... points a game, and that's after he only scored about 20 a game at Washington. A record he shares is the most seasons leading the league in steals at three years. Jordan averaged 30.1 points points a game, 5.3 assists per game, 6.2 rebounds a game, about a block a game 2.35 steals a game, and shot 50 percent from the floor ... best. One time, after dropping 63 points on the Celtics in a 1987 playoff series, Larry Bird said, "I think that was God dressed up as Michael Jordan." He went on to say he had never seen anything like that. Scoring, was never really a big problem with Michael thou...

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... her for thirty-five dollars. Nike employees called it the "Swoosh." But by the 1990s, when it was worn by Knight endorsers Michael Jordan, golfer Tiger Woods, and tennis champion Pete Sampras, among many others, the Swoosh had become the most recognizable commercial logo in global ... word surfaced about exploited, impoverished Asian sneaker laborers, and especially after the news stories of black teenagers' thefts and murders. The contrast between Jordan's life and the plight of his fellow blacks--one of every four men in prison, on parole, or on probation, every third child ... in pov...

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... Deloris sustained a "near miscarriage" which only added to an already tumultuous pregnancy. Deloris" rocky pregnancy had an adverse impact on Michael's health. James Jordan recalled "When Michael was born; we thought there might be something wrong with him. He was born with a nosebleed. The hospital kept him three ... days after Deloris was discharged. He"d have nosebleeds for no reason until he was five, then they just stopped." Jordan's early childhood nosebleeds were not the end of his hardships. As a child Michael was accident-prone and had a knack for getting into trouble. ... . 1 ...

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... He is not only known as the greatest basketball player ever, but also a great businessman making multi-millions off endorsements and his own company, "Jordan". He has constantly proved his critics wrong by doing what was thought as impossible not only once, but many times again. He is a man many ... be cleaning up after the seniors and cleaning up the towels they used, he still led the team in almost every way possible," stated Smith after Jordan's freshman year. In Michael's sophomore year, he took the Tar heels to the National Championship against the Georgetown Hoyas. He then took the...

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... the way."- (Collins) This all changed once Jackson was named the head coach. Jackson designed complex offensive and defensive game plan that actually enhanced Jordan's greatness by making his teammates better players. Jackson brought his work ethics and beliefs as child to court with him every day. He taught the ... leagues. His problem he ran into when he first arrived to Chicago was getting the Bulls to play as a team with a superstar in Michael Jordan on the team. Coach Jackson got the Bulls to believe that playing group oriented basketball would be more effective. Coach Jackson has al...

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... norm, and set his own precedence by going straight to the National Basketball Association. Inspired by basketball icons before him such as Magic Johnson and Michael Jordan, he knew where he wanted to go with his career. Dedicated to becoming the best, he spent hours practicing to look just like his heroes ... always knew that he would make it. Kobe often watched and analyzed tapes of already great players like Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, and Magic Johnson. He soon developed the "hands like Magic's," the attacking game like Jordan's, the jump shot like Larry Bird, and the desire of Doctor...

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Athletes As Role Models "An athlete with undying will, tremendous courage, awesome defense, and unbelievable scoring. Michael Jordan, a man who seems to be without a weakness, makes a great role model for youths and adults ("Role Models on"). Michael Jordan shows he is also a great person off the court by the way he has given his money to charities and has dealt with the difficulties ... in his life. This is a person who is looked up to and admired by people everywhere. Michael Jordan is a role model, just as all athletes in the spotlight. When people become professional athletes or any kind ...

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... of the main reasons Bird decided to retire was a reason no one knew about except his dad, his trainer, and Michael Jordan. The reason was a injury he required while playing in a charity basketball game with Michael Jordan. Bird had a nasty collision with Jordan, and tore portions on his disk wall. He played with his injuries for a few years, until the pain got so ... ...

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... of the main reasons Bird decided to retire was a reason no one knew about except his dad, his trainer, and Michael Jordan. The reason was a injury he required while playing in a charity basketball game with Michael Jordan. Bird had a nasty collision with Jordan, and tore portions on his disk wall. He played with his injuries for a few years, until the pain got so ... ...

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... went on to nine finals between 1980 and 1990 and won five titles while Bird only captured three titles (Barbara A. Chernow, 1993). In the mid 1980's and early 1990's Michael Jordan, who was one of the greatest players in NBA history, dominated the game and took it to a whole new level. Michael went onto set many scoring records and he became ... (Eastern Conference) Midwest and Pacific division (Western Conference) (Lauren S. Bahr, 1995). Today the game of basketball is becoming more and more financially oriented. Some of the best players like Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen and Kevin Ga...

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... went on to nine finals between 1980 and 1990 and won five titles while Bird only captured three titles (Barbara A. Chernow, 1993). In the mid 1980's and early 1990's Michael Jordan, who was one of the greatest players in NBA history, dominated the game and took it to a whole new level. Michael went onto set many scoring records and he became ... (Eastern Conference) Midwest and Pacific division (Western Conference) (Lauren S. Bahr, 1995). Today the game of basketball is becoming more and more financially oriented. Some of the best players like Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen and Kevin Ga...

