The Legend of Michael Jordan

The Legend of Michael Jordan — page 3
1 THE LEGEND BEGINS THE LEGEND BEGINS Michael Jeffrey Jordan was born on February 17 1963 Despite spending most of his childhood in Wilmington North Carolina Michael was actually born in Brooklyn New York an area where he’d stage some of his most thrilling moments on the court decades later His parents James and Deloris were in Brooklyn for just 18 months while James was studying airplane hydraulics As a newborn Michael was kept in the hospital for several days for observation The family had another scare several years later when he was shocked after touching a live electrical wire I’ve got to believe one thing James Jordan told the Chicago Tribune One day God was sitting around and decided to make the perfect basketball player He gave him a little hardship early to make him appreciate what he would earn in the end and called him Michael Jordan Michael was interested in sports from a young age and his first love was baseball not basketball Perhaps he wanted to follow in his father’s footsteps James had been a semipro player in his younger days Thankfully for the rest of us eventually Michael found the game of basketball 4