American colonies.”37 This was the object of the court party ideology, which would survive in various incarnations as the modern Laurentian worldview. Whereas the patriots of other countries might have infused their nation-building projects with a universalist mission to uphold self-evident truths about liberty or the inalienable rights of man, Canada’s commercially-minded founders limited themselves to the maintenance of “peace, order and good government,” or in other words, what today might be called a “good business climate.” Of course, the parameters defining a good business climate would change over the years: the protectionist template of the National Policy would eventually give way to a greater acceptance of free trade once Canada became a mature industrial power in the middle of the twentieth century. It was also around this time that the Laurentian elites began to shift in their choice of political vehicle from the Conservative to the Liberal Party. This switch began to take place during the Second World War. As a result of cohabitation in running the military-industrial complex, the economic elite centered on Toronto’s Bay Street (then in the process of displacing Montreal as the country’s financial capital) joined together with the political elite of the ruling Liberal Party and the administrative “mandarin” elite in the Ottawa civil service to forge a lasting realignment.38 In the words of journalist Peter C. Newman, it was “the birth of a postwar network of connections and interconnections between business and government that fathered a new economy, its tentacles . . . spreading into every form of commercial enterprise across the country,” leading to the Liberals becoming the natural governing party “almost by default.”39 As the descendants of the urban-based businessmen and industrialists who once formed the heart of the Conservative coalition of the previous century became Liberals, the party subsequently adopted their class outlook,40 developing a twentieth-century center-left variant of the court party ideology—a “Laurentian Consensus”41 described by political scientist Andrew McDougall as “an attitudinal position towards Canadian political and institutional arrangements inside of a progressive matrix.”42 Nevertheless, the progressive descriptor only makes sense to a degree: on another level, McDougall points out that “it does not make sense to speak of the Laurentian Consensus existing in any other country, as one might when thinking about being a classical liberal or conservative . . . to be considered a ‘Laurentian’ is not the same thing as a [conventional] political philosophy.”43 It is rather a “zone of consensus” among national elites that brooks no easy classification.44 The truly consequential battles in Canadian history have usually arisen from conflicts within the Laurentian elite, such as the conscription crises of the two world wars, the Quebec separation question of the 1960s to the 1990s, or the great free trade election of 1988. It makes more sense to look at how the Laurentian elite has governed: in economic policy, this has meant the protection (or as critics might say, the “propping up”) of Central Canadian commerce and industry ranging from agriculture to finance to manufacturing, such as through the extension of support to favored firms like the engineering giant SNC Lavalin (the subject of a major Trudeau scandal) and Bombardier; in social policy, the Laurentians have tended to support binding national programs like Medicare or, more recently, the Canada Child Benefit; while in cultural policy, it has entailed the promotion of a distinct Canadian identity and nationalism usually implicitly defined against American hegemony.45 Meanwhile, as the Laurentian realignment was taking place in the Liberal Party, the inheritors of the country party tradition—the present-day equivalents of those rural, exurban, and small producer constituencies who once formed the base of the Reform movement in the nineteenth century—would gradually migrate to the opposite end of the partisan divide. Like the Grits of the 1850s, the Canadian Right, then known as the Progressive Conservative Party, splintered after a streak of apparent political success in the 1990s, fracturing into a centrist Eastern-based “Red Tory” rump and an ascendant populist, conservative-libertarian, and Western-based Reform Party. After a period of disunity on the right, which helped to elect successive Liberal majorities, the two parties reunited to create the modern Conservative Party in 2003 under ex-Reformer Stephen Harper, who would lead it to victory in 2006. Yet the Conservative refoundation was less a merger and more a takeover of the old PC party by Reform, which ensured the new entity resembled the latter more than the former.46 Reform Party founder Preston Manning named it after the Reform movement of Mackenzie, as he hoped to evoke its legacy of resistance to elite rule. Manning also adopted Riel as a symbol of Western defiance against Ottawa.47 Where Reformers of the previous century looked to Jefferson and Gladstone for inspiration, young Reform activists idolized Reagan and Thatcher. Another key influence among the younger activists was the 1986 book The Patriot Game: National Dreams and Political Realities by one Peter Brimelow48 (written before he became a staple of the American alt-right), which employed a variant of the “new class” narrative to depict the Canadian federation as an elaborate protection racket by and for Laurentian elites—at the expense of the resource-rich Western provinces. Brimelow advocated instead for a North American English nationalism that stressed English Canadians’ fundamental cultural unity with the United States. (Different varieties of secessionist and pro-American annexationist sentiment often run through contemporary anti-Laurentian polemics.) Against the entrenched Laurentian paradigm, with its privileging of Central Canadian concerns, this new populism offered an alternative decentralized political economy, one that would support Western Canada’s extractive sector (which it accuses Laurentian governments of neglecting or suppressing) while scaling back the state and endorsing liberalization of Central Canada’s semi-protected industries.49 If this conservative paradigm ever took hold permanently, a possibility sketched out in Darrell Bricker and John Ibbitson’s 2013 book The Big Shift, it would signal nothing less than the displacement of the Laurentian elite by a Western-based counter-elite.50 And it is from this distinct ideological context, grounded in the dynamics of an intra-elite struggle that is quite particular to Canada’s history and politics—not some generalized uprising of the transatlantic working class, that the present incarnation of Canadian right-wing populism would grow. One hundred and fifty years after Canada’s founding, both court and country parties have found new clothes. To paraphrase Reagan’s quote: if we were back in the days of Confederation, the Liberals today would be the Tories and the Conservatives would be the Reformers. Most people cannot see beyond aesthetics, but it matters less that the Liberal-Laurentian court party traded in Macdonald’s British-inflected Toryism for Pierre Trudeau’s constitutional patriotism (they are functionally identical vehicles for a centralist, anti-American nationalism), or that the modern-day Reformers have adopted the former’s symbolism and grafted it onto their otherwise American-inflected country party politics. The institutional and political economy positions are effectively reversed. Having recounted, at least in broad strokes, the course of Canada’s political development, the record shows that its history is built on the backs of failed rebellions against the Laurentian center by various peripheries (usually but not exclusively colored by country party thought), of which there have been at least two kinds. When these come in the form of movements advocating reforms that can be accommodated, the regime can easily diffuse the challenge through incorporation of their demands into its agenda. Examples include a number of small farmer-based parties or the social democratic Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, predecessor to today’s New Democratic Party.51 These movements, which served as the left-wing expressions of country party ideology, provided the ideas behind the Canadian welfare state, though these ideas were generally implemented by Liberals.52 When, on the other hand, the challenges come in the form of extra-parliamentary rebellions that threaten peace, order, and good government—that economic and political stability so treasured by the Laurentian elite—the Canadian state, as we have seen, has seldom ever hesitated to exercise its potent executive capacities as a means of extinguishing it. Wealth against Virtue: Court and Country Rematch In light of such precedents, the events surrounding the Freedom Convoy may be seen in a different light. Lyons believes that the convoy represents those most attached to the real material economy while the Trudeau government is the moralizing tyranny of the disembodied mind. But in fundamental ways, the exact opposite is true. Like every iteration of the Laurentian regime before him, Justin Trudeau acted decisively to preserve and defend the economic stability and commercial interests of Canadian society, that good business climate that has been the going concern of every government since Macdonald’s. He did this in the face of a movement that began as a boisterous demonstration in the capital, but that soon expanded into a far more radical and destabilizing effort to blockade the nation’s borders and clog the arteries of trade on which countless Canadian jobs and businesses depend. Interestingly, Lyons makes no mention of the border in his essay, confining his descriptions of the convoy movement to the most innocuous features of the Ottawa protests like bouncy castles, dancing Sikhs, and “hug-ins.” But he neglected to mention the events that took place in border towns like Windsor, Ontario, Emmerson, Manitoba, Coutts, Alberta, and Surrey, British Columbia, where members of the Freedom Convoy blockaded points of entry to and from the United States. Going beyond anything that might be described as a nuisance or a protest, this act began a process of quite literally choking the Canadian economy. Lyons does not consider that a small minority of convoy-aligned truckers (apparently no more than several dozen at each crossing) made it nearly impossible for the overwhelming majority of their colleagues (about 90 percent of whom were fully vaccinated and eligible for cross-border travel)53 to do their jobs, causing endless lines and hours-long waits by Canadian and U.S. truckers and real damage to the society the convoy was trying to save from tyranny. What about this great, unheralded silent majority of truckers, the ones who actually delivered the goods they were entrusted with? (Trudeau could have said “I like the ones who didn’t rebel. . . .”) Where do they fit into Lyons’s moral dichotomy? And do they not, by their sheer numbers, stake a more legitimate claim to being representative of Canada’s “Physicals” in the transportation industry than the activists and sympathizers who swarmed either the border or the capital? An accounting of the costs of the weeklong stunt is staggering. As the Ambassador Bridge connecting Michigan to Ontario is a vital artery for transporting parts and finished products to and from the many car assembly plants in the Windsor area, the auto industry alone lost about $300 million in wages and production, with lost wages for factory workers amounting to $144.9 million, on top of $155 million lost to General Motors, Ford, Chrysler, Honda, and Toyota.54 As for the total value of the disrupted trade in goods, the University of Windsor’s CrossBorder Institute estimated a ballpark figure of $3 to $6 billion—a large but unsurprising number given that the bridge is the busiest border crossing, accounting for 25 percent of Canada-U.S. trade.55 The blockade also led to a 15–30 percent hike in freight costs, making it “particularly painful for the auto and agriculture industries,” and “harder for strained supply chains to normalize this year” according to Bloomberg.56 Comparable losses were also caused by the blockades in Emerson, Manitoba, estimated at $73 million, and Coutts, Alberta, estimated at $48 million.57 In terms that exude the Jeffersonian suspicion of “abstract institutions,” “informational middlemen,” and “civilizational innovation[s],”58 Lyons identifies the “Physical” men and women of the convoy as the wholesome, practical, and sober-minded element, being grounded in the real world, while it is the “Virtual” ruling classes who are decadent, moralistic, and wedded to abstractions, trapped as they are in an illusory digital existence. The border blockades, however, tell a very different story, for these multimillion-dollar figures were not mere numbers on a screen in somebody’s computer in downtown Toronto or Ottawa. They represented real physical goods going in and out of the country—driven by real physical people, i.e., the great mass of truckers who were content to simply do their jobs instead of playacting as freedom fighters. If anything, the majority of affected Canadians from both the “Physical” working class and the “Virtual” managerial class—whether they were sitting behind the wheel of a flatbed truck with overdue goods in the back, standing around waiting for parts at one of the disrupted assembly plants, or sitting anxiously in a cubicle at the local Toyota head office—could be seen as merely being interested in doing their jobs. Rather, it was the convoy that acted with such flippancy and disregard for the material economic security of the country that they were willing to sabotage it on behalf of a larger political morality. Ultimately, it was these developments at the border crossings and the mounting costs to the real economy, more so than the honking or the hot tubs on Parliament Hill, that finally compelled enforcement and dispersal of the convoy after days of inaction, first on the part of local and provincial governments, followed by the intervention of Trudeau’s federal government. Taking a closer look at the convoy will reveal both its consistency with the characteristics of a virtual-based political movement, as Lyons has described it, and its basis in the Canadian country party tradition. Like Riel, who threatened the path of the railroad, and the radical Reformers, who attempted to forestall industrial modernity, the convoy stood in the way of commerce itself and thus invited the retribution of the Canadian state. As with Mackenzie’s rebellion, they appealed to “virtue” over and above “wealth,” a disposition best expressed by People’s Party of Canada leader and would-be tribune for the truckers, Maxime Bernier, when he tweeted: “Short-term economic disruptions caused by blocking border crossings are insignificant compared with the goal of ending . . . the government war against some of its citizens, and restoring our fundamental rights and freedoms.”59 Though it would ordinarily be apt to describe the right-wing, libertarian milieu from which the Freedom Convoy came as being centered on free markets and laissez-faire capitalism, statements like Bernier’s give expression to the fundamentally noneconomic basis of the classical republican thought that underpins the country party ethos, with its emphasis on the value rationality of homo politicus rather than the instrumental rationality of homo mercator.60 Thus Always to Rebels Indeed, the historical parallels are quite glaring. Just as the rebels of 1837 adopted the idioms of the American and French Revolutions in their doomed revolt against the Tory oligarchy, so too did the Freedom Convoy present its message through a mostly imported symbolic vocabulary. The first noticeable feature of the convoy at an aesthetic level was the sheer saturation of Americanisms: U.S. flags, Gadsden flags, and Trump 2020 banners were second only to Canadian flags, many of which were hung upside down. The vivid and unapologetic Tea Party-style “We the People” message of fighting for liberty against tyranny and corruption were all vintage distillations of the country party polemic. The French Yellow Vest movement had also been a clear inspiration to the leadership of one of the antecedent organizations behind the Freedom Convoy, United We Roll—both in terms of its disruptive protest strategy and its exaggerated proletarian aesthetics.61 It is also worth noting that the activist organizations from which the convoy leadership came—groups like United We Roll,62 Canada Unity,63 the Maverick Party64 and Wexit Alberta65—were all Western-based outfits. Hailing from the one region of Canada where the global populist currents that fueled Trump and Brexit are most active, these groups previously attempted organizing nationwide protest movements as far back as 2019, launching, for instance, a similar convoy to protest Trudeau’s carbon tax, but they attracted scant attention and hardly any outside support. Another effort at political mobilization in early 2020 aimed at breaking union picket lines at oil and gas facilities in Alberta and Saskatchewan made hardly a ripple in the news cycle.66 (Such actions reveal just what kind of “worker’s movement” the Freedom Convoy aims to be.) As it turns out, Western alienation and its associated issues have limited resonance outside the Western provinces. Furthermore, past attempts by such groups along with the People’s Party—a federal party but with its strongest regional concentration of support in the prairies—to superimpose issues like immigration and cultural identity fell flat in a Canadian political landscape where these issues are not salient, at least not in the same way as in other liberal democracies.67 (This is in large part because the policies pursued by the Laurentian elite in areas like immigration or even trade are designed in such a way as to prevent backlash, thus Canada’s storied “immunity” to populism: see this author’s previous essay.68) This meant that prior to the pandemic, right-wing populism of the Trumpian variety and the radical country party strain (outside the prairies and a few other isolated contexts) were suspended in states of dormancy: it was a rebellion in desperate search of a cause.69 The cause finally came about with Covid-19 restrictions and vaccine mandates, a contingent, easily exploitable, and universally felt source of frustration, that like a gaping wound in the body politic, finally allowed the pathogen of American-style populism to enter and spread. This is another way of saying that the Freedom Convoy was sustained primarily by exogenous causes and inspirations—a localized inflammation and manifestation of a global movement that has otherwise struggled to find a foothold in a society where, as we have seen, the structural factors that motivate post-2016 populism are mostly absent. As with the Trump movement and its counterparts in Europe, it is the populist insurgents of the Freedom Convoy who primarily inhabit de-territorialized political communities on the internet and social media, grounded in an online epistemic environment that is immaterial, infused with “enchantment” (in Max Weber’s sense), and essentially international in scope. It is from within this discursive space arising from “digital technology and global networks,”70 in Lyons’s words, that scarcely distinguishable conspiratorial narratives about elite corruption are generated and reproduced mimetically across borders. Where the ideologies of the Atlantic revolutions once exported a universalist discourse about the triumph of popular liberty against aristocratic elites in all the nations and empires of the nineteenth century, the contemporary global populist movement likewise relies on a radically homogenizing message that folds all moral and political questions, irrespective of local context, into a cosmic metanarrative that knows no boundaries. This is how the Freedom Convoy effectively repurposed tropes and memes taken wholesale from the global populist discourse with little or no reference to or sensitivity for Canada’s institutions. The federal cross-border mandates affected a small minority of unvaccinated truckers yet the protests in Ottawa and elsewhere were filled with disgruntled people from all walks of life. It mattered little, however, that the vast majority of health regulations that affected these Canadians at an everyday level were introduced by the provinces who are constitutionally in charge of healthcare. It would not have sufficed to apportion 85 percent of the protests to the provincial premiers, who are the ones with actual control over most health regulations, and the other 15 percent toward the federal government in Ottawa (the protests directed against provincial authorities were mostly sideshows relative to the main event).71 Justin Trudeau was simply the most emotionally satisfying target and the globally acknowledged face of progressive liberalism: therefore, they had to focus their ire on the person of Trudeau and wave “F**k Trudeau” flags in much the same way that the sans-culottes burned effigies of Louis XVI. The now infamous “Memorandum of Understanding,” the closest thing the convoy had to a mission statement, revealed a similar lack of understanding for (or interest in) the workings of Canada’s system of responsible government. In a press conference held on February 7, one week into the demonstration, the convoy’s leaders, led by spokesman Tom Mazzaro, brandished their memorandum and spoke casually of a readiness to meet with the Governor General in order to negotiate a new government consisting of a coalition of opposition parties. By then, both the (largely ceremonial) Governor General’s office and the (nonelected) Senate were being inundated with calls and emails from hundreds of convoy supporters to depose the sitting government.72 After this memorandum’s exposure was met with universal condemnation and ridicule, the organizers withdrew it the next day for of fear of “unintended interpretations.”73 One interpretation is that the cosmic metanarrative of a global revolt against elites, so real and irrepressible when one inhabits the borderless world of social media, was finally coming to Canada. And the musty old laws and institutions of Canada could easily be swept away by an expression of the popular will in one grand Rosseauvian moment of revolutionary catharsis. This disconnect with reality was illustrated by an exchange in organizer Dwayne Lich’s bail hearing on February 19. Lich defended himself by appealing to another country’s constitution: “I thought it was a peaceful protest and based on my first amendment—I thought that was part of our rights,” to which the judge replied, “What do you mean, first amendment? What’s that?”74 (The first amendment to Canada’s constitution provides for the admission of Manitoba.) Perhaps in Lich’s mind, as with so many in the convoy, the existence of Canada as a distinct, separate, and sovereign entity is just an anachronism waiting to be dissolved into the universal culture war by which all people and places will become tributaries to America’s digital-epistemic empire. As these words and actions indicate, it is the rebel truckers and their sympathizers who, in Lyons’s terms, cheer on the chance for “liquid narrative to triumph over mundanely static reality, and for all the corrupt traditional bonds of the world to be severed, its atoms reconfigured in a more correct and desirable manner.”75 It is they, and not the Laurentian elite, who most obviously encapsulate the radically cosmopolitan spirit of the “Virtuals” and the “Anywheres.” With their exhortations to “do your own research” and to “take the red pill,” the populists are the ones who possesses the keys to “hyperreality” or the secret knowledge that Lyons obsessively refers to as “Gnosis.” By contrast, it is the Laurentian elite and the Canadian state, embodying the same entrenched sense of materiality that Creighton identified as the hallmark of their ancestral ideology, who acted in the interest of a physically bounded political unit called the nation-state. It is on the basis of the traditional authority of the nation-state and its laws that the Trudeau government intervened with the Emergencies Act to suppress the convoy, a political movement whose stated aim, according to its organizers, had been to effect a change of government. It is also notable that Lyons sees Ottawa’s attempt to counteract the convoy’s use of digital assets like cryptocurrency as the “ultimate leverage now available to the Virtuals,”76 when it is in fact the latter’s resort to novel, de-territorialized payment systems that betrays them, not the government, as the true embodiment of the virtual epoch. By asserting the authority of the physically bounded nation-state to regulate such instruments, it is the Canadian government that affirms the primacy of the local and the physical. In invoking the Emergencies Act, Trudeau and his ministers displayed the same determination to employ the force of executive power that Macdonald exhibited when he secured the death sentence for Riel, or that the colonial authorities showed when it dispatched the rebels of 1837 to labor camps in Tasmania, not to mention Pierre Trudeau’s use of the War Measures Act, predecessor to the current legislation, during the October Crisis of 1970. While not quite matching the ferocity of Prime Minister R.B. Bennett’s vow to meet Depression-era threats of communist agitation with “the iron heel of ruthlessness,” the response was nonetheless firm and more or less commensurate to the challenge. In each of these precedents, the Canadian (or the colonial) state was accused of tyranny by the “bleeding hearts,” as the elder Trudeau would have said. Yet the imperative to restore commerce and to defend peace, order, and good government always prevailed: the state acted in accord with the prerogatives of the Hobbesian sovereign and the court party executive. As with his predecessors, Justin Trudeau could do no other. “Athens Was Not Immortal” This ingrained instinct for material self-preservation has been a constant theme throughout Canadian history and serves as a common thread connecting the Laurentians of 1867 with the Laurentians of today. After all, their ambition to sustain a great northern nation has always coexisted uneasily with the awareness of just how inherently fragile (despite, or perhaps because of, its size) that nation is, sandwiched in between the shifting geopolitical and economic frontiers of far more powerful empires and often dependent for its survival on their mercies. The other no less complicating factor is the sheer heterogeneity of Canada’s people: there are Anglophones and Francophones, Catholics and Protestants, settlers and natives, and diverse regional cultures all making a home in the bosom of a sprawling but uncertain “political nationality.” This combination of immovable external threats and internal centrifugal forces means that Canada’s elites are constantly confronted with a distinct sense of the country’s mortality and, not infrequently, the specter of its imminent extinction—whether in the form of annexation by the American colossus, secession by one province, excessive decentralization at the hands of all the provinces, or, quite simply, economic deprivation and collapse. This peculiarly Laurentian attitude was encapsulated in English Canada by Northrop Frye’s notion of “garrison mentality,” in which an isolated and besieged Canada must fend for itself in a hostile environment, and by the corresponding historic concept of ethno-national survivance in Quebec and French Canada.77 So where Charles de Gaulle spoke of “la France éternelle” and where Vera Lynn once sang “There’ll Always Be an England,” the Laurentian elite is perpetually burdened with the thought that there might not always be a Canada. This sentiment was most tellingly captured by Pierre Trudeau’s remark, given in 1988 as part of his dramatic postretirement Senate testimony against adoption of the decentralizing Meech Lake Accord: “I for one will be convinced that the Canada we know and love will be gone forever. But, then, Thucydides wrote that Themistocles’ greatness lay in the fact that he realized Athens was not immortal. I think we have to realize that Canada is not immortal; but, if it is going to go, let it go with a bang rather than a whimper.”78 It may be a stretch to put Canada in the same class as Israel, Taiwan, or the post-Soviet states, whose precarious positions afford them very small margins of error in their geopolitical and domestic policy calculations. But a comparable ultra-realist, existential mindset infuses Canada’s leadership class. Contrary to Lyons’s claim that they are enthralled to a “globalist class” consciousness,79 they are, in fact, possessive guardians of their patria’s sovereignty and remain fixated on its material economic fate. Unlike other ruling classes, they are quite simply unable to take anything for granted. Looking at the performance of the Laurentians relative to other Western elites on those issues that cause populist backlash elsewhere will confirm as much. On immigration and social cohesion, the single issue that above all animates the global populist revolution, Canada has (as demonstrated by this author) pioneered an immigration system that is far more stringent and sophisticated than any other Western democracy, thanks in large part to reforms initiated under the Liberal government of Lester B. Pearson.80 Not only did Canada invent the points system adopted by Australia and the U.K. (and envied by U.S. conservatives), it has functional equivalents to “mandatory E-Verify” that not even Donald Trump could entertain.81 This is on top of other policies that preclude U.S.-style affirmative action, as shown by Joseph Heath in these pages.82 On financial regulation, the Liberal governments of the 1990s may have outwardly resembled the Clinton-Blair paradigm of progressive neoliberalism. But in fact, Canada pursued a far more prudent version of deregulation under finance minister and later prime minister Paul Martin (the archetypal Laurentian elite), who stood apart from “the then-prevailing trends toward greater financial liberalization” and “rejected the two huge Canadian bank mergers of the late 1990s.” 83 This ensured that the “too big to fail” philosophy that did so much to weaken the U.S. and world financial systems in 2008 did not take root.84 Though of course affected by that crisis, Canada and its close-knit financial sector (a kind of “enlightened oligopoly”) were nonetheless able to weather the storm in better shape than the other more globally integrated Western economies. On foreign policy, as a member of NATO, Canada joined the United States and other allies in the post-9/11 mission in Afghanistan, staying until 2014. But the government of Jean Chrétien earned the ire of the George W. Bush administration by siding with France in refusing the invitation to join “the coalition of the willing” against Saddam Hussein. In line with the multilateralist tradition favored by the Laurentian elites, Canada could not countenance an invasion of Iraq without UN sanction.85 On trade and industry, Canada is a trading nation and it embraced free trade along with other Western nations in the 1980s and 90s, most notably with the 1993 signing of NAFTA. It has, therefore, not been spared from the trend of deindustrialization. But as evidenced by the aforementioned protectionist streak that persisted among Laurentian elites even into the era of globalization, Canadian governments have carved out avenues for certain forms of sustained aid to firms and industries.86 Perhaps the most indicative sign of the Laurentians elite’s foresight is in their early adoption of the industrial policy paradigm. Much has been written about how Joe Biden, Boris Johnson, and Emmanuel Macron have adopted industrial policies. Among major Western parties, it was Justin Trudeau’s Liberals, however, who first broke with neoliberal orthodoxy by embracing deficit-fueled stimulus spending outside of a recessionary period in order to invest in infrastructure and innovation back in 2015 (though these initiatives have lagged somewhat in execution).87 In fact, it was this expansive fiscal policy that catapulted the party to first place in the middle of that year’s election campaign.88 All this would suggest that if the Laurentian elite had been running the United States or Western Europe, it is likely that immigration would be far better controlled; the global financial crisis would not have been as severe or widespread; the Iraq War would not have taken place; and developmentalist industrial policies would be more advanced. This also shows that if there was a globalist conspiracy which dictated a sovereignty-dissolving agenda of open borders, global arbitrage, regulatory capture, and regime-change wars—the Laurentian program would, if anything, stand as a repudiation of it rather than its realization. This impressive policy record is, however, unlikely to deter the global populist discourse from continuing to crudely (and unfairly) project the particular sins of America’s elite, stemming from its radical Jeffersonian idealism, onto Canada’s far more sober and conscientious ruling class—for in this view, all elites are the same and there is little appetite for nuance or clarity of understanding. None of this is to say that the Laurentians are perfect. They have their shortcomings, such as the tendency to run up ethics scandals; their slowness in reacting to issues not on their pre-set agenda, such as housing affordability—their Achilles’ heel and the one issue that could prove to be their undoing in the next election;89 and not least, the noxious “woke” rhetoric and performative style that combines self-righteousness with self-flagellation—the one characteristic underlined by Lyons and others’ criticism that cannot be squared with the ideal of a self-assured ruling class. This last is both the most stubbornly persistent flaw in that it can endanger the popularity of the Laurentian regime, irrespective of its performance on policy, and, at least theoretically, the easiest to fix, since it would mostly involve surface-level changes to messaging. But what is the source of the problem? If the Canadian Right is being Trumpified by way of social media osmosis, the center-left ground occupied by the Laurentian parties, too, is in danger of unconscious epistemic Americanization (even if they retain their nationalist political economy) by way of the influence of progressive academic and corporate jargon travelling north from the cultural metropole. What no one in the Laurentian elite seems to grasp is the inherent danger to their nation-building project posed by this deeply corrosive worldview, which actually produces a regressive, backward-looking vision of politics even as it defaces the past and deforms its inheritances. The Laurentian intellectual classes might begin by remembering the difference between their inherited civil religion of Trudeauvian constitutional multiculturalism and American-style wokeism, which is analogous to the distinctions between High Church Anglicanism in John Strachan’s Upper Canada (or Roman Catholicism in Lower Canada) and dissenting sects like Methodism and Baptism. The former has the function of an establishment church, which is meant to regulate the moral temper and reconcile the subject with the social order; the latter, like so much of what emerged from the American Great Awakenings (to which wokeism is often compared) is meant to aggravate the moral temper and arouse the subject against the social order. As with Strachan’s efforts to root out the subversive influence of “circuit riders,” mule-riding evangelical (usually Methodist) itinerant preachers from the United States, the Laurentian regime would benefit from a campaign to purge Canadian liberalism of American wokeisms. Such a move would strengthen court party rule by sundering the influence of a political sect that is both alien and alienating—it would rob country party rebels of one of the most effective cudgels they have in their war on elites. Otherwise, the risk of a U.S.-scale culture war taking root on the left and the right would constitute the single greatest threat to Canada’s peace, order and good government. The author would like to thank Patrice Dutil, Tom Flanagan, and Peter J. Smith for their advice and comments. All views and opinions expressed are solely the author’s own, however. 90 This article is an American Affairs online exclusive, published May 20, 2022.