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... went on to nine finals between 1980 and 1990 and won five titles while Bird only captured three titles (Barbara A. Chernow, 1993). In the mid 1980's and early 1990's Michael Jordan, who was one of the greatest players in NBA history, dominated the game and took it to a whole new level. Michael went onto set many scoring records and he became ... (Eastern Conference) Midwest and Pacific division (Western Conference) (Lauren S. Bahr, 1995). Today the game of basketball is becoming more and more financially oriented. Some of the best players like Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen and Kevin Ga...

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... rather than from your senses. The studies done on the effectiveness of imagery use has very conflicting results. Not every athlete behaves in the same matter. Whether it be Michael Jordan, Barry Bonds, Pele, or any of the other great athletes in the world there will always be a different approach to the game. Imagery is a very unique thing especially when it ... go out and perform a physical action. But the mental part of the game is where the separation comes from the average and the great. All great superstars use imagery. Michael Jordan says he sits there before a game and plays the ...

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... children are dying or have died and they want to bring them back or those who want to have children with tremendous talent such as the basketball skills of Michael Jordan, the voice of Celine Dion, or the intelligence of Bill Gates (Hopkins). If cloning became legal through this argument, the question would become, who has the right to clone themselves ... couple were to clone their dead son, would the clone be expected to live up to the expectations of his older dead twin? Will parents lose support of their Michael Jordan clone if he is not living up to the expectations of becoming an ...

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... between six and eight years, plus options to extend the deal. They see in LeBron James the kind of potential they saw in his hero, the ultimate basketball pitchman, Michael Jordan. For all of the hype, LeBron James is no sure thing. He has never played a pro game. And Nike is betting $90 million that his game is the kind that ... sells shoes. He's skipping college altogether. All of his success has come in high-school gyms. High school or not, his contract dwarfs Jordan's first sneaker deal, worth just $2.5 million. Shaquille O'Neal made $3 million in his first deal. And golf superstar ...

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... the US and played for the NBA, the fan base and people watching wasn't many. According to "The New Yorker", NBA.'s ratings dropped in the years after Michael Jordan's retirement. Ever since that happened the game seem less exciting to the viewers. Thanks to new talent that part of the NBA has improved. Over the years they picked up ... ...

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... reliever. Many kids in the United States and across the World have the dream of being a professional basketball player. Every kid looks up to and wants to be like Michael Jordan or whoever they're star is. They practice religiously in hopes of becoming the best. Basketball has provided much more than a game that is watched and played. It has given ... ...

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... answer to the question of what motivates today's start athletes, rather there is a complex combination of some or all of the motives we have discussed here. Some players, like Michael Jordan, have been motivated by winning championships, as we saw when he won three in a row with the Chicago Bulls then retired. Some are motivated by money, like we see with ... ...

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... like these should be prosecuted to the same level that they would if they where committed on the street. Recently Kobe Bryant, the man who was believed to take Michel Jordan's place as poster boy for the NBA, was accused of rape. A trial which would otherwise not receive so much attention had it not had been for his prior image and ... ...

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... doesn't mean that great players stop playing. Players such as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magic Johnson, Dr. J, Wilt Chamberlain, Larry Bird, Oscar Robertson, Bill Russell, Bob Cousy, "Pistol" Pete Maravich, Michael Jordan, and countless others, have paved the way for the youngsters in the league. Players like Shaquille O'neal, Vince Carter, Allan Iverson, Kobe Bryant, and Jason Kidd have modeled their games ... ...

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... they perform in their chosen sport. If I could execute at school like Pete Sampras does on grass, I would be pretty successful. If I could have a day like the day when Michael Jordan scored 63 points in the playoffs against the Celtics, like the day a 6'1" point guard named Allen Iverson put his team on his back and won the first game of the ... ...

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... girl that sits next to you in you English class, you have to borrow money from your penny-pinching parents. Now imagine that you are the next coming of Michael Jordan. College basketball is out of the question. You are a broke high school senior that needs money, and the National Basketball Association is telling you that you can make millions playing ... ...

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... being the dominant to all the players being an intricate part of the game. As time shift to the late eighties and the early nineties basketball players such as Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, and John Stockton changed the game by being players who can shoot the ball and pass it very well. Basketball has come very far from the days of ... ...

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... in 1992-1993 (Albom 145). Chris Webber's number four Wolverines jersey is, to this day, the second highest-selling college basketball jersey of all-time, just one spot behind Michael Jordan (Albom 147). Perhaps the most alarming statistic, one that gives true measure to the impact of these five individuals, is the fact that the University of Michigan got a 36 percent ... ...

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... time. Skateboard legend Tony Hawk- once known as a menace to the streets by destroying public property- is now revered along side future hall of fame sports icons such as Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, and even San Francisco Giants MVP slugger Barry Bonds. Although some may still be skeptical, many alternative perspectives on sports in general has greatly evolved with popular culture ... ...

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