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The untimely death of his father in 1993 had a tremendous impact on Michael Jordan’s life. So much so, that it was actually one of the driving forces that pushed him to retire for the first time. This was one of the main talking points from Sunday’s episodes of “The Last Dance.” As it turns […]

Michael Jordan shot the action-animated classic “Space Jam” in the summer of 1995, and at that time, the Chicago Bulls legend wanted to make sure that he would still be able to keep in shape despite the demanding schedule of shooting a full-length feature film. To address this concern, Jordan asked the movie’s producers for […]

When Michael Jordan first retired on 1993, Scottie Pippen was left to lead a Chicago Bulls team fresh off an NBA title three-peat. And lead he did, helping solidify a 55-27 record and a third seed in the East. However, on the semi-finals’ game three against the New York Knicks, Pippen would make one of […]

Michael Jordan’s first retirement was one of the main subjects of Sunday’s episodes of “The Last Dance.” After leaving the game in 1993, the Chicago Bulls were left with a gargantuan void to fill, and to his credit, Scottie Pippen did everything he could to step in as the team’s new leader. Pippen opened up […]

Episode 7 of “The Last Dance” featured Michael Jordan in perhaps the most vulnerable state he has been throughout the series. The Chicago Bulls legend fought back the tears as he talked about his leadership style and how it affected his relationship with his teammates. Jordan’s extreme competitiveness has been one of the focal points […]

Throughout the past eight episodes of “The Last Dance,” we were all given a deeper understanding of just how extremely competitive Michael Jordan is. This fire ultimately translated to how MJ treated his teammates with the Chicago Bulls, with the six-time NBA champ setting such a high level of expectation on each and every one […]

In the 1996 NBA Finals, Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls faced off against the Seattle SuperSonics. In Sunday’s episodes of “The Last Dance,” it was revealed that Jordan actually had a little bit more invested in this series from an emotional standpoint. As a matter of fact, MJ was taking this series personally after […]

One of the highlights Episode 8 of “The Last Dance” is the 1996 NBA Finals between the Chicago Bulls and the Seattle SuperSonics. Gary Payton had been crowned Defensive Player of the Year and was tasked to guard Michael Jordan after being down 3-0. According to Payton, he succeeded he guarding his Airness but they […]

The latest episodes of hit docu-series The Last Dance tackled what may arguably be the most shocking decision made by a player who was the best at his game. At the age of 30, then three-time NBA champion Michael Jordan announced his retirement, just months after achieving a rare three-peat with the Chicago Bulls. Much […]

We were once again treated with what has recently become one of the highlights of our week on Sunday night, as ESPN and Netflix aired episodes 7 and 8 of “The Last Dance” focusing on Michael Jordan and the final season of the Chicago Bulls dynasty. As usual, even the biggest NBA stars were one […]

Chicago Bulls legend Michael Jordan’s father was tragically murdered in June of 1993. It was a very traumatic experience for His Airness, who shockingly retired from the NBA before the 1993-94 season to play baseball. On the latest installment of The Last Dance ESPN docu-series, Mike says the last conversation he and his dad had was […]

Michael Jordan admits there was a time when his father threatened to not let him play sports again. In the latest episode of The Last Dance, His Airness revealed that he was getting suspended too much when he was young and his father wasn’t happy about it. With that said, James R. Jordan decided to […]

When Michael Jordan retired for the first time in 1993, he had a heartbreaking statement about his father seeing his last basketball game ever. At the time, Jordan was done with basketball after winning three straight titles with the Chicago Bulls. In The Last Dance, the emotional quote Jordan had about his late father was revisited: […]

Michael Jordan retired from the NBA for the first time after winning his third straight title in 1993 with the Chicago Bulls. It was a rather surprising move considering he was only 29 and considered the best basketball player in the world. However, as Jordan revealed in The Last Dance, he was never fully committed to […]

Chicago Bulls icon Michael Jordan shocked the world when he retired from the NBA after winning his third straight title in 1993. However, it could have happened in 1992 if it wasn’t for Magic Johnson and Larry Bird. In the latest installment of the thrilling The Last Dance docu-series, it was revealed that Jordan told […]

Before the 1995-96 season started, Chicago Bulls superstar Scottie Pippen had a feeling the team was about to do something special. Jud Buechler, who was part of the second three-peat in Chicago, revealed on The Last Dance that as soon as Pippen saw the 1995-96 schedule, he knew the Bulls were going to destroy the league. […]

Apart from being former teammates with Michael Jordan, Steve Kerr can proudly say that he once traded fists with the Chicago Bulls icon. The infamous story of how the deadshot point guard never backed down to from a physical altercation with the GOAT showed just how intense those ’90s Bulls practices get. In the latest episode […]

Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls began the 1998 playoffs with a first-round matchup against the New Jersey Nets. The team was the No. 1 seed in the East, while the New Jersey squad was the eighth seed. Most pundits expected Jordan and Chicago to coast to a three-game sweep, and so did MJ. Before […]

Michael Jordan is one of the few players who own a perfect winning record in the Finals, with the Chicago Bulls legend winning all six of his trips. However, more than a few folks may have forgotten that Jordan and the Bulls actually failed to make the Finals in 1995, losing out to the Orlando […]

Every Michael Jordan memorabilia is selling like hotcakes at the moment due to the popularity of ESPN’s 10-part docu-series The Last Dance. Now, per Darren Rovell of ESPN, a $15,000 signed wire from Jordan to the Trump Casino Indiana has gone to the auction block on Sunday, around the same time Episodes 7 and 8 […]