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Prior to his retirement in 1993, he was one of the highest paid and certainly one of the best-known athletes in the history of organized sports. The intensely competitive guard for the Chicago Bulls dominated the National Basketball Association (NBA) for almost a decade, most notably in the Bulls’ three consecutive NBA championship years of 1991-93. Sports Illustrated contributor Jack McCallum called Jordan “unquestionably the most famous athlete on the planet and one of its most famous citizens of any kind,” a sportsman who “has surpassed every standard by which we gauge the fame of an athlete and, with few exceptions, has handled the adulation with a preternatural grace and ease that have cut across lines of race, age and gender.” Gentleman’s Quarterly correspondent David Breskin likewise characterized Jordan as “the most admired, idolized and moneyed team-sport hero in the entire American-hero business.” Breskin added: “For some folks he has come to represent America—as in, we may not make cars or televisions too well, but we turn out a helluva Michael Jordan.” Even those people who have never watched a moment of professional basketball recognize Jordan. The athlete has made a fortune in commercial endorsements of products such as Nike’s Air Jordan footwear, Wheaties cereal, and McDonald’s hamburgers. The combination of Jordan’s natural charms and his extraordinary basketball prowess have brought the likable star an estimated $35 million a year in revenues. As David Halberstam put it in Sports Illustrated, Jordan is the first super-athlete of the satellite age, the first professional player to benefit on a grand scale from a global audience for his talents and his products. “Jordan has created a kind of fame that exceeds sports,” wrote Halberstam. “He is both athlete and entertainer. He plays in the age of the satellite to an audience vastly larger than was possible in the past and is thus the first great athlete of the wired world.” A Slow Starter Michael Jordan was born February 17, 1963, in Brooklyn, New York, while his father was stationed there briefly on business. The fourth of five children, Michael has two brothers and two sisters. While he was still young, his family moved back to their hometown of Wilmington, North Carolina, where his father worked as a supervisor at a At a Glance… Born Michael Jeffrey Jordan, February 17, 1963, in Brooklyn, NY; raised in Wilmington, NC; son of James (a former equipment supervisor for General Electric and a retail business owner) and Delores (Peoples) Jordan; married Juanita Vanoy, 1989; children: Jeffrey, Marcus, Jasmine. Education: Attended University of North Carolina, 1981-84. Professional basketball player, 1984-93. Drafted third in first round of 1984 National Basketball Association (NBA) draft by Chicago Bulls; member of Chicago Bulls, 1984-93. Also endorses a number of products/corporations in television commercials, including Nike, Wheaties, Gatorade, Wilson Sporting Goods, Hanes, Ball Park Franks, and McDonald’s; owner of Chicago eatery Michael Jordan’s: The Restaurant. Founder, Michael Jordan Foundation. Author of text to the photographic biography Rare Air: Michael on Michael, published by Collins Publishers San Francisco, November 4, 1993. Selected awards: Recipient of gold medal for basketball at Olympic Games, 1984 and 1992; named NBA Rookie of the Year, 1985; member of NBA Eastern Conference All-Star Team, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992; NBA scoring leader 1984, 1986-93; named NBA Defensive Player of the Year, 1988; named NBA League Most Valuable Player, 1988, 1991, 1992; named “Sportsman of the Year” by Sports Illustrated, 1991; named NBA Finals Most Valuable Player, 1991, 1992, 1993. Addresses: c/o The Chicago Bulls, One Magnificent Mile, 980 North Michigan Ave., Suite 1600, Chicago, IL 60611. Publisher —Collins Publishers San Francisco, 50 Osgood PI., Suite 400, San Francisco, CA 94133. General Electric plant. Everyone in the Jordan family worked hard—everyone, that is, except Michael. “I could not keep regular hours. It just wasn’t me,” Jordan told Gentleman’s Quarterly. Michael threw all of his energies into sports, playing baseball and basketball with the same intensity that his parents and siblings devoted to their work. He said that he began playing with his tongue sticking out because his father would stick his tongue out whenever concentrating on a task. Neither of Jordan’s parents were tall, nor were his brothers and sisters beyond average height. Michael himself seemed destined to be short, an unlikely candidate for the professional basketball career he dreamed about. In backyard games with his friends and brothers, he tried to compensate for his height by playing harder; thus was born his fierce desire to win, especially against the odds. As a freshman at Wilmington’s Laney High School, Jordan tried out for the varsity basketball team and was cut. The next year he was cut again soon after the season began, while his best friend, Leroy Smith, made the team. Jordan told Reader’s Digest that when he discovered he had been dropped from the varsity again, “I went through the day numb. After school, I hurried home, closed the door to my room and cried so hard. It was all I wanted—to play on that team.” He added: “It’s probably good that it happened. It made me know what disappointment felt like. And I knew that I didn’t want that feeling ever again.” Between his sophomore and junior years of high school, Jordan added several inches to his height. Almost overnight he grew from five feet eleven inches to six feet three inches. By the time he was a senior he stood at six feet six. Needless to say, he finally earned his berth on the varsity squad and—with his burning ambitions in tow—he became one of the most widely-recruited high school athletes in the country. He accepted a full scholarship to the University of North Carolina. “Everybody in Wilmington expected me to go to North Carolina, sit on the bench for four years, then go back to Wilmington and work at the local gas station,” he told Gentleman’s Quarterly. Talent, Desire, Success Michael Jordan never warmed the bench at the University of North Carolina. He was a starter for the Tar Heels from the first game of his freshman year. He became a national celebrity later that season when he sank a winning fifteen-foot jump shot in the final seconds of the 1982 NCAA Championship. Teammates and fans nicknamed him “Superman” and “Last Shot,” and he was voted Atlantic Coast Conference rookie of the year. To this day Jordan remembers his years at the University of North Carolina fondly. He had a special rapport with Tar Heels coach Dean Smith, and many of the friends he made there are still his closest companions today. He spent two more seasons on the UNC team and was named Ail-American in 1983 and 1984 and Sporting News college player of the year in 1983. After a disappointing 1983-84 campaign in which he led the Tar Heels to an Atlantic Coast Conference championship but bowed in the NCAA tournament, Jordan was named co-captain of the 1984 United States Olympic basketball team. In Los Angeles in the summer of 1984, Jordan was one of the leaders on an Olympic team that gracefully captured the gold medal. Against his parents’ wishes, Jordan decided to go professional in 1984. He was drafted third in the first round of the 1984 NBA draft by the struggling Chicago Bulls. The Bulls were limping through a decade of lackluster performance and were searching for an athlete who could galvanize the team as a player and a leader. Jordan fit the bill perfectly. In his first professional season he led the NBA in points and was chosen rookie of the year. Even though the Bulls still continued to struggle, attendance at home games leaped 87 percent as word of the rookie phenomenon spread. Nor was Jordan merely a local hero. In every NBA city, attendance rose dramatically when the Chicago Bulls came to town. A foot injury sidelined Jordan for most of the 1985-86 campaign. At the very end of the season he convinced the Bulls’ coach and owner to allow him to play. With his help the team surged to win a trip to the playoffs, in which the Bulls met the Boston Celtics with their popular star, Larry Bird. The Celtics had little trouble defeating the Bulls in the playoff series, but Jordan scored 49 points in Game One and 63 points in Game Two. An astounded Larry Bird quipped that the new star in Chicago was “God disguised as Michael Jordan.” Jordan combined several highly regarded American commodities: good looks, phenomenal athletic ability, and—perhaps most importantly—a clean, scandal-free image. Advertisers were quick to court the young star for commercial endorsements of products. One of the first companies to seek Jordan’s help was Nike, makers of athletic clothing and footwear. For Jordan the company designed a whole new line of shoes, “Air Jordans,” taking their name from the player’s uncanny ability to hang four feet above the ground as he took shots during games. The Air Jordan line put an end to Nike’s sagging sneaker sales, earning an estimated $130 million in the first year of sales. Jordan pocketed a share of the profits for this venture. Other endorsement contracts were signed with McDonald’s, Chevrolet, Coco-Cola, and Wheaties cereal, as well as numerous smaller businesses in the Chicago area. Life in a Fishbowl Many athletes have found that their on-court skills have been eroded when the demands of commercial endorsements and the crush of fame descend upon them. Jordan only seemed to get stronger. As the Bulls were rebuilt around him with a group of hungry young players, he continued to lead the NBA in scoring and often landed on the all-defensive first team as well. Breskin wrote: “The truly revolutionary aspect of Jordan’s brilliance is that although he possesses the most extravagant, high-cholesterol game in the history of the sport, it’s as controlled as it is wild and as thoughtful as it is free. There has never been such a spectacular player who was also so disciplined, so fundamentally sound. There has never been such a gifted offensive player who worked so hard, and so well, on the defensive end of the court.” Few questioned Jordan’s ability, but as the 1980s progressed, naysayers pointed out that basketball’s newest superstar was unable to take his team to the NBA finals. One shadow that remained over the athlete’s career was the notion that great players who never win a title are somehow less great than those who do—that truly brilliant players will wring the best possible performance out of mediocre teammates. Jordan was saddled with this burden of proving himself as the Bulls were eliminated at various steps in the playoffs throughout the remainder of the 1980s. A particularly frustrating opposing team in this regard was the Detroit Pistons, who devised a whole scheme to undermine Jordan’s productiveness during games. Gradually the personnel around Jordan improved, however, and the Bulls began to assert themselves as a team. In 1991 the long-awaited NBA championship was finally achieved in a four-games-to-one victory over the Los Angeles Lakers. McCallum noted in Sports Illustrated: “To many NBA observers, the Bulls had to win it all before Jordan could conclusively prove that he was more than a high-flying sideshow or a long, loud ring of the cash register. They did. And so he did.” Any questions about Jordan’s greatness were dispelled in the 1991-92 and 1992-93 seasons as the Bulls became the first team in thirty years to win three consecutive NBA Championships. In 1992 the Bulls defeated the Portland Trail Blazers, in 1993 the Phoenix Suns. Jordan played almost nonstop in each and every championship series. Not only did he dominate the NBA, he also managed to lead the first-ever United States Olympic men’s basketball team manned by professionals. The “Dream Team” easily grabbed the gold medal in the 1992 Olympic Games—just weeks after Jordan’s Bulls had won a second NBA championship. After the Bulls beat the Suns in six games for the 1993 NBA championship, McCallum asked in Sports Illustrated: “Is Michael Jeffrey Jordan simply the best basketball player in the history of the planet?…You know the answer to that question: yes. A resounding yes.” Jordan made history as the only athlete ever named NBA Finals Most Valuable Player three consecutive times. He is the only player besides Wilt Chamberlain ever to score 3,000 points in a season and the only player in history to score 50 or more points in five playoff games. Everything has its price, though. For Jordan, the adoration of basketball fans worldwide and an unprecedented level of fame for an athlete brought a multitude of problems. Negative publicity began in the 1980s when teenagers began to use violent means to obtain Air Jordan sneakers costing in excess of $100 a pair. More recently Jordan has had to defend himself against accusations of compulsive gambling on golf and card games. Twice the NBA has investigated Jordan’s gambling activities. In 1991 he admitted betting more than $50,000 on golf games played with James “Slim” Bouler, who has since been convicted of selling cocaine. During the 1993 NBA Finals, a San Diego businessman named Richard Esquinas alleged in a self-published book that Jordan owed him $1.25 million in the wake of a ten-day golf gambling binge. Jordan claimed that he never bet anything near a million dollars on a golf game and that he merely gambles as recreation. Both times the NBA supported Jordan, but some critics claim that the investigations were “soft” because Jordan was such a powerful box office draw in the league. The implications of any lasting scandal were obvious: Jordan could have lost his lucrative endorsement contracts while still being hounded mercilessly by the press and his fans. Since 1985 Jordan endured great restrictions on his movements—he was and is recognized, and mobbed, everywhere he goes in public. Following the gambling uproar, he faced the task of defending his reputation against those who would characterize him as out of control. McCallum is one reporter who has noticed the change wrought by this lifestyle that is akin to living in a fishbowl: “Gone is much of the spontaneous joy that Jordan brought to the game in 1984, when he entered the league with a head of hair, a pair of North Carolina shorts beneath his Bulls uniform and a boyish appetite for fame and glory.…somewhere amid all the adulation and pressure, a spark went out of Jordan—one that, it seems, will never return.” Personal Tragedy and Its Aftermath The Jordan family faced tragedy in the summer of 1993 when Michael’s father, James, was brutally murdered in North Carolina. Jordan fought tears and tried to dodge the press during his father’s funeral and the subsequent police investigation that uncovered two teenaged suspects and an apparent motive of car theft. His father’s untimely death was yet another severe blow to Jordan, who had for some time contemplated retiring from the NBA in 1996. Just months before the murder, Jordan told People that he wanted to put an end to the strange, isolated existence he leads in an effort to avoid the media glare and the demands of flocks of fans. “I feel I’m at the stage of my career when it’s tough to move up,” he said. ‘I can only maintain and be consistent. I’ve set such high standards. You lose a bit of the joy as you move on.” A bit of the joy may be gone for Jordan, but no amount of personal pain can erase the greatness of his career. As Richard Stengel observed in Time magazine in 1991, “All the commercial hype and publicity fade away when he does play, for Michael Jordan is the artwork and the artist, the poem and the poet. He reinvents the sport every time he rises—and rises—into the air.” Stengel concluded in the same article: “Michael Jordan is now his own greatest competition. When you make the miraculous routine, the merely superb becomes ordinary.” Announced Retirement in October of 1993 Jordan had often referred to basketball as his “refuge,” but the combined toll of his father’s brutal murder, the media scrutiny surrounding his own gambling debts, the continuing pressures of his megastardom, and his professed feelings of having nothing left to prove on the basketball court are believed to have played a part in his decision to retire from the game at the age of 30. At a press conference held October 6, 1993, Jordan officially confirmed the rumors of his retirement from professional basketball, stating: “I’ve always stressed that when I lose the sense of motivation and the sense to prove something as a basketball player, it’s time to leave.” An Associated Press wire report released the evening before the news conference quoted him as saying: “It’s time for me to move on to something else. I know a lot of people are going to be shocked by this decision and probably won’t understand. But…I’m at peace with myself.” In a photobiography titled Rare Air: Michael on Michael —which was completed during the summer of 1993, but published after the player announced his retirement—Jordan foreshadowed his decision to withdraw from the spotlight while still at the height of his career: “When I leave the game,” he wrote, “I’ll leave on top. That’s the only way I’ll walk away. I don’t want to leave after my feet have slowed, my hands aren’t as quick, or my eyesight isn’t as sharp. I don’t want people to remember me that way. I want people to remember me playing exactly the kind of game I’m capable of playing right now. Nothing less.” Yet, as Mark Starr reported in Newsweek, Jordan still has the option to “unretire.” “I’m not going to close that door,” he said. “I don’t believe in never.” But as of the fall of 1993, Jordan felt it best to hang up his Bulls uniform, spend more time with his family, and expand his business ties. “I’m sure there are fans who think they know what it’s like being a professional athlete,” he wrote in Rare Air. “But I’m quite sure they don’t know just how different our lives are and how it impacts our wives and children.… I thought this was the perfect time in my career to give people an inside look at my life.” In January of 1994, Jordan provoked widespread speculation in the sports world after it was reported that he would attempt a career with professional baseball’s Chicago White Sox. Jordan had played baseball through high school, but some critics doubted that he could make the jump to the major league game as a 30 year old. Nonetheless, Jordan’s agent confirmed in Sports Illustrated that his client had been taking batting practice for several hours a day. Jordan has unquestionably achieved greatness on the basketball court, but it appears that baseball may become the new challenge for one of the best, and best-known, athletes in the world. Sources Books Greene, Bob, Hang Time, Doubleday, 1992. Jordan, Michael, Rare Air: Michael on Michael, photographed by Walter Iooss, Jr., edited by Mark Vancil, Collins Publishers San Francisco, 1993. Periodicals Associated Press wire report, October 5, 1993. Ebony, December 1993, pp. 128-38. Esquire, November 1990, pp. 138-216. Forbes, May 25, 1992, p. 168. Gentleman’s Quarterly, March 1989, pp. 319-97. Newsweek, May 29, 1989, pp. 58-60; December 4, 1989, pp. 80-81; June 14, 1993, pp. 72-74; August 23, 1993, p. 60; August 30, 1993, p. 59; October 18, 1993, pp. 65-70; October-November 1993 Collector’s Issue (devoted to Jordan). People, May 17, 1993, pp. 82-87. Publishers Weekly, July 26, 1993, p. 13. Reader’s Digest, February 1993, pp. 79-83. Shutterbug, December 1993, pp. 52-55. Sports Illustrated, December 23, 1991, pp. 66-81; June 7, 1993, pp. 19-21; June 28, 1993, pp. 17-21; August 23, 1993, p. 11; October 18, 1993, pp. 28-34; January 17, 1994, pp. 32-35. Time, June 24, 1991, p. 47; October 18, 1993, pp. 114-16. Upscale, January 1994, pp. 28-32. Michael Jordan was profiled on Eye to Eye with Connie Chung, CBS-TV, July 15, 1993; an interview with Jordan conducted by Oprah Winfrey for Oprah, was first broadcast on ABC-TV on October 29, 1993. —Mark Kram Michael Jordan 1963- American basketball player Michael Jordan is considered by many to be the greatest basketball player in the history of the game, even by some to be the greatest player of any sport. As Jerry Sloan, the coach of the Utah Jazz told the Daily News of Jordan, "I think everybody knows how he should be remembered, as the greatest player that has ever played." A two-time Olympic gold medal winner with the U.S. basketball team, Jordan distinguished himself in a 15-season career with the NBA by, among many other achievements, leading the league in scoring more seasons (10) than any other player in history, and by setting a record for the most consecutive games scoring more than nine points (842 games). He started his career with the NBA during the 1984-85 season, playing as a guard for the Chicago Bulls until 1993, when announced the first of three retirements. He went back to the Bulls in 1994-95, "retired" again in 1999, and went back to the game, this time with the Washington Wizards for the 2001-02 and 2002-03 seasons. In 2002, at the age of 39, he announced his intention to quit playing for good after the 2002-03 season. Cut from His High School Team Michael Jeffrey Jordan was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1963. He was the youngest of four boys born to James and Deloris Jordan. James Jordan was the son of a share cropper from rural North Carolina, and he was in Brooklyn to attend a school that trained employees of General Electric. Jordan's mother, Deloris, was a homemaker until her children were old enough to attend school, and then she became a bank clerk. When Jordan was about seven years old, in 1970, his family moved to Wilmington, North Carolina, the town he would later consider to be his hometown. He began playing basketball at an early age, often with his older brother Larry. "When I was younger," Jordan said on his Web site, "my motivation came from wanting to beat my brother. This inspired my extremely competitive nature." As a freshman in high school, Jordan joined his school basketball team. It was on his high school team that Jordan chose the jersey number he was later to make famous as a pro, number 23. When later asked why he chose that number, he replied to the Associated Press, "I wanted to wear No. 45 in high school, but my older brother (Larry) wore that number. So I decided to go with half of 45, which is actually 22½." Jordan at first had trouble standing out on the school team. In fact, only a year after joining the team, as a tenth grader, he was cut from the varsity team. But this only pushed him to work harder at perfecting his game. As he later said on his Web site, "I think that not making the Varsity team drove me to really work at my game, and also taught me that if you set goals, and work hard to achieve them—the hard work can pay off." "That Boy Is Devastating" Jordan began to distinguish himself on the junior varsity team, and was soon averaging more than 20 points a game. "I remember going to Laney High on a Friday night, Michael's junior year, and now he'd grown to, maybe 6 foot 1," Jordan's uncle Gene Jordan later recalled to Kevin Paul Dupont in the Boston Globe. "Before the game he's telling me, 'Watch me, I'm going to slam dunk three balls tonight. You'll see. I'm going to slam three.' And I'm there saying, 'Boy, who you kiddin'? You can't slam no ball.' Well, he didn't slam three, but he sure as hell slammed two. And I told my brother that night, 'Hey, that boy is devastating.'" Even so, Jordan was not on the lists of most college basketball team recruiters. He was noticed by recruiters at the University of North Carolina, however, and there he went to college, playing guard on the school team under coach Dean Smith. True success touched Jordan for the first time at the NCAA tournament in which his team played against the Georgetown Hoyas. Jordan scored the three of the last five winning shots to bring North Carolina its first title in a quarter of a century. "I've never seen anybody pick up the game so fast," one of his former UNC teammates and later Lakers player told Filip Bondy in the Daily News years later. "Michael just doesn't repeat mistakes." After his success at the NCAA championship, Jordan became nationally famous, and a celebrity in North Carolina. He even landed on the cover of the Chapel Hill telephone book. Next came his selection to the U.S. team in the Olympic Games, played in Los Angeles in 1984. Team U.S.A. took home the gold medal. Jordan graduated college in 1985 with a bachelor's degree in cultural geography. After college, Jordan was picked up as the first choice in a draft lottery by the Chicago Bulls. When Jordan signed on with the Bulls, he began a marketing relationship with Nike that was to last throughout his career; Nike released a sport shoe called Air Jordans. As for his performance as a player, he was soon unrivaled as an unstoppable force. As his coach, Kevin Loughery later said to Bondy in the Daily News, "If I put him with the starters, they win. If I put him with the second team, they win.… No matter what I do with Michael, his team wins." Chronology 1963Born in Brooklyn, NY1970Moves with his family to Wilmington, North Carolina1979Is cut from his high school varsity basketball team1982Scores game-winning basket in NCAA championship game for the University of North Carolina1984Plays on gold-medal-winning U.S. Olympic basketball team in Los Angeles1984Signs as a player with the Chicago Bulls1984Plays on the gold-medal-winning U.S. Olympic basketball team1985Named NBA Rookie of the Year1987Breaks Bulls record by scoring 58 points in a single game1987Breaks the record again by scoring 61 points in one game1987Breaks NBA record by scoring 23 points in a row1990Scores his career best of 69 points in a single game1991Scores his career best of 19 rebounds in one game1992Plays on gold-medal-winning U.S. Olympic basketball team in Barcelona1993Father James Jordan murdered1993Announces retirement from playing basketball, briefly plays baseball1995Returns to playing basketball1996Named one of the top 50 basketball players of time1997Called by People one of the Most Intriguing People of the Century1998Publishes autobiography, For the Love of the Game1999Named the 20th century's greatest athlete by ESPN1999Retires again2000Becomes part owner and director of basketball operations for the Washington Wizards2001Comes out of retirement to play for the Washington Wizards2002Again announces retirement Related Biography: Father James Jordan James Jordan was in the habit of driving long distances overnight, stopping only for brief naps in his car, rather than staying in hotels. "Oh, I know he's stopped in Lumberton before," his brother, Gene Jordan, told Kevin Paul Dupont in the Boston Globe after James's death. "I'm sure he's pulled over at that exact spot before. A hotel room? That wasn't James, uhuh. After Michael's fame and everything, people used to ask him, 'Are you going to get a bodyguard? He'd laugh at that. Stopping at the side of the road was nothing for my brother. He didn't think anything of it. He figured he didn't have an enemy in the world." Not enemies, but thieves took James Jordan's life as he napped in his car on a Lumberton, North Carolina roadside in the early morning hours of July 23, 1993. James Jordan was on his way home from the funeral of a former coworker at the General Electric plant where he used to work. After the killing shot to the chest, the thieves took off in James Jordan's car, later stripping it, and then dumping Jordan's body in a nearby creek, where it was found a week and a half later. Jordan would have turned 57 less than two weeks after the day he died. "The world's lost a good man," Gene Jordan told Dupont. James Raymond Jordan was born on July 31, 1936 in rural North Carolina, the first child born to sharecropper William Jordan and his wife Rosa Bell Jordan. He began a career at General Electric in 1967, moving up to become a parts department manager. He retired from GE in the late 1980s, at which time the Jordan family moved from Wilmington, North Carlolina, where Michael Jordan grew up, to the suburbs of Charlotte, North Carolina. Those who knew both James and Michael Jordan noted that Michael was very much like his father. Both had shaved heads, and both stuck their tongues out when concentrating on a difficult task—in Michael's case, when lining up a shot. Their handwriting was alike enough that many people couldn't tell them apart. Proud supporters of Michael Jordan's basketball playing from the beginning, James Jordan and his wife, Michael's mother Deloris, never missed a game Michael played in during his time at the University of North Carolina. James Jordan was buried alongside his grandfather and parents in the graveyard of the Rockfish African Methodist Episcopal Church in Teachey, North Carolina. His tombstone reads simply, as reported by Dupont, "James Jordan, 1936-1993." Jordan was slowed at the beginning of 1985-86 season, when he suffered a stress fracture in his foot. Nevertheless, in 1986, he scored 63 points in a playoff game against the Celtics. In 1988, he was named NBA Defensive Player of the Year, leading the NBA in steals. He also earned MVP honors at the 1988 All-Star Game, held that year in Chicago. Another gold medal at the Olympics followed in 1992 when he again played on U.S. Olympic Team. By 1993, Jordan led the NBA in scoring, and been named the NBA's Most Valuable Player 3 times. He was also earning $30 million a year, not including millions of dollars more he earned endorsing products. Tragedy Strikes In the summer of 1993, Jordan's high-flying career came to a crashing halt with an event that was to forever change his life. In the very early morning hours of July 23, 1993, Jordan's father, James Jordan, was making a long drive from the North Carolina coast, coming back from a friend's funeral, when he stopped on a roadside in Lumberton, North Carolina. There he hoped to grab a few minutes of rest before driving the last 130 miles home. But it was not to be. He was set upon by a pair of robbers, shot once in the chest, and killed. The 18-year-old murderers did not know who their victim was; they wanted nothing more than his car and whatever valuables it might contain. They stripped his car, and dumped his body in a creek near where they shot him, and there he was found 11 days later. After the death of his father, the steam went out of Jordan's career. "When my father died," he explained to Bondy in the Daily News "there was a different emphasis on everything." Jordan no longer felt the same fire to play basketball. He announced his retirement, and then went into seclusion. "There's nothing left to prove," he told Filip Bondy in the New York Daily News. Back in the Game After a brief attempt to start a baseball career, Jordan roared back from retirement in 1995, again playing for the Bulls. His first season back, he was named the NBA's Most Valuable Player. In 1996, he was named one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History. He was named the NBA's Most Valuable Player again in 1997. In 1999, he "retired" again at 36 years old but stayed in the game as an owner and executive when he became part owner of the Washington Wizards in 2000 and director of basketball operations for the team. Jordan, however, found it impossible to stay off the court. He was 38 years old when he announced the end of his second retirement, saying that he would play for the Wizards. NBA rules required that he sell his ownership stake in the Wizards before playing for the team. He also had to give up his management position with the Wizards to avoid a conflict of interest created by being both a manager and a player. Space Jam In 1996, at the height of Michael Jordan's fame and popularity, Warner Bros. Released a feature film that featured Jordan as a live-action character in a cartoon world. Actually, he wasn't a character at all; he just played himself along side such cartoon notables as Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck. Directed by Joe Pytka, and featuring the voices of, among others, Billy West and Danny Devito, Space Jam was Jordan's first feature film appearance, and a rather unusual one at that. The film features a tongue-in-cheek treatment of Jordan and his career as a superstar and a pure fantasy plot involving a parallel cartoon universe. When a group of Looney Tunes cartoon stars, including Bugs and Daffy, are kidnapped by some evil aliens, the cartoon characters hatch a plot to free themselves using the basketball talents of Michael Jordan., which he displays to good effect in the film's finale. The film's animators smoothly combined live-action footage with hand-drawn and computer-generated animations, allowing the cartoon characters to travel from their cartoon universe to ours, and to pull Jordan from our universe into theirs. Space Jam, declared Roger Ebert in the Chicago Sun-Times, "is a happy marriage of good ideas—three films for the price of one, giving us a comic treatment of the career adventures of Michael Jordan, crossed with Looney Tunes cartoon and some showbiz warfare…. The result is delightful, a family movie in the best sense (whichmeans the adults will enjoy it, too)." Awards and Accomplishments 1981Breaks record at McDonald's All-American game by scoring 30 points1982Scores winning points in NCAA championship game1984Named college Player of the Year1984Wins Olympic gold medal with U.S. basketball team1985Named NBA Rookie of the Year1986-87Named to the All-NBA First Team1987Winner, Slam Dunk Contest1987-88Named NBA Most Valuable Player1987-88Named NBA Defensive Player of the Year1987-88Named to the NBA All-Defensive First Team1987-88Named to the All-NBA First Team1988Wins Slam Dunk Contest1988Named NBA Most Valuable Player1988Named NBA All-Star Games Most Valuable Player1988-89Named to the All-NBA First Team1988-89Named to the NBA All-Defensive First Team1989-90Named to the All-NBA First Team1989-90Named to the NBA All-Defensive First Team1990-91Named NBA Most Valuable Player1990-91Named to the All-NBA First Team1990-91Named to the NBA All-Defensive First Team1991Leads Chicago Bulls to their first NBA title1991-92Named NBA Most Valuable Player1991-92Named to the All-NBA First Team1991-92Named to the NBA All-Defensive First Team1992Wins Olympic gold medal with U.S. basketball team1992-93Named to the All-NBA First Team1992-93Named to the NBA All-Defensive First Team1995-96Named NBA Most Valuable Player1995-96Named to the All-NBA First Team1995-96Named to the NBA All-Defensive First Team1996Named one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History1996Named NBA All-Star Games Most Valuable Player1996-97Named to the All-NBA First Team1996-97Named to the NBA All-Defensive First Team1997-98Named NBA Most Valuable Player1997-98Named to the All-NBA First Team1997-98Named to the NBA All-Defensive First Team1998Named NBA All-Star Games Most Valuable Player Before Jordan could play again, he had to get back in shape, shedding 28 pounds, and undergoing a training regimen that included practicing with increasingly experienced basketball players. As he said on his Web site: "It was definitely tougher to come back…than I had expected. After taking time off the sport, I had to work much harder to get my body back into shape. My body is also a lot older than it used to be…that that's ok. I came back for the love of the game.