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While the protests over George Floyd’s death rage across the nation, Warner Bros. has reacted by making its 2019 film “Just Mercy” available to stream for free for the month of June. The courtroom drama tells the true story of lawyer Bryan Stevenson (played by Michael B. Jordan), who appealed the 1988 murder conviction of …

The 2019 film “Just Mercy,” which chronicles courtroom struggles against racial injustice and mass incarceration, will be made free on digital platforms throughout June in the wake of George Floyd’s death, Warner Bros. said Tuesday. In the film, Michael B. Jordan plays attorney Bryan Stevenson, founder of the Equal Justice Initiative, who helps a character …

It’s been well-documented that Michael Jordan used any edge, perceived or imaginary, to motivate himself as a player. As an executive, he didn’t tolerate anyone disrespecting him, either. When Jordan was president of basketball operations for the Wizards during the 2000-01 season, he sometimes practiced with the team. Jordan ended up trading Laron Profit because …

If you’re one of the many people who scrubbed the memory of Michael Jordan as a Wizard from your mind, try imagining him wearing a Warriors jersey. Following Jordan’s first retirement, and one-season flirtation with minor league baseball, the Bulls legend was contemplating a basketball comeback during the 1994-95 season. But before he rejoined Scottie …

Clyde Drexler didn’t need to see “The Last Dance” to understand Michael Jordan anymore than he already does. “I lived it,” the former TrailBlazers star and early 1990s Jordan foe told SportsTalk 790’s A-Team on Wednesday. “That’s Michael’s documentary of course it’s going to be from his perspective. It was a golden era and everybody …

A portion of ESPN’s 10-part documentary series “The Last Dance” explored the prolonged tension between Michael Jordan and Isiah Thomas, digging into the infamous walk-off game and Thomas curiously being left off the 1992 Olympic Dream Team. Over the years, Jordan denied having any involvement in Thomas not making the Dream Team, the first American …

“The Last Dance” is over, but critiques of its main character are not. Former NBA player and ESPN analyst Kendrick Perkins became one of the latest to speak out on how the ESPN documentary shed light on Michael Jordan bullying his teammates, who were often left being negatively portrayed at his expense. “When you look …

Jordan Love might not wait as long as Aaron Rodgers did before seeing meaningful snaps. When asked about the prospect of using their 2020 NFL Draft first-round pick to replace the 36-year-old, two-time MVP during plays better suited for the mobile rookie, Packers offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett didn’t rule out the possibility, à la the …

Maybe Horace Grant was right when he called “The Last Dance” a work of fiction. Sam Smith, the author of “The Jordan Rules” and the former Chicago Tribune writer, poked some holes in the Michael Jordan documentary, as well. He said the notion Grant was his only source in the book was false and also …

A new poll finds that NBA fans still feel Michael Jordan is the GOAT, ranking him higher than LeBron James in nearly every way. The ESPN poll found that 73 percent of respondents felt that Michael Jordan is the better player overall. Still the GOAT, Jordan swept all 17 questions where respondents were tasked with …