In the run-up to Sunday’s highly anticipated debut of “The Last Dance,” there were pleas to avoid turning the 10-part documentary into a proxy war between Michael Jordan and LeBron James. The …
All the NBA world was a stage for Michael Jordan
This is a version of a column printed Feb. 4, 1996, in the Los Angeles Times sports section. You go to see Michael Jordan play basketball for the same reason you went to see Astaire dance, Olivier act …
Michael Jordan’s No. 2: Why Scottie Pippen was NBA’s best (and most underpaid) sidekick
The Last Dance’ illustrated Scottie Pippen didn’t get respect he deserved while playing sidekick to Michael Jordan during two three-peat titles.
Michael Jordan says he rejected drugs, hotel party with Bulls teammates
Basketball legend Michael Jordan said in his new documentary that he walked out of a hotel room party that included drugs and many of his Chicago Bulls teammates while he was a rookie.
Scottie Pippen’s Net Worth, Stats and Salary History Compared to Michael Jordan
With the exception of Michael Jordan, nobody featured in a premiere of The Last Dance as prominently as Scottie Pippen. Jordan’s sidekick during the six championship-winning runs, Pippen was the focus …
Michael Jordan Will Now Interrupt Your Quarantine
Amid a pandemic, a lengthy ESPN documentary assesses the impact of Michael Jordan.
Power scarcity affecting industrial production, North Korea official says
North Korea’s power supply situation is “not good,” and the regime must strive for better results, Pyongyang’s minister of electric power industry said Monday.
North Korea claims it has zero coronavirus cases — defectors and experts think otherwise
Outsiders strongly suspect that coronavirus has already spread to North Korea because it shares a long, porous border with China …
Saudi Arabia gets physical with Russia in underground oil bout
Russian truce to stabilise oil markets with a record output cut, market players are seeing the two production heavyweights still trading blows in the physical market. It is here, rather than in the …
Dozens Dead In Fresh Wave Of Taliban Violence In Afghanistan
The Taliban have killed at least 23 Afghan troops and nine civilians, officials said Monday, as a fresh wave of violence grips Afghanistan despite a deal with the US and a worsening coronavirus crisis …