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Nate Robinson scored 23 points in the fourth quarter of the Chicago Bulls’ Saturday playoff game against the Brooklyn Nets, leading Chicago to a comeback and forcing overtime at the United Center. This would be impressive on its own, but that number is just one point shy of the Bulls’ franchise record for points in the fourth quarter of a playoff game. Who holds that record? Some guy named Michael Jordan. For The Win

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After five years of dating, former NBA star Michael Jordan, 50, and his model-fiancée, Yvette Prieto, 35, made it official with a wedding in Palm Beach, Fla., on Saturday. People

Charlotte Bobcats, Michael Jordan, Owners 

Michael Jordan is tying the knot with fiancee Yvette Prieto this weekend, and we're on the ground, digging up the basketball legend's wedding secrets. The wedding is reportedly set to take place at Bethesda by the Sea Episcopal Church in Palm Beach, Florida -- the same church that provided the setting for Donald and Melania Trump's 2005 wedding. Two thousand friends and celebrities are expected to attend the wedding festivities, which will no doubt include some wining and dining at MJ's 37,000 sq. ft. home on Florida's Jupiter Island. etonline.com

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Rumors are swirling that Michael Jordan is ready to offer Phil Jackson a piece of the Charlotte Bobcats and an executive position, giving Jackson total control of the basketball side. Jordan owns the Bobcats, who fired coach Mike Dunlap after one season. FOXSports Ohio

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If their paths ever do cross again, Glenn DiSarcina believes his old Birmingham Barons teammate would remember him. But they roam different galaxies. DiSarcina lives in Shirley and is the baseball coach at Groton (Mass.) School. Michael Jordan, the greatest basketball player ever -- and most famous .202 hitter in Double-A baseball history -- is majority owner of the NBA's woeful Charlotte Bobcats. The two were teammates 19 years ago, riding through the Southern League in a $350,000 luxury bus provided by a Birmingham, Ala., tour company in exchange for Jordan appearing in a magazine advertisement. The Saratogian

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On the team bus and inside the Barons clubhouse, Jordan was just one of the guys, says DiSarcina. He just had a lot more walking-around money. The team had a Dominican catcher named Rogelio Nunez. Jordan took it upon himself to help Nunez improve his English. He offered Nunez $100 each time the catcher correctly spelled a baseball term that began with a certain letter. Jordan would give Nunez the letter the day before and tell him to study overnight. Unbeknownst to Jordan, Nunez's studying consisted of going to his English-speaking teammates for a cheat list of possible terms. "I think he made $2,000 before Michael caught on," says DiSarcina. The Saratogian

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"He was a great teammate. He worked extremely hard," says DiSarcina. "If he had come out as an 18-year-old and worked strictly on baseball, he would have been in the big leagues in four or five years. For athletic ability, nobody was better." The Saratogian

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Tim Reynolds: Baron Davis on LeBron James: "I think that LeBron is going to be the greatest. He's definitely going to surpass Michael Jordan, in my eyes." Twitter @ByTimReynolds

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Lisa Miceli, the Meadville woman who once claimed former NBA great Michael Jordan fathered her child is back in the news. Meadville police allege Miceli harassed a Meadville woman for a month, calling her repeatedly on the phone and showing up at her home. She was arraigned in front of District Judge Michael Rossi on Monday on charges of stalking, harassment and disorderly conduct. Miceli is barred for life from contacting former basketball superstar Michael Jordan. yourerie.com

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It’s kind of an oldie, but it’s still a goodie… Remember when Michael Jordan sued Qiaodan Sports for ripping off his name? Well, now Qiaodan is coming back with a lawsuit of their own against Jordan to the tune of $8 million bucks. The Fujian-based company’s suit was accepted by a Quanzhou court on April 2nd after they claimed Jordan tarnished their reputation and delayed their plans for an initial public offering on the Chinese stock market. Qiaodan Sports, founded in June 2000, was approved by the China Securities Regulatory Commission in November 2011 for listing on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. The news was originally reported by the Wall Street Journal. NiuBBall.com

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Albert, who began calling NBA action for the New York Knicks in 1967, was courtside at an NBA game that was resurrected in cyberspace Thursday -- Game 5 of the 1997 NBA Finals. At issue: Whether Chicago's Michael Jordan was suffering from food poisoning, rather than the flu, while turning in a 37-point performance. Albert, who sat courtside to call that game, says he thinks "that's very possible. It's not astonishing it wouldn't be the flu but simply another type of upset stomach. But it was one of the most incredible performances I've seen. He was sick." USA Today Sports

