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...said that he particularly enjoyed themagician, whom he helped with two card tricks, andthe hula hoop which was used to surround childrenin giant bubbles
...this less-than-winning side of Jordan was often hidden from view because in the end what was revolutionary about Michael Jordan was not what he accomplished on the court but what he achieved off it. Jordan earned $4 million a year putting a ball through a hoop, but he made about eight times that for selling sneakers, cars, cola, cereal, hamburgers and underwear. In the past few years he was not a basketball star who played at business but a businessman who played basketball. His leaping, legs-splayed silhouette became as famous around the world as the large-eared...
...million is quite a bit of money. When the Charlotte Hornets recently announced that it was willing to stake this not insubstantial chunk of change on one Larry Johnson's ability to put an orange orb through a hoop, I, like many others, shook my head in dismay. After all, I've seen dogs who have been trained to do the same trick with their snouts, and their contracts only call for the occasional extra can of Alpo. And this Larry Johnson fellow, isn't he best known for dressing up as his own grandmother to somehow prove the superiority...
Sporting his trademark mohawk, gold chains adorned with silverware, massive hoop earrings (three per ear) and five rings, Hollywood celebrity Mr. T made a colossal appearance at a Lampoon informational meeting last night...
...Bobby was, well, suspicious. "I thought it was a scam," he says. "I told Vickie that as long as nobody asked for any credit cards or money, I'd go along with it." Although he had never played basketball as a kid, he planted a brand-new Slam Dunk hoop in his gravel driveway last September and began to practice. Sort of. There were interruptions, like hunting season...