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The Last Dance docuseries about Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls has been nominated for three Emmy Awards. Per ESPN PR, The Last Dance has been nominated for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series, Outstanding Picture Editing for a Nonfiction Program and Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program. Congratulations to ESPN’s #TheLastDance on being nominated for […]

Chicago Bulls writer Sam Smith, who wrote “The Jordan Rules,” believes the relationship between Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen may be fractured. Pippen was reportedly upset with how he was portrayed in “The Last Dance” documentary. Smith, who was interviewed for the Bulls docuseries, says Pippen could be mad at Jordan after MJ said Scottie […]

The unprecedented success of “The Last Dance” is undeniable. Nevertheless, it just isn’t everyone’s cup of tea. Los Angeles Lakers legend Shaquille O’Neal, who himself has no problem with the documentary itself, recently explained why he would not subject himself to a similar process. O’Neal has a very compelling reason, and unsurprisingly, it all boils […]

While ESPN’s “The Last Dance” captivated basketball audiences around the world during the NBA’s hiatus, the series also has some conspicuous absences. The 10 episodes of “The Last Dance” provide insight into Michael Jordan’s rise to the top of the NBA, as well as the inner machinations of the Chicago Bulls. Director Jason Hehir also […]

Blake Griffin revealed his passion for Michael Jordan stories, as the Detroit Pistons star admitted that the popular ESPN docuseries “The Last Dance” saved him from boredom during the long quarantine. Griffin, who signed a deal with Jordan Brand as a rookie, admitted watching the series was “basketball porn,” but noted Jordan still owes him […]

Chicago Bulls legend Scottie Pippen won #ThrowbackThursday well before many people were out of bed. The longtime Bulls forward celebrated the popular hashtag with a picture of himself holding onto Michael Jordan, one made memorable during “The Flu Game,” which took place 23 years ago during Game 5 of the 1997 NBA Finals against the […]

“The Last Dance” cemented Michael Jordan’s legacy as the GOAT in the eyes of many. As it turns out, Jordan is also using the docuseries as a tool to motivate his players with the Charlotte Hornets. Throughout the series, Jordan’s elite competitiveness was on full display. More often than not, this expressed itself in MJ […]

Portland Trail Blazers legend Clyde Drexler is one of the many players featured in “The Last Dance” docuseries as one of Michael Jordan’s rivals. As it turns out, however, Drexler has yet to see a single episode of the groundbreaking series. According to Drexler, his hesitation to watch “The Last Dance” stems from being on […]

The Last Dance provided some insight into how Michael Jordan’s effort to rebuild his body after three consecutive physical playoff defeats to the Detroit Pistons’ “Bad Boys” and their proudly physical “Jordan Rules.” “I was getting brutally beaten up,” Jordan said in the fourth episode. “I wanted to administer pain. I wanted to start fighting […]

Hall of Famer Clyde Drexler is depicted as one of the archrivals of fellow NBA legend Michael Jordan in the final few episodes of “The Last Dance.” In the docuseries, Jordan says he was “offended” when the media compared him to Drexler, and the latter has just clapped back at Jordan with his own response. […]

“The Last Dance” documentary tickled the fancy of many sports fans and writers over the course of a month. The documentary put the spotlight on Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls’ reign over the NBA in the 1990s, while also keying in on the former’s competitive drive. Naturally, this has sparked debate on social media […]

ESPN and Netflix’s “The Last Dance” docuseries had its fair share of intense moments throughout the 10-part series. However, there’s no denying that the fight between Michael Jordan and Steve Kerr during practice stands out as one of the more memorable bits of the show. As it turns out, that infamous incident more than two […]

One of the most emotional bits of ESPN’s recently-concluded hit docuseries “The Last Dance” featured former Chicago Bulls guard and current Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr and the story behind the murder of his father. In the series, Kerr narrated how his father was killed in Beirut, Lebanon as part of a political […]

