CHICAGO (AP) — Respected and reviled in his hometown, this much can’t be argued when it comes to Jerry Krause: He helped take the Chicago Bulls to heights few teams have reached. Krause, the general manager of the Bulls during a 1990s dynasty that included six NBA championships with Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen leading […]
03/06/17 – No one understands what Michael Jordan was trying to say with his “ceiling is the roof” comment but Arsenio Hall takes a stab at it. Like BlackAmericaWeb.com on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter.
03/06/17 – Comedian Chris Paul runs through the day’s hottest topics in 60 seconds including Michael Jordan’s wacky motivational speech. Like BlackAmericaWeb.com on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter.
NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Jordan and NBA Commissioner Adam Silver are helping repair the relationship between Charles Oakley and Madison Square Garden chairman James Dolan. Oakley and Dolan met with Silver on Monday at NBA headquarters, with Jordan participating by phone, the league said in a statement. Oakley was arrested last Wednesday following an […]
BEIJING (AP) — Basketball legend Michael Jordan now owns his Chinese name, after China’s highest court sided with him Thursday following a yearslong legal battle over a trademark dispute. The former NBA star has fought a Chinese sportswear maker since 2012 over the name “Qiaodan,” pronounced “CHEEOW-dan,” the transliteration of “Jordan” in Mandarin. Qiaodan Sports, […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama awarded the nation’s highest civilian honor to 21 groundbreaking actors, musicians, athletes and innovators who inspired him over the years and “helped make me who I am.” “Everybody on this stage has touched me in a very powerful, personal way, in ways that they probably couldn’t imagine,” Obama said […]
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — For decades, basketball players have dreamed of being like Mike. Thunder guard Russell Westbrook really is like Mike. So says Mike himself. Basketball great Michael Jordan inducted Westbrook into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame on Thursday night and heaped high praise on Westbrook, one of the most visible and accomplished Jordan […]
President Obama announced 21 new recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Wednesday, including Diana Ross, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Michael Jordan and Cicely Tyson. The Presidential Medal of Freedom is “presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural […]
In honor of the 20th anniversary of Michael Jordan’s cinematic debut “Space Jam,” the film will return to theaters for a limited run on Sunday, Nov. 13 at 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. (local time) as well as Wednesday, Nov. 16 at 7 p.m. (local time) via Fathom Events. “Space Jam,” which pulled in $230.4 […]
Michael Jordan is urging protesters in Charlotte to demonstrate peacefully in the wake of violence that has followed the police shooting of 43-year-old African-American man Keith Lamont Scott. In a statement Thursday, Jordan expressed condolences to Scott’s family and to those injured in the ensuing protests. ”In light of the tragic events of the past […]
