Michael Jordan

Title: Michael Jordan
Category: Society & Culture / People | Words: 548 | Pages: 2.3 (approximately 235 words/page)

Michael Jordan

Jordan, Michael (1963- ) American professional basketball player, a leading scorer in the National Basketball Association (NBA), who led the Chicago Bulls to three consecutive National Basketball Association (NBA) championships (1991-1993). Jordan was born in Brooklyn, New York, and raised in Wilmington, North Carolina. He accepted a basketball scholarship from the University of North Carolina and as a freshman scored the winning basket in the 1982 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) championship game. Jordan was selected college player of …showed first 75 words of 548 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 548 total…spring training, and was assigned to the team's minor-league system. That summer he batted .202 with the Birmingham Barons, a class AA affiliate of the White Sox. Later in the year he batted .252 with the Scottsdale Scorpions in the Arizona Fall League. Jordon subsequently ended his retirement from professional basketball by rejoining the Chicago Bulls near the end of the 1994-1995 NBA regular season. "Jordan, Michael," Microsoft(R) Encarta(R) 96 Encyclopedia. (c) 1993-1995 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

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