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Michael Jordan is born
Michael was born February 17, 1963, in Brooklyn, New York. He was the fourth of five children -
Michael Jordan is born
Michael Jordan was born on February 17, 1963, in Brooklyn, New York. His parents moved him and his four siblings to North Carolina when he was still very young. He would eventually attend the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on an athletic scholarship. In college, he first tasted victory when his team won the national championship after he made the winning shot in 1982("Biography"). -
Michael wins his First NBA Championship
After a short time in the league, Michael established himself as one of the best. He led the Bulls to their first-ever NBA championship by beating the experienced Lakers in just 5 games. Michael would eventually win 5 more NBA championships and he would be named as finals MVP in all of them("Sun Times"). -
Michael wins first championship cont.
In this picture, Michael clutches the trophy while crying into his jersey. Michael choose to spend the moments after the win with his father instead of his team. His father would die less than a year later and would never get to see another one of Michael's championships. This shows how appreciative Michael was of his family because most athletes would celebrate with their teammates after a victory. The way Michael held the trophy also shows how competitive and determined he was. -
Michael shocks basketball world by retiring to play baseball.
Michael threw away everything he had in basketball to try to chase his dream of playing in the MLB. Some fans were outraged and confused with Michael's decision and for good reason. Although Jordan made a lot of progress in his single season in minor league baseball, he was still underperforming. People accused both the white sox organization and Jordan of embarrassing the sport. It also seemed to show that nothing was good enough for Michael and that he was ungrateful of his gifts("SI"). -
Michael shocks the basketball world and retires by retiring cont.
This picture expresses the feelings of many who were upset to see Michael quit basketball. He had a talent that people would kill for and failed to recognize it. It did take a lot of guts to try to make it in the MLB. Also, Michael did realize that to throw away his talent would be wrong and decided to return the basketball. He was able to admit his mistakes and move forward as a person. -
Michael goes on Oprah cont.
('OWN"). Barkley shed light on how Michael can be a good guy and not so serious all the time like many see him as. Michael also showed a more sensitive side around Barkley contrary to his usual cool, composed demeanor. Oprah was also able to get a lot of personal information out of Michael without him shrugging them off like jokes the way he often did. -
Michael goes on Oprah
Michael interviewed with Oprah [link text] (www.oprah.com/oprahshow/one-on-one-with-michael/all) and talked about how he went from a basketball player to a successful businessman with a gigantic brand. Michael expressed that life had always been a competition for him, and business was the same way. Michael also talked about his family and how his competitive spirit sometimes got the best of him. Charles Barkley makes a surprise appearance and talked about what it was like to have MJ as a friend -
Michael gets divorced after 17 years of marriage
Michael was loyal to Juanita for a long time and truly tried to work things out. The main problem seemed to be that Michael was an alpha male and was very stubborn. He didn't leave room for an equal partnership and wouldn't take no for an answer when it came to what he wanted according to Juanita. They would have screaming matches and Michael loved to win everything. Including arguements. -
Michael gets divorced after 17 years of marriage
Michael and his wife, Juanita had been struggling in their relationship for years. Juanita had filed for divorce once before in 2002, but Michael talked her into working it out. The couple filed for divorce mutually, but things got a bit ugly between the two and they weren't talking for while even though they had 3 children. In the end, Juanita received 168 million dollars in settlement. At the time, this was one of the largest divorce settlements ever("People"). -
Michael get inducted into hall of fame
When Michael gave his induction speech, he showed his competitive, arrogant side one last time. Most would be grateful and humbly thank those who helped them. Not Michael.Although he was crying, Michael gave his former opponents and competitors a bit of his ego before he said goodbye. He pointed out everything he did to overcome his obstacles, but didn't really include those who helped him. Compared to the other speeches of the night Michael's seemed a bit childish and unmannered(Greenberg, Jon) -
Michael gets inducted into the hall of fame
Michael did show a little humility to cry during his speech, but sometimes a man has to know when to be humble. Everybody in the room already knew he was the best player to ever play. He still choose to brag about himself. It seemed a bit out of place a man that was in his fifties to be that childish. Some people might respect the fact that he's not afraid to speak his mind, but it would have probably been better to thank his teammates or coaches even if he felt like he didn't need them.
