Michael Jordan
Ace 161
Tuesday 1:00-2:50
Val Rogalla
Michael Jordan
May 7, 2007
1. State the topic you have selected for your project.
The topic that I have selected is Michael Jordan.
2. Explain the process you followed in determining your topic.
- In order to chose my topic, I thought about all the things that interest me most. I knew that I wanted a subject that had a lot of information available and that also had a lot of statistical information. As a result, I chose Michael Jordan because I love basketball and, he is my favorite player.
3. Identify at least three other published sources (other than the WWW) of information related to this topic. Give complete citations. Write at least three paragraphs detailing these other sources of necessary information.
- David Falk, Michael’s long time agent, first coined the phrase “Air Jordan” while discussing a Nike shoe deal in 1984. The first Jordan’s were banned by the NBA and by the Bulls because they failed to match the uniforms. Jordan’s picture perfect image became flawed after a series of events. The controversial book The Jordan Rules was published, he snubbed the president during a trip to the White House, and he failed to obey the league’s choice of golf partners at an outing.
- Michael Jordan is the most visible athlete in the world. His “swooping, driving, leaping, and soaring style of play” has made him the games most “astounding” player. Michael and Wilt Chamberlain are the only players ever to score 3,000 points in a season and to lead the league in scoring for at least six years. His personal trademark is his protruding tongue, which flashes every time he drives to the basket. He is his team’s leader and insists that they work hard. His coach John Bach once said, “He is like hell turned loose on defense; when we want to shut down the opposition, we assign Michael.”
- From the time he was in junior high he wore his hair so short that that the older guys would give him noogies and call him “Bald Head.” At 5’9” during his sophomore season, he was cut from the Laney High School’s varsity team. Michael travels the world checking into hotels with the alias, Leroy Smith, the player who beat him out for the last spot on the Laney team in ’78. He also wears a left arm brace in honor of his friend Peterson, who suffered a leg injury against Virginia in 1983 that ended his season. Michael takes his sense of humor from his dad, who used to do work around the house with his tongue hanging out. He learned his sense of business from his mom and his work ethic from both; however, his mother once said Michael was definitely her laziest child.