…" Jordan stepped onto the court as a player once again in the 2001-02 season, but after a knee injury requiring surgery forced him to miss 20 games the following season, he again announced his retirement. "At the end of this season, I'm not looking to enter another contract," he told the Washington Post 's Steve Wyche in November, 2002. "Right now I want to finish this year out and hopefully fulfill my obligations and let this team take its own course." He also indicated that he would resume his managerial role with the Wizards, and other sources reported that he planned to repurchase the ownership stake in the team that he had given up in order to become a player. Jordan is married to Juanita Jordan. They have two sons, Jeffrey Michael and Marcus James, and a daughter, Jasmine Mikail. His leisure pursuits include shopping. "I am a huge shopper," Jordan said on his Web site, "although it is hard for me to go to malls and stores since I am easily recognized. Therefore, I do a lot of my shopping through catalogues. I love shopping in New York City and some stores will even open on their off hours for me." Jordan also enjoys playing golf. In fact, he said on his Web site, "When I'm not on the court, you can probably find me on the golf course. However, I am a total hack! For the most part it is a great mental sport that allows me to relax and get away." Jordan is also involved in many business ventures and charities not related to basketball. Among them, a chain of restaurants located in Chicago, New York, Chapel Hill, and in Connecticut. Among the charities he supports are Make-A-Wish, Ronald McDonald House, and the Boys & Girls Clubs. "It is very important for me to give back to others," he explains on his Web site. "My wife and I also give to many local charities which benefit children." Career Statistics YrTeamGPPTSFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGTOPF CHI: Chicago Bulls; WAS: Washington Wizards. 1984-85CHI8228.2.515.173.8456.505.92.39.843.553.501985-86CHI1822.7.457.167.8403.602.92.061.172.502.601986-87CHI8237.1.482.182.8575.204.62.881.523.322.901987-88CHI8235.0.535.137.8415.505.93.161.603.073.301988-89CHI8132.5.538.276.8508.008.02.89.803.583.001989-90CHI8233.6.526.376.8486.906.32.77.663.012.901990-91CHI8231.5.539.312.8516.005.52.721.012.462.801991-92CHI8030.1.519.270.8326.406.12.28.942.502.501992-93CHI7832.6.495.352.8376.705.52.83.782.652.401994-95CHI1726.9.411.500.8016.905.31.76.762.062.801995-96CHI8230.4.495.427.8346.604.32.20.512.402.401996-97CHI8229.6.486.374.8335.904.31.71.542.021.901997-98CHI8228.7.465.238.7845.803.51.72.552.261.802001-02WAS6022.9.416.189.7905.705.21.42.432.702.002002-03WAS1817.1.454.385.7334.302.81.67.391.722.20TOTAL100830.7.500.328.8356.205.32.40.852.762.60 After finally retiring as a player, Jordan looked forward to spending more time with his family "as well as trying to live for the moment and enjoy each day as it comes," he said on his Web site. He also planned to play a lot of golf. FURTHER INFORMATION Periodicals Bondy, Filip. "Out of This World: In Redefining Greatness, Michael Jordan Made a Lasting Impact on an Entire Generation." Daily News (January 13, 1999): Special, 2. DeShazier, John. "Rare Air; Jordan Soared to Unforeseen Heights, Standing Head and shoulders Above the Rest in the NBA." Times-Picayune (October 31, 1999): C16. Dupont, Kevin Paul. "Cold Blood in Carolina; Family, Friends and Townspeople Try to Make Sense out of a Senseless Killing." Boston Globe (August 29, 1993): Sports, 47. "Jordan Stuns Students at his Prep Alma Mater." Chicago Sun-Times (November 16, 1993): Sports, 1. Wyche, Steve. "Jordan Says This Will be Final Season." Washington Post (November 29, 2002): D1. Wyche, Steve. "Jordan Will Return, Play for Wizards." Washington Post (September 24, 2001): D1. Other "Biography for Michael Jordan." Internet Movie Database. http://us.imdb.com/Bio?Jordan,%20Michael. (December 6, 2002). "Michael Jordan—One on One." Michael Jordan Official Website. http://www.sportsline.com/u/jordan/2001/oneonone/index.htm. (December 6, 2002). "Michael Jordan—The Player." Michael Jordan Official Website. http://www.sportsline.com/u/jordan/2001/player/index.htm. (December 6, 2002). "Michael Jordan Player Info." NBA.com. http://www.nba.com/playerfile/michael_jordan/?nav=page. (December 6, 2002). "Space Jam." Suntimes.com. http://www.suntimes.com/ebert/ebert_reviews/1996/11/111505.html. (December 6, 2002). "Space Jam (1996)." RottenTomatoes.com. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/SpaceJam-1073294/about.php. (December 6, 2002). Sketch by Michael Belfiore Michael Jordan 1963– Professional basketball player A Slow Starter Talent, Desire, Success Life in a Fishbowl Personal Tragedy and Its Aftermath Announced Retirement in October of 1993 Sources Michael Jordan needs no introduction anywhere in the world. Prior to his retirement in 1998, he was one of the highest paid and certainly one of the best-known athletes in the history of organized sports. The intensely competitive guard for the Chicago Bulls dominated the National Basketball Association (NBA) for over a decade, leading his team to six national championships in just eight years in the 1990s. Sports Illustrated contributor Jack McCallum called Jordan “unquestionably the most famous athlete on the planet and one of its most famous citizens of any kind,” a sportsman who “has surpassed every standard by which we gauge the fame of an athlete and, with few exceptions, has handled the adulation with a preternatural grace and ease that have cut across lines of race, age and gender.” Gentleman’s Quarterly correspondent David Breskin likewise characterized Jordan as “the most admired, idolized and moneyed team-sport hero in the entire American-hero business.” Breskin added: “For some folks he has come to represent America—as in, we may not make cars or televisions too well, but we turn out a helluva Michael Jordan.” Even those people who have never watched a moment of professional basketball recognize Jordan. The athlete has made a fortune in commercial endorsements of products such as Nike’s Air Jordan footwear, Wheaties cereal, and McDonald’s hamburgers. The combination of Jordan’s natural charm and his extraordinary basketball prowess have brought the likable star an estimated $35 million a year in revenues. As David Halberstam put it in Sports Illustrated, Jordan is the first super-athlete of the satellite age, the first professional player to benefit on a grand scale from a global audience for his talents and his products. “Jordan has created a kind of fame that exceeds sports,” wrote Halberstam. “He is both athlete and entertainer. He plays in the age of the satellite to an audience vastly larges than was possible in the past and is thus the first great athlete of the wired world.” A Slow Starter Michael Jordan was born February 17, 1963, in Brooklyn, New York, while his father was stationed there briefly on business. The fourth of five children, Michael has two brothers and two sisters. While he was still At a Glance… Born Michael Jeffrey Jordan, February 17, 1963, in Brooklyn, NY; raised in Wilmington, NC; son of James (a former equipment supervisor for General Electric and a retail business owner) and Delores (Peoples) Jordan; married Juanita Vanoy, 1989; children: Jeffrey, Marcus, Jasmine. Education: Attended University of North Carolina, 1981-84. Career: Professional basketball player, 1984-93, 1995-98. Drafted third in first round of 1984 National Basketball Association (NBA) draft by Chicago Bulls; member of Chicago Bulls, 1984-93, 1995-98; minor-league baseball player, Birmingham Barons, 1994-95; also endorses a number of products/corporations in television commercials, including Nike, Wheaties, Gatorade, Wilson Sporting Goods, Hanes, Ball Park Franks, and McDonald’s; owner of Chicago eatery Michael Jordan’s; The Restaurant; founder, Michael Jordan Foundation; author of text to the photographic biography Rare Air: Michael on Michael, published by Collins Publishers San Francisco, November 4, 1993. Selected awards: Recipient of gold medal for basketball at Olympic Games, 1984, 1992, 1996; named NBA Rookie of the Year, 1985; member of NBA Eastern Conference All-Star Team, 1985, 1987-93, 1996-98; NBA scoring leader 1984, 1986-93; named NBA Defensive Player of the Year, 1988; named NBA League Most Valuable Player, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1996; named “Sportsman of the Year” by Sports Illustrated, 1991; named NBA Finals Most Valuable Player, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995; selected as one of the 50 greatest players in NBA history, 1996; Sporting News, number one on list of 100 Most Powerful People in Sports, 1997. Addresses: Publisher —Collins Publishers San Francisco, 50 Osgood PI., Suite 400, San Francisco, CA 94133. young, his family moved back to their hometown of Wilmington, North Carolina, where his father worked as a supervisor at a General Electric plant. Everyone in the Jordan family worked hard—everyone, that is, except Michael. “I could not keep regular hours. It just wasn’t me,” Jordan told Gentleman’s Quarterly. Michael threw all of his energies into sports, playing baseball and basketball with the same intensity that his parents and siblings devoted to their work. He said that he began playing with his tongue sticking out because his father would stick his tongue out whenever concentrating on a task. Neither of Jordan’s parents were tall, nor were his brothers and sisters beyond average height. Michael himself seemed destined to be short, an unlikely candidate for the professional basketball career he dreamed about. In backyard games with his friends and brothers, he tried to compensate for his height by playing harder; thus was born his fierce desire to win, especially against the odds. As a freshman at Wilmington’s Laney High School, Jordan tried out for the varsity basketball team and was cut. The next year he was cut again soon after the season began, while his best friend, Leroy Smith, made the team. Jordan told Reader’s Digest that when he discovered he had been dropped from the varsity again, “I went through the day numb. After school, I hurried home, closed the door to my room and cried so hard. It was all I wanted—to play on that team.” He added: “It’s probably good that it happened. It made me know what disappointment felt like. And I knew that I didn’t want that feeling ever again.” Between his sophomore and junior years of high school, Jordan added several inches to his height. Almost overnight he grew from five feet eleven inches to six feet three inches. By the time he was a senior he stood at six feet six. Needless to say, he finally earned his berth on the varsity squad and—with his burning ambitions in tow—he became one of the most widely-recruited high school athletes in the country. He accepted a full scholarship to the University of North Carolina. “Everybody in Wilmington expected me to go to North Carolina, sit on the bench for four years, then go back to Wilmington and work at the local gas station,” he told Gentleman’s Quarterly. Talent, Desire, Success Michael Jordan never warmed the bench at the University of North Carolina. He was a starter for the Tar Heels from the first game of his freshman year. He became a national celebrity later that season when he sank a winning fifteen-foot jump shot in the final seconds of the 1982 NCAA Championship. Teammates and fans nicknamed him “Superman” and “Last Shot,” and he was voted Atlantic Coast Conference rookie of the year. To this day Jordan remembers his years at the University of North Carolina fondly. He had a special rapport with Tar Heels coach Dean Smith, and many of the friends he made there are still his closest companions today. He spent two more seasons on the UNC team and was named Ail-American in 1983 and 1984 and Sporting News college player of the year in 1983. After a disappointing 1983-84 campaign in which he led the Tar Heels to an Atlantic Coast Conference championship but bowed in the NCAA tournament, Jordan was named co-captain of the 1984 United States Olympic basketball team. In Los Angeles in the summer of 1984, Jordan was one of the leaders on an Olympic team that gracefully captured the gold medal. Against his parents’ wishes, Jordan decided to go professional in 1984. He was drafted third in the first round of the 1984 NBA draft by the struggling Chicago Bulls. The Bulls were limping through a decade of lackluster performance and were searching for an athlete who could galvanize the team as a player and a leader. Jordan fit the bill perfectly. In his first professional season he led the NBA in points and was chosen rookie of the year. Even though the Bulls still continued to struggle, attendance at home games leaped 87 percent as word of the rookie phenomenon spread. Nor was Jordan merely a local hero. In every NBA city, attendance rose dramatically when the Chicago Bulls came to town. A foot injury sidelined Jordan for most of the 1985-86 campaign. At the very end of the season he convinced the Bulls’ coach and owner to allow him to play. With his help the team surged to win a trip to the playoffs, in which the Bulls met the Boston Celtics with their popular star, Larry Bird. The Celtics had little trouble defeating the Bulls in the playoff series, but Jordan scored 49 points in Game One and 63 points in Game Two. An astounded Larry Bird quipped that the new star in Chicago was “God disguised as Michael Jordan.” Jordan combined several highly regarded American commodities: good looks, phenomenal athletic ability, and—perhaps most importantly—a clean, scandal-free image. Advertisers were quick to court the young star for commercial endorsements of products. One of the first companies to seek Jordan’s help was Nike, makers of athletic clothing and footwear. For Jordan the company designed a whole new line of shoes, “Air Jordans,” taking their name from the player’s uncanny ability to hang four feet above the ground as he took shots during games. The Air Jordan line put an end to Nike’s sagging sneaker sales, earning an estimated $130 million in the first year of sales. Jordan pocketed a share of the profits for this venture. Other endorsement contracts were signed with McDonald’s, Chevrolet, Coca-Cola, and Wheaties cereal, as well as numerous smaller businesses in the Chicago area. Life in a Fishbowl Many athletes have found that their on-court skills have been eroded when the demands of commercial endorsements and the crush of fame descend upon them. Jordan only seemed to get stronger. As the Bulls were rebuilt around him with a group of hungry young players, he continued to lead the NBA in scoring and often landed on the all-defensive first team as well. Breskin wrote: “The truly revolutionary aspect of Jordan’s brilliance is that although he possesses the most extravagant, high-cholesterol game in the history of the sport, it’s as controlled as it is wild and as thoughtful as it is free. There has never been such a spectacular player who was also so disciplined, so fundamentally sound. There has never been such a gifted offensive player who worked so hard, and so well, on the defensive end of the court.” Few questioned Jordan’s ability, but as the 1980s progressed, naysayers pointed out that basketball’s newest superstar was unable to take his team to the NBA finals. One shadow that remained over the athlete’s career was the notion that great players who never win a title are somehow less great than those who do—hat truly brilliant players will wring the best possible performance out of mediocre teammates. Jordan was saddled with this burden of proving himself as the Bulls were eliminated at various steps in the playoffs throughout the remainder of the 1980s. A particularly frustrating opposing team in this regard was the Detroit Pistons, who devised a whole scheme to undermine Jordan’s productiveness during games. Gradually the personnel around Jordan improved, however, and the Bulls began to assert themselves as a team. In 1991 the long-awaited NBA championship was finally achieved in a four-games-to-one victory over the Los Angeles Lakers. McCallum noted in Sports Illustrated: “To many NBA observers, the Bulls had to win it all before Jordan could conclusively prove that he was more than a high-flying sideshow or a long, loud ring of the cash register. They did. And so he did.” Any questions about Jordan’s greatness were dispelled in the 1991-92 and 1992-93 seasons as the Bulls became the first team in thirty years to win three consecutive NBA Championships. In 1992 the Bulls defeated the Portland Trail Blazers, in 1993 the Phoenix Suns. Jordan played almost nonstop in each and every championship series. Not only did he dominate the NBA, he also managed to lead the first-ever United States Olympic men’s basketball team manned by professionals. The “Dream Team” easily grabbed the gold medal in the 1992 Olympic Games-just weeks after Jordan’s Bulls had won a second NBA championship. Jordan repeated this feat at the 1996 Olympic games. After the Bulls beat the Suns in six games for the 1993 NBA championship, McCallum asked in Sports Illustrated: “Is Michael Jeffrey Jordan simply the best basketball player in the history of the planet?… You know the answer to that question: yes. A resounding yes.” Jordan made history as the only athlete ever named NBA Finals Most Valuable Player three consecutive times. He is the only player besides Wilt Chamberlain ever to score 3,000 points in a season and the only player in history to score 50 or more points in five playoff games. Everything has its price, though. For Jordan, the adoration of basketball fans worldwide and an unprecedented level of fame for an athlete brought a multitude of problems. Negative publicity began in the 1980s when teenagers began to use violent means to obtain Air Jordan sneakers costing in excess of $100 a pair. Jordan also had to defend himself against accusations of compulsive gambling on golf and card games. Twice the NBA investigated Jordan’s gambling activities. In 1991 he admitted betting more than $50,000 on golf games played with James “Slim” Bouler, who has since been convicted of selling cocaine. During the 1993 NBA Finals, a San Diego businessman named Richard Esquinas alleged in a self-published book that Jordan owed him $1.25 million in the wake of a ten-day golf gambling binge. Jordan claimed that he never bet anything near a million dollars on a golf game and that he merely gambles as recreation. Both times the NBA supported Jordan, but some critics claim that the investigations were “soft” because Jordan was such a powerful box office draw in the league. The implications of any lasting scandal were obvious: Jordan could have lost his lucrative endorsement contracts while still being hounded mercilessly by the press and his fans. Since 1985 Jordan endured great restrictions on his movements—he was and is recognized, and mobbed, everywhere he goes in public. Following the gambling uproar, he faced the task of defending his reputation against those who would characterize him as out of control. McCallum is one reporter who has noticed the change wrought by this lifestyle that is akin to living in a fishbowl: “Gone is much of the spontaneous joy that Jordan brought to the game in 1984, when he entered the league with a head of hair, a pair of North Carolina shorts beneath his Bulls uniform and a boyish appetite for fame and glory…. somewhere amid all the adulation and pressure, a spark went out of Jordan—one that, it seems, will never return.” Personal Tragedy and Its Aftermath The Jordan family faced tragedy in the summer of 1993 when Michael’s father, James, was brutally murdered in North Carolina. Jordan fought tears and tried to dodge the press during his father’s funeral and the subsequent police investigation that uncovered two teenage suspects and an apparent motive of car theft. His father’s untimely death was yet another severe blow to Jordan, who had for some time contemplated retiring from the NBA in 1996. Just months before the murder, Jordan told People that he wanted to put an end to the strange, isolated existence he leads in an effort to avoid the media glare and the demands of flocks of fans. “I feel I’m at the stage of my career when it’s tough to move up,” he said. “I can only maintain and be consistent. I’ve set such high standards. You lose a bit of the joy as you move on.” A bit of the joy may be gone for Jordan, but no amount of personal pain can erase the greatness of his career. As Richard Stengel observed in Time magazine in 1991, “All the commercial hype and publicity fade away when he does play, for Michael Jordan is the artwork and the artist, the poem and the poet. He reinvents the sport every time he rises—and rises—into the air.” Stengel concluded in the same article: “Michael Jordan is now his own greatest competition. When you make the miraculous routine, the merely superb becomes ordinary.” Announced Retirement in October of 1993 Jordan had often referred to basketball as his “refuge,” but the combined toll of his father’s brutal murder, the media scrutiny surrounding his own gambling debts, the continuing pressures of his megastardom, and his professed feelings of having nothing left to prove on the basketball court are believed to have played a part in his decision to retire from the game at the age of 30. At a press conference held October 6, 1993, Jordan officially confirmed the rumors of his retirement from professional basketball, stating: “I’ve always stressed that when I lose the sense of motivation and the sense to prove something as a basketball player, it’s time to leave.” An Associated Press wire report released the evening before the news conference quoted him as saying: “It’s time for me to move on to something else. I know a lot of people are going to be shocked by this decision and probably won’t understand. But … I’m at peace with myself.” In a photobiography titled Rare Air: Michael on Michael-- which was completed during the summer of 1993, but published after the player announced his retirement-Jordan foreshadowed his decision to withdraw from the spotlight while still at the height of his career: “When I leave the game,” he wrote, “I’ll leave on top. That’s the only way I’ll walk away. I don’t want to leave after my feet have slowed, my hands aren’t as quick, or my eyesight isn’t as sharp. I don’t want people to remember me that way. I want people to remember me playing exactly the kind of game I’m capable of playing right now. Nothing less.” The drama of Jordan’s departure from the NBA was further heightened by his decision to enter the world of semi-professional baseball as an outfielder. In 1994, he signed on with the Birmingham Barons, a farm team for the Chicago White Sox, in search of a new challenge to feed his competitive nature. In spite of his unimpressive performance as a baseball player—ending the season with a .202 batting average—Jordan attracted hordes of fans to the Barons’ games, and the media heavily scrutinized the athlete in his new sport. A 1995 labor dispute between baseball players and owners delayed the start of the season and Jordan, disappointed with his attempt to make it in baseball, used the opportunity to return to the sport he loved. He added to the hype of his comeback by making a movie that summer, Space Jam, which featured Jordan and an assortment of animated characters. The film, released during the Christmas season in 1996, contributed to his ever-growing appeal as a cultural icon, as did his own signature fragrance, MJ, released at the same time. The Bulls had only 17 games remaining in the 1994-95 basketball season when Jordan returned, and sports commentators noticed that his time off made a telling difference in his game. Jordan had been away from the court for 21 months and acknowledged that he was rusty, scoring only 19 points in his comeback game against the Indiana Pacers. Many wondered if Jordan’s advanced age—then 32—was not also partly responsible for his diminished game. The Bulls ended the season by losing to the Orlando Magic in the conference semifinals. Jordan used the off-season to retrain his body in the skills unique to basketball and to work on a style of play that would capitalize on his maturity. He perfected a virtually unstoppable jumpshot and proved in the 1995-96 season that his age was an asset, not a hindrance, to his game. Jeff Coplón, a writer for the New York Times Biographical Service, wrote, “He has traded risk for feel, nerve for guile, spectacle for efficiency…and because he is Jordan, even his efficiency can seem spectacular.” Under Jordan’s leadership, the Bulls had a record-breaking season, breaking the league record for the number of games won in the regular season (72-10), and beating the Seattle Supersonics for their fourth NBA championship. The year was a victorious one for Jordan on an individual level as he won the most-valuable-player awards for the regular season, the All-Star game, and the NBA finals-the first player to take all three in a single season since 1970. The success of the 1995-96 season was repeated in the following two seasons as the Bulls maintained their dynastic hold on the NBA. As Jordan led the team to victory over the Utah Jazz in the 1997 NBA finals, and again in 1998, no one doubted that he was the key to the Bulls’ success. He was voted the series’ most valuable player in 1997, and held up his struggling team in the 1998 finals, even though he himself was battling stomach flu. His series-winning shot in the final seconds of the 1998 championship game acted as the fullest expression of Jordan’s drive to win, his extraordinary athletic ability, and his uncanny understanding of the game, as he overcame personal fatigue to land the winning basket in Game Six against the Utah Jazz. That shot was to be Jordan’s last as a professinal basketball player, however. Jordan, who had only signed one-year contracts since his return, had kept the rumor mill busy with hints regarding his upcoming retirement. After the 1997-98 season, Jordan stated to the press on many occasions that he would retire if Bulls coach Phil Jackson left the team, and Jackson’s departure seemed imminent. An NBA lock-out over a labor dispute between players and coaches in 1998 further jeopardized Jordan’s return for another year. When the players and coaches reached an agreement to hold a shortened NBA season in January of 1999, Jordan officially announced his retirement. Jordan’s departure from the game he had come to define in no way diminished his glory as the greatest basketball player ever. A monument to this phenomenal athlete stands in front of Chicago’s United Center-a 2,000-pound bronze statue which features Jordan in full flight, ready to slam dunk the ball, to the chagrin of cowering defenders. The front panel capsulizes the man: “The best there ever was. The best there ever will be.” Sources Books Current Biography Yearbook 1997, H.W.Wilson Co., 1998. Greene, Bob, Hang Time, Doubleday, 1992. Jordan, Michael, Rare Air: Michael on Michael, photographed by Walter looss, Jr., edited by Mark Vancil, Collins Publishers San Francisco, 1993. Periodicals Associated Press wire report, October 5, 1993. Ebony, December 1993, pp. 128-38. Esquire, November 1990, pp. 138-216. Forbes, May 25, 1992, p. 168. 