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Michael Jordan is to blame for Jerry Krause's widow being booedMichael Jordan won a widow getting booed. My colleague Stephen Knox covered this yesterday, the booing of Jerry Krause’s widow Thelma during the Chicago Bulls’ Ring of Honor ceremony on Friday, and he isn’t wrong. It’s another “feather” in the “cap” of Jerry Reinsdorf, though he wouldn’t have been i...

Jerry Reinsdorf should have seen this comingAs usual, Jerry Reinsdorf failed to read the room. The Chicago Bulls are looking at a second-consecutive appearance in the Play-in Tournament, rounding out yet another rebuild on its disappointing last leg. Now is not the time to force more nostalgia on the fans, reminding them of an era many of the...

Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen still can't stand each otherMichael Jordan is still taking it personally....

<i>Winning Time</i> Episode 3: 'The Best Is Yet To Come'

Damn, even legendary Chick Hearn is a bastard? Winning Time is hell-bent on tearing down all the NBA totems. Even the adored voice of the Lakers for 40-plus years, Hearn, is caught calling black security guards “gorillas.” Writers Max Borenstein and Rodney Barnes show us the circus behind the curtai...

Scottie Pippen is still angry and bitter, but that doesn’t mean he’s wrong

Scottie Pippen is still angry about that contract. It didn’t take up much time in “The Last Dance,” which is what the released excerpt in GQ of Pippen’s autobiography entitled “Unguarded” focused on, but it’s been the guiding light for most of Pippen’s life. It filters through the article in the New...

Chicago may not agree with Scottie Pippen’s feelings about Michael Jordan, but will love reading about him making John Paxson cry

Scottie Pippen decided to air out some grievances this past summer. He talked with GQ’s Tyler R. Tynes about the reason he didn’t go in for that last play in Game 3 of the 1994 semi-final series against the New York Knicks, operating as a professional basketball player in an environment where everyt...

‘Dream Team Tape’ Proves Jordan Lied About Keeping Isiah Off Team

Today’s Jordan tape tells a different story between Michal Jordan and Isiah Thomas than the one we heard on The Last Dance....

No One Has More To Lose On An NBA Reboot Than LeBron James

If — or when — the 2019-2020 NBA season gets back under way, there can be only one loser at season’s end....

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Reliving the 2000s Pittsburgh Pirates, A Time of Bow & Arrows, Tony Plush And Beating Sausages

Perhaps no team in history defined a single decade like the Bulls of the 90s. They racked up wins, fans, championships and pop-culture adulation on their way to immortality, ultimately etching a lengthy run of dominance that none of us may ever see again. Hence the 10-episode documentary The Last Da...

by Matt Zylbert|

|Wed May 27 2020

Michael Jordan Got Exactly What He Wanted Out Of The Last Dance

Watching The Last Dance is like looking through a wedding album — you see staged photos and snapshots of joy without the warts....

by Dustin Foote|

|Tue May 19 2020

The Final Dance: ‘The Last Dance’ Was A Party For Those That Missed The Jordan Era

509 days....

by Carron J. Phillips|

|Mon May 18 2020

Err Jordan: Where The Hell Did Michael Learn How To Dress?

It’s almost taken for granted nowadays that to be in the NBA, you also have to be a style icon. Russell Westbrook in his Tom Ford goodness makes best-dressed lists everywhere, and pregame television coverage now includes obligatory shots of players arriving for games, walking through dank, undergrou...

by Reed Tucker|

|Wed May 13 2020

The Bad Call that Michael Jordan And The Last Dance Conveniently Ignored

As The Last Dance rolls on in this barren landscape, it becomes more and more apparent that it’s a Michael Jordan vehicle to tell Michael Jordan’s story. Sure, not everything is about blowing cigar smoke up his own ass, but it kinda is. Gambling is mentioned so he can deny it was ever a problem. His...

by Sam Fels|

|Mon May 11 2020