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=Michael Jordan=

Early Life:
Michael Jordan was born February 17, 1963 in Brooklyn New York. He was the son of father James Jordan and mother Delores Jordan. Right after he was born him and his family moved to Wilmington North Carolina. Michael Jordan went to Emsley A. Laney high school. He played baseball, football, and basketball in high school. During is sophomore year he tried out for the varsity basketball team, he didn't make it because the coach said he was to short, he was 5'11''. On JV he had multiple 40 point games. Over the summer he trained very hard and he grew 4 inches. The following year he made varsity, he averaged 20 points per game his last two years in high school. He was selected to play in the McDonald's All-American game.

College:
In 1981 Michael Jordan earned a scholarship at the University of North Carolina. During his freshman year he was named ACC freshman of the year. His freshman year he was averaging 13.4 points per game. He says the true turning point in his career was his 1982 NCAA Championship game winning shot against Georgetown. 

Professional Career:
Michael Jordan was the third overall pick in the 1984 NBA Draft. Michael went to the Chicago Bulls and during his first year he averaged 28.2 points per game and he shot 51.5%. He made it to the all star game his rookie year but some of the veterans didn't like him very much so they just flat out didn't pass him the ball. Michael's second season in the NBA he broke his foot and that caused him to miss 64 games. In 1991 the Chicago Bulls won their first championship with Michael Jordan.They also won the championship in 1992 and 1993. .

Retirement:
Michael Jordan first retired at the beginning of the 1993 season. Later he told the world he retired because of the murder of his father. His father was murdered by two teenagers in North Carolina. The two were caught and both received life sentences. After he retired from basketball for the first time he played minor league baseball for the Chicago Whits Sox. He said he wanted to pursue his fathers dream of him being a professional baseball player. .

Return to the NBA:
Michael returned to the Chicago Bulls in 1995 and he won three more national championships.

AIR Jordan:
He signed a contract with NIKE in 1984 but it wasn't until 1985 when NIKE came out with the first pair of his shoes. The shoes were called the AJ1. His contract was a five year $2.5 million contract. Michael said the black and red AJ1's were the devils colors and he was scared to wear them. The NBA didn't like these new shoes they were fining Michael up to $5,000 a game to wear these shoes. Nike was more than happy to pay these fines.

Sources:
[] [] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jordan