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Other Michael Jordan was profiled on Eye to Eye with Connie Chung, CBS-TV, July 15, 1993; an interview with Jordan conducted by Oprah Winfrey for Oprah, was first broadcast on ABC-TV on October 29, 1993. —Mark Kram and Rebecca Parks Jordan, Michael (1963-) Overview Twice retired and three–times returned to the world of the National Basketball Association (NBA), Michael Jordan is one of the greatest basketball players of all time, as well as part–owner and the President of Basketball Operations for the Washington Wizards. His status as a basketball legend is equaled only by his global celebrity status. He has won an NCAA basketball championship, two Olympic gold medals, and six NBA championship titles. Jordan is considered the person who has almost single–handedly altered professional sports in the late twentieth century. "What was once a clubby parochial business with relatively narrow appeal is today a thriving, global, high–tech industry that attracts fans of all ages, ethnic groups, and cultures," reports Fortune magazine. "Stadiums are multimedia marketing platforms. Games are valuable programming, fought over by broadcasters around the world as networks and cable channels proliferate. And Jordan is at the center of it all." Desire, drive, and determination has made Michael Jordan one of the most successful, most popular, and wealthiest celebrities of his generation. And he just keeps bouncing back for more. . . Personal Life Jordan was born on February 17, 1963, in Brooklyn, New York, and was raised in Wilmington, North Carolina. Growing up, he excelled at sports. Jordan has many fond memories of youth baseball, especially when he hit the game–winning home run in a Babe Ruth tournament. Reportedly, Jordan's father, James, always dreamed that his son would become a professional baseball player. In what has become a classic contemporary sports legend, Jordan was cut from the varsity basketball team during his sophomore year in high school. Jordan himself cites that incident as one of the most important in his life. Not making the team encouraged Jordan to work for his goals. He made the team his junior and senior years, and after high school accepted a scholarship to the University of North Carolina. After playing for three seasons at North Carolina, Jordan made himself available for the NBA draft in 1984. The Chicago Bulls chose him as their number one draft pick that year—third overall. The young draft pick turned out to be a good choice for the Bulls. Jordan was named the NBA's Rookie of the Year in 1985, averaging 28.2 points per game for the 1984–1985 season. His abilities in basketball were further proven the next season. After sitting out 64 games with a broken foot, Jordan returned to score a playoff–record 63 points in his first game back. In 1989 Jordan married Juanita Vanoy, and they have three children: Jeffrey Michael, Marcus James, and Jasmine Mickael. Jordan's family, particularly his father, have always played an important part in his personal and professional life. In July of 1993 his father was murdered in North Carolina—less than two months after the Bulls won their third straight NBA championship. Three months later, Jordan announced his retirement from the NBA, citing the desire to spend more time with his family and friends and the desire for some sort of life outside of the spotlight. Although always in the public spotlight for his professional talents, some aspects of Jordan's private life were initially kept from the public. In 1988 he had a son with Juanita Vanoy, but he did not marry her until the boy was almost a year old. It was also rumored that Jordan was a heavy gambler. And for years he endured criticism about his endorsement deal with athletic–gear maker Nike because of allegations of its mistreatment of employees, especially women and children, in its Asian plants. Nevertheless Jordan is an idolized figure and has been a role model for more than one generation. Winning awards and honors such as MVP of the All–Star Game, numerous slam–dunk contests, and being named league MVP was only the beginning for Jordan in 1988. During that year the player who was originally viewed merely as an offensive weapon ended up being named Defensive Player of the Year as well as the MVP of the league. That season he was the first player to ever lead the league in both scoring and steals. Through 1998, Jordan was named to the All–NBA first team 10 times, and named to the All–NBA Defensive First Team eight times. In 1999, following his second retirement, Jordan was named Athlete of the Century by ESPN, trumping the long–time held previous status of baseball's Babe Ruth. Personally, Jordan earned more money from endorsements than he did from playing basketball. Companies like Nike, Wilson, Gatorade, Coke, McDonald's, Hanes, and General Mills all wanted him to be associated with their products. Between Air Jordans and other shoes and apparel, it is estimated that Jordan products have brought in $2.6 billion for Nike. Michael Jordan's endorsement of Hanes underwear was expected to exceed $10 million annually. A cologne from Bijan as well as a popular Chicago eatery have also carried his name. It has been estimated that such endorsements net Jordan another $42 million annually. Michael Jordan's money is also put to humanitarian uses. He personally established several charities, including the Jordan Institute for Families and Night Ministry. After his father was murdered, Jordan and the Chicago Bulls established the James Jordan Boys and Girls Club and Family Life Center, which aids Chicago–area youth. The Michael Jordan Flight School was established to serve as a summer basketball camp for boys and girls between the ages of eight and 18. When Jordan returned to play in 2001, he donated his initial $1 million salary to relief funds for victims of the September 2001 terrorist attacks. Career Details Like most professionals in the NBA, Michael Jordan prepared himself for his career by playing college basketball. In his first season at North Carolina he became only the second Tarheel player to start every game as a freshman and was named the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Rookie of the Year in 1982. Jordan led the ACC in scoring during his sophomore and junior years, and was also named the College Player of the Year by Sporting News after both seasons. Although he had three outstanding college seasons, the success Jordan was to have in the NBA was not entirely apparent, for he was only the third player chosen in the 1984 draft, trailing Hakeem Olajuwon and Sam Bowie. Jordan, however, experienced immediate success in the NBA. He was named to the All–Star Team in his first season and also became Rookie of the Year. A broken foot, the only serious injury of his career, sidelined Jordan during most of his second season. He returned in time for the playoffs, and set a NBA playoff scoring record with 63 points in his second playoff game. He averaged 37.1 points per game during his third season, winning the first of seven consecutive scoring titles. Jordan's run was only interrupted by his first retirement in 1993. In 1989 Jordan led the Bulls to the conference finals. Although it would be two more seasons before the Bulls would win the championship, the team had arrived. The Bulls won the NBA championship three successive years, from 1991 to 1993, defeating the Los Angeles Lakers, the Portland Trailblazers, and the Phoenix Suns. Jordan was voted MVP of the finals all three times. After winning the 1992 finals, Jordan led a group of NBA players who played for the U.S. Olympic basketball team. This team—which paired Jordan with other superstars like Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Patrick Ewing, David Robinson, and Karl Malone—became known as the "Dream Team." The team easily won the gold medal, winning by an average margin of victory of 43.7 points. One month after watching his son lead Chicago to its third straight NBA title in 1993, James Jordan, Michael's father, was murdered. Stating that he had nothing left to accomplish, Jordan announced his retirement from the NBA in October of 1993. He left the sport as the all–time leading scorer in the history of the Chicago Bulls. The next year he moved onto a different playing field, joining the Chicago White Sox minor league baseball team. He spent 17 months in the minors, with the media again scrutinizing his every move. All in all, his career as a baseball player was short–lived and unspectacular, but it did provide a much–needed respite from basketball as well as an opportunity for Jordan to regain his passion for the game. His return to the NBA was chronicled in two bestsellers: Bob Greene's Rebound: The Odyssey of Michael Jordan, and Sam Smith's Second Coming: The Strange Odyssey of Michael Jordan: from Courtside to Home Plate and Back Again. When Jordan first returned to the Bulls in the 1994–1995 season, both he and his team played inconsistently at first. The Bulls reached the playoffs and advanced to the conference semi–finals to face the new talk of the league, Shaquille O'Neal, star of the Orlando Magic. Jordan prevented the Bulls from winning the first game by making two errors in the final 18 seconds. At this point the great Michael Jordan was viewed as only human. The Orlando Magic defeated the Bulls four games to two. Chronology: Michael Jordan 1963: Born. 1983: Named All–American first team while playing for the University of North Carolina. 1984: Picked third overall in the NBA draft as the Chicago Bull's No. 1 draft pick and led the U.S. Olympic Team to gold medal. 1985: Named NBA Rookie of the Year, averaging 28.2 points per game. 1986: Returned from an injury to score an NBA playoff–record 63 points in a single playoff game. 1987: Won first of seven straight NBA scoring titles. 1991: Led the Chicago Bulls to the first of six NBA Championship Titles. 1993: Retired from the NBA to pursue career in professional baseball. 1995: Returned to NBA. 1998: Led Bulls to sixth league championship in eight years. 1999: Announced retirement from NBA. 2000: Became part–owner and president of basketball operations for the Washington Wizards. 2001: Returned from second retirement to play for the Wizards. The 1995–1996 season was built on the type of playing on which records are made: the Bulls finished the regular season 71–10, an NBA record, and Jordan earned an eighth scoring title. The Bulls won their fourth NBA title that season, defeating the Seattle Supersonics. The following season Jordan led the Bulls to another title, this time defeating the Utah Jazz. In the 1997–1998 season, it looked like the Bulls might not even make the finals, for Indiana pushed the Bulls to seven games in the Eastern Conference Finals. But Jordan and the Bulls endured and met the Jazz again, emerging as six–time league champions. During a contentious lockout that blemished the 1998–1999—the first–ever work stoppage in the 52–year history of the NBA—Jordan found himself increasingly at odds with Bulls management. In January of 1999, he again announced his retirement from the game, this time assuring fans that he meant it. He left the league as one of its three all–time scorers, with 29,277 points to his name. "Mentally, I'm exhausted," Jordan said at a press conference announcing the departure, according to a New York Times report by Mike Wise. "Right now, I just don't have the mental challenges that I've had in the past to proceed as a basketball player. This is perfect time for me to walk away from the game. And I'm at peace with that." Even President Bill Clinton commented publicly on Jordan's decision to leave the game. But he had not planned to leave it entirely: a year later, Jordan became part owner and president of operations for the Washington Wizards, one of the NBA's more underachieving franchises. Formerly known as the Washington Bullets, they were last in their division at the time of the announcement, with a record of 12–28, and had only one championship title (dating back to 1978) to their name. The move was immediately heralded as the best thing that could ever happen to such a team, and it was welcomed with tremendous fanfare in the city. Jordan declared his intention to practice with the team, which boasted some young players of great promise, and it was rumored that both this unusual plan as well as the mere presence of Jordan in the front offices might attract some stellar free agents to the Wizards' roster. For the 2000–2001 season, Jordan was seen several times practicing hard with his team. By 2001, rumors began to surface that he might again return to the court. In June 2001, as president of the Wizards, Jordan made history by selecting the first ever high school player (Kwame Brown) with the top pick in the NBA draft. Within ninety days, it was official: Jordan was returning from his second retirement to play for the Wizards. Much press coverage and speculation surrounded his return, but by December 2001, he had led the team to a 10–12 season record. Considering that the ten–year cumulative record of the team was 344–648, 2001 represented substantial progress. Social and Economic Impact When Jordan was drafted by the Chicago Bulls, they were a lackluster team, seldom drawing more than 6,000 fans to a home game. Jordan quickly turned that around. His style of play, incredible leaping ability, and his hang time thrilled fans in basketball arenas across the country. Both he and the hugely popular "Air Jordan" sneakers from Nike have ushered in a new era of popularity for the once–moribund pastime; even Hollywood began to see the potential in producing movies centered around the sport. Michael Jordan's success initially meant more money for the Chicago Bulls, who began selling out their games at home and on the road. Yet during the first years of his career he was under a long–term contract that did not net him anywhere near as much income as other stars of the game. Finally Jordan received the contract he deserved, a one–year, $30–million agreement for the 1997–1998 season; it was the highest single–season contract in the history of professional sports. Though that figure may seem high, the Bulls' five (and that year, six) league championships forever banished the city's bruised civic pride at its poorly performing teams: Chicago's Bears football franchise last won a Superbowl in 1985, Blackhawks hockey players hadn't skated to a Stanley Cup victory since 1961, and the last time one of its two baseball teams had won a pennant race, America was fighting in World War I. Jordan's success not only meant more money for the Bulls, it meant more money for the NBA, especially in marketing Jordan's jersey, with his old number 23 and the new number 45 after he returned from baseball. Jordan reportedly did more for the financial success of the NBA than Larry Bird and Magic Johnson did in the late 1970s. Industry analysts theorize that Jordan's presence alone in the game was responsible for around $500 million in additional revenues for the NBA. Jordan has been referred to as "Jesus in Nikes." Marketing surveys show that he possesses one of the most recognizable faces on the planet, known even by children living in some of the most impoverished rural corners of the planet. At Chicago's United Center, home to the Bulls, visitors sometimes kneel at a statue of Jordan that graces the entrance. He has been the subject of not only sports biographies, but of serious tomes that examine his impact on professional sports. Among these are Michael Jordan and the World He Made, by David Halberstam, and Michael Jordan and the New Global Capitalism by Walter LaFeber. "To [some], Jordan personified not only the imaginative, individual skills that Americans dream of displaying in a society that adores graceful and successful individualism," wrote LaFeber, "but the all–out competitive spirit and discipline that Americans like to think drove their nation to the peak of world power." Sources of Information Bibliography Clarkston, Michael. "Air Jordan: Older, Wiser but not Grounded Yet." Toronto Star, 16 December 2001. Clines, Francis X. "For the Wizards' Fans, an Ambassador of Hope." New York Times, 20 January 2000. Greene, Bob. Rebound: The Odyssey of Michael Jordan. New York: Viking Penguin, 1995. Holstein, William. "Jordan Hits the Road." U.S. News & World Report, 2 February 1998. LaFeber, Walter. Michael Jordan and the New Global Capitalism. New York: W. W. Norton, 1999. MacMullan, Jackie. "What's to Like, Mike?" Sports Illustrated, 24 January 2000. "Michael Jordan Chronology." Los Angeles Times, 26 September 2001. "Michael Jordan Goes Young as Wizards Pick High–Schooler Kwame Brown." Canadian Press,, 27 June 2001. "Michael Jordan Sues Owners of Popular Chicago Restaurant Named for Him." Jet, 15 November 1999. "Mike's Timely Rebound." Christian Science Monitor, 27 September 2001. Rhoden, William C. "A Very Cold Send–Off for the Hottest Athlete." New York Times, 14 January 1999. Samuels, Allison. "Mike on Mike." Newsweek, 22 September 1997. Jordan, Michael (1963-) Overview Michael Jordan is one of the greatest basketball players of all time. He has won an NCAA basketball championship, two Olympic gold medals, six NBA (National Basketball Association) championship titles, and is certainly the most well-known athlete of the late 1980s and 1990s. It has been claimed that he has single-handedly, fundamentally changed the sports business in the 1990s. "What was once a clubby parochial business with relatively narrow appeal is today a thriving, global, high-tech industry that attracts fans of all ages, ethnic groups, and cultures," reports Fortune magazine. "Stadiums are multimedia marketing platforms. Games are valuable programming, fought over by broadcasters around the world as networks and cable channels proliferate. And Jordan is at the center of it all." Desire, drive, and determination has made Michael Jordan one of the most successful, most popular, and wealthiest celebrities of his generation. Personal Life Jordan was born on February 17, 1963, in Brooklyn, New York, and was raised in Wilmington, North Carolina. Growing up, he always excelled at sports. Jordan has many fond memories of youth baseball, especially when he hit the game-winning home run in a Babe Ruth tournament. Reportedly, Jordan's father, James, always dreamed that his son would become a professional baseball player. In what has become a part of classic contemporary sports legends, it is common knowledge that in high school, the varsity basketball team cut Jordan during his sophomore year. Jordan himself cites that incident as one of the most important in his life. Not making the team tested Jordan's willingness to work for his goals. He made the team his junior and senior years, and after high school accepted a scholarship to the University of North Carolina. He played for three seasons at North Carolina and then made himself available for the NBA draft in 1984. He was chosen third by the Chicago Bulls. In 1989 Jordan married Juanita Vanoy, and they have three children: Jeffrey Michael, Marcus James, and Jasmine Mickael. Jordan's family, particularly his father, always played an important part in his personal and professional life. In July of 1993 his father was murdered in North Carolina. Three months later, Jordan announced his retirement from the NBA, citing the desire to spend more time with his family and friends and the desire for some sort of life outside of the spotlight. Some aspects of Jordan's private life were initially kept from the public, though they later became common knowledge. In 1988 he had a son with Juanita Vanoy, but he did not marry her until the boy was almost a year old. Jordan also became known as a heavy gambler. And for years Jordan was criticized for his involvement with Nike because of allegations of its mistreatment of employees, especially women and children, in its Asian plants. Nevertheless Jordan is an idolized figure and a role model for a generation. Career Details Like most professionals in the NBA, Michael Jordan prepared himself for his career by playing college basketball. In his first season at North Carolina he became only the second Tarheel player to start every game as a freshman and was named the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Rookie of the Year in 1982. Jordan led the ACC in scoring during his sophomore and junior years, and was also named the College Player of the Year by Sporting News after both seasons. Although he had three outstanding college seasons, the success Jordan was to have in the NBA was not entirely apparent, for he was only the third player chosen in the 1984 draft—Hakeem Olajuwon and Sam Bowie were chosen before him. Jordan, however, experienced immediate success in the NBA. He was named to the All-Star Team in his first season and also became Rookie of the Year. A broken foot, the only serious injury of his career, sidelined Jordan during most of his second season. He returned in time for the playoffs, and set an NBA playoff scoring record with 63 points in his second playoff game. He averaged 37.1 points per game during his third season, winning the first of seven consecutive scoring titles. Jordan's run was only interrupted by his retirement. Winning awards and honors—earning MVP of the All-Star Game, winning the slam dunk contest, being named league MVP—began to become commonplace for Jordan starting in 1988. During that year the player who was originally only viewed as an offensive weapon was named Defensive Player of the Year as well as the MVP of the league. That season he was the first player to ever lead the league in both scoring and steals. Through 1998, Jordan was named to the All NBA first team ten times, and named to the All NBA Defensive First Team eight times. In 1989 Jordan led the Bulls to the Conference Finals. Although it would be two more seasons before the Bulls would win the championship, the team had arrived. The Bulls won the NBA championship three successive years, from 1991-93, defeating the Los Angeles Lakers, the Portland Trailblazers, and the Phoenix Suns. Jordan was voted MVP of the finals all three times. After winning the 1992 finals, Jordan led a group of NBA players who played for the U.S. Olympic basketball team. This team which paired Jordan with other superstars like Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Patrick Ewing, David Robinson, and Karl Malone—became known as the "Dream Team." The team easily won the gold medal, winning by an average margin of victory of 43.7 points. One month after watching his son lead Chicago to its third straight NBA title in 1993, James Jordan, Michael's father, was murdered. Michael Jordan was grief stricken. This tragedy, combined with increasing media scrutiny over his gambling, left him feeling depleted and disenchanted with his life as a basketball superstar. Stating that he had nothing left to accomplish, he announced his retirement from the NBA in October of 1993. Jordan retired as the all-time leading scorer in the history of the Chicago Bulls. The next year he changed sports, joining the Chicago White Sox minor league baseball team. He spent 17 months in the minors and followed and scrutinized his every move. All in all, his career as a baseball player was short-lived and unspectacular. His 17 months in the minors did provide a much-needed break from basketball and gave Jordan an opportunity to regain his passion for the game. His return to the NBA was chronicled in two bestsellers: Bob Greene's Rebound: The Odyssey of Michael Jordan, and Sam Smith's Second Coming: The Strange Odyssey of Michael Jordan—from Courtside to Home Plate and Back Again. When Jordan first returned to the Bulls in the 1994-1995 season, both he and his team played inconsistently at first. The Bulls reached the playoffs and advanced to the conference semi-finals to face the new talk of the league, Shaquille O'Neal, star of the Orlando Magic. Jordan prevented the Bulls from winning the first game by making two errors in the final 18 seconds. At this point the great Michael Jordan was viewed as only human. The Orlando Magic defeated the Bulls four games to two. The 1995-1996 season was built on the type of playing on which records are made—the Bulls finished the regular season 71-10, an NBA record, and Jordan earned an eighth scoring title. The Bulls won their fourth NBA title that season, defeating the Seattle Supersonics. The following season Jordan led the Bulls to another title, this time defeating the Utah Jazz. In the 1997-98 season, it looked like the Bulls might not even make the finals, for Indiana pushed the Bulls to seven games in the Eastern Conference Finals. But Jordan and the Bulls endured and met the Jazz again, emerging as champions. Social and Economic Impact When Jordan was drafted by the Chicago Bulls, they were a lackluster team, seldom drawing more than 6,000 fans to a home game. Jordan quickly turned that around. His style of play, incredible leaping ability, and his hang time thrilled fans in basketball arenas across the country. Michael Jordan's success initially meant more money for the Chicago Bulls, who began selling out their games at home and on the road. Hard core and casual fans were interested in an opportunity to marvel at history in the making. Early on, Jordan was signed to a long-term contract, though while still under contract, new, unproven players were making millions more. Finally Jordan received the contract he deserved, a one-year $30 million contract for the 1997-98 season, the highest single-season contract in the history of professional sports. Chronology: Michael Jordan 1963: Born. 1978: Cut from high school varsity basketball team. 1982: While playing for North Carolina, hit "The Shot," the game winning jumper that defeated Georgetown in the NCAA finals. 1984: Picked third in the NBA draft and led U.S. Olympic Team to gold medal. 1985: Named NBA Rookie of the Year. 1986: Returned from an injury to score an NBA record 63 points in a single playoff game. 1987: Won first of seven straight NBA scoring titles. 1991: Led the Chicago Bulls to the first of six NBA Championship Titles. 1993: Retired from the NBA to pursue career in professional baseball. 