Chris Mullin played alongside Michael Jordan on the 1992 Dream Team and competed against His Airness throughout his Hall of Fame career with the Golden State Warriors and Indiana Pacers. And like everybody in the basketball world, Mullin recently watched “The Last Dance” docuseries on ESPN, and he came away with some renewed appreciation for […]

It’s no secret that Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant modeled his game after Michael Jordan — down to every pump fake, pivot, and fade-away. According to one former teammate of Bryant’s, the comparisons apply off the court, too. On Wireside Chat with Houston Rockets broadcaster Craig Ackerman, seven-time champion Robert Horry said The Last […]

Since “The Last Dance” wrapped up, some former NBA players pushed back on some aspects of the docu-series — including the validity of certain details, some of Michael Jordan’s comments, and the general portrayal of non-Jordan figures. Horace Grant flatly denied being Sam Smith’s main locker room source for “The Jordan Rules.” Meanwhile, Craig Hodges […]

The long-simmering beef between Michael Jordan and Isiah Thomas has gotten a renewed spotlight in the weeks since “The Last Dance” premiered on ESPN, with the Chicago Bulls legend reminding NBA fans that he still holds a grudge against the Detroit Pistons Hall of Famer. Thomas has been defending his record and responding to Jordan’s […]

Chicago Bulls legend Michael Jordan and Miami Heat president Pat Riley share mutual respect towards each other despite their heated battles in the 1990s. Riley showed up a number of times throughout the recently concluded “The Last Dance” documentary, which focused on the Bulls’ 1997-98 season. However, according to the documentary’s director, Jason Hehir, a […]

Aside from giving fans an in-depth look at Michael Jordan and the ’90s Chicago Bulls’ unparalleled greatness, ESPN’s 10-part docuseries “The Last Dance” also inadvertently gave the internet more meme-worthy moments from His Airness. However, according to Michael Jordan’s 27-year-old daughter Jasmine, her father hasn’t really paid much attention to the avalanche of fresh memes […]

Retired NBA shooting guard Craig Ehlo spent 15 years playing professional, but his career highlight was on the wrong side of a great moment for Hall of Fame Chicago Bulls guard Michael Jordan. Jordan hit “The Shot” (one of many “Shots” in his distinguished career) over Ehlo to sink the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 5 […]

Dallas Mavericks champion head coach Rick Carlisle caught an unnecessary stray shot from the folks at ESPN’s “The Last Dance” docu-series. In the documentary, he had an unflattering cameo appearance as a reserve player for the 1980s Boston Celtics who got his butt kicked by Chicago Bulls star Michael Jordan in a particular sequence in […]

The airing of “Game 6: The Movie,” a high-definition rendering of the classic Game 6 of the 1998 NBA Finals between the Chicago Bulls and the Utah Jazz, has uncovered many details from the past. Among them is this photograph by veteran NBA shooter Fernando Medina, who captured a kid predicting Michael Jordan’s shot going […]

We all know the drama behind an NBA story goes beyond the 94-foot hardcourt. This is why The Last Dance has given us such an eye-opening perspective on what really goes on behind the scenes of a team’s championship run. In the 10-part series, we saw how Michael Jordan dramatically lead his Chicago Bulls to […]

Michael Jordan took some pot shots at former Chicago Bulls teammate Horace Grant during the run of ESPN’s “The Last Dance” docuseries. Jordan suggested it was Grant who leaked information to sports writer Sam Smith, and that Grant’s jealousy contributed to Smith’s book, The Jordan Rules.  Smith made more headlines earlier this month, when he claimed […]

Memphis Grizzlies first-year point guard Ja Morant is in line to win Rookie of the Year no matter what happens with the remainder of this NBA season. The Grizzlies phenom is obviously nowhere close to Chicago Bulls Hall of Fame shooting guard Michael Jordan’s greatness, though, and ESPN’s recent 10-part docuseries airing of “The Last […]

Horace Grant continued to demolish the popular docuseries “The Last Dance,” this time taking umbrage on the depiction of his former teammate Scottie Pippen. Pippen was criticized for his tenuous contract dispute with Chicago Bulls management, his decision to stall a back injury in the summer, and sitting out during the last play of a […]