ESPN’s The Last Dance docu-series has painted a clear picture of both the good and bad sides of Michael Jordan’s highly competitive nature. His former Chicago Bulls teammate Toni Kukoc had witnessed MJ’s fiery attitude, particularly behind closed doors during team practices. As seen in the latest episode of The Last Dance, the retired Croatian […]

Chicago Bulls owner Jerry Reinsdorf revealed in the latest installment of The Last Dance that he still paid Michael Jordan his NBA contract in 1993-94 because MJ was underpaid. Despite being the best basketball player in the world pretty much his entire NBA career, Jordan didn’t make the money people thought he should have been […]

One of the most controversial parts of the most recent episode of The Last Dance centered around Scottie Pippen and his incredulous decision to quit on the Chicago Bulls during the 1994 NBA Playoffs. As detailed in the documentary, Pippen simply refused to enter the game in the dying seconds of Game 3 of the […]

To this very day, critics continue to questions Michael Jordan’s decision to give up one year of his prime during his hiatus, opting to pursue a rather short-lived career in baseball during the 1993-94 season. There are some who believe that the Chicago Bulls could have kept on winning the championship — and perhaps even […]

Former Chicago Bulls center Will Perdue wasn’t always fond of how hard Michael Jordan was to him and his teammates. However, upon looking at the bigger picture, the 7-foot-1 retired slotman believes Jordan’s tough love was necessary to propel the Bulls to greatness during their first three-peat from 1991-93. In the latest episode of The […]

Michael Jordan shockingly retired from the NBA after the Chicago Bulls defeated the Phoenix Suns in the 1993 Finals for the team’s third straight championship. Everyone in Chicago was stunned since MJ was the best basketball player in the world and coming off three consecutive rings. In the latest episode of The Last Dance, Jordan […]

At the height of his powers, Chicago Bulls legend Michael Jordan retired from the NBA after the 1993 Finals to play baseball. MJ made the switch to baseball as a way to honor his father, who was tragically murdered in June of the same year. Jordan played baseball as a kid but his chances of […]

Michael Jordan retired twice in his NBA career. The Chicago Bulls legend hung up his cleats for the first time in 1993 and for a second time in January of 1999. However, in 2001, the Hall of Famer came back and played two seasons for the Washington Wizards before hanging it up for good. During […]

Michael Jordan will forever be celebrated for the remarkable feats he achieved during his legendary career. However, his greatness was often accompanied by several controversies, perhaps none bigger than the connection between his supposed gambling problem and the murder of his father, James Jordan Sr. in 1993. Long-time sports journalist Andrea Kremer delved into this […]

When Chicago Bulls legend Michael Jordan shockingly retired from the NBA in 1993, there were rumors that the NBA had forced him to because of his gambling issues. However, according to Jordan himself, that wasn’t true in the slightest bit. “I didn’t retire because someone kicked me out or they suspended me for a year […]

Michael Jordan is synonymous with the number 23. He’s made it one of the most popular two-digit numbers in all of sports, not just basketball. It seems like every time we see an athlete now wear the number 23, more often than not, it’s probably because of Jordan’s stamp and inspiration to his/her career and […]

For 22 games during the 1995 NBA season, Chicago Bulls legend Michael Jordan wore a different number. Hoops fans around the globe knew him as 23, but for a short while, he was 45. In a move that shook the sporting world, Jordan announced that he would be retiring before the 1993-94 NBA season to […]

The Chicago Bulls were undoubtedly the team of the 1990s and established themselves as one of the greatest teams in NBA history. Through that decade, they won six NBA championships, split by two three-peats, led by the iconic duo of Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen. What’s more impressive about their title wins is that they never […]

Michael Jordan’s mom, Deloris Jordan, is a standout presence in ESPN’s “The Last Dance” docuseries. Beyond miraculously defying the aging process, she touchingly read a letter from her son from college about affording the phone bill and postage stamps. Jordan teased the moment on “Good Morning America” in April: “My mom, she kept all my […]

Michael Jordan denied having a gambling problem in 1993, instead calling it a “competition problem.” Either way, from quarters with security guards to rock-paper-scissors to high-stakes golfing, His Airness clearly enjoys a good wager. All of this, in a minute, will lead us to the NBA conspiracy theory to end them all, as it is […]

After a glorious three-peat with the Chicago Bulls, Michael Jordan decided to call it a career in the summer of 1993 after the murder of his father. There is still no denying that Jordan’s announcement to retire from the game — at the peak of his career — shocked the entire basketball world and beyond. […]

Boston Celtics legend Kevin McHale has chimed in on the whole issue surrounding Michael Jordan’s Chicago Bulls and their beef with the Detroit Pistons’ “Bad Boys” from the late-1980’s/early-1990’s. ESPN’s acclaimed series “The Last Dance” delved into how Jordan and the Bulls formed an apparent dislike towards the Pistons, who were one of their biggest […]

Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey has some very strong feelings about the mega-hit docu-series The Last Dance. Recently, the 47-year-old team executive shared how uninterested he is in watching the show. As a matter of fact, Morey even went as far as saying that in a life-or-death situation, he would rather choose death instead […]

When Chicago Bulls legend Michael Jordan made his return to the NBA in 1995 following a year in baseball, he opted to wear the No. 45 as opposed to his accustomed No. 23 shirt. The Hall of Famer ended up ditching the number the following season, but still, the No. 45 still holds a historic […]