1995: Returned to NBA. Jordan's success not only meant more money for the Bulls, it meant more money for the NBA, especially in marketing Jordan's jersey, with his old number 23 and the new number 45 after he returned from baseball. Jordan reportedly did more for the financial success of the NBA than Larry Bird and Magic Johnson did in the late 1970s. Personally, Jordan earned more money from endorsements than he did from playing basketball. Companies like Nike, Wilson, Gatorade, Coke, McDonald's, Hanes, and General Mills all wanted him to be associated with their products. Between Air Jordans and other shoes and apparel, it is estimated that Jordan products have brought in $2.6 billion for Nike. Michael Jordan's endorsement of Hanes underwear was expected to exceed $10 million annually. Developed by Bijan, Michael Jordan cologne has generated worldwide sales of $155 million as of mid-1998. A popular catch phrase that began in the mid-1980s was "I wanna be like Mike." No mention of a last name was needed. In addition to his endorsements, Jordan has opened three restaurants named after himself; the huge basketball on the roof clearly identifies the place. Jordan also starred with Bugs Bunny in the half-animated feature film Space Jam which brought in an estimated $440 million in box office tickets and video sales. Michael Jordan's money is also put to humanitarian uses. He personally established several charities—the Jordan Institute for Families and Night Ministry. After his father was murdered, Jordan and the Chicago Bulls established the James Jordan Boys and Girls Club and Family Life Center, which aids Chicago-area youth. The Michael Jordan Flight School was established to serve as a summer basketball camp for boys and girls between the ages of eight and 18. In 1997 Michael Jordan, in conjunction with Nike, introduced his own brand of athletic shoes and apparel. The Air Jordan series had been Nike's most profitable shoes since they were introduced in the mid-1980s. Jordan told Newsweek that this new business would "keep me in touch with the game" after he retires. Reportedly Jordan has repeatedly stated that he is not interested in either coaching, managing, or owning his own NBA team. He has not expressed interest in broadcasting either. Sources of Information Contact at: Michael Jordan 1901 West Madison Street Chicago, IL 60612 Bibliography Byers, Paula K. and Suzanne M. Bourgoin, eds. Encyclopedia of World Biographies. Detroit: Gale Research, 1998. Greene, Bob. Rebound: The Odyssey of Michael Jordan. New York: Viking Penguin, 1995. Holstein, William. "Jordan Hits the Rroad." U.S. News & World Report, 2 February 1998. Jordan, Michael. Rare Air: Michael on Michael. San Francisco: Collins Publishers, 1993. Kornbluth, Jesse. "Michael Jordan: Presiding on Olympus, He's Bullish on Privacy." People, 17 May 1993. Samuels, Allison. "Mike on Mike." Newsweek, 22 September 1997. Smith, Sam. Second Coming: The Strange Odyssey of Michael Jordan—from Courtside to Home Plate and Back Again. New York: HarperCollins, 1995. Michael Jordan Born: February 17, 1963 Brooklyn, New York African American basketball player Basketball superstar Michael Jordan is one of the most successful, popular, and wealthy athletes in college, Olympic, and professional sports history. Early life Michael Jordan was born on February 17, 1963, in Brooklyn, New York, one of James and Deloris Jordan's five children. The family moved to Wilmington, North Carolina, when Michael was very young. His father worked as a General Electric plant supervisor, and his mother worked at a bank. His father taught him to work hard and not to be tempted by street life. His mother taught him to sew, clean, and do laundry. Jordan loved sports but failed to make his high school basketball team as a sophomore. He continued to practice and made the team the next year. After high school he accepted a basketball scholarship to the University of North Carolina, where he played under head coach Dean Smith. In Jordan's first season at North Carolina he was named Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Rookie of the Year for 1982. The team won the ACC championship, and Jordan made the clutch jump shot that beat Georgetown University for the championship of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Jordan led the ACC in scoring as a sophomore and as a junior. The Sporting News named him college player of the year for both years. He left North Carolina after his junior year and was selected by the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association (NBA) as the third pick of the 1984 draft. Before joining the Bulls, Jordan was a member of the Summer 1984 United States Olympic basketball team that won the gold medal in Los Angeles, California. Early pro years When Jordan was drafted by the Chicago Bulls they were a losing team, drawing only around six thousand fans to home games. Jordan quickly turned that around. His style of play and fierce spirit of competition reminded sportswriters and fans of Julius Erving (1950–), who had been a superstar player during the 1970s. Jordan's incredible leaping ability and hang time thrilled fans in arenas around the league. In his first season he was named to the All-Star team and was later honored as the league's Rookie of the Year. A broken foot sidelined Jordan for 64 games during the 1985–86 season, but he returned to score 49 points against the Boston Celtics in the first game of the playoffs and 63 in the second game—an NBA playoff record. The 1986–87 season was again one of individual successes, and Jordan started in the All-Star game after receiving a record 1.5 million votes. He became the first player since Wilt Chamberlain (1936–1999) to score 3,000 points in a single season. Jordan enjoyed personal success, but Chicago did not advance beyond the first round of the playoffs until 1988. Jordan concentrated on improving his other basketball skills, and in 1988 he was named Defensive Player of the Year. He was also named the league's Most Valuable Player (MVP) and became the first player to lead the league in both scoring and steals. He was again named MVP in that year's All-Star game. By adding such players as Scottie Pippen, Bill Cartwright, Horace Grant, and John Paxson around Jordan, the Bulls' management created a strong team that won the 1991 NBA title by defeating the Los Angeles Lakers. The next year, the Bulls repeated as NBA champions by beating the Portland Trail Blazers. In 1992 Jordan also played on the "Dream Team," which participated in the Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain. The Olympic Committee had voted to lift the ban on professional athletes participating in the games. The team easily won the gold medal, winning their eight games by an average margin of 43.7 points. Unexpected retirement In 1993, after a tough playoff series with the New York Knicks, the Bulls met the Phoenix Suns for the NBA championship. When it was over, Jordan was again playoff MVP, and Chicago had won a third straight title. That summer Jordan's father, James, was murdered by two men during a robbery attempt. Jordan was grief stricken, and his father's death, combined with media reports about his gambling, led him to announce his retirement from professional basketball in October. Jordan had won three straight NBA titles, three regular season MVP awards, three playoff MVP titles, seven consecutive scoring titles, and he was a member of the All-Star team every year that he was in the league. In just nine seasons he had become the Bulls all-time leading scorer. In 1994–95 Jordan played for the Birmingham Barons, a minor league baseball team in the Chicago White Sox system. Although the seventeen-month experiment showed that he was not a major league baseball player, the experience and time away from basketball provided a much-needed rest and opportunity to regain his love of basketball. Return to glory When Jordan returned to the Chicago Bulls during the 1994–95 regular season, people wondered, "Could he do it again?" He played well, but he was obviously rusty. The Bulls were defeated in the playoffs by the Orlando Magic. After a summer of playing basketball during breaks from filming the live-action cartoon movie Space Jam, Jordan returned with a fierce determination to prove that he had the ability to get back on top. The 1995–96 Bulls finished the regular season 72–10, an NBA record for most wins in a season, and Jordan, with his shooting rhythm back, earned his eighth scoring title. He also became the tenth NBA player to score 25,000 career points and second fastest after Chamberlain to reach that mark. The Bulls went on to win their fourth NBA championship, overpowering the Seattle Supersonics in six games. Few who watched will ever forget how Jordan sank to his knees, head bent over the winning ball, in a moment of bittersweet victory and deep sadness. The game had been played on Father's Day, three years after his father's murder. The defending champions had a tougher time during the 1996–97 season but entered the playoffs as expected. Sheer determination took the Bulls to their fifth NBA championship. Illness, injury, and at times a lack of concentration hurt the team. In the fifth game of the finals Jordan carried the team to victory despite suffering from a stomach virus. In the 19
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A quarter of a century on, Craig Hodges is still fighting the good fight	en	https://assets.guim.co.u…e-touch-icon.svg	the Guardian	https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/apr/20/craig-hodges-michael-jordan-nba-chicago-bulls	“I’m sad to say that one of our players was shot on Monday,” Craig Hodges reveals after he has spoken for an hour about his brave but tumultuous career in the NBA. Hodges fell out with Michael Jordan, confronted George Bush Sr in the White House and won two championships with his hometown team, at a time when the Chicago Bulls were venerated around the world, before he was ostracised and shut out of basketball for being too politically outspoken. At home in Chicago, where Hodges and one of his sons, Jamaal, now coach basketball at his old high school, Rich East, his urgency is tinged with pathos. “He’s in surgery right now,” the 56-year-old says of his wounded player. “He got shot in the hip. He’s only a freshman so he’s just a 15-year-old. It’s stuff like this we’re battling every day. A few weekends ago in Chicago, five people got killed, so it’s terrible. There is so much injustice, but it’s just a matter of time before we win these battles.” Hodges has told his compelling life story with fiery passion, looping around a cast of characters stretching from Jordan, Magic Johnson and Phil Jackson back to Muhammad Ali, Arthur Ashe and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, before returning to the present. Sport and politics are entwined again in a country where Donald Trump is president and Colin Kaepernick remains locked outside football as an unsigned free agent who had the temerity to sink to one knee during the national anthem. And teenage African American boys, just like they were when Hodges was trying to shake up the NBA, are still being gunned down. Hodges always wanted to voice his opposition to injustice. In June 1991, before the first game of the NBA finals between the Bulls and the LA Lakers, Hodges tried to convince Jordan and Magic Johnson that both teams should stage a boycott. Rodney King, an African American, had been beaten brutally by four white policemen in Los Angeles three months earlier – while 32% of the black population in Illinois lived below the poverty line. As he writes in his new book Longshot: The Triumphs and Struggles of an NBA Freedom Fighter, Hodges told the sport’s two leading players that the Bulls and Lakers should sit out the opening game, so “we would stand in solidarity with the black community while calling out racism and economic inequality in the NBA, where there were no black owners and almost no black coaches despite the fact that 75% of the players in the league were African American”. Jordan told Hodges he was “crazy” while Johnson said: “That’s too extreme, man.” “What’s happening to our people in this country is extreme,” Hodges replied. The finals were played as normal, and Hodges and the Bulls won the championship, but he regrets the failure to stage a united protest. “Our generation dropped the ball as a lot of us were more concerned with our own economic gain. We were at that point where branding was just beginning and we got caught up in individual branding rather than a unified movement.” Hodges became a one-man protest movement within the NBA. In October 1991, the Bulls were invited to the White House to meet President Bush. The assault on King remained fresh in his mind, as did the US bombing of Iraq that January, and so Hodges wrote an impassioned eight-page letter to the president – on behalf of “most specifically, the African Americans who are not able to come to this great edifice and meet the leader of the nation in which they live”. He wore a dashiki and George W, the president’s son and a future occupant of the Oval Office, spoke slowly as if Hodges might not understand English. “Where are you from?” “Chicago Heights, Illinois,” Hodges answered, amused at the way in which W’s excitement at meeting the famous Bulls, which had him “bouncing around like a kid” at his father’s workplace, had disappeared into startled incomprehension. Phil Jackson, the Bulls’ coach, informed the president that Hodges was the Bulls’ best shooter. On a half-court set up on the South Lawn, Hodges drained three-pointers from 24 feet. He hit nine in a row, his white dashiki swirling gently around him. As they left the court, Hodges told the president he had written him a personal letter. Did Bush reply to the letter? “He never did,” Hodges says, calmly. “I wonder sometimes if he got past page one. I wonder if he even read it? When I was researching my book I got in touch with the George Bush library to get the original copy. The lady there loved it. She was like: ‘Oh, this is a great letter. You actually gave this to the president?’ I said: ‘Yeah, and I got in lots of trouble for it.’” Hodges did not mind that his letter was leaked to the media in 1991. But it made him a marked man. He remained with the Bulls and, the following year, emulated Larry Bird by becoming the only other player in NBA history to win three successive three-point contests at the all-star weekend – showcasing his skill in sinking long-range shots. Hodges won $20,000, and asked his fellow Bulls to join him in each pooling a similar amount from their vast earnings to help local communities. His team-mates avoided the invitation, saying they would need to clear it with their agents. Hodges was disappointed, because “I envisioned the Chicago Bulls making history in the most meaningful way. We also had a basketball player [Jordan] whose popularity exceeded that of the pope. If the Bulls spoke in a collective voice during the golden age of professional basketball, the world would listen.” In his absorbing book, Hodges stresses how he tried repeatedly to persuade Jordan to “break with Nike and go into the sneaker business for himself, with the aim of creating jobs in the black communities”. Jordan argued he was not in a position to take control while he was tainted by, allegedly, saying: “Republicans buy sneakers, too.” The veracity of that quote might be hazy, but Jordan, unlike Hodges, clearly avoided political engagement. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, such a force in the NBA in the 1970s and 80s, said Jordan chose “commerce over conscience”. On 29 April 1992, with the Bulls cruising through the play-offs, the Los Angeles riots broke out after the four LAPD officers were cleared of all charges resulting from their savage assault on King. That same day, Jordan scored 56 points against the Miami Heat. Asked to comment on the King verdict, Jordan said: “I need to know more about it.” Rioting spread across LA for six days and Hodges followed the televised news – noticing how often, amid play-off fever, a “Be Like Mike” commercial in homage to Jordan was repeated. After game two of the 1992 championship final against Portland, Hodges was asked about the NBA’s lack of black owners. He spoke out against racism in the NBA, and across America, and criticised Jordan for failing to address the judicial injustice towards King. The New York Times ran the story; and Hodges’ career was effectively over. Twenty-five days after Chicago became champions again, Hodges was told he would not be offered a new deal. He had just turned 32 – but Hodges had been part of successive title-winning campaigns and remained king of the three-pointers. Hodges’ knowledge of the game and enduring shooting skills could not compensate for his political conviction. His belief that Jordan and his agent Dave Falk were, in tandem with others, “going to run me out of the league” came true. Not one NBA team would offer a contract to a free agent of huge experience. His precarious situation deteriorated when his own agent, Bob Woolf, said he could no longer represent him. Hodges could not even find a new agent. “No one would return my calls,” he remembers. While he waited forlornly for an offer from the NBA, which never came, Hodges played in Italy. Unlike when Ali, John Carlos and Tommie Smith made powerful gestures of political defiance in the civil rights-enflamed 1960s, Hodges was an outcast. “It was a different climate. A brother facing oppression in the 1960s felt it the same, whether he was a bus driver or Ali. Look what the brothers did in Mexico City [when Carlos and Smith raised their fists in black power salutes during the playing of the Star Spangled Banner on the Olympic podium in 1968]. They faced unemployment and disenfranchisement. “I had that too but, in my era, not many people stood up. The climate was very conservative – and it got worse because athletes were afraid to speak because of the ramifications I faced.” In his foreword to Hodges’ book, the sportswriter Dave Zirin recalls that, when he started covering the NBA in 2003, he asked players why they did not speak out politically. The stock answer, fed to the players by their agents, was stark: “You don’t want to be like Craig Hodges.” That troubling quote is echoed by Kaepernick’s failure to win a new contract now he is no longer a quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers. Hodges is sympathetic. “The cruel part about it, man, is he’s speaking on behalf of people who can’t speak for themselves. Now he’s spoken, it seems his platform has been removed. It’s like [the NFL] are saying: ‘We’re going to take him away because we don’t want his views to catch fire. We don’t want him in a locker room spreading this truth. “I applaud Colin. I’m trying to reach out to the brother so I can let him know personally: ‘I respect you. If there’s anything I can do please don’t hesitate to call me. I’ve got your back.’ I know he loves to play the game. So not getting a contract is hurtful to his essence. The fact he’s not even getting offers right now is depressing for me, for him. I know these feelings.” But Hodges believes the outpouring of support for Kaepernick, especially on social media, “has to be heartening for him. He must know that, ‘Hey man, I’m doing the right thing.’” Hodges, in contrast, received no support. “None at all. Today, on social media, people can vibe with you even if they can’t do anything about your opportunity to play. So I feel good he knows people support him. Now, if the NFL doesn’t stump up and he doesn’t get an opportunity, fans who are supportive of Colin should show their displeasure and stage a boycott. Don’t buy jerseys or don’t go to the game to show appreciation for his stance.” The way in which social media has publicised campaigns such as Black Lives Matter has meant sportsmen can no longer plead ignorance as Jordan and Scottie Pippen once did. When Hodges tried to get his team-mates to read more about black history, Pippen supposedly said: “What do I need education for? I make six figures.” Hodges harbors no animosity towards Pippen or even Jordan. “Michael didn’t speak out largely because he didn’t know what to say – not because he was a bad person.” It should also be pointed out that Jordan chose to snub President Bush’s invitation when the Bulls visited him in 1991. “I’m not going to the White House,” Hodges remembers Jordan saying. “Fuck Bush. I didn’t vote for him.” How does he regard Jordan, 25 years on? “He’s a savvy businessman. I applaud him for that, I don’t hate on that. But he’s gained knowledge through life experience and he has been getting into decent projects. I’m sure he is more conscious now.” Phil Jackson was the only man in the Chicago locker room to share Hodges’ unhappiness at America’s bombing of Iraq in 1991. “We get stuck in one idea of patriotism,” Hodges says, “and if I don’t march to the beat of that soundbite I’m unpatriotic. Me and Phil were different. When the Gulf war broke out in 1991, on Dr King Day, actually, everybody said: ‘We need to bomb the shit out of them.’ Phil let them finish and he said: ‘If we do that, then remember that’s going to leave an orphan who will feel the pain as he grows up with the idea of revenge. Don’t be too quick to cheer – because retaliation is in his hands now.” Jackson ended Hodges’ 13-year isolation from the NBA when he offered him a coaching role at the LA Lakers. Hodges won two more championships with Jackson and the Lakers. The old wounds have healed but surely he despairs when, apart from the continuing loss of young black lives, Trump is in the White House? “You would love to think we’ve come a long way, and that’s saddening to me at times. The imagery portrays that black people have come a long way. We had a black president so we now can’t talk about race any more? But we’re still the least represented people in this nation.” Hodges dismisses Barack Obama’s presidency. “He did some good things, I’m sure,” Hodges snorts, “but I don’t know what they are. Maybe he tried to get healthcare for everybody, but they’re still running it the way they want.” Yet replacing Obama with Trump must dishearten Hodges? “No. It’s not disheartening because there are natural cycles of life. We have been so mis-educated we don’t understand there is a supreme answer. You know that old song – Age of Aquarius? It’s about the dawning of a new age. It’s coming, even if Trump says we’re going to make America great again. For me, as a black man, when was America great? What’s so great about the founding fathers, the civil war, the killing of Martin Luther King, the killing of Malcolm X? The blackballing of athletes during that period? What period are you talking about when America was great?’ “But we are going to win, eventually, because poor people will rise, the disenfranchised will be franchised, and that franchisement ain’t coming by no political act. It’s coming from time and energy where people are getting tired of the bullshit. It will happen naturally. Social media shows us many people have the same feeling as Colin Kaepernick. They’re just not as visible. But there’s a grassroots thing going on. It’s a feeling in America right now, especially among young people, that something has to be done. Everyday life matters. Not just Black Lives Matter. We all matter.” Far from stressing over Trump, or lamenting the millions he lost when shut out of the NBA, Hodges sounds cheerful. “My son Jamaal loves to tell me: ‘You’re the Forrest Gump of basketball because of all the people you met. You’ve crossed paths with people that have been so illuminating.’ He’s right. Take this conversation between you and me.” Hodges and I have swapped notes about him growing up in Chicago while I was a small boy living under apartheid in South Africa – where Arthur Ashe was banned from playing tennis because he was black. “You can’t tell me that there ain’t some creator in all of this. That’s why I say there are cycles of time and natural rhythms of law which change things and bring us together. The fact you and I are having this conversation is cool. We have a young brother that was in South Africa when they wouldn’t allow Arthur Ashe, and a brother that was in Chicago watching Arthur Ashe trying to go to South Africa. Now you and me are talking. “All the boundaries and divisions between us are manmade. And the human family is starting to cast that shit off. It was a South African, Nelson Mandela, who gave me hope at my lowest point, when I was out the NBA. He had been freed a few months earlier [after 27 years in prison] and he came to Chicago. There was a dinner in his honor and Mandela asked to sit next to me. I grew up in the projects, man. So that’s a power bigger than me. I was in awe. I kept asking him: ‘What was it like to be away from your people for so long?’ He was amazing. Truth gave him power. He didn’t need to be anyone other than himself. That’s freedom.” Hodges has also found freedom. He will keep teaching basketball and speaking out – amid his belief that, finally, justice will prevail despite the political system and bleak shootings. “We’ll win all our battles in the end. Until then I’m just doing what I can to keep children out of harm’s way as much as possible. It’s the right way.”
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His biography on the official NBA website states: "By acclamation, Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time." He played fifteen seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), winning six NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls. Jordan is the principal owner and chairman of the Charlotte Hornets of the NBA and of 23XI Racing in the NASCAR Cup Series. He was integral in popularizing the NBA around the world in the 1980s and 1990s, becoming a global cultural icon in the process.			DBpedia	http://dbpedia.org/resource/Michael_Jordan	dbo:abstract مايكل جيفري جوردن (من مواليد 17 فبراير 1963)، والمعروف أيضًا بالأحرف الأولى من اسمه إم جاي (MJ)، هو رجل أعمال أمريكي ولاعب كرة سلة محترف سابق. لعب خمسة عشر موسمًا في الرابطة الوطنية لكرة السلة (NBA)، وفاز بست مع شيكاغو بولز. جوردان هو المالك الرئيسي ورئيس مجلس إدارة شارلوت هورنتس من الدوري الاميركي للمحترفين و في . تقول سيرته الذاتية على موقع إن بي أي الرسمي: «بالتزكية، مايكل جوردان هو أعظم لاعب كرة سلة في كل العصور.» لقد كان جزءًا لا يتجزأ من تعميم الدوري الأمريكي للمحترفين في جميع أنحاء العالم في الثمانينيات والتسعينيات، وأصبح رمزًا ثقافيًا عالميًا في هذه العملية. لعب جوردان لمدة ثلاثة مواسم تحت قيادة المدرب دين سميث مع . كطالب جديد، كان عضوًا في فريق بطولة تار هيلز (Tar Heels) الوطني في . انضم جوردان إلى فريق بولز في 1984 باعتباره ثالث اختيار شامل، وسرعان ما ظهر كنجم دوري، حيث استمتعت الجماهير بتسجيله الغزير بينما اكتسب سمعة كأحد أفضل اللاعبين الدفاعيين في اللعبة. قدرته على القفز، والتي تم إثباتها من خلال أداء البطولات الأربع من خط الرمية الحرة في ، أكسبته ألقاب «اير جوردن» و «هواءه» (His Airness). فاز جوردن بأول لقب له في الدوري الأمريكي للمحترفين مع بولز في ، وتبع هذا الإنجاز بألقاب في عامي ، وحصل على . تقاعد جوردن فجأة من كرة السلة قبل موسم 1993-94 إن بي أي للعب لكنه عاد إلى بولز في مارس 1995 وقادهم إلى ثلاث بطولات أخرى في ، بالإضافة إلى 72 فوز في موسمًا عاديًا. يفوز في موسم إن بي أي 1995-96. تقاعد للمرة الثانية في يناير 1999 لكنه عاد لموسمين آخرين في الدوري الأمريكي للمحترفين من 2001 إلى 2003 كعضو في واشنطن ويزاردز. تشمل الجوائز والإنجازات الفردية لجوردن ست جوائز (MVP)، وعشرة (كلاهما رقمان قياسيان)، وخمس جوائز اللاعب الأثر قيمة في الموسم، وعشرة تسميات لفريق الأول، وتسعة جوائز الفريق الأول (سجل مشترك)، وأربعة عشر اختيارًا لألعاب إن بي أي أول-ستار، وثلاث جوائز في إن بي أي أول-ستار، وثلاثة من، 1988. وهو يحمل لمتوسط التهديف في الموسم العادي (30.12 نقطة لكل لعبة) ومتوسط التهديف في البلاي اوف (33.45 نقطة لكل مباراة). في عام 1999، حصل على لقب أعظم رياضي في أمريكا الشمالية في القرن العشرين من قبل إي إس بي إن، وكان في المرتبة الثانية بعد بيب روث في قائمة أسوشيتد برس للرياضيين في القرن. تم إدخال جوردن مرتين في قاعة مشاهير كرة السلة في نايسميث التذكارية، مرة في عام 2009 لمسيرته الفردية، ومرة أخرى في عام 2010 كجزء من («فريق الأحلام»). أصبح عضوًا في في عام 2009، وعضوًا في في عام 2010، وعضوًا فرديًا في قاعة مشاهير الاتحاد الدولي لكرة السلة في عام 2015 وعضو في «فريق الأحلام» في عام 2017. أحد الرياضيين الأكثر فاعلية في التسويق في جيله، يشتهر جوردن بتأييد منتجاته. لقد أدى إلى نجاح أحذية نايكي اير جوردن الرياضية، والتي تم تقديمها في عام 1984 ولا تزال تحظى بشعبية كبيرة حتى يومنا هذا. قام جوردن أيضًا بدور البطولة في الفيلم الهجين للرسوم المتحركة الحية عام 1996 سبيس جام وهو محور التركيز الرئيسي في المسلسل الوثائقي الحائز على جائزة إيمي ذا لاست دانس (2020). أصبح مالكًا جزئيًا ورئيس عمليات كرة السلة لفريق شارلوت بوبكاتس (المعروف الآن باسم هورنتس) في عام 2006، واشترى حصة مسيطرة في عام 2010. في عام 2016، أصبح جوردن أول لاعب ملياردير في تاريخ الدوري الاميركي للمحترفين. اعتبارًا من عام 2022، قدرت ثروته الصافية بـ 2.1 مليار دولار. (ar) Michael Jeffrey Jordan (Nova York, Estats Units, 17 de febrer de 1963), motejat Air, His Royal Airness (La seva majestat aèria) o Air Jordan, és un exjugador de basquetbol estatunidenc retirat per primera vegada el 1993, després el 1999 i finalment el 2003. Actualment és copropietari i president dels Charlotte Hornets, una franquícia de l'NBA. És considerat per la majoria dels especialistes el millor jugador de bàsquet de la història, per això va ser nominat a la Llista dels 50 millors jugadors de la història de l'NBA elaborada l'any 1996. Va guanyar sis anells de campió de l'NBA amb els Chicago Bulls, on va aconseguir una mitjana de 30,1 punts per partit, la mitjana més gran de la història de la lliga. Va guanyar deu vegades el títol de màxim encistellador de la temporada regular, va ser escollit cinc vegades com l'MVP (millor jugador) de la temporada regular, sis vegades com l'MVP de les finals, va formar part del millor quintet de l'NBA en deu ocasions, va ser escollit una vegada el millor defensor de la temporada i va formar part del millor quintet defensiu en nou vegades. Des de 1983, ha sortit a la portada de la prestigiosa revista esportiva Sports Illustrated en 49 ocasions, tot un rècord, a més de ser anomenat el 1991, "Esportista de l'Any". Va ser reconegut com el "millor atleta del segle xx" per ESPN. (ca) Michael Jeffrey Jordan (* 17. února 1963, Brooklyn, USA) je bývalý americký profesionální basketbalista. Je považován za jednoho z nejlepších basketbalistů všech dob. Hrál v NBA za tým Chicago Bulls (1984–1993, 1995–1998). Později se stal spolumajitelem týmu Washington Wizards, za který v roce 2001 nečekaně znovu nastoupil i jako hráč a hrál za něj do sezóny roku 2003, kdy po jejím závěru ukončil svou profesionální kariéru. Svůj tým dovedl šestkrát do finále NBA (1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997 a 1998), ve všech šesti případech Bulls finále vyhráli a Jordan byl vyhlášen nejužitečnějším hráčem finálové série (MVP). Kromě toho byl také pětkrát vyhlášen nejužitečnějším hráčem NBA za celou sezónu: 1988, 1991, 1992, 1996 a 1998. Jeho průměr 30,12 bodu na zápas jej řadí v průměrné produktivitě na 1. místo v historických tabulkách NBA (druhý Wilt Chamberlain zaostává o 0,06 bodu). O jeho univerzálnosti a přínosu pro tým svědčí fakt, že byl také jednou vyhlášen nejlépe bránícím hráčem NBA (v roce 1988). Jde o držitele dvou zlatých medailí z olympijských her – z let 1984 a 1992. Zajímavostí v jeho kariéře je odskok od basketbalu k profesionálnímu baseballu, když od roku 1993 po dvě léta nastupoval za tým Chicago White Sox, kde se moc neprosadil. Následně se vrátil jak k basketbalu, tak k Bulls a pomohl jim k dalším třem titulům vítěze NBA. (cs) Michael Jeffrey Jordan (* 17. Februar 1963 in New York City, New York) ist ein ehemaliger US-amerikanischer Basketballspieler, Unternehmer und Mehrheitseigentümer der Charlotte Hornets. Zwischen 1984 und 2003 spielte er – mit zwei Unterbrechungen – in der US-Profiliga NBA, davon 13 Jahre bei den Chicago Bulls, später bei den Washington Wizards. Er gilt nach übereinstimmenden Meinungen als einer der besten Basketballspieler der NBA-Geschichte. Die NBA selbst bezeichnet ihn als den besten Basketballspieler aller Zeiten. Der 1,98 Meter große Jordan spielte hauptsächlich auf der Position des Shooting Guards, in seinen zwei Saisons bei den Wizards auch als Small Forward. Er wurde fünfmal als Wertvollster Spieler der NBA ausgezeichnet, gewann sechs NBA-Meisterschaften mit den Chicago Bulls, davon sechsmal als Finals-MVP, sowie zwei Goldmedaillen mit den USA bei den Olympischen Spielen. Darüber hinaus ist er 14-maliger NBA-All Star und gewann im Jahr 1988 den Defensive Player of the Year Award, als einer der wenigen Guards überhaupt. Bei den Olympischen Spielen 1992 war Jordan Teil des US Dream Teams und galt seitdem als einer der populärsten Sportler weltweit. Als Werbeträger von Nike und anderen Unternehmen generierte er bis 1998 einen Umsatz von schätzungsweise 10 Milliarden US-Dollar. ESPN wählte Jordan 1999 zum „Sportler des Jahrhunderts“ vor Babe Ruth und Muhammad Ali. Magic Johnson sagte über ihn: „Es gibt Michael Jordan und dann gibt es noch den Rest von uns“ (englisch There’s Michael Jordan and then there is the rest of us.). Jordan wurde gemeinsam mit David Robinson, John Stockton und Jerry Sloan am 6. April 2009 in die Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame gewählt und am 11. September 2009 in einer feierlichen Zeremonie aufgenommen. (de) Ο Μάικλ Τζέφρι Τζόρνταν (αγγλικά: Michael Jeffrey Jordan, γεννήθηκε στο Μπρούκλιν, Νέα Υόρκη, 17 Φεβρουαρίου 1963) είναι Αμερικανός πρώην διεθνής καλαθοσφαιριστής και νυν ιδιοκτήτης των Σάρλοτ Χόρνετς. Με ύψος 1,98 μέτρα, αγωνιζόταν στη θέση του σούτινγκ γκαρντ. «Είναι ευρέως αποδεκτό ότι είναι ο καλύτερος καλαθοσφαιριστής όλων των εποχών». Αναγνωρίζεται επίσης ως ο κορυφαίος του αθλήματος όλων των εποχών από τη Διεθνή Ολυμπιακή Επιτροπή (ΔΟΕ), ενώ το Δεκέμβριο του 1999 ψηφίστηκε 4ος «αθλητής του αιώνα» από τη ΔΟΕ. Συχνά αναφερόμενος με τα αρχικά του ονόματός του (MJ), ξεκίνησε την κολεγιακή του πορεία από το Πανεπιστήμιο της Βόρειας Καρολίνας, όπου οι εμφανίσεις και επιτυχίες του τον έκαναν γνωστό σε εθνικό επίπεδο. Συνέχισε την καριέρα του στο επαγγελματικό πρωτάθλημα (NBA) αγωνιζόμενος με τους Σικάγο Μπουλς, σε δύο θητείες και τους Ουάσινγκτον Ουίζαρντς, όπου και ολοκλήρωσε την καριέρα του το 2003 στα 40 του χρόνια.