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<feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xml:lang="en"><title>The latest in Michael Jordan</title><link href="http://www.englandsoccernews.com/topic/Michael%20Jordan" rel="alternate"></link><id>http://www.englandsoccernews.com/topic/Michael Jordan</id><updated>2010-03-18T20:30:15Z</updated><entry><title>Bobcats Jordan Basketball</title><link href="http://www.englandsoccernews.com/photo/2201362" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-03-18T19:02:57Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:www.englandsoccernews.com,2010-03-18:/photo/2201362</id><summary type="html">&lt;a title="National Basketball Association" href="/topic/National+Basketball+Association" &gt;Former NBA&lt;/a&gt; player &lt;a title="Michael Jordan" href="/topic/Michael+Jordan" &gt;Michael Jordan&lt;/a&gt; speaks during a news conference Thursday, March 18, 2010, in &lt;a title="Charlotte (North Carolina)" href="/topic/Charlotte+(North+Carolina)" &gt;Charlotte, N.C.&lt;/a&gt; Jordan told reporters and season ticket holders it's a "dream come true" to own the &lt;a title="Charlotte Bobcats" href="/topic/Charlotte+Bobcats" &gt;Charlo...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="NBA Playoffs"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Eastern Conference"></category><category term="Michael Jordan"></category><category term="Charlotte Bobcats"></category><category term="Bob Johnson"></category><category term="NBA Southeast"></category></entry><entry><title>Jordan calls owning Bobcats "dream come true"</title><link href="http://www.englandsoccernews.com/article/Jordan%20calls%20owning%20Bobcats%20%22dream%20come%20true%22" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-03-18T20:30:15Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:www.englandsoccernews.com,2010-03-18:/article/Jordan%20calls%20owning%20Bobcats%20%22dream%20come%20true%22</id><summary type="html">&amp;lt;div id="subtitle"&amp;gt;&lt;a title="Michael Jordan" href="/topic/Michael+Jordan" &gt;Michael Jordan&lt;/a&gt; wants Charlotte "to experience winning" while discussing buying Bobcats&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;A relaxed Michael Jordan broke into a wide smile as he sat at his desk Thursday night amid his whirlwind week of realizing a longtime goal of becoming an &lt;a title="National Basketball Association" href="/topic/National+Basketball+Association" &gt;NBA&lt;/a&gt; owner.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Soon, though, that s...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="NBA Finals"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Eastern Conference"></category><category term="Larry Brown (Basketball)"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="Michael Jordan"></category><category term="Los Angeles Clippers"></category><category term="Philadelphia 76ers"></category><category term="Stephen Jackson"></category><category term="Cleveland Cavaliers"></category><category term="Charlotte Bobcats"></category><category term="Adam Morrison"></category><category term="Bob Johnson"></category><category term="Time Warner Cable Arena"></category><category term="Sam Vincent"></category><category term="Orlando"></category><category term="North Carolina Tar Heels (Basketball)"></category><category term="NBA Central"></category><category term="NBA Atlantic"></category><category term="NBA Pacific"></category><category term="NBA Southeast"></category></entry><entry><title>Bobcats beat Thunder to give Jordan first win</title><link href="http://www.englandsoccernews.com/article/Bobcats%20beat%20Thunder%20to%20give%20Jordan%20first%20win" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-03-17T19:00:07Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:www.englandsoccernews.com,2010-03-17:/article/Bobcats%20beat%20Thunder%20to%20give%20Jordan%20first%20win</id><summary type="html">&amp;lt;div id="subtitle"&amp;gt;Jackson helps Bobcats rally from 19 down, beat Thunder 100-92 to give Jordan first win&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&lt;a title="Stephen Jackson" href="/topic/Stephen+Jackson" &gt;Stephen Jackson&lt;/a&gt; scored 18 of his 20 points in the second half and &lt;a title="Charlotte Bobcats" href="/topic/Charlotte+Bobcats" &gt;Charlotte&lt;/a&gt; rallied to beat the &lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Oklahoma+City+Thunder" &gt;Oklahoma City Thunder&lt;/a&gt; 100-92 on Wednesday night to give &lt;a ...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Eastern Conference"></category><category term="Larry Brown (Basketball)"></category><category term="Michael Jordan"></category><category term="Scott Brooks"></category><category term="Derrick Brown"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Jeff Green"></category><category term="Kevin Durant"></category><category term="Stephen Jackson"></category><category term="Fayetteville"></category><category term="Charlotte Bobcats"></category><category term="Boris Diaw"></category><category term="Gerald Wallace"></category><category term="Eric Maynor"></category><category term="Tyrus Thomas"></category><category term="Nazr Mohammed"></category><category term="Raymond Felton"></category><category term="Russell Westbrook"></category><category term="Larry