Michael Jordan, was one of the best known athletes in the world, he was a leading scorer in the National Basketball Association, and led the Chicago Bulls to many NBA championships. He is, by far, and will be for a time to come, the best basketball player in the history of the game.
Jordan was born in Brooklyn, New York, and raised in Wilmington, North Carolina. Cut from his high school varsity team as a sophomore, Michael Jordan rebounded from the setback to become the greatest basketball player the world has ever seen. He accepted a basketball scholarship from the University of North Carolina and was an instant star, sinking a last-minute, game-winning shot as a freshman in the 1982 N.C.A.A. championship game against the Hoyas of
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