Michael Jordan
Michael Jordan is a former NBA star who won six championships and six NBA Finals MVP awards with the Chicago Bulls. His skills and competitiveness on the court helped him notch achievements that cemented his status as one of the best players of all time. He’s now the chairman of the Charlotte Hornets.
During his sophomore year of high school, he tried out for the varsity basketball team, but he didn’t make the cut. He instead became the star of the junior varsity team and landed a spot on varsity the following year. He went on to play for the North Carolina Tar Heels in college and hit the winning basket in the 1982 NCAA Championship game.
The Last Dance, a 10-part docuseries, gives additional insight into Michael Jordan’s life and final season with the Bulls.
After leading the Bulls to their third consecutive title following the 1992-93 season, Jordan famously retired from the NBA and spent his time playing minor league baseball in 1994.
- Birthday: February 17, 1963
- Born in: Brooklyn, New York
- Raised in: Wilmington, North Carolina
- Jersey number: 23
- Height: 6’6”
- Position: Shooting guard
- College: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Net worth: $2.1 billion
- Children: Jasmine M. Jordan, Jeffrey Michael Jordan, Marcus Jordan, Ysabel Jordan, Victoria Jordan
- Spouse: Yvette Prieto (married in 2013), Juanita Vanoy (married from 1989–2006)
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After a modestly disappointing 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season, Bubba Wallace has more than one reason for optimism a half-dozen races into 2025. No, the 23XI Racing driver hasn’t won a race this year. Earning a berth in the playoffs is also far from certain. But Wallace — in his fifth season with the team […]
No doubt, Bubba Wallace entered last weekend’s NASCAR Cup Series event at Homestead-Miami Speedway feeling pressure. Wallace does, in fact, drive for 23XI Racing co-owner Michael Jordan, the NBA Hall of Famer. In his opening five outings this season, Wallace registered an average finish of 23rd. The No. 23 Toyota team needed a strong finish and […]
Co-owned by Michael Jordan, 23XI Racing jumped out Saturday to secure both spots of the front row as Tyler Reddick earned the pole position for Sunday’s EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix, while teammate Bubba Wallace qualified second at Circuit of The Americas. Reddick turned a hot lap of 88.095 mph, edging the top-five efforts of Wallace […]
23XI Racing co-owner Michael Jordan is taking on the NASCAR Cup Series establishing body, challenging the take-it-or-leave-it charter deal. The Huntersville, North Carolina-based garage, along with Front Row Motorsports, were the lone two organizations that did not sign the charter. Entering 2025, Jordan’s showdown, backed by co-owner and three-time Daytona 500 champion Denny Hamlin, remains […]
In the weeks leading up to every new NASCAR Cup Series season, optimism abounds among those who will be sharing a race track from February through November. Ask just about any driver this time of year to offer a forecast for the upcoming season, and they’ll claim they’re “excited” about the possibilities. In reality, though, […]
It’s another night, another record for LeBron James. With just under six minutes to play, the L.A. Lakers superstar hit an 18-foot turnaround fadeaway over the Atlanta Hawks’ Onyeka Okongwu to reach the 30-point mark in a game for the 563rd time in his career. With that, he surpassed Michael Jordan’s 22-year record for most […]
Off the race track, life was pretty good for Bubba Wallace in 2024. In late September, he became a dad for the first time when his wife, Amanda, give birth to the couple’s first child — a son named Becks. Earlier in the month, 23XI Racing co-owners Michael Jordan and Denny Hamlin announced they had […]
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In any conversation about NBA players who were ahead of their time, you won’t go long without hearing the name of Utah Jazz forward Andrei Kirilenko. In 2004, if you asked the average person where Kirilenko stood in the league hierarchy, they would probably say that he was in the back end of the top […]
