Rebound

Matt McGinnis
5-21-2003
English 3
McGill

Michael Jordan, the most popular athlete in the world, is arguably the greatest basketball player of all time. He led the Chicago Bulls to six NBA championships in the 1990’s, and had a lot of success on the United States Olympic team as well. He announced his retirement from the sport of basketball due to the murder of his father after the 1993-1994 season, and he left millions of people shocked and disappointed. No one was really sure if the death of his father was the only reason, and what was even more shocking was that he decided to try his hand at baseball, the sport his father always wanted him to play. Fortunately, during his odyssey into the minor leagues and into a period of self-discovery, he allowed one man to be there with him and understand exactly what he was trying to accomplish. This man was Robert Greene, the author of Rebound: The Odyssey of Michael Jordan. Greene had previously written a book about Michael Jordan...