{"id":1331588,"date":"2021-03-06T17:09:06","date_gmt":"2021-03-06T22:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1331588"},"modified":"2023-09-22T12:51:15","modified_gmt":"2023-09-22T16:51:15","slug":"michael-jordan-called-a-57000-check-the-biggest-and-most-embarrassing-mistake-of-my-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/michael-jordan-called-a-57000-check-the-biggest-and-most-embarrassing-mistake-of-my-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Jordan Called a $57,000 Check ‘the Biggest and Most Embarrassing Mistake of My Life'"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

He is 58 years old and hasn\u2019t played basketball (or baseball) competitively in almost 18 years, yet Michael Jordan<\/a>\u2019s every move is still watched. One can imagine, then, the scrutiny he was under in 1992. Coming off his second Olympic gold medal<\/a> and in the prime of his NBA career, the future Pro Basketball Hall of Famer found himself testifying in the trial of a convicted cocaine dealer in U.S. District Court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It led to Jordan offering a public apology for “the biggest and most embarrassing mistake of my life.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michael Jordan made $900 from a rigged airport bet<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Michael Jordan is on the shortlist of the greatest basketball players ever<\/a>, and six championship rings qualify him as one of the most successful. He averaged 30.1 points a game over 15 NBA seasons and won 10 league scoring titles. He also dabbled in minor-league baseball for a season, helped Team USA to basketball gold medals<\/a> in LA (1984) and Barcelona (1992), and became a business tycoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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