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...fans the way he did in the air. His quick crossover dribble, with the help of a tiny shove, sent Utah Jazz defender Byron Russell to the floor. Wide open, Jordan nailed the game-winning jump shot, and he and the Bulls clinched their sixth--and Jordan's last--NBA title...
Ever since Jordan's first retirement a dozen years ago, the NBA has searched from Chi-town to China for a star as dominant and marketable as His Airness. The contenders have bounced off magazine covers and TV commercials: Anfernee (Penny) Hardaway, Grant Hill, Allen Iverson, Vince Carter, Kobe Bryant. Some got hurt, others committed off-court fouls. Or they were simply overrated...
...shock of all: the most hyped teen athlete of this century, who singlehandedly put high school basketball on national television, has actually exceeded the ungodly expectations set before him. He has resurrected the moribund Cavaliers and, in a season marred by an ugly melee in neighboring Michigan, perhaps the NBA as well. "The King James era is here," says Milwaukee Bucks head coach Terry Porter, who played against Jordan for much of his 17-year pro career. "You could argue that LeBron is kind of carrying the league right...
James became a father at 19 last fall when his longtime girlfriend gave birth to their son. While James has promised to be the dad he never knew, some people are upset that he fed a stereotype: NBA players fathering out-of-wedlock children. "I was so mad at him when I found out about that," says Barb Wood, the librarian with whom James grew close, of his fatherhood. "He's just doing the same thing his mom did, having kids when she was just a kid. It's just repeating the cycle. He laughed for a few minutes when...
...season. Free agency and the absence of a salary cap create as close to a free market for players as exists in professional sports, leaving teams open to sign and trade players as they see fit—an exercise that is extremely curtailed in the NBA and NFL due to the presence of restrictive salary caps...