The greatest basketball player in NBA History turns 52 today! Brooklyn’s own Michael “Jeffrey” Jordan is still one of today’s most marketable athletes and…

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Scottie Pippen (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images) and President Barack Obama (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) It’s a scene we’ve come to expect from President Barack Obama on Election Day — pick-up hoops with his friends and staff members. As Mary Ann Ahern of NBC Chicago points out, Obama did not play basketball the day of […]

Is Michael Jordan getting married? Well, no one is quite sure. But TheGrio is reporting that several sites are claiming that the N.B.A. legend popped the big question to Yvette Prieto, a Cuban American mode. SEE ALSO: What OWS  Accomplished Will Obama’s Second Term Be  A Nightmare? This follows similar reports two years ago that […]

For years, Michael Jordan inspired us to “wanna be like Mike”.   Today Michael Jordan, one of sports greatest philanthropists celebrates another year and there is still good reason to want to be like him.

There will never be a debate about who the greatest basketball player is of all time without it starting with Michael Jordan. Even people who never watched basketball will say Michael Jordan, because his greatness transcended his sport. Jordan’s on-court accomplishments are something to marvel at, but how used his talent to make himself practically […]

No sport has been more celebrated in the black community than the game of basketball. From the gifted athletes, to the way the players transcended their sport and became celebrities for their athletic talents, basketball, if not America’s game, is black America’s game. Here are nine basketball players who made it so. Related: 25 Reasons […]

Michael Jordan’s sons had one last wild weekend before returning to school at the University of Central Florida.