Στο Σικάγο ηγήθηκε στη δημιουργία της δυναστείας της ομάδας που κατέκτησε 6 πρωταθλήματα σε 8 χρόνια μέσα στη δεκαετία του 1990. Από τον Οκτώβριο του 1993 μέχρι το Μάρτιο του 1995, αποσύρθηκε από το μπάσκετ αλλά στις 20 Μαρτίου 1995 επέστρεψε στην ενεργό δράση με την περίφημη φράση: I'm back. Όσον αφορά τις ατομικές του διακρίσεις, έχει 10 τίτλους πρώτου σκόρερ του NBA, από τις οποίους οι επτά συνεχόμενοι από το 1987 έως το 1993, πέντε βραβεία καλύτερου παίκτη (MVP) της κανονικής περιόδου του πρωταθλήματος και έξι βραβεία MVP των τελικών του ΝΒΑ. Κατέχει τα ρεκόρ για τους υψηλότερους μέσους πόντους που σημειώθηκαν ανά παιχνίδι στην κανονική περίοδο καθ' όλη τη διάρκεια της καριέρας του (30,12 πόντοι ανά παιχνίδι) και στα πλέι οφ (33,45 πόντοι ανά παιχνίδι). Κέρδισε επίσης δύο Ολυμπιακούς τίτλους με την Εθνική ομάδα των Ηνωμένων Πολιτειών, μία φορά με την κολεγιακή ομάδα το 1984 και τη δεύτερη το 1992 με την πρώτη ομάδα επαγγελματιών που αγωνίστηκε σε τέτοια διοργάνωση. Όλες αυτές οι διακρίσεις του στο μπάσκετ τον έκαναν διάσημο, κάτι που εκμεταλλεύτηκαν αυτός και οι μεγάλες εταιρείες που σχετίζονται με τον αθλητισμό και όχι μόνο. Από το 1984 έχει δικιά του σειρά παπουτσιών, τα Air Jordans, την παραγωγή των οποίων ανέλαβε η εταιρεία Nike, ενώ έχει αποτελέσει το απόλυτο πρότυπο για τη νεολαία τη δεκαετία του 1980 και του 1990. Ένας παίκτης ικανός να αποφασίσει μόνος του τη μοίρα ενός αγώνα, σημείωσε το καλάθι νίκης με λιγότερα από πέντε δευτερόλεπτα από το τέλος 25 φορές στην καριέρα του. Το 2011 και το 2018 το περιοδικό Slam τον κατέταξε ως τον καλύτερο του αθλήματος όλων των εποχών. Συγκαταλέγεται στους πιο διακεκριμένους και αναγνωρίσιμους, αλλά και πιο πλούσιους αθλητές παγκόσμια όλων των εποχών και από όλα τα αθλήματα. Το όνομά του είναι ένα από τα πιο συχνά χρησιμοποιούμενα στο χώρο του μπάσκετ και συνδυάστηκε με τεράστια εμπορική επιτυχία για τις εταιρείες με τις οποίες συνεργάστηκε, τόσο κατά τη διάρκεια της ενεργού δράσης του, όσο και μετά από αυτή. Μέχρι και οι αντίπαλοί του παραδέχτηκαν την σαφή ανωτερότητά του όπως ο Μάτζικ Τζόνσον λέγοντας «Υπάρχει ο Μάικλ Τζόρνταν και μετά εμείς οι υπόλοιποι», ενώ ο Λάρι Μπερντ παραδέχτηκε ότι «ποτέ το μπάσκετ δεν γνώρισε καλύτερο παίκτη από τον Τζόρνταν». Είναι μέλος του Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame από το 2009 και του Hall of Fame της Διεθνούς Ομοσπονδίας Καλαθοσφαίρισης (FIBA) από το 2015. (el) Michael Jeffrey JORDAN (naskiĝis la 17-an de februaro 1963 en Broklino) estas emeritiĝinta usona korbopilkisto. Ĝenerale konsiderita kiel unu el la (se ne la) plej talenta korbopilkisto el la tuta historio, li fariĝis unu el la plej efike merkatumitaj atletoj de lia generacio kaj estis perinta famigita de la NBA (Nacia Korbopilka Asocio) tutmonde en la 1980-aj jaroj kaj 1990-aj jaroj. (eo) Michael Jeffrey Jordan (New York, 1963ko otsailaren 17a-) saskibaloi jokalari estatubatuarra izan zen, gaur egun erretiratua, NBAko inoizko hoberenetarikoa. 1993an eta 1999n iragarri zuen erretiroa hartuko zuela, baina bietan itzuli egin zen. Azkenik, 2003an saskibaloia behin betiko utzi zuen. Air Jordan ezizena hartu zuen. (eu) Michael Jeffrey Jordan (Nueva York; 17 de febrero de 1963) es un exjugador de baloncesto estadounidense. Con 1,98 metros de altura, jugaba en la posición de escolta. Es considerado por la mayoría de aficionados y especialistas como el mejor jugador de baloncesto de todos los tiempos. Se retiró definitivamente en 2003 en los Washington Wizards, tras haberlo hecho en dos ocasiones anteriores, en 1993 y 1999, después de haber jugado 13 temporadas en los Chicago Bulls. Ganó 6 anillos con Chicago Bulls, promediando 30,1 puntos por partido en toda su carrera deportiva, el mayor promedio en la historia de la liga. También ganó 10 títulos de máximo anotador, 5 MVP de la temporada, 6 MVP de las Finales; fue nombrado en el mejor quinteto de la NBA en diez ocasiones, en el defensivo nueve veces, líder en robos de balón durante tres años y un premio al mejor defensor de la temporada. Desde 1983, ha aparecido en la portada de la prestigiosa revista deportiva Sports Illustrated en 50 ocasiones, todo un récord, además de ser designado deportista del año en 1991 y mejor atleta del siglo XX por ESPN y segundo tras Babe Ruth por Associated Press. En la actualidad es el propietario del equipo de los Charlotte Hornets en la NBA y del en la Copa NASCAR. Se calcula que su patrimonio neto es de $1600 millones. (es) Michael Jordan (aussi appelé par ses initiales MJ), né le 17 février 1963 à Brooklyn (New York), est un joueur de basket-ball américain ayant évolué dans le championnat nord-américain professionnel de basket-ball, la National Basketball Association (NBA), de 1984 à 2003, ainsi que dans le championnat international, avec l’équipe USA. Selon la BBC et la NBA, « Michael Jordan est le plus grand joueur de basket-ball de tous les temps ». En effet, il est considéré comme l'un des plus grands champions de tous les temps, tous sports confondus, et a contribué à populariser internationalement le basket-ball et la NBA à travers le monde dans les années 1980 et 1990. Le président Barack Obama lui a remis la médaille présidentielle de la Liberté le 22 novembre 2016. Il étudie à l'université de Caroline du Nord à Chapel Hill où il mène les Tar Heels à la victoire lors de la finale du championnat universitaire de 1982. Michael Jordan est choisi en 3e position en NBA en Draft 1984 de la NBA par les Bulls de Chicago. Il s'impose rapidement comme une vedette de la ligue grâce à ses excellentes statistiques. Sa capacité de saut, illustrée par ses slam dunks depuis la ligne de lancers francs lors des concours de slam dunks, lui a valu les surnoms de Air Jordan et His Airness. Il est réputé pour être l'un des meilleurs défenseurs de la ligue. En 1991, il remporte son premier titre de champion NBA avec les Bulls, et enchaîne ce succès avec deux nouveaux titres en 1992 et 1993. Bien que Jordan ait pris sa retraite du basket-ball brusquement au début de la saison 1993-1994 après l'assassinat de son père, il poursuivit une courte carrière dans le baseball et retrouve finalement les Bulls en 1995. Il les conduit à trois titres de champion supplémentaires (1996, 1997 et 1998) ainsi qu'à un record NBA de 72 matchs remportés en saison régulière lors de la saison 1995-1996. Jordan prend sa retraite une deuxième fois en 1998, mais revient de nouveau pour deux saisons supplémentaires en NBA en 2001 en tant que joueur des Wizards de Washington. Le palmarès et les distinctions individuelles de Michael Jordan comprennent cinq trophées de meilleur joueur de la saison, dix sélections dans l'équipe première des meilleurs joueurs de la ligue et neuf dans l'équipe première des meilleurs défenseurs de la ligue, quatorze apparitions lors des matchs des All-Star, trois trophées de meilleur joueur du match des All-Star, dix titres concernant son nombre de points marqués, trois titres de meilleur intercepteur, six trophées de meilleur joueur des finales NBA et le titre de meilleur défenseur de la ligue en 1988. Il détient les records pour la plus forte moyenne de points marqués par match en saison régulière sur l'ensemble de sa carrière (30,12 points par match) et lors des séries éliminatoires (33,4 points par match). Il a également gagné deux titres de champion olympique avec les États-Unis, encore universitaire à Los Angeles en 1984 et star parmi les stars de la légendaire Dream Team à Barcelone en 1992. En 1999, il est nommé meilleur athlète nord-américain du XXe siècle par le réseau de télévision sur le sport ESPN et termine deuxième derrière le joueur de baseball Babe Ruth sur la liste des athlètes du siècle selon l'agence de presse Associated Press. Il intègre en 2009 le Basketball Hall of Fame. Jordan est également célèbre pour les produits auxquels il prête son image, comme le parfum ou les chaussures, qui prouve le succès des chaussures de sport « Air Jordan » de Nike. Ces contrats lui permettent d'amasser une fortune rarement atteinte par un sportif. Après avoir été copropriétaire et président des opérations basket de la franchise des Bobcats de Charlotte en Caroline du Nord dès 2006, il en est devenu le propriétaire depuis le mois de mars 2010. Le 20 mai 2014, les Bobcats redeviennent les Hornets de Charlotte, ils récupèrent le nom de la franchise qui avait déménagé en 2002 à La Nouvelle-Orléans changeant son nom en Pelicans lors de l'intersaison 2013. Il possède également sa propre écurie de superbike et de nombreux restaurants. En 2021 il se lance dans la NASCAR en ouvrant son écurie de NASCAR Cup Séries avec Denny Hamlin, il y fait piloter Darrell Wallace Jr dans une première voiture en 2021 et Kurt Busch, le champion NASCAR Cup Series 2004, dans une seconde voiture. (fr) Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963), also known by his initials MJ, is an American businessman and former professional basketball player. His biography on the official NBA website states: "By acclamation, Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time." He played fifteen seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), winning six NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls. Jordan is the principal owner and chairman of the Charlotte Hornets of the NBA and of 23XI Racing in the NASCAR Cup Series. He was integral in popularizing the NBA around the world in the 1980s and 1990s, becoming a global cultural icon in the process. Jordan played college basketball for three seasons under coach Dean Smith with the North Carolina Tar Heels. As a freshman, he was a member of the Tar Heels' national championship team in 1982. Jordan joined the Bulls in 1984 as the third overall draft pick, and quickly emerged as a league star, entertaining crowds with his prolific scoring while gaining a reputation as one of the game's best defensive players. His leaping ability, demonstrated by performing slam dunks from the free-throw line in Slam Dunk Contests, earned him the nicknames "Air Jordan" and "His Airness". Jordan won his first NBA title with the Bulls in 1991, and followed that achievement with titles in 1992 and 1993, securing a three-peat. Jordan abruptly retired from basketball before the 1993–94 NBA season to play Minor League Baseball but returned to the Bulls in March 1995 and led them to three more championships in 1996, 1997, and 1998, as well as a then-record 72 regular season wins in the 1995–96 NBA season. He retired for the second time in January 1999 but returned for two more NBA seasons from 2001 to 2003 as a member of the Washington Wizards. During the course of his professional career he was also selected to play for the United States national team, winning four gold medals (at the 1983 Pan American Games, 1984 Summer Olympics, 1992 Tournament of the Americas and 1992 Summer Olympics), while also being undefeated. Jordan's individual accolades and accomplishments include six NBA Finals Most Valuable Player (MVP) awards, ten NBA scoring titles (both all-time records), five NBA MVP awards, ten All-NBA First Team designations, nine All-Defensive First Team honors, fourteen NBA All-Star Game selections, three NBA All-Star Game MVP awards, three NBA steals titles, and the 1988 NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award. He holds the NBA records for career regular season scoring average (30.12 points per game) and career playoff scoring average (33.45 points per game). In 1999, he was named the 20th century's greatest North American athlete by ESPN, and was second to Babe Ruth on the Associated Press' list of athletes of the century. Jordan was twice inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, once in 2009 for his individual career, and again in 2010 as part of the 1992 United States men's Olympic basketball team ("The Dream Team"). He became a member of the United States Olympic Hall of Fame in 2009, a member of the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame in 2010, and an individual member of the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2015 and a "Dream Team" member in 2017. In 2021, Jordan was named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team. One of the most effectively marketed athletes of his generation, Jordan is known for his product endorsements. He fueled the success of Nike's Air Jordan sneakers, which were introduced in 1984 and remain popular today. Jordan also starred as himself in the 1996 live-action animation hybrid film Space Jam and is the central focus of the Emmy Award-winning documentary miniseries The Last Dance (2020). He became part-owner and head of basketball operations for the Charlotte Bobcats (now named the Hornets) in 2006, and bought a controlling interest in 2010. In 2016, Jordan became the first billionaire player in NBA history. That year, President Barack Obama awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom. As of 2022, Jordan's net worth is estimated at $1.7 billion. (en) Is é Michael Jordan an t-imreoir cispheile is cáiliúla ar domhan. Rugadh é i mBrooklyn, Nua-Eabhrac sa bhliain 1963 agus bhog an teaghlach go Carolina Thuaidh nuair a bhí sé ina ghasúr óg. Bhuaigh sé scoláireacht cispheile go hOllscoil North Carolina agus sa bhliain 1984 bhuaigh sé "Imreoir Choláiste Naismith na Bliana". Is ansin a thosaigh sé ag imirt do na . D'imir sé chun tosaigh sa chluiche cispheile don chuid is mó mar go raibh sé iontach ard,sé troigh agus sé orlach! Sa bhliain 1993 d'éirigh sé as an gcispheil nuair a maraíodh a athair agus thosaigh sé ag imirt baseball. Ach níor fhan sé ar shiúl ón gcispheil i bhfad agus thosaigh sé ag imirt do na Chicago Bulls arís ar an 18 Márta 1995. Sa bhliain 1996 shínigh sé conradh $30 milliúin leo. D'imir sé a chluiche dheireanach sa bhliain 2003 agus é daichead bliain d'aois. (ga) Michael Jeffrey Jordan (lahir 17 Februari 1963) adalah pemain bola basket profesional asal Amerika. Ia merupakan pemain terkenal di dunia dalam cabang olahraga itu. Setidaknya, enam kali merebut kejuaraan NBA bersama kelompok Chicago Bulls (1991-1993, 1996-1998). Ia memiliki tinggi badan 198 cm dan merebut gelar pemain terbaik. (in) Michael Jeffrey Jordan, conosciuto anche con le sue iniziali MJ (pronuncia: [ˈmɑɪ̯k(ə)l ˈdʒefri ˈdʒoːd(ə)n]; New York, 17 febbraio 1963), è un ex cestista ed ex giocatore di baseball statunitense, nonché principale azionista e presidente della squadra di pallacanestro degli Charlotte Hornets. Soprannominato Air Jordan e His Airness per le sue qualità atletiche e tecniche, fu eletto nel 1999 "il più grande atleta nordamericano del XX secolo" dal canale televisivo sportivo ESPN. È considerato il più forte giocatore della storia del basket. Negli anni ha acquisito molta fama sul campo che lo ha reso un'icona dello sport, al punto da spingere la Nike a dedicargli una linea di scarpe da pallacanestro chiamata Air Jordan, introdotta nel 1984. Giocò per tre anni all'Università della Carolina del Nord a Chapel Hill, dove guidò la squadra alla vittoria del campionato nazionale NCAA nel 1982. Fu poi scelto per terzo al Draft NBA 1984 dai Chicago Bulls e diventò in breve tempo una delle stelle della lega, contribuendo a diffondere la NBA a livello mondiale negli anni '80 e '90. Nel 1991 vinse il suo primo titolo NBA con i Bulls, per poi ripetersi con altri due successi nel 1992 e nel 1993, aggiudicandosi un three-peat, dopo il quale si ritirò per intraprendere una carriera nel baseball. Tornò ai Bulls nel 1995 e li condusse alla vittoria di un altro three-peat (1996, 1997 e 1998). Si ritirò una seconda volta nel 1999, per poi tornare come membro dei Washington Wizards dal 2001 al 2003, per poi ritirarsi definitivamente. I riconoscimenti ottenuti a livello individuale includono sei MVP delle finali, dieci titoli di miglior marcatore (entrambi record), cinque MVP della regular season, dieci selezioni All-NBA First Team e nove nell'All-Defensive First Team, quattordici partecipazioni all'NBA All-Star Game, tre MVP dell'All-Star Game e un NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award. Detiene i record NBA per la media punti più alta nella storia della regular season (30,12 punti a partita) e nella storia dei playoffs (33,45 punti a partita). Fu introdotto due volte nella Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame: nel 2009 per la sua carriera individuale e nel 2010 come membro del Dream Team. Diventò membro della FIBA Hall of Fame nel 2015. Il 22 novembre 2016 fu insignito dal presidente USA Barack Obama della Presidential Medal of Freedom, la più alta onorificenza civile statunitense. (it) Michael Jeffrey Jordan (New York, 17 februari 1963) is een Amerikaans voormalig basketbalspeler. (nl) ( 다른 뜻에 대해서는 마이클 조던 (동음이의) 문서를 참고하십시오.) 마이클 제프리 조던(영어: Michael Jeffrey Jordan, 1963년 2월 17일 ~ )은 은퇴한 미국의 농구선수이자 사업가이며, 포지션은 슈팅가드이다. 120년에 이르는 농구 역사상 2번째로 위대한 선수로 평가받고 있으며, NBA 선수로 활동하였으며, 2003년 은퇴했고, 현재는 NBA의 팀인 샬럿 호네츠와 NBA G 리그의 팀인 그린즈버러 스웜 구단주이다. 그는 현재 농구 역사상 최고의 선수로 평가받는다. (ko) Michael Jeffrey Jordan (ur. 17 lutego 1963 w Nowym Jorku) – amerykański koszykarz występujący na pozycji rzucającego obrońcy, sześciokrotny mistrz NBA, dwukrotny złoty medalista olimpijski, członek Koszykarskiej Galerii Sław. Od 2006 współwłaściciel klubu Charlotte Hornets. Michael Jordan zajął drugie miejsce (za Babe Ruthem) w plebiscycie Associated Press na największych sportowców XX wieku. Ta sama agencja wybrała go najlepszym koszykarzem XX wieku. W głosowaniu telewizji ESPN grupa dziennikarzy, sportowców i działaczy wybrała Jordana największym sportowcem Ameryki Północnej XX wieku (przed Babe Ruthem i Muhammadem Ali). (pl) マイケル・ジェフリー・ジョーダン（Michael Jeffrey Jordan、1963年2月17日 - ）は、アメリカ合衆国の元プロバスケットボール選手で、実業家。MJの愛称で知られるジョーダンはNBA公式サイトでは「史上最高のバスケットボール選手」と述べられるとともに、人間離れした動きや実績からバスケットボールの神様とも評される。1980年代と1990年代にNBAを世界的ブームを牽引した最も重要な人物であり、バスケットボールのみならず、スポーツというカテゴリにおいて世界的な文化のアイコンとなった。現在はNBAのシャーロット・ホーネッツとNASCARカップ・シリーズのの筆頭オーナー兼会長であり、NASCARカップ・シリーズにも参戦している。 15年間の選手生活の中で得点王10回、年間最多得点11回、平均得点は30.12点でNBA歴代1位、通算得点は32,292点で歴代5位。1990年代にシカゴ・ブルズを6度の優勝に導き、5度のシーズンMVP、6度のファイナルMVP受賞。また、1984年のロサンゼルスオリンピックと、1992年のバルセロナオリンピックにおいてアメリカ代表（ドリームチーム）の一員として2度にわたり金メダルを獲得した。現役時代の背番号23はシカゴ・ブルズ、マイアミ・ヒート、ノースカロライナ大学の永久欠番。1996年、NBA50周年を記念したNBA50周年記念オールタイムチームと75周年を記念した75周年記念チームの一人に選出。2009年にはバスケットボール殿堂入りした。スラムダンクコンテストでフリースローラインからのダンクを披露するなど、その跳躍力から「Air Jordan」や「His Airness」という愛称で呼ばれるようになった。フォーブスのスポーツ選手長者番付1位を6回獲得しており、2020年時点の純資産は21億ドルとされる。フォーブスの「アメリカで最も裕福なセレブリティ」にて4位であり、「世界で最も裕福な元スポーツ選手」である。 (ja) Michael Jeffrey Jordan, född den 17 februari 1963 i Brooklyn i New York, är en amerikansk före detta professionell basketspelare. Jordan anses av många vara den bästa basketspelaren genom tiderna. Han spelade under storhetstiden för Chicago Bulls. (sv) Michael Jeffrey Jordan (Nova Iorque, 17 de fevereiro de 1963) é um empresário e ex-basquetebolista estadunidense que atuava como ala-armador. É considerado por muitos como o melhor jogador de basquete de todos os tempos e por muitos como um dos mais importantes desportistas masculinos da história. Atualmente é proprietário da 23XI Racing, equipe da NASCAR, onde seus carros levam os números 23, pilotado por Bubba Wallace, e 45, pilotado por Kurt Busch. Além disso, é o atual proprietário do Charlotte Hornets, equipe da NBA. Jordan estudou na Universidade da Carolina do Norte, onde foi campeão da NCAA em 1982. Entrou na NBA em 1984 ao ser escolhido pelo Chicago Bulls, e logo se tornou uma das estrelas da liga por sua incrível capacidade de pontuar e habilidade nos saltos. Seus pulos, com enterradas pulando da linha do lance-livre, renderam participações marcantes nos concursos de enterradas e os apelidos de Air Jordan e His Airness. Além de tudo, Jordan foi um dos melhores marcadores que o basquete já viu. Venceu seu primeiro título da NBA em 1991, seguidos por mais dois troféus. Antes da temporada 1993–94 iniciar-se, Jordan se aposentou do basquete para jogar beisebol, mas rapidamente voltou às quadras em 1995 e liderou o Chicago Bulls a mais três títulos consecutivos entre 1996 e 1998. Em 1999 anunciou outra aposentadoria, assumindo um posto entre os dirigentes do Washington Wizards. Eventualmente Jordan decidiu voltar a jogar pelo Wizards em 2001, ficando nas quadras até 2003. Foi eleito o melhor jogador da temporada regular por cinco vezes, melhor jogador das finais em todos os seis títulos do Bulls, 10 vezes incluído entre All-NBA Team e nove vezes para o NBA All-Defensive Team. Participou de 13 NBA All-Star Game e foi melhor jogador do All-Star Game em três oportunidades. Foi cestinha da liga em 10 temporadas, maior ladrão de bolas por três vezes e eleito Defensor do Ano em 1988. A sua pontuação máxima num único jogo foi de 69 pontos, contra os Cleveland Cavaliers, no dia 28 de março de 1990. Um dos seus recordes mais marcantes e uma das provas da sua superioridade no basquete é a sua média de pontos durante toda a carreira: 30,1 pontos em quinze temporadas. Pela Seleção Estadunidense, Jordan foi bicampeão dos Jogos Olímpicos. Foi introduzido no Basketball Hall of Fame em 2009. (pt) 米高·謝菲·佐敦（英語：Michael Jeffrey Jordan，1963年2月17日－），美國非裔前男子籃球運動員，現任夏洛特黃蜂董事長及主要股東。喬丹職業籃球生涯均在NBA聯盟，其中13年效力於芝加哥公牛，最後2個賽季則在華盛頓巫師度過，曾兩度退役後復出。喬丹是20世紀末最具影響力的籃球員之一，同時也是極具市場價值的籃球選手，為NBA在80到90年代間得以迅速普及全球做出了巨大貢獻。 1984年喬丹肄業於北卡羅萊納州的北卡羅萊納大學教堂山分校，接著在NBA選秀中以探花（第一輪第三順位）被芝加哥公牛選中。其15年的職業生涯中，總共獲得6屆NBA總冠軍（兩次三連冠），6屆NBA總決賽最有價值球員，5屆NBA最有價值球員，3屆NBA明星賽最有價值球員，10屆NBA得分王（1987~93蟬連7屆，1996~98蟬連3屆），3屆抄截王，10次入選NBA最佳陣容，14次入選NBA全明星賽，以及1988年NBA年度最佳防守球員。在他眾多成就中，目前仍保持NBA常規賽的每場平均得分最高紀錄（30.12分）和季後賽的每場平均得分最高紀錄（33.45分）。2003年徹底退休，2010年買下了夏洛特山貓（現名為夏洛特黃蜂），成為職業球隊經營人士。喬丹於1996年入選NBA五十週年紀念隊，1999年被ESPN評為20世紀最偉大的北美運動員，2009年入選美國奈史密斯籃球名人紀念堂，2015年入選國際籃球總會（FIBA）名人堂。與他一同建立公牛王朝的教頭「禪師」菲爾·傑克森（Phil Jackson）形容他是「當代穿著寬鬆運動短褲的米開朗基羅。」NBA官方網站則稱：「以讚譽而言，米高·佐敦是史上最偉大的籃球運動員。」(By acclamation, Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time.) 喬丹在90年代獨領風騷，完整參與6個賽季並全數奪冠，擊敗了一眾球星如魔術強森、派翠克·尤因、克萊德·崔斯勒、查爾斯·巴克利、沙奎爾·奧尼爾、安芬尼·哈達威、蓋瑞·裴頓、肖恩·坎普、雷吉·米勒、卡爾·馬龍和約翰·史塔克頓等。如此成就為NBA歷史所罕見，令整個90年代幾乎與喬丹和公牛王朝劃上等號，公牛隊也一躍成為齊名洛杉磯湖人、波士頓賽爾提克的歷史最佳王朝球隊之一。喬丹招牌的後仰跳投（Fade away），已成為籃球運動著名的高等技巧之一。 (zh) Майкл Джо́рдан (англ. Michael Jordan; нар. 17 лютого 1963) — американський баскетболіст, якого часто називають найкращим гравцем у баскетбол усіх часів та народів, багаторазовий переможець чемпіонату Національної баскетбольної асоціації в складі команди «Чикаго Буллз», дворазовий олімпійський чемпіон, відомий також як «Його повітряність». Задрафтований під 3 номером командою «Чикаго Буллз» на драфті 1984 року. За результатами дебютного сезону здобув титул «Новачок року». До 1993 року виступав за «Чикаго Буллз». Після смерті батька в 1993 році певний час грав у бейсбол. 1995 року повернувся до баскетбольної кар'єри за клуб з Чикаго. 1998 року заявив про завершення кар'єри, але 2001-го знову повернувся в НБА і виступав за «Вашингтон Візардс». Останню гру в НБА Джордан зіграв 16 квітня 2003 року. За свою кар'єру в НБА провів 1072 гри, його доробок за цей час становив 32292 очка, 6672 підбирання, 5633 результативні передачі, 2514 перехоплень та 893 блокшоти. Олімпійським чемпіоном Джордан ставав 1984 року у статусі аматора та 1992-го в складі «Дрім тім» вже в статусі професіонала. Джордан зіграв самого себе у фільмі «Космічний баскетбол» (1996). Навесні 2020 року вийшов документальний спортивний міні-серіал Останній танець, що розповідає про кар'єру Майкла Джордана під час фінального сезону із Чикаго Буллз. (uk) Майкл Дже́ффри Джо́рдан (англ. Michael Jeffrey Jordan; родился 17 февраля 1963 года, Бруклин, Нью-Йорк) — американский баскетболист, бывший игрок НБА. Лучший баскетболист в истории (по версии экспертов ESPN). Играл на позиции атакующего защитника. Джордан сыграл важную роль в популяризации баскетбола и НБА во всём мире в 1980-х и 1990-х годах. Двукратный олимпийский чемпион. После начала карьеры в команде Университета Северной Каролины (1982—1984), с которой он выиграл чемпионат NCAA 1982 года, Джордан присоединился к команде «Чикаго Буллз» в 1984 году. За феноменальную прыгучесть Майкл получил прозвища «Воздушный Джордан» (англ. Air Jordan) и «Его Воздушество» (англ. His Airness). Он также считается одним из лучших защитников в истории баскетбола. В 1991 году он выиграл свой первый чемпионат НБА с «Буллз», в 1992 и 1993 годах повторил этот успех. После гибели отца в начале сезона 1993/94 Джордан внезапно ушёл из баскетбола и попытался сделать карьеру в бейсболе. В 1995 году он вернулся на площадку и помог «Буллз» завоевать ещё три титула (1996, 1997 и 1998), попутно установив вместе с командой рекорд НБА на тот момент по количеству выигранных матчей в течение регулярного сезона — 72 победы (сезон 1995/96). Во второй раз Джордан завершил карьеру в 1999 году, но вернулся ещё на два сезона в 2001 году в качестве игрока «Вашингтон Уизардс». В 1984 году Джордан заключил рекламный контракт с фирмой Nike, которая специально для Майкла разработала кроссовки Air Jordan. Проект был настолько успешен, что впоследствии Air Jordan стали самостоятельным брендом. Джордан сыграл самого себя в художественном фильме «Космический джем» (1996). Входит в руководящий состав компании Oakley Inc. Сейчас является основным владельцем, а также руководителем по баскетбольным операциям клуба «Шарлотт Хорнетс». В феврале 2010 года выиграл торги на право выкупить контрольный пакет акций команды у основного владельца Роберта Л. Джонсона. Таким образом, Майкл стал первым игроком ассоциации, владеющим клубом НБА. Майкл Джордан стал первым спортсменом-миллиардером, и его состояние составляет около 1 млрд долларов. По рейтингу Forbes Майкл Джордан — самый высокооплачиваемый спортсмен за всю историю. Если перевести все заработанные им деньги в доллары по курсу 2017 года, получится $1,85 млрд. Помимо зарплаты и многочисленных премий, немалую часть своего состояния Джордан получил благодаря рекламным контрактам. (ru)
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He is widely considered the greatest basketball player of all time.[5][6][7] He won six championships and was the Finals MVP 6 times. He played for the Chicago Bulls and the Washington Wizards. Jordan led the Bulls to a then-record 72 wins in the 1995–96 NBA season. Jordan earned the nicknames "Jordan" and "His Airness" due to his leaping ability, which was illustrated by performing slam dunks from the free throw line in slam dunk contests. Jordan won two Olympic gold medals with Team USA, famously playing on the 1992 Dream Team. During the early part of his college career, he went by Mike Jordan, and he still uses Mike as a nickname to this year. Jordan is a billionaire, his net worth is estimated at $3 billion as of 2024. He is also the founder of Air Jordan shoe brand. Michael Jeffrey Jordan was born on February 17, 1963 in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, New York, he is the son of Deloris (née Peoples), who worked in banking, and James R. Jordan, Sr., an equipment supervisor. His family moved to Wilmington, North Carolina when he was a toddler.[7]Jordan developed a competitive edge at an early age. He wanted to win every game he played. Jordan is the fourth of five children. He has two older brothers, Larry Jordan and James R. Jordan, Jr., one older sister, Deloris, and a younger sister, Roslyn. Jordan's brother James retired in 2006 as the Command Sergeant Major of the 35th Signal Brigade of the XVIII Airborne Corps in the U.S. Army. As a sophomore at Laney High School in Wilmington, North Carolina, Jordan did not make his school's varsity (main) basketball team. This inspired him to work harder,[8] and he made the team the next year. In 1981, he went to the University of North Carolina to play. He averaged 10 points per game his freshman year, and 20 points per game his sophomore year.[9] Under coach Dean Smith's system, no player was allowed to average more than 20 ppg. North Carolina won the national championship in 1982, Jordan's freshman year. Jordan made the winning shot with 18 seconds left in the championship game. After Jordan's junior year in college, he said that he would be leaving college to play in the NBA. The Chicago Bulls chose him with the third pick in the 1984 NBA draft. He never served as a team captain in college. In 1993, after winning three NBA championships in a row, Jordan said that he would retire and switch to a career in minor league baseball.[10] He played for the Birmingham Barons, a minor league team in the Chicago White Sox's system, but hit only one home run during his whole baseball career. In 1995, Jordan announced that he would return to the NBA with a two word announcement: "I'm back".[11] He was back in time to play for the Bulls in the 1995 playoffs, but the Bulls lost in the playoffs before reaching the NBA Finals. However, the next three seasons after that, the Bulls won the championship. This included the 1995-1996 season, when the Bulls won 72 games in the regular season and only lost 10. In 1996, he starred in the live-action/animated comedy movie Space Jam as himself. Jordan retired for a second time in 1998, but was still not done playing. He would buy part of the Washington Wizards basketball team, and played for the Wizards from 2001 to 2003, and ended his playing career after that. During his NBA career, Jordan had at least 29 game-winning shots on field goals or free throws when deciding a game in the last 30 seconds of the game. In addition to well-documented instances, he made a pair of free throws in a road game at New Jersey, on March 16, 1996.[12][13] While making the free throws, WGN play-by-play announcer Wayne Larivee remarked, "Michael Jordan, ice water in his veins". Michael Jordan played mostly shooting guard. Other than a brief spell in April 1989 during which he played point guard, Jordan almost always played shooting guard during his time with the Chicago Bulls. He was widely heralded as the most skilled and accomplished basketball player of all time. Jordan is now the majority owner of the Charlotte Hornets.[14] He was chosen to enter the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2009. Notes ↑ Jordan wore a nameless No. 12 jersey in a February 14, 1990 game against the Orlando Magic because his No. 23 jersey had been stolen.[1] Jordan scored 49 points, setting a franchise record for players wearing that jersey number.[2] Media related to Michael Jordan at Wikimedia Commons
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Current Top 3: Kyrie Irving, Shaquille O'Neal, Kareem ...	en	/img/icons/touch-icon-iphone.png	Ranker	https://www.ranker.com/list/best-nba-players-who-act/ranker-nba	Just when you think NBA players couldn't be any more talented, they go ahead and act in TV and film. We're not talking just NBA cameos here, either. Some of the NBA's top players have stepped off the court and onto the big screen—for better and for worse. Sure, some of these players have some surprisingly good acting skills, while others are best off sticking to their game. Regardless of acting chops, however, the NBA players to follow have all done some type of acting. While most got their credit in movies, there have also been some NBA players in TV shows. So if you're a fan of the NBA, look below to see if your favorite players have tried their hand on screen. Everyone knows Michael Jordan is the best NBA player of all time, but he may also be considered the best player to act as well—with a heavy role in the 90s classic, Space Jam. Longtime teammate Dennis Rodman has also done his fair share of acting in films like Double Team and The Comebacks, though he probably should have stuck with basketball. Perhaps another one of the best NBA actors, though, is none other than Lebron James with his hilarious role in Trainwreck. Lebron fan or not, you have to respect his skills on screen. Shaquille O'Neal, however, may be the most prolific actor from the NBA, playing a broad range of roles both during and after his NBA tenure.