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Grover says Jordan didn't have the flu at all. Bill Simmons and Jalen Rose have recently debated whether or not Jordan was in fact hung over for that game, a suggestion that Grover scoffs at. The real truth, Grover says, is that Jordan was poisoned. "100 percent," Grover says on TrueHoop TV. "He was poisoned for the 'flu game.' Everyone called it a flu game, but we sat there. We were in the room." Grover explains: We were in Park City, Utah, up in a hotel. Room service stopped at like nine o'clock. He got hungry and we really couldn't find any other place to eat. So we said eh, the only thing I can find is a pizza place. So we says all right, order pizza. ESPN.com

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I take the pizza and I tell them: "I've got a bad feeling about this. ... I've just got a bad feeling about this." Out of everybody in the room, [MJ] was the only one who ate. Nobody else had it. And then 2 o'clock in the morning I get a call to my room. Come to the room. He's curled up in the fetal position. We're looking at him, finding the team physician at that time. Immediately I told him it's food poisoning. Not the flu. ESPN.com

Michael Jordan, Tim Grover 

You mentioned how Gilbert Arenas changed his personality after the gun incident and Tiger Woods publicly apologized after his scandal, and yet both still struggled. Conversely, Kobe blocked out his legal situation in Colorado and played some of the best basketball of his career. Why is he able to do this while others can’t? Tim Grover: Because Kobe and Michael had the ability not to think of external things. When they stepped between the lines, it was like, “This is my safe haven. No one can touch me here. Nothing’s gonna happen. All that other stuff, once the whistle is blowing and I step across that line again, it’s still gonna be there, so I can’t let the other stuff affect me and the end result of what I do. I’m focused in on thing. I play basketball. This is what I do. I can’t let that other stuff distract me from doing this.” It’s the ability to shut it all down, not from a physical standpoint, but from a mental standpoint. Land O'Lakers

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Tim Grover: The biggest difference is Kobe wants to know why we’re doing certain things. He wants to know the reason for it, why, what’s happening, and so forth. Michael said, “Just get it done. I’m playing basketball. This is what I do. This is what you do. I don’t need to know. I’m not interested in any of this stuff here. This is why I hired you, so I can stay focused on what I need to do.” Kobe wants to more of the details. Why am I eating this? Why am I doing this at this particular time? What is going on here? Here’s very attuned to this stuff. But I think the thing they both have in common, and the reason I call them both Cleaners, when a Cleaner screws up, he admits it. He says, “Hey, I screwed up!” I try to tell people, if you mess something up, just say, “Hey, I messed up or I effed up.” Land O'Lakers

Kobe Bryant, Michael Jordan, Tim Grover 

Basketball legend Michael Jordan has made yet another gesture to show he’s serious about the Charlotte Bobcats becoming invested in the community’s charity needs. In a partnership forged with Mooresville-based Lowe’s home improvement, the team unveiled a Book Bus Tuesday that will travel Mecklenburg County year round, giving away books to children at elementary schools and summer literacy programs. Up to 6,000 books to be given out annually, officials said.The announcement came at Albemarle Road Elementary School in east Charlotte, after a brief parade that included Jordan and his team, along with the Johnson C. Smith University band and staff from Lowe’s. Charlotte Observer

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Magic Johnson: Laker Nation: Kobe is the closest thing to Michael Jordan that I have ever seen. Twitter

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Only four men have won four MVP awards, and some believe they are the four greatest players ever. They are Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (six), Michael Jordan (five), Bill Russell (five) and Wilt Chamberlain (four). “Anytime I’m mentioned with the greatest players to play the game or people period, it is a wow factor because I grew up and studied those guys and watched those guys, and a few of those guys were my inspiration growing up,’’ James said. James returned after missing three games due to a hamstring strain. He was just as good as before he left, if not better. FOXSports Florida

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Could the Bobcats' inability to build off a 7-5 start no one saw coming, descending instead into a nosedive that has parked them for months in the bottom-two dungeon of ESPN.com's weekly NBA Power Rankings amid the predictable whispers about how resistant Charlotte's vets are to a rookie coach branded as a college guy, cost Dunlap his job after just one season? I really didn't think so, but more than one source consulted this week identified Dunlap as a coach in potential jeopardy, which undoubtedly stems from Michael Jordan's recent proclamation to a group of season-ticket holders that major offseason changes are coming in Charlotte. I'm just not quite sure how much more Dunlap -- who was hired, remember, for his rep in player development -- was supposed to get out of a group that still needs lots of developing. Lots. ESPN.com

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Charles Barkley made an appearance on “Conan” on Thursday night and covered a wide range of topics. Conan O’Brien had Sir Charles talking about everything from his personal hygiene to the prospect of him working as a general manager in the NBA in the near future. Conan also brought up how Barkley has been critical of Michael Jordan’s looks in the past, and Charles was happy to elaborate. “People tell me he’s good looking,” Barkley said. “First of all, he’s not good looking. He’s not. Every man who’s got $500 million is good looking. But seriously, if he was a plumber people wouldn’t be saying he’s good looking.” Larry Brown Sports

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