Hughes"></category><category term="Stephen Graham"></category><category term="Serge Ibaka"></category><category term="James Harden"></category><category term="North Carolina Tar Heels (Basketball)"></category><category term="NBA Southeast"></category><category term="Mustafa Shakur"></category></entry><entry><title>Thunder Bobcats Basketball</title><link href="http://www.englandsoccernews.com/photo/2200020" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-03-17T19:00:30Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:www.englandsoccernews.com,2010-03-17:/photo/2200020</id><summary type="html">&lt;a title="Charlotte Bobcats" href="/topic/Charlotte+Bobcats" &gt;Charlotte Bobcats&lt;/a&gt; owner &lt;a title="Michael Jordan" href="/topic/Michael+Jordan" &gt;Michael Jordan&lt;/a&gt; reacts after a missed Charlotte free throw in the first half of the &lt;a title="Bobcats" href="/topic/Bobcats" &gt;Bobcats&lt;/a&gt;' NBA basketball game against the &lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Oklahoma+City+Thunder" &gt;Oklahoma City Thunder&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a title="Charlotte (North Carolina)" href="/topic/Charlotte+(North+Carolina)" &gt;C...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="NBA Playoffs"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Eastern Conference"></category><category term="Michael Jordan"></category><category term="Burton"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Charlotte Bobcats"></category><category term="NBA Southeast"></category></entry><entry><title>Jordan seals Bobcats purchase</title><link href="http://www.englandsoccernews.com/article/Jordan%20seals%20Bobcats%20purchase" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-03-17T16:16:06Z</updated><author><name>AFP American Edition</name></author><id>tag:www.englandsoccernews.com,2010-03-17:/article/Jordan%20seals%20Bobcats%20purchase</id><summary type="html">&amp;lt;div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;The &lt;a title="National Basketball Association" href="/topic/National+Basketball+Association" &gt;NBA&lt;/a&gt; board of governors approved the sale of the &lt;a title="Charlotte Bobcats" href="/topic/Charlotte+Bobcats" &gt;Charlotte Bobcats&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a title="Michael Jordan" href="/topic/Michael+Jordan" &gt;Michael Jordan&lt;/a&gt;, making the former &lt;a title="Chicago Bulls" href="/topic/Chicago+Bulls" &gt;Chicago Bull&lt;/a&gt; star the first ex-player to be a majority owner in the league.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;T...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="College Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="College Athletics"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Eastern Conference"></category><category term="Michael Jordan"></category><category term="Chicago Bulls"></category><category term="Charlotte Bobcats"></category><category term="Washington Wizards"></category><category term="North Carolina Tar Heels (Basketball)"></category><category term="NBA Central"></category><category term="NBA Southeast"></category></entry><entry><title>Jordan becomes owner of Charlotte Bobcats</title><link href="http://www.englandsoccernews.com/article/Jordan%20becomes%20owner%20of%20Charlotte%20Bobcats" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-03-17T12:00:14Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:www.englandsoccernews.com,2010-03-17:/article/Jordan%20becomes%20owner%20of%20Charlotte%20Bobcats</id><summary type="html">&amp;lt;div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;NEW YORK (&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;) - &lt;a title="Michael Jordan" href="/topic/Michael+Jordan" &gt;Michael Jordan&lt;/a&gt; became the first former &lt;a title="National Basketball Association" href="/topic/National+Basketball+Association" &gt;NBA&lt;/a&gt; player to be the majority owner of a team when he was unanimously approved to take over the &lt;a title="Charlotte Bobcats" href="/topic/Charlotte+Bobcats" &gt;Charlotte Bobcats&lt;/a&gt; by the league on Wed...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="NBA Playoffs"></category><category term="NBA Finals"></category><category term="Spectator Sports Sector"></category><category term="Sports Teams and Clubs"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Eastern Conference"></category><category term="Michael Jordan"></category><category term="David Stern"></category><category term="Chicago Bulls"></category><category term="The Charlotte Observer"></category><category term="Charlotte Bobcats"></category><category term="Bob Johnson"></category><category term="North Carolina Tar Heels (Basketball)"></category><category term="NBA Central"></category><category term="NBA Southeast"></category></entry><entry><title>Stern: Jordan approval as Bobcats owner next week</title><link href="http://www.englandsoccernews.com/article/Stern%3A%20Jordan%20approval%20as%20Bobcats%20owner%20next%20week" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-03-12T12:45:16Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:www.englandsoccernews.com,2010-03-12:/article/Stern%3A%20Jordan%20approval%20as%20Bobcats%20owner%20next%20week</id><summary type="html">&amp;lt;div id="subtitle"&amp;gt;NBA office signs off on Jordan ownership