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Home » Michael Jordan

Tag: Michael Jordan

The first Chicago Bulls team in 1966
Posted inBest of Chicago

Best tribute to my favorite team, from Van Lier to DeRozan

by Ben Joravsky March 2, 2022March 18, 2022

It’s an hour or so before game time, and I’m up in the nosebleed section, waiting for my beloved Bulls to start playing, and wondering what, oh what, to write about for the Best of Chicago issue. And all of a sudden it hits me—right there in front of my face. Up on the huge, […]

Ronnie Holloway of Elite Sports Cards & comics holds a jewel from his collection, a graded, near-mint 1986 Fleer rookie sticker of Chicago Bulls legend Michael Jordan. The card is worth around $10,000.
Posted inNews & Politics

Inside the basketball card boom

by Matthew Sigur March 10, 2021August 18, 2021

Over the past year, basketball cards—and sports cards overall—have seen their popularity and worth increase exponentially. Will it last?

Posted inColumns & Opinion

Be like Mike

by Ben Joravsky May 26, 2020August 18, 2021

Imagine if Jordan, not Obama, was the leader of the Democratic Party.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

Benny, the Bulls fan

by Ben Joravsky April 21, 2020August 18, 2021

Why one of Chicago’s most loyal Bulls fans missed the opening of The Last Dance

Posted inNews & Politics

Bouncing back

by Patrick Z. McGavin March 8, 2019August 18, 2021

Hometown basketball phenom Markese Jacobs was poised to bring glory to DePaul—until he heard a pop in his knee.

Posted inBlogs

Former Chicago Bulls guard Craig Hodges was dropped in 1992 for suspicious reasons

by Steve Heisler June 4, 2018August 18, 2021

Hodges was an outspoken champion for racial injustice. He believes that’s the reason.

Posted inBlogs

J.B. Pritzker, Pat Quinn win top spots on March 2018 primary ballot, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd December 14, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, the state senate plans public hearings on Illinois Veterans Home deaths.

Posted inBlogs

Daily Show’s final night in Chicago: Hasan Minhaj on 90s Bulls and North Korea; Vic Mensa on the city’s ‘toxic situation’

by Jake Malooley October 20, 2017August 18, 2021

The Daily Show With Trevor Noah wraps up a stint at the Athanaeum Theatre.

Posted inNews & Politics

Hard hat, lunch pail: The myth of toughness in Chicago sports

by David Isaacson August 15, 2017August 18, 2021

How the fabled athletic monsters of Chicago’s Midway were created

Posted inBlogs

Emanuel slams Trump over Charlottesville: ‘Members of the neo-Nazi and the KKK think they have a friend in the Oval Office,’ and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd August 15, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, Rauner isn’t happy with the state senate’s override of his school funding veto.

Posted inBlogs

R. Kelly is allegedly running an abusive ‘cult,’ and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd July 18, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, new Chicago Water Department emails show attempts at firearms deals and jokes about the city’s gun violence.

Posted inNews & Politics

Did the NBA blacklist former Chicago Bulls player Craig Hodges because of his political beliefs?

by Ben Joravsky December 14, 2016August 18, 2021

In his new book, Long Shot: The Struggles and Triumphs of an NBA Freedom Fighter, the legendary three-point shooter recounts how his on-court success was stopped short by his outspokenness.

Posted inCity Life

The best made-in-Chicago gift ideas for the holidays

by Reader staff November 23, 2016August 18, 2021

Shop hyperlocal this season for everything from unorthodox games and Chicago-centric books to craft booze and high-design home goods.

Posted inBlogs

Michael Jordan breaks his silence on police shootings, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd July 26, 2016August 18, 2021

Also, Senator Dick Durbin’s name surfaces again as a possible 2018 candidate for governor.

Posted inBest of Chicago

Long live the 1990s Bulls

by Ben Joravsky June 23, 2016August 18, 2021

Deathless memories of Jordan’s team help us cope with Chicago basketball’s dysfunctional present.

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