Jordan has become more than sports superstar, he is a global icon and a figure of inspiration. ... I know I"m recognized as being black, but I don't look at you as being black or white, just as a person." 1 Michael began to develop a love for sports and competition. ... He sprouted to 6"5" and was offered a basketball scholarship to play at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.3 Michael shined at UNC and amassed a following of dedicated fans and sports enthusiasts after hitting a game-winning shot to give UNC the NCAA championship. ... I went from being a care-free kid with l...

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It seems as though there has been a lot of negative examples in sports world lately. One of the negative examples was published in the December 23rd issue of Sports Illustrated of last year. ... Today in sports there is a large amount of violent attitudes and actions, this example is just one of them. Ken Keiper, the chairmen of the NCAA's Division II baseball, talked about the brawls in major league baseball. ... Sports is one alternative to gangs and drugs and Athletes Against Drugs helps the kids to make the choice to choose an activity like sports over these other two harmful choices....

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One way he tried to get out in the open besides sports was tape-recording a show once a week on station KLWN in Lawrence, playing records and talking about sports (6). ... Soon he led the Jayhawks to the NCAA finals where they lost to North Carolina in triple overtime. ...

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