Biography: Michael Jordan was born on February 17, 1963 in Brooklyn New York. Before he was a year old his family moved to Wilmington North Carolina they moved because they thought the city was too dangerous to raise a family. His mother Deloris Jordan was a bank teller and his father James Jordan was a mechanic. Michael had 2 brothers and 2 sisters Larry, James, Delores and Roslyn. Jordan went to Laney high school in North Carolina. When he was a sophomore he tried out for the basketball team but was cut because of his size. He got on the team as a junior. Michael was in the McDonald's All-American game where he scored 30 points but wasn't the MVP of the game. He was only 6 feet 5 inches. After high school he went to North Carolina university. In 1984 he was drafted in the 3rd pick in the 1st round by the Chicago Bulls. Jordan played 1072 games averaging 30 points per game that is the highest PPG ever. Today he owns the Charlotte Bobcats and has his own brand of shoes from Nike called brand Jordan (or Air Jordan). Jordan appeared in multiple movies and magazines. The most famous movie he was in was space jam. He has the record for being on the front of sports illustrated 51 times. Michael won his first title in the 1990-91 season. After the first retirement Jordan played minor league baseball. But the team lost their first 3 games. He stole 30 bases and had 52 RBI’s that season. The first year back in the NBA Jordan wore number 45 because number 23 was already retired. The second year that Jordan was back he led the bulls with a 72 win season the best in league history and. That year he defeated the Seattle Supersonics to win another title. The 1996-97 season the bulls won 69 games and lost 13 games. In the finals that year they faced the Utah Jazz on the fifth game Michael was sick and couldn't ever move for most of the day but he still played they won the game and it was known as Michael’s “flu game”. They also won game 6 giving the bulls their second straight title. After the next retirement he went to the Washington wizards.