After spending $7 million to fund a health clinic for uninsured patients in his native North Carolina, NBA legend Michael Jordan is now opening up about the latest stage of his life, his philanthropic efforts, paying college players, his support of activist athletes, and his newest nickname, ‘Grandpa Mike.’ ‘Actually it’s fun because I can actually hold him and play with him and I’m having fun watching him,’ Jordan, 56, told NBC’s Today about his first grandchild, infant Rakeem Michael Christmas. ‘It’s actually beautiful.’ Rakeem is the son of Jordan’s only daughter, Jasmine, and Rakeem Christmas, a former star player at Syracuse who went on to have a brief NBA career and now plays overseas.
