Jordan

             Micheal Jordan was born to James and Delores Jordan on February 17th, 1963. Micheal was interested in sports at the age of 12. He was the top player on his team at this time. He played the position of outfielder and pitcher. He kind of lost his touch in baseball because he wasn't the best when he reached the age 15. So he decided to try for the basketball team but got cut. So he decided that he was going to get etter and played his brother whenever he could. When he got better he went to the University of North Carolina as a basketball recruit. He became an all-time starter in the 81-82 season as a freshman. In his sophomore and junior year in high school he was nominated as College Basketball's Player of the Year. He averaged 17.7 points per game. In 1984-85 season of NBA basketball the Bulls drafted Micheal Jordan as their third pick. He was doing so good there that he was an alternate on the Eastern conference All-Star team.
             Micheal's name became big and companies wanted to use his name for their business. Nike ended up paying Michael 2.5 million dollars for his Air Jordan name and sign. In the 87-88 season Jordan lead his team in scoring in 81 out of the 82 games. He was named both Most Valuable Player and also Defensive player of the year. With the help of Michael the Bulls ended up having the best records in history. Soon after the Bulls had won three consecutive championships Jordan announced that he was leaving the game of basketball. Michael wanted to pursue his lifelong dream of playing professional baseball. Michael tried out for the White Sox and got rejected and ended up playing with the Burmingham Barons. He dedicated his first home run to his father who died. But in baseball Michael did bad and had a terrible average.
             Jordan came back to basketball but did not wear the same number. Instead of the number 23 he came back as the number 45. When he came back he had not lost his touch. Against the New Yo...

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