Clark family experience biography of michael jordan
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A brother, his family and Michael Jordan: Reflecting on 9/11
Michael Jordan holds a flag that was presented to him by the U.S. Secretary of Defense. The flag flew over the Pentagon on September 11,
My younger brother, Scott, worked as a computer contractor at the Pentagon when the plane hit at a.m. ET. He was in the wrong section in the wrong place on the wrong day in the wrong year. He and thousands of others in Lower Manhattan and northern Virginia and a small field in western Pennsylvania never returned home on September 11, Nothing prepares you for the horror and the shock and definitely not the immediate aftermath of that.
How can you, for instance, deal with waiting all morning and afternoon for a sign of life that never came? Or cope with your mother’s voice cracking on the other end of the line when she gathers just enough strength to say “He didn’t make it” before hanging up? Or reaching out to family and relatives and loved ones and becoming too choked to finish a th
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Portrait of a legend
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Close- Melissa Isaacson is a columnist for , and ESPN Chicago. The award-winning writer has covered Chicago sports for most of her year career, including at the Chicago Tribune, before joining ESPN in , and has also covered tennis since
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James Jordan always claimed that his son Larry had the real basketball talent in the family.
Deloris Jordan said their eldest son James Jr. (or Ronnie, as the family calls him) possesses the true leadership ability.
Jordan's oldest sister, Delois, now she was the creative one. And Roslyn was the writer.
The family's youngest boy was encouraged and appreciated too, but he was the one who would stand over the engine of the latest car his father and brothers were fixing, not wanting to get his hands greasy.
"I remember one time," said Larry, "my father told Michael, 'Go get my 9/16 wrench,' and Michael said, 'What's that?' And my father just sent him in: 'Go back inside wit
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The Little Brother Theory: How Clark Slajchert became the player he is today
The sophomore guard currently ranks tied for second on the grupp in points per game
By Carter Lynn 02/14/22 pmIt doesn’t take an NBA scout to tell that there isn’t one enskild characteristic that connects the world’s best basketball players together.
But if there is one, it’s the Little Brother Theory.
And sophomore guard Clark Slajchert might be the best representation of this theory on Penn men’s basketball. While he may have started as just another young player on Penn’s roster, Slajchert has now become a staple of the Quakers' offense known for his tenacity on the hardwood.
The Little Brother Theory suggests that the NBA’s best are younger brothers. Just take Michael Jordan, for example. As the youngest child in his family of seven, Jordan grew up to become the face of basketball.
The logic behind this idea fryst vatten rooted in competition. The younger sibling, throughout childhood, is