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In June of 1992, the Rodney King riots had just rocked Los Angeles and the United States faced deep racial animus. Meanwhile, Michael Jordan was just beginning to reach the height of his basketball powers.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He’d won his first NBA<\/a> title a year prior, and was days away from his second. Later that summer, he’d achieve global-icon status leading the Dream Team to gold at the Summer Olympics in Barcelona.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A day after Jordan scored 39 points to lead the Bulls to victory in Game 1 of the 1992 NBA Finals, one of his Chicago Bulls teammates spoke about him in the press.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Craig Hodges, a backup Bulls guard, ripped Jordan.\u00a0 Read more…<\/a><\/p>\n

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