Houston Rockets guard James Harden has been staying ready for a potential resumption of the NBA season, while also indulging on “The Last Dance,” though he has yet to finish the ESPN 10-part docuseries. The Rockets star admitted he is only halfway through the series and is hoping to digest and dissect every bit of […]

The Michael Jordan/Chicago Bulls docu-series “The Last Dance” has prompted several old feuds Jordan had in his past to resurface. Perhaps none more intriguing than that of MJ’s bitter rivalry against Isiah Thomas of the Detroit Pistons. Thomas has opened up again about his rather unsavory relationship with Jordan, and this time around, the Pistons […]

As initially expected, the recently-concluded “The Last Dance” docuseries has garnered some mixed reactions following its conclusion last Sunday. This includes some not-so-positive feedback from no less than a couple of Michael Jordan’s former teammates with the Chicago Bulls in Scottie Pippen and Horace Grant. For his part, former Bulls bad boy Dennis Rodman isn’t […]

The hit docuseries The Last Dance concluded last Sunday night, punctuated by the Chicago Bulls capping off their three-peat in 1998 with a win over the Utah Jazz. As the team celebrated backstage, a familiar face to 90s pro-wrestling fans made a brief cameo as Extreme Championship Wrestling star The Sandman can be seen giving […]

The “Last Dance” docuseries on Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls was legendary for a lot of reasons. Sports fans mostly enjoyed it, though, because of the memes it gave NBA Twitter users to use during the sports hiatus. Michael Jordan first became a meme after his Hall of Fame speech in 2009. He was […]

Another funky wrinkle has surfaced in the wake of the last two episodes of “The Last Dance,” in which Michael Jordan claims “The Flu Game” was actually caused by food poisoning from eating an entire pizza before Game 5 of the 1997 NBA Finals. A Utah resident by the name of Otto told “The Rich […]

In even more The Last Dance docuseries fallout, Jerry Reinsdorf doubled down as to why the Michael Jordan-led 1997-98 Chicago Bulls couldn’t have won a seventh title had they stayed together another season. The owner/chairman explained why at length during a recent interview with Darnell Mayberry of The Athletic. “We were fortunate to beat Indiana. […]

During the popular ESPN docuseries “The Last Dance,” Chicago Bulls chairman Jerry Reinsdorf has been unilaterally supportive of his former general manager Jerry Krause. In a recent interview with Darnell Mayberry of The Athletic, he revealed the lone flaw of the architect that helped build six championship teams in eight years for the franchise. Scottie […]

Chicago Bulls chairman Jerry Reinsdorf is mostly pleased with how ESPN’s 10-part docuseries The Last Dance portrays Michael Jordan and the Bulls of the ’90s throughout the highly acclaimed series. Yet Reinsdorf does have a bone to pick with the ending of The Last Dance, when Jordan suggests the Bulls should have run it back […]

The stories about Michael Jordan pushing his teammates to points where it might have been considered sheer bullying were exposed in ESPN’s 10-part docuseries “The Last Dance.” Yet one man managed to make Jordan’s barbs backfire: Robert Parish. Parish played the last season of his 21-year career with the Chicago Bulls. Having won three rings […]

Gary Payton was fuming when he found out his 1996 NBA Finals rugged rival Michael Jordan had laughed at the notion of his defense being a problem back in the day. Jordan’s hearty laugh soon went viral and became the next meme sensation from many that stemmed from “The Last Dance” — one Payton is […]

Tamba Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady pulled out the newest Michael Jordan meme from “The Last Dance” to react to a tweet. ESPN tweeted their expectations for the 2020 NFL season and what might actually happen. It seems that ESPN thinks the Falcons have a good shot at the title. However, with Brady still around, […]

In the two-episode finale of ESPN’s The Last Dance docu-series, a portion of time was spent uncovering star power forward Dennis Rodman’s curious absence from Chicago Bulls in the middle of the 1998 NBA Finals, and who returned before Game 4 in order to wrestle with Hulk Hogan. After that series against the Utah Jazz, which […]