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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 […]

It’s not an unusual phenomenon for players from the same team to fight. Disagreements between the closest of teammates are inevitable and it happens across all major sports around the world. Then again, not every disagreement rises to the level of Michael Jordan giving Steve Kerr the five-knuckle-shuffle back in the Chicago Bulls heyday. But […]

NBA personality Michael Wilbon, a former journalist for The Washington Post who holds close ties with Chicago Bulls legend Michael Jordan, has been one of the more prominent figures that has made several appearances thus far in ESPN’s hit series “The Last Dance.” Himself being a confidant of Jordan, Wilbon recently opened up about what […]

The Last Dance documentary series captivated a basketball loving world right when it needed it most, forcing tremendous Michael Jordan and Chicago Bulls content down our throat when everyone needed a distraction. The doc–which was originally scheduled to air in June in conjunction with the NBA Finals–provided fans with some much-needed program amid the coronavirus […]

One of the biggest talking points of the upcoming episodes of ESPN’s The Last Dance is the fight that went down between former Chicago Bulls teammates Michael Jordan and Steve Kerr one time in practice. Both men will relay their own sides of the story in the episodes that air Sunday, and it is certainly […]

Former Chicago Bulls bad boy Dennis Rodman has added more fuel to the flame that is the Michael Jordan vs. LeBron James debate. This has been one of the hottest topics of late, with ESPN’s mega-hit docu-series “The Last Dance” pretty much dominating all basketball talk these days. According to Dennis Rodman, however, it would […]

It is no secret that Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James considers Michael Jordan as his favorite player ever. As a matter of fact, James even admitted that he nearly teared up while watching the first few episodes of The Last Dance documentary. Recently though, LeBron took to his Instagram account to declare his second […]

Frank Thomas was one of the best players in Chicago White Sox history. Michael Jordan was not. However, while Jordan’s skills on the baseball diamond didn’t quite match up to his greatness on the basketball court, there’s no denying that the Chicago Bulls legend had the physical tools of an elite athlete. Jordan reportedly turned […]

One of the more contentious topics coming out of the most recent episode of the mega-hit docu-series “The Last Dance” was the omission of Detroit Pistons guard Isiah Thomas from the famed 1992 “Dream Team.” It was detailed how nearly all the players on the squad did not want Thomas on board, and how Michael […]

Former Chicago Bulls forward Horace Grant has played a relatively big role in ESPN’s hit docu-series “The Last Dance” covering the end of the Bulls dynasty and Michael Jordan. In episode 6, the narrative centered around how Grant allegedly served as the team snitch, feeding information to writer Sam Smith, who was the author of […]

One of Michael Jordan’s most iconic moments was his epic game-winner against the Cleveland Cavaliers back in the 1989 playoffs. This was featured in a recent episode of “The Last Dance,” and we were all reminded of how tremendous Jordan was for the Chicago Bulls during that game. On the other hand, this moment was […]

After signing with the Charlotte Hornets, former Chicago Bulls guard BJ Armstrong faced his old team in 1998, on what would be Michael Jordan’s last dance in the playoffs. ESPN and Jordan told the story on Sunday’s new episodes of The Last Dance docuseries. Armstrong ended up delivering in a win, scoring eight points at […]

Sports memorabilia going up for auction isn’t a new occurrence. The amount people are willing to spend, however, is always astonishing. This time, a one-of-a-kind Michael Jordan Chicago Bulls jersey hit the auction block. The uni is expected to sell for over a quarter of a million dollars. According to TMZ, Michael Jordan wore the […]

Michael Jordan and Danny Ainge were golf buddies back in the day. The two may have been able to golf together more if the Chicago Bulls got their way in the summer of 1990. Legendary Bulls writer Sam Smith’s “The Jordan Rules” book is a trending topic again after it was discussed in last weekend’s […]

Michael Jordan and Mike Tyson are two of the best athletes of all time in their respective sports. The two legends are also notoriously fierce competitors and are not people you’d want to cross. Well, according to Tyson’s former manager Rory Holloway, the two had an altercation in 1988 that nearly ended up in a […]

Most NBA fans remember Chicago Bulls legend Michael Jordan as a fierce competitor on the court. Often times, though, his aggressive nature carried over into practice sessions. In fact, the six-time champion once punched Steve Kerr right in the face during a workout, and Kerr wasn’t the only teammate to get punched. Though he led […]

Former NBA superstar Shaquille O’Neal was the latest to dish on the G.O.A.T. debate, appearing as a guest on ESPN’s Get Up to give a surprising pick for the greatest player of all time. O’Neal has been known to think of himself as the most dominant player of his era, he’s said so himself multiple […]

“The Last Dance” docuseries provides a fresh insight into the Chicago Bulls’ dynasty, as Michael Jordan was an open a book for his interviews, perhaps in ways he has never been. Yet there are a few things he still wants to remain private, like his house in Jupiter, Florida. Jordan actually refused to do his […]

Episode 5 of ESPN’s hit docu-series “The Last Dance” led with a feature on the late, great Kobe Bryant. The narrative featured around how a 19-year-old Kobe tried to take on Michael Jordan in the 1998 All-Star Game. NBA legend Jason Kidd was part of that epic contest, and he told the story of how […]

With less than 20 seconds left in Game 1 of the 1995 Eastern Conference Finals, Nick Anderson put on his best defensive stance against Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls, who was in his comeback year. In one of the most iconic plays in franchise history, Anderson poked the ball away from Jordan, preventing the […]

Chicago Bulls legend Michael Jordan scored 21 points while shooting 7-of-23 from the field back on March 24, 1995 against the Orlando Magic. It was Jordan’s first game at the United Center during his comeback tour. The Magic wound up defeating Jordan and the Bulls by a final score of 106-99. Orlando star point guard […]