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https://cdn.basketballnews.com/fit-in/1024x0/filters:strip_exif():filters:quality(95)/images/assets/BasketballNews-Beta%403x.png 1024w" ]	[ "https://www.youtube.com/embed/U8oF8n4zwSw", "https://www.youtube.com/embed/myKa-RVwMmw", "https://www.youtube.com/embed/Jh-szbNsmHw" ]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[ "Bryan Fonseca" ]	2022-04-13T21:09:00+00:00	Bryan Fonseca revisits Michael Jordan's comeback season with the Wizards, with insight from MJ's former teammate Etan Thomas.	en	https://basketballnews-media.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/images/assets/favicon.ico		https://www.basketballnews.com/stories/was-michael-jordan-really-an-mvp-candidate-as-a-washington-wizard	The 2001-02 NBA season was Michael Jordan’s first with the Washington Wizards, a time when he decided to unretire and return to the league for the second time in his career. Some would have you believe that MJ’s Wizard years “diminished his legacy," while others feel that he was still the best shooting guard in the league. Wherever he actually stood, Jordan was clearly still exceptional given his age, production and general persistence. In that '01-02 campaign, there were plenty glimmers of “old” Jordan — as well as old Jordan, who turned 39 that February — but were they enough to make him a Most Valuable Player candidate at one point? It was at least discussed. Around this time 20 years ago, Jordan had just returned from a chronic knee injury that had reportedly been bothering him throughout the season. He even came off the bench upon being reinserted to the lineup for the final seven games of the season, and he scored more than 14 points just one time. But before missing 12 games of action between Feb. 27 and March 18, Jordan’s comeback season had been a successful one. When Jordan went down, the Wizards were 27-27 and in the playoff chase, tied for seventh in the Eastern Conference with Allen Iverson’s Philadelphia 76ers and Baron Davis’ Charlotte Hornets. Washington was also just three games behind Paul Pierce, Antoine Walker and the Boston Celtics, who were sitting in fourth. Jordan had been averaging 24.3 points, 6.0 rebounds, 5.4 assists and 1.5 steals per game on 41.9% shooting from the field and 78.8% from the free-throw line at the time of his injury, which forced an extended absence. (Just days before the setback, the Wizards were 27-23 and fifth in the East, and that was about three months following a 2-9 start to the season). There's at least one notable story regarding Jordan’s MVP candidacy that you can still find on the internet. Here's an excerpt of an article written by Mike Wise in the New York Times on Jan. 13, 2002, for example. Who else besides Jason Kidd, Kobe Bryant, Shaquille O'Neal, Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett has been more important to his team? O'Neal and Chris Webber have been injured, and neither Tracy McGrady nor Vince Carter has elevated his team to the top of the Eastern Conference. Allen Iverson, the reigning MVP, is muddling through a disappointing season in Philadelphia. By that point in the season, the Wizards were 18-16 and on track to not just make the playoffs, but also match the 19-win mark that the team recorded the previous season that same week. (That's how D.C. ended up with 2001 No. 1 overall pick Kwame Brown). Just two weeks earlier, Jordan dropped 51 points against the Hornets and 45 points (plus 10 rebounds and 7 assists) against the first-place (and soon-to-be East champion) New Jersey Nets in consecutive blowout victories. Those were his two highest-scoring totals of the season — though he did have back-to-back 40-point games in late January in wins over the Cleveland Cavaliers and Phoenix Suns. More importantly, that two-game, 96-point outburst against the Hornets and Nets stemmed from an uncharacteristic 6-point effort against the Indiana Pacers just days earlier. It's a time that our own Etan Thomas, then a rookie teammate of MJ's on the Wizards, specifically recalls. “I remember the media was ripping him to shreds,” Thomas said. “After that, they were like, 'He’s too old, he shouldn’t have come back, he’s tarnishing his legacy,' yadda, yadda, yadda. So I remember going into the locker room, and he was sitting in this chair reading the papers. I remember seeing him rockin’ and, like, humming and biting his lip, and he was like, 'Uh huh.' So I guess he was just reading it over and over again. He was very intense.” On the 51-point eruption in particular, Thomas highlighted: “In that game, it was like magic. It was electrifying, like every move, and he was on fire!” In Wise's aforementioned story, then-Miami Heat center Alonzo Mourning had his own thoughts on Jordan's aging process. "Every player reaches a point in their career where their game starts to decline. Some earlier than others. Look at Michael. He's 38. He's not averaging 30-something points a game like he used to. He's in the low 20's now. Is he still effective? Yeah, he's very effective. Is he the old Michael? Hell no. Far from it, even with those 50-point games now and then. "I played against the old Michael. I've seen him at that level. But he's made the adjustment. He's learned to cope with his body playing at a certain level and not expecting to play at the old level. He's raised his game in other areas." Thomas, though, explains that people didn’t realize the severity of Jordan's ongoing ailments. Beyond nearing 40 years old, MJ was simply overcoming more than the public knew. “This is the part that people don’t understand: how injured he was. I saw it firsthand,” Thomas said. “Somehow it leaked that he was getting his knee drained, and I was sitting there like, ‘I see him do that every other day!’ Literally, his knee would swell up like the Elephant Man! I was sitting in the training room getting some treatment or whatever, and he was on the table next to me. I saw it! They came in, and they pulled out this needle and drained his knee. They drained it and this black-tar goo stuff came out and he was in excruciating pain and it looked terrible! “I asked him, ‘Why are you even doing this?’ He didn’t need to prove anything to anybody. And when I said it, the whole training room got quiet, and he just looked at me and kinda shook his head. He didn’t give me an answer, he just kinda shook his head and shrugged his shoulders. He was really in pain, he just didn’t tell nobody.” In the NYT piece, Sacramento Kings general manager Geoff Petrie — who won NBA Executive of the Year in both 1999 and 2001 — said Jordan had a shot at MVP, albeit a fringe one, saying he’d vote for Shaquille O’Neal and Kobe Bryant instead, who then had the Lakers at 26-8. "I'd say Shaq and Kobe, who are almost indistinguishable because both are so good. Then [Jason] Kidd, [Tim] Duncan and maybe [Kevin] Garnett. But if the Wizards keep going the way they are, Michael would have to have a shot. "There is another reservoir of talent there with [Jordan]. He's so driven. I was reading something Grant Hill said recently, about the fact that it's so easy to get caught up in Jordan's athleticism. The level of athleticism has dropped, but the skill level is so high." Thomas adds that, while Jordan was nearing 40, you’d still often get those glimpses of his true game in practices — and his competitiveness on a daily basis. “You saw the flashes of him being MJ MJ,” Thomas assured. “But his game was different, so now, it wasn’t that explosive game that you’re seeing on all the highlights with him coming down dunking on everybody. He started working the mid-range. And I saw him torch people with that mid-range. We had that little drop play to 'em — kinda semi-triangle — but he would work off the elbow and he would just be torching cats with it. So his game changed. “I was there seeing all of that. I was like, 'Man, he’s still MJ!' It was just different. It wasn’t like, 'Oh, come down the lane and dunk on everybody,' it was just killing everybody with the mid-range. It was like he had everybody on a string! He was making these moves and they could not stop him! They kept going for all of the fakes! And these were all top defenders!” Jordan subsequently finished 13th in MVP voting with 16 voter points. His finished with averages of 22.9 points, 5.7 rebounds, 5.2 assists and 1.4 steals per game on 41.6% shooting from the field and 79.0% on free throws. He led the team in points, assists and steals per game through 60 appearances. The Wizards finished the season 37-45, but they were 7-15 in the games that MJ missed. Tim Duncan wound up winning the MVP that year in a close race over Jason Kidd. Shaquille O’Neal, Tracy McGrady, and Kobe Bryant rounded out the top five. But when healthy, Jordan was far better than people would have you believe that season.
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He made a splash in college basketball, and went on to help his team win a gold medal at the 1984 Olympic Games. Soon after, he entered the NBA with the Chicago Bulls and he never looked back. His popularity with fans soared league-wide, and he boasted the skills to match. Among his many accomplishments during his three stints in the NBA, he helped lead the Bulls to not one but two championship three-peats. In this video, http://www.WatchMojo.com learns more about the life and career of Michael Jordan. Biography of Michael Jordan Just call him, “His Airness.” Welcome to WatchMojo.com, and today we’ll be learning more about the life and career of Michael Jordan. Early Years Michael Jeffrey Jordan was born February 17th, 1963 in Brooklyn, New York, and was raised in Wilmington, North Carolina. While his first love was baseball, Jordan focused more on basketball as he got older. Ironically, he was cut from his high school varsity team because – at 5’11” – he wasn’t tall enough. That made him persevere, and he eventually posted an average of 20-points-per game by the end of school. College and the NCAA In 1981, a fully-grown, 6’6” Michael Jordan won a basketball scholarship to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. While studying cultural geography, he became a leader on the school’s team, and sank the game-winning basket to take the 1982 NCAA Championship against Patrick Ewing and his Georgetown Hoyas. 1984 Olympics Jordan’s rise to the top continued: after being named NCAA College Player of the Year two seasons in a row, he won a gold medal for the United States at 1984’s Los Angeles Summer Olympics. He then left school early to enter the NBA Draft, where he was chosen third overall by the Chicago Bulls. Rookie of the Year Jordan quickly made his mark: his fan popularity soared league-wide, and he averaged over 28 points-per-game. Not surprisingly, he took home the Rookie of the Year title. More Success Jordan’s second season in the NBA was shortened due to a broken foot. But, he was ready for ‘86-‘87: his per-game average was over 37 points that year, and he was the first player since Wilt Chamberlain to bank over three thousand points in a single season. However, the Bulls were swept out of the playoffs by the Boston Celtics. League MVP Jordan was named league MVP for 1987-88, and won that title four more times throughout his career. His success forced teams to develop “Jordan rules” to throttle his efforts on the court. The Shot But, despite his mega-talent, Jordan remained without a championship for the first years of his career. Regardless, he was known as an offensive powerhouse and a clutch player. This was proven by a buzzer-beater move called “The Shot” that occurred during a 1989 playoff game against the Cleveland Cavaliers. First Three-Peat By the 1990s, the Bulls were unstoppable. They took home the first NBA championship in franchise history in 1991, and this proved emotional for Jordan. That was the first year of the Bulls’ first three-peat. The Dream Team During that era, Jordan joined the Dream Team at 1992’s Barcelona Olympics to win another gold medal for his country. His many lucrative endorsement deals with companies like Nike ensured his face was everywhere. By the end of ’92-’93, Jordan scored his 20 thousandth point. First Retirement However, his gambling habits soon caused controversy. Things got far worse when, on July 23rd, 1993, Jordan’s father was killed during a robbery. These personal issues caused MJ to surprise the world by announcing his retirement on October 6th, 1993. Baseball The next year, Jordan followed his father’s wishes and began a baseball career. He was moderately successful, and on November 1st, the Bulls retired Jordan’s number 23. But, that proved premature. Back in the NBA On March 18th, 1995, Jordan issued a press release that read: “I’m back.” The next day, he donned number 45 for the Bulls. He eventually took back his old number, and the next season the Bulls began their second three-peat that decade. The Flu Game One of Jordan’s most memorable moments from the ’97 Finals was his “Flu Game,” where he played while visibly ill. Didn’t matter: he scored 38 points. Second Retirement, Return, and Final NBA Game The next season began with a lockout. This was one of many reasons Michael Jordan announced his second retirement on January 13th, 1999. But, just a year later, he returned as the Washington Wizards’ part-owner, and by 2001 he was with them on the court. In two seasons, he posted more records and finally played his last NBA game on April 16th, 2003. Career After Basketball Following his playing career, Jordan stayed involved in basketball, and eventually became primary owner of the Charlotte Bobcats. Legacy Michael Jordan was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2009. With countless records, numerous successful endorsement deals and an unmatched legacy, he remains one of the most recognizable athletes on the planet.
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Michael Bakari Jordan[1] ( bah-KAR-ee; born February 9, 1987)[2] is an American actor and producer. He is best known for his film roles as shooting victim Oscar Grant in the drama Fruitvale Station (2013), boxer Adonis Creed in Creed (2015), and Erik Killmonger in Black Panther (2018), all of which were written and directed by Ryan Coogler.[3][4][5][6] Jordan reprised his role of Creed in Creed II (2018) and Creed III (2023); the latter also marked his directorial debut. Jordan initially broke out in television, playing Wallace in the first season of the HBO crime drama series The Wire (2002). He went on to play Reggie Montgomery on the ABC soap opera All My Children (2003–2006) and Vince Howard in the NBC sports drama series Friday Night Lights (2009–2011). His other films include Chronicle (2012), That Awkward Moment (2014), Fantastic Four (2015), and Just Mercy (2019), in which he portrayed Bryan Stevenson. He has also starred in and produced the HBO film Fahrenheit 451 (2018), for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie. Jordan was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine in 2020 and 2023.[7][8] Also in 2020, he was named People's Sexiest Man Alive,[9] and The New York Times ranked him 15th on its list of the 25 greatest actors of the 21st century.[10] Jordan is also a co-owner of English Premier League football club AFC Bournemouth.[11] Early life [edit] Michael Bakari Jordan was born on February 9, 1987, in Santa Ana, California,[12] to Donna and Michael A. Jordan. He has an older sister and a younger brother.[13] His family lived in Santa Ana, CA for two years before moving to Newark, NJ where Jordan grew up.[12][14] He attended Newark Arts High School, where his mother worked as a teacher, and where he also played basketball.[13][15] Career [edit] 1999–2008: Beginnings [edit] Jordan worked as a child model for several companies and brands, including Modell's Sporting Goods and Toys "R" Us, before deciding to embark on a career as an actor.[16][17] He launched his career as a professional actor in 1999, when he appeared briefly in single episodes of the television series Cosby and The Sopranos.[14] His first principal film role followed in 2001 when he was featured in Hardball, which starred Keanu Reeves. In 2002, he gained more attention by playing the small but pivotal role of Wallace in the first season of HBO's The Wire. In March 2003, he joined the cast of All My Children, replacing Chadwick Boseman, playing Reggie Montgomery, a troubled teenager, until June 2006 when Jordan was released from his contract.[18] Jordan's other credits include guest starring appearances on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,[19] Without a Trace and Cold Case. Thereafter, he had a lead role in the independent film Blackout and starred in The Assistants on The-N. In 2008, Jordan appeared in the music video "Did You Wrong" by R&B artist Pleasure P. 2009–2012: Friday Night Lights and Parenthood [edit] In 2009, Jordan began starring in the NBC drama Friday Night Lights as quarterback Vince Howard, and lived in an apartment in Austin where the show was filmed.[20] He played the character for two seasons until the show ended in 2011.[21] In 2009, he guest-starred on Burn Notice in the episode "Hot Spot", playing a high school football player who got into a fight and is being hunted by a local gangster. In 2010, he was considered one of the 55 faces of the future by Nylon Magazine's Young Hollywood Issue.[22][23] In 2010, he guest-starred in the Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode "Inhumane Society" as a boxer involved in a Michael Vick-inspired dog fighting scandal. That year, he landed a recurring role on the NBC show Parenthood playing Alex (Haddie Braverman's love interest).[24] This marked his second collaboration with showrunner Jason Katims, who was in charge of Friday Night Lights. BuddyTV ranked him #80 on its list of "TV's Sexiest Men of 2011".[25] Jordan voiced Jace in the Xbox 360 game Gears of War 3.[26] In 2012, Jordan appeared in the George Lucas-produced film Red Tails[27] and played lead character Steve Montgomery in Chronicle, a film about three teenaged boys who develop superhuman abilities.[28] He also guest-starred in an episode of House's final season, playing a blind patient.[29] 2013–present: Breakthrough [edit] In 2013, Jordan starred as shooting victim Oscar Grant in Fruitvale Station, directed by Ryan Coogler. His performance garnered critical acclaim, with Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter stating that Jordan reminded him of "a young Denzel Washington".[30] Following his role in Fruitvale Station, Jordan was named an "actor to watch" by People and Variety.[31][32] Time magazine named him with Coogler one of 30 people under 30 who are changing the world, and he was also named one of 2013's breakout stars by Entertainment Weekly and GQ.[33][34][35] In 2015, he starred as Johnny Storm, the Human Torch, in Fantastic Four.[36][37][38] The film was universally panned by critics, holding a 9% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and was a bust at the box office.[39] However, later in 2015, Jordan rebounded with critical acclaim when he starred as Donnie Creed, the son of boxer Apollo Creed in the seventh Rocky film, Creed, his second collaboration with Coogler, which co-starred Sylvester Stallone.[40] Jordan prepared for his role as a boxer in Creed by undertaking one year of rigorous physical training and a stringent low-fat diet.[41] He did not have a body double during filming and was "routinely bloodied, bruised, and dizzy" when fighting scenes were being filmed.[41] In 2016, Jordan featured in the popular sports game NBA 2K17, portraying Justice Young, a teammate of the player in the game's MyCareer mode. In October 2017, it was announced that Jordan was cast in a supporting role as Mark Reese in the upcoming Netflix superhero series Raising Dion.[42] In February 2018, Jordan starred as the villain Erik Killmonger in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film Black Panther; this marked Jordan's third collaboration with Coogler.[43] His performance in Black Panther received critical acclaim, with Dani Di Placido of Forbes stating that Jordan "steals the show", while Jason Guerrasio of Business Insider wrote that the actor "plays a Killmonger fueled with hate and emptiness – we won't give away why – but he also delivers it with a swagger that's just a joy to watch ... the movie takes off more in story and viewing enjoyment whenever Jordan is on screen."[4][5] Later in 2018, Jordan starred in Fahrenheit 451 with Michael Shannon and Sofia Boutella. The television film was distributed on HBO by HBO Films.[44] That same year, Jordan reprised his role as boxer Donnie Creed in Creed II, a sequel to Creed (2015) and the eighth installment in the Rocky film series. Creed II was released in the United States by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on November 21, 2018. The film received generally positive reviews from critics and it went on to debut to $35.3 million in its opening weekend (a five-day total of $55.8 million), marking the biggest debut ever for a live-action release over Thanksgiving.[45][46] He also voices the character Julian Chase in Rooster Teeth's animated series Gen:Lock, which he also co-produces through his production company, Outlier Society Productions since January 2019.[47] Jordan portrayed attorney Bryan Stevenson in a legal drama, Just Mercy, which he also co-produced. The film, based on a real-life story, was released in December 2019 to critical acclaim.[48][49] Jordan stars in Without Remorse, based on the book by Tom Clancy, as John Clark, a former Navy SEAL and director of the elite counterterrorism unit Rainbow Six. Originally planned for release on September 18, 2020, it was released on April 30, 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[50] Jordan reprised his MCU role as Erik "Killmonger" Stevens in two episodes of the first season of What If...? (2021), and in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022),[51][52] and made a cameo appearance in Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021). He also starred in A Journal for Jordan (2021), directed by Denzel Washington, as a soldier who "kept a journal full of poignant life lessons for their newborn son, Jordan, while deployed overseas."[53] Jordan made his directorial debut with Creed III, a sequel to Creed II, in addition to producing and reprising his starring role as boxer Adonis Creed. It was released on March 3, 2023.[11] Michael B. Jordan's influences for filmmaking are: Steven Speliberg, Martin Scorsese, Alfonso Cuarón, Ryan Coogler, George Lucas, and Christopher Nolan[54] Upcoming projects [edit] He is slated to reteam with Coogler for the fourth time in Wrong Answer, a film based on the Atlanta Public Schools cheating scandal.[41] Jordan is also set to appear in a second remake of The Thomas Crown Affair.[55] Jordan is also set to appear in the vampire film Blood Brothers.[56] His production company Outlier Society signed a first look deal with Amazon,[57] and is also developing Val-Zod, an HBO Max series featuring a Black version of the DC Comics character Superman.[58] As of March 2022 , Jordan will produce and star in the sequel of I Am Legend with Will Smith.[59] Personal life [edit] Jordan has resided in Los Angeles since 2006.[60] He grew up in a religious household and considers himself to be spiritual.[61] As of 2018 , he lived with his parents in a Sherman Oaks home that he purchased.[62][63] Jordan is also a fan of anime, particularly Naruto: Shippuden and the Dragon Ball franchise.[64][65] Jordan grew up in Newark, New Jersey and is a lifelong fan of the New York Giants.[66] In November 2020, the actor began dating model Lori Harvey, daughter of comedian Steve Harvey.[67] In June 2022, it was announced that the couple had ended their relationship.[68] Sports ownership [edit] In December 2022, Jordan was announced as part-owner of English football club AFC Bournemouth. The club was taken over by the consortium group the Black Knights Football Club led by fellow American Businessman William Foley.[69] Jordan led the minority ownership group with Kosmos Founder Nullah Sarker.[70][71] Filmography [edit] Film [edit] Year Title Role Notes 1999 Black and White Teen #2 2001 Hardball Jamal 2007 Blackout C.J. 2009 Pastor Brown Tariq Brown 2012 Red Tails Maurice Wilson Chronicle Steve Montgomery County Travis TV Movie Hotel Noir Leon 2013 Fruitvale Station Oscar Grant Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox Victor Stone / Cyborg Voice, direct-to-video 2014 That Awkward Moment Mikey 2015 Fantastic Four Johnny Storm / Human Torch Creed Adonis Johnson 2016 Against The Wall Man Short 2018 Black Panther Erik Killmonger Kin Male Cleaner Cameo; also executive producer Creed II Adonis Johnson Fahrenheit 451 Guy Montag Television film, also executive producer 2019 Just Mercy Bryan Stevenson Also producer 2021 Without Remorse John Kelly Also producer Space Jam: A New Legacy Himself Cameo[72] A Journal for Jordan Charles King Also producer 2022 Legends of the Lane Himself Short Black Panther Wakanda Forever Erik Killmonger 2023 Creed III Adonis Creed Also director and producer 2025 Untitled Ryan Coogler film TBA Post-production Television [edit] Year Title Role Notes 1999 The Sopranos Rideland Kid Episode: "Down Neck" Cosby Michael Episode: "The Vesey Method" 2002 The Wire Wallace 12 episodes 2003–2006 All My Children Reggie Porter Montgomery 59 episodes 2006 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Morris Episode: "Poppin' Tags" Without a Trace Jesse Lewis Episode: "The Calm Before" 2007 Cold Case Michael Carter Episode: "Wunderkind" 2009 Burn Notice Corey Jensen Episode: "Hot Spot" Bones Perry Wilson Episode: "The Plain in the Prodigy" The Assistants Nate Warren 13 episodes 2009–2011 Friday Night Lights Vince Howard 26 episodes 2010 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Danny Ford Episode: "Inhumane Society" Lie to Me Key 2 episodes 2010–2011 Parenthood Alex 16 episodes 2012 House Will Westwood Episode: "Love Is Blind" 2014 The Boondocks Pretty Boy Flizzy Voice, episode: "Pretty Boy Flizzy" 2019–2021 Gen:Lock Julian Chase / Nemesis / King Demon Voice, 16 episodes; also executive producer[73] Raising Dion Mark Warren 3 episodes; also executive producer 2021 Love, Death & Robots Terence[74] Voice/motion capture; episode: "Life Hutch"[75] What If...? Erik Killmonger Voice, 2 episodes: "What If... Killmonger Rescued Tony Stark?", "What If... the Watcher Broke His Oath?" 2022 America the Beautiful Narrator Documentary series 2023 Saturday Night Live Himself; host Episode: "Michael B. Jordan/Lil Baby" Video games [edit] Year Title Voice role Notes 2011 Gears of War 3 Jace Stratton 2016 NBA 2K17 Justice Young / Himself Host on MyCareer mode 2017 Wilson's Heart Kurt Mosby 2018 Creed: Rise to Glory Adonis Creed Music videos [edit] Year Title Performer(s) Album 2008 "Did You Wrong" Pleasure P The Introduction of Marcus Cooper 2017 "Family Feud" Jay-Z featuring Beyoncé 4:44 [76] 2019 "Whoa" Snoh Aalegra Ugh, Those Feels Again [77] Awards and nominations [edit] Year Award Category Nominated work Result 2005 Soap Opera Digest Award Favorite Teen All My Children Nominated [78] NAACP Image Award Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series Nominated [79] 2006 NAACP Image Award Nominated [80] 2007 Nominated [81] 2008 Outstanding Literary Work – Debut Author Homeroom Heroes Nominated [82] 2011 EWwy Awards Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Friday Night Lights Nominated [83] 2013 Detroit Film Critics Society Best Breakthrough Fruitvale Station Nominated [84] Hollywood Film Awards Hollywood Spotlight Award Won [85] Gotham Awards Breakthrough Actor Won [86] National Board of Review of Motion Pictures Breakthrough Actor Won [87] Phoenix Film Critics Society Breakthrough Performance on Camera Nominated [88] Satellite Awards Breakthrough Award Performance Won [89] Santa Barbara International Film Festival Virtuoso Award Won [90] St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Best Actor Nominated [91] 2014 Independent Spirit Awards Best Male Lead Nominated [92] Black Reel Awards Outstanding Actor Nominated [93] NAACP Image Award Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture Nominated [94] 2015 Golden Raspberry Awards Worst Screen Combo (shared with Kate Mara, Miles Teller, and Jamie Bell) Fantastic Four Nominated African-American Film Critics Association Breakout Performance Creed Won Boston Online Film Critics Association Best Actor Won Austin Film Critics Association Nominated [95] Las Vegas Film Critics Society Nominated Online Film Critics Society Best Actor Nominated NAACP Image Awards Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture Won Black Reel Awards Best Actor Won National Society of Film Critics Best Actor Won Empire Awards Best Actor Nominated [96] MTV Movie Awards Best Male Performance Nominated [97] 2016 Teen Choice Awards Choice Movie Actor: Drama Nominated 2018 Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Television Movie Fahrenheit 451 Nominated [98] Saturn Awards Best Supporting Actor Black Panther Nominated [99] MTV Movie & TV Awards Best Villain Won [100] BET Awards Best Actor Nominated [101] Chicago Film Critics Association Awards Best Supporting Actor Nominated [102] Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Best Supporting Actor Nominated [103] San Francisco Film Critics Circle Best Supporting Actor Won [104] Seattle Film Critics Society Nominated [105] Villain of the Year Won St. Louis Film Critics Association Best Supporting Actor Nominated [106] Teen Choice Awards Choice Villain Won [107] Toronto Film Critics Association Awards Best Supporting Actor Runner-up [108] Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards Best Supporting Actor Nominated [109] 2019 Alliance of Women Film Journalists Best Actor in a Supporting Role Nominated [110] Santa Barbara International Film Festival Cinema Vanguard Award Honored [111] Black Reel Awards Outstanding Supporting Actor Won [112] Critics' Choice Awards Best Supporting Actor Nominated [113] Austin Film Critics Association Best Supporting Actor Nominated [114] Houston Film Critics Society Nominated [115] London Film Critics' Circle Best Supporting Actor of the Year Nominated [116] Online Film Critics Society Best Supporting Actor Won [117] Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Won [118] NAACP Image Awards Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture Won [119] Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special Fahrenheit 451 Won [120] Producers Guild of America Awards Best Streamed or Televised Movie Won 2020 NAACP Image Awards Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture Just Mercy Won [120] 2022 Children's and Family Emmy Awards Outstanding Children's or Family Viewing Series Raising Dion Nominated [121] 2023 MTV Movie & TV Awards Best Performance in a Movie Creed III Nominated [122] 2024 Black Reel Awards Outstanding Director Won [123] Outstanding Lead Performance Won People's Choice Awards Drama Movie Star of the Year Won [124] Male Movie Star of the Year Won References [edit] Biography portal Film portal Television portal
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championship. “To tell the truth,” Jordan tells reporters in New Orleans afterward, “I didn’t see it go in. I didn’t want to […]	en	https://www.history.com/…e-touch-icon.png	HISTORY	https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/michael-jordan-winning-shots-ncaa-tournament-north-carolina	On March 29, 1982, 19-year-old North Carolina freshman Michael Jordan makes a 16-foot jump shot with 15 seconds left to give the Tar Heels a 63-62 win over Georgetown for the NCAA Tournament championship. "To tell the truth," Jordan tells reporters in New Orleans afterward, "I didn't see it go in. I didn't want to look." The winning shot cements Jordan in the national consciousness, and he goes on to become one of the greatest basketball players in history, winning six NBA titles with the Chicago Bulls. After Jordan's basket, Georgetown's Fred Brown quickly brought the ball up court. But his pass to a teammate instead went to North Carolina's James Worthy, clinching the win for North Carolina. "I knew it was bad as soon as I let it go," Brown told reporters. Even though only a freshman, Jordan showed the confidence that would be a trademark of his career. "I was thinking the game might come down to a last-second shot," he said. "I saw myself taking it and hitting it." Georgetown was led by 7-foot center Patrick Ewing, who led all scorers with 28 points, and coach John Thompson, one of the best college basketball coaches of all time. He and North Carolina coach Dean Smith, also among the sport's top coaches of all time, were fast friends. The two embraced after the game. The championship was North Carolina's first under Smith and first since it won its only previous title, in 1957. The Tar Heels finished the season with a 32-2 record. "We had the best basketball" team in the tournament, Smith told reporters. In the 1984 NBA draft, Jordan was selected by the Bulls with the third overall pick. The next year, Ewing was the No. 1 overall pick of the New York Knicks. As a Bull, Jordan would go torment Ewing and the Knicks, often blocking their road to an NBA championship.
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Belleville is between Ottawa and Toronto, along the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor. Its population as of the 2021 Canadian census was 55,071 (Census Metropolitan Area population 111,184). It is the seat of Hastings County, but politically independent of it, and is the centre of the Bay of Quinte Region. The settlement was first called Singleton's Creek after an early settler, George Singleton. Next it was called Meyer's Creek, after prominent settler and industrialist John Walden Meyers (1745–1821), one of the founders of Belleville. He built a sawmill and grist mill.[6][7] After an 1816 visit to the settlement by colonial administrator Sir Francis Gore and his wife, Lady Annabella Gore, it was renamed as Belleville in her honour.[8] Henry Corby, who arrived in 1832 with his new wife Alma Williams (they had married before immigrating), settled in Belleville. He was a merchant, setting up a grocery store and other businesses. He founded the H. Corby Distillery, and promoted the municipality. He also represented it in Parliament. Their son Henry Corby Jr. (Harry) took over the family business and continued to support the town: he donated funding to create the public library, helped develop the park at Massassaga Point, established the Corby Charitable Fund, helped raise funds to build the first bridge across the Bay of Quinte[9] and donated the land and development of Corby Park.[10] In 1836 Belleville became an incorporated village.[11] By 1846, it had a population of 2040. Several stone buildings were soon constructed, including a jail and court house, as well as some of the seven churches. Transportation to other communities was by stagecoach and, in summer, by steamboat along the lake. Two weekly newspapers were published. The post office received mail daily. Several court and government offices were located here. In addition to tradesmen, there was some small industry, three cloth factories, a paper mill, two grist mills, three tanneries and two breweries. The seventeen taverns outnumbered the churches and most businesses.[12] The oldest surviving residence within the original boundaries, 67 South Front Street, was built by Alexander Oliphant Petrie in 1814.[13] With the completion of the Grand Trunk Railway in 1856, Belleville became an important railway junction. Added to a booming trade in lumber and successful farming in the area, the railway helped increase the commercial and industrial growth. Belleville was incorporated as a town in 1850.[14] In 1858 the iron bridge was completed over the Moira River at Bridge Street; it was the first iron bridge in Hastings County. By 1865, the population reached 6,000.[11] Telephone service to 29 subscribers was in place by 1883; electricity became available in 1885 and in 1886, the town began to offer municipal water service. In 1870, Ontario's first school for the deaf was established in Belleville. Under Dr. Charles B. Coughlin, the school was recognized as making a significant contribution to special education. Originally called the Ontario Institution for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb, the facility was renamed as Ontario School for the Deaf. In 1974, it was renamed as the Sir James Whitney School.[15] Belleville's city hall operates in a building first constructed in 1873 to house the public market and administrative offices. It was designed in the High Victorian Gothic style and retains much of its original appearance.[16][17] In 1877, Belleville was legally incorporated as a city.[14] In 1998, the city was amalgamated with the surrounding Township of Thurlow to form an expanded City of Belleville as part of Ontario-wide municipal restructuring. The city also annexed portions of Quinte West to the west. Late-20th-century franchises founded here include the Dixie Lee Fried Chicken chain in 1964 and, in 1978, Journey's End Corporation's economy, limited-service hotel chain. Belleville is located at the mouth of the Moira River on the Bay of Quinte in southeastern Ontario between the cities of Quinte West to the west and Napanee to the east. These cities are connected by both Ontario's Highway 2 and the Macdonald-Cartier Freeway (Highway 401); The city is also served by Highway 37, running north–south from Belleville towards Tweed to the east of the Moira River; and Highway 62 (once Highway 14 south of 401), northwards towards Madoc, and southward to Prince Edward County over the Bay Bridge. Belleville is located in a transitional zone which may be considered part of either the Central Ontario or Eastern Ontario regions by different sources. Officially, Belleville is properly considered part of the Central Ontario region as it is located west of the St. Lawrence River's starting point, but the city is popularly considered part of Eastern Ontario as it shares the eastern region's area code 613 and K postal code. In addition to the Belleville city centre, the city of Belleville also comprises a number of villages and hamlets, including the following communities: Bayshore, Cannifton, Corbyville, Foxboro, Frink Centre, Gilead, Halloway, Honeywell Corners, Latta, Loyalist, Philipston, Plainfield, Pointe Anne, Roslin (partially), Thrasher's Corners, Thurlow, Thurlow South and Zion Hill. Belleville's climate has four distinct seasons. The city's traditional humid continental climate (Dfb)(hot summers, cold winters) is moderated by its location near Lake Ontario. The lake moderates temperature extremes, cooling hot summer days and warming cold days during the fall and winter.[18] Because of this, winter snowfall is somewhat limited due to the increased frequency of precipitation falling as rain during the winter months. In the summer months, severe thunderstorm activity is usually limited because of the non-favourable lake breeze conditions. The city, being located on the north shore of Lake Ontario, is also in an unfavourable location for lake effect snow. One notable exception, however, was in December 2010 when 14 cm of snow occurred in one day as a result of a snow band from Lake Ontario. The summer months do not typically experience exceedingly hot temperatures, however, humidity levels can make daytime highs uncomfortable. Summer rainfall is usually modest and delivered by passing thunderstorms or warm fronts. Remnants of tropical systems do pass through on occasion towards summer's end, resulting in one or two days of consistently wet weather. The winter season is highly variable, with the record setting winter of 2007–08 experiencing near 270 cm of snow. Four years later, the winter of 2011–12 experienced only 60 cm of snow. Winter temperatures are also highly variable, even in one season. Air masses change frequently, and while a few days may see above freezing temperatures at a time in January, the next week may bring cold and snowfall. Autumn is usually mild, with an increase in precipitation starting in late September as conditions for fall storms develop. The highest temperature ever recorded in Belleville was 104 °F (40.0 °C) on 9 July 1936.[19] The coldest temperature ever recorded was −39 °F (−39.4 °C) on 9 February 1934.[19] Historical populationYearPop.±%18412,040— 18514,593+125.1%18717,305+59.0%18819,516+30.3%18919,916+4.2%19019,117−8.1%19119,876+8.3%192112,206+23.6%193113,790+13.0%194115,498+12.4%195119,519+25.9%196130,655+57.1%197135,128+14.6%198134,881−0.7%199137,243[a]+6.8%199637,083[b]−0.4%200145,986+24.0%200648,821+6.2%201149,454+1.3%201650,716+2.6%202155,071+8.6%[21] The 1991 and 1996 populations are 44,858 and 45,069 respectively when adjusted to the 2001 boundaries. The 2001 population is 46,029 when adjusted to the 2006 boundaries. The 2021 Census by Statistics Canada found that Belleville had a population of 55,071 living in 23,536 of its 24,582 total private dwellings, a change of 8.6% from its 2016 population of 50,716. With a land area of 247.15 km2 (95.43 sq mi), it had a population density of 222.8/km2 (577.1/sq mi) in 2021.[22] At the census metropolitan area (CMA) level in the 2021 census, the Belleville - Quinte West CMA had a population of 111,184 living in 46,213 of its 48,274 total private dwellings, a change of 7.5% from its 2016 population of 103,401. With a land area of 1,337.5 km2 (516.4 sq mi), it had a population density of 83.1/km2 (215.3/sq mi) in 2021.[23] Belleville's population is mostly of European descent. The racial make up of Belleville is as of 2021 was 85.1% White, 5.6% Indigenous and 9.3% visible minorities.[24] The largest visible minority groups in Belleville are South Asian (3.9%), Black (1.3%), Filipino (0.9%) and Chinese (0.8%) . 89.7% of residents speak English as their mother tongue. Other common first languages are French (1.5%), Gujarati (0.7%), Punjabi (0.6%), Spanish (0.5%), and Chinese (0.5%). 1.1% list both English and a non-official language as mother tongues, while 0.4% list both English and French. As of 2021, 53.4% of residents were Christian, down from 67.1% in 2011.[25] 22.7% were Protestant, 19.8% Catholic, 6.0% Christians not otherwise specified, and 4.9% members of other Christian denominations or Christian-related traditions. 42.1% were non-religious or secular, up from 30.3% in 2011. The remaining 4.5% affiliated with another religion, up from 2.6% in 2011. The largest non-Christian religions were Hinduism (1.4%), Sikhism (1.0%) and Islam (0.8%). Ethnic and Cultural origins (2021)[24] Population Percent English 16,515 30.7% Irish 15,155 28.2% Scottish 12,005 22.3% Canadian 9,620 17.9% French n.o.s 5,610 10.4% German 5,220 9.7% Dutch 3,180 5.9% Caucasian (White) n.o.s+ European n.o.s 2,370 4.4% British Isles n.o.s 2,225 4.1% Italian 1,920 3.6% First Nations (North American Indian) n.o.s.+ North American Indigenous, n.o.s. 1,595 3.0% Indian (India) 1,430 2.7% Welsh 1,265 2.4% Polish 1,255 2.3% Note: a person may report more than one ethnic origin. Some corporations operating in Belleville include the following: Procter & Gamble Kellogg's Bardon Supplies Limited, Redpath, W.T. Hawkins Ltd[26] Sigma Stretch Film Canada, Autosystems Manufacturing (Magna International), Amer Sports Canada, Avaya (formerly Nortel) Many other manufacturing sector companies operate within the City of Belleville, including Bioniche Life Sciences, Sprague Foods, Airborne Systems Canada Ltd, Berry Plastics Canada, CPK Interior Products, Hanon (formerly Halla) Climate Control Canada, Reid's Dairy, Parmalat Canada – Black Diamond Cheese Division and Norampac Inc. Belleville is home to two shopping malls: The Bay View Mall in east-end Belleville and the Quinte Mall along Bell Boulevard (south of Highway 401) in North Belleville. In January 2017 a Shorelines Casino opened on Bell Boulevard. Pinnacle Playhouse The Empire Theatre Moonpath Productions Quinte Ballet School of Canada January Civic Levee February Downtown Docfest March Quinte Sportsman Boat & RV Show May Quinte Trash Bash 5k Fun Run Front Street Farmers Market June Berrylicious Rockfest Quinte Ballet School of Canada Spring Showcase July Belleville's Canada D'Eh Waterfront and Ethnic Festival Belleville Poutine Feast Quinte Ballet School of Canada Summer Dance Intensive Belleville Jazz Festival August Quinte Ribfest Dragon Boat Festival September Quinte Fall Fair and Exhibition Porchfest Belleville November Belleville Festival of Trees Belleville Nighttime Santa Claus Parade Christmas at the Pier December Quinte Ballet School of Canada performs Holiday Dance - experts from "The Nutcracker" Christmas at the Pier The Belleville Senators play in the American Hockey League (AHL) and began play in the 2017–18 season as the top minor league affiliate of the National Hockey League's Ottawa Senators.[27] They play at the CAA Arena, formally Yardmen Arena, located on 265 Cannifton Road. Belleville Bulls played in the Ontario Hockey League from 1981 to 2015. The team was then sold and relocated to Hamilton, Ontario. Belleville was also previously home to two senior hockey teams, the Belleville Macs and the Belleville McFarlands. Belleville is also home the Bay of Quinte Yacht Club, which challenged for the America's Cup in 1881. Belleville also sports minor hockey league teams such as the Belleville Bearcats (female) and the Belleville Jr. Bulls (male). The Belleville McFarlands were a men's senior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey Association Senior division from 1956 to 1961. The McFarlands were Allan Cup champions in 1958, defeating the Kelowna Packers four games to three, and the World Championship in 1959. The team name was revived by a later team in the Eastern Ontario Senior Hockey League from 2003 to 2006, known as the Belleville Macs. Shannonville Motorsport Park has hosted rounds of the Canadian Touring Car Championship, the Canadian Superbike Championship and the CASC Ontario Region championships. Local government is represented by Belleville City Council with a mayor and eight councillors. There are two city wards with Ward 1 (Belleville) represented by six councillors and Ward 2 (Thurlow) by two councillors. Ward 1 consists of the historic city and Ward 2 was created in 1998 with the amalgamation of Township of Thurlow. City Council sits at Belleville City Hall. The city has had its own police force since 1834, and constables since 1790.[28] The force has about 100 sworn members headed by a Chief of Police and a Deputy Chief. The service is stationed out of one location only. Policing on provincial highways (37, 62 and 401) are provided by the Ontario Provincial Police from the Centre Hastings detachment. Belleville is serviced by the 401 highway system, and bus service to and from Toronto Pearson International Airport is provided by Megabus. Deseronto Transit provides public transportation services to destinations including Deseronto, Napanee, and Prince Edward County.[29] Belleville is located on the Toronto-Montreal main rail lines for both Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway; both companies provide freight access. VIA Rail also operates five daily passenger services each way along its Quebec City–Windsor Corridor. Highway 62 Highway 37/Cannifton Road Parkway Highway 2/Dundas Street. Bell Boulevard/Adam Street College Street/Airport Parkway Belleville General Hospital is located near Highway 2 and is Belleville's main healthcare facility. The hospital is one of the four hospitals in the region under Quinte Health Care. The corporate headquarters of Quinte Health Care is located in the Belleville location.[30] The Academy of Learning College is a local college located on the east end of Belleville. Loyalist College is a local public community college located on the border of Belleville and Quinte West on Wallbridge Loyalist Road. The public school system is served by the Hastings & Prince Edward District School Board. The Catholic School system is served by the Algonquin and Lakeshore Catholic District School Board. Secondary schools: Centennial Secondary School Eastside Secondary School Bayside Secondary School (Quinte West) Elementary schools: Susanna Moodie Elementary School Parkdale Public Elementary School Queen Elizabeth Elementary School Prince of Wales Elementary School Harry J. Clarke Elementary School (Offers French immersion) Queen Victoria Elementary School Sir John A Macdonald School Prince Charles Elementary School Foxboro Public School Bayside Elementary School] (Offers French immersion} Harmony Public School The following are Belleville area schools managed by the Algonquin and Lakeshore Catholic District School Board. Secondary schools: Nicholson Catholic College St. Theresa Catholic Secondary School Elementary schools: Our Lady of Fatima Catholic School St Michael's Catholic School (French immersion) St Joseph's Catholic School Georges Vanier Catholic School Holy Rosary Catholic School Saint Maracle Catholic School Sir James Whitney School for the Deaf Sagonaska School Albert College (independent school for Pre-Kindergarten to Grade 12) Academy of Learning College Quinte Ballet School of Canada Quinte Christian High School Belleville Christian School Belleville Montessori School Belleville Intelligencer (Tuesday thru Saturday) Community Press (Every Thursday) Frequency Call sign Branding Format Owner Notes AM 800 CJBQ CJBQ 800 Full service Quinte Broadcasting FM 90.3 CBO-FM-1 CBC Radio One Talk radio, public radio Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Rebroadcaster of CBO-FM (Ottawa) [31] FM 91.3 CJLX-FM 91X Campus radio Loyalist College FM 94.3 CJBC-1-FM Ici Radio-Canada Première Talk radio, public radio Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Rebroadcaster of CJBC (Toronto) FM 95.5 CJOJ-FM 95.5 Hits FM Adult hits Starboard Communications FM 97.1 CIGL-FM Mix 97 Hot adult contemporary Quinte Broadcasting FM 100.1 CHCQ-FM Cool 100.1 Country music Starboard Communications FM 102.3 CKJJ-FM UCB Radio Christian radio United Christian Broadcasters Canada FM 107.1 CJTN-FM Rock 107 Classic rock Quinte Broadcasting OTA virtual channel (PSIP) OTA actual channel Call sign Network Notes 22.1 22 (UHF) CICO-DT-53 TVOntario Rebroadcaster of CICA-DT (Toronto) OTA virtual channel (PSIP) OTA actual channel Call sign Network Notes 4 & 700 4 (Cable TV only) YourTV Quinte YourTV Part of Cogeco Community TV Quinte News QNet News InQuinte.ca The City of Belleville has three sister city arrangements with communities outside of Canada which include:[32] Lahr, Baden-Württemberg, Germany – established in 1971 Gunpo, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea – established in 1996 Zhucheng, Shandong, People's Republic of China – established in 1996 Belleville Cemetery Belleville Transit Foxboro
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Watch trailers & learn more.	en	https://assets.nflxext.com/us/ffe/siteui/common/icons/nficon2023.ico		https://www.netflix.com/de-en/title/80203144	1. Episode I 52m Flashbacks chronicle Michael Jordan's college and early NBA days. The Bulls make a preseason trip to Paris amid tension with GM Jerry Krause. 2. Episode II 51m Scottie Pippen rises from obscurity to become one of the NBA's best players. An injury early in Michael's career sows distrust with Bulls management. 3. Episode III 50m Dennis Rodman's attitude and energy help the team win, but bring the drama off the court. The Bulls struggle to overcome the Pistons in the late '80s. 4. Episode IV 52m Phil Jackson's unique philosophy and demeanor take the Bulls to the next level. The team finally gets past Detroit and earns a shot at an NBA title. 5. Episode V 52m From Air Jordan and "Be Like Mike" to the '92 NBA Finals and the Olympic Dream Team, Michael becomes a global cultural icon unlike any other. 6. Episode VI 51m A revealing book and scrutiny of his gambling put a dent in Michael's reputation, but he remains focused on winning a third straight title in 1993. 7. Episode VII 52m Crushed by the death of his father, a mentally exhausted Michael retires in 1993 — to play baseball. The Bulls move on with Scottie in the lead role. 8. Episode VIII 51m Michael's return energizes the Bulls, the city and the NBA, but a playoff loss in 1995 fuels him to work harder than ever to get back on top. 9. Episode IX 51m The Bulls face stiff challenges to their reign in 1997 against Utah and in 1998 versus Indiana. Role player Steve Kerr makes his mark on the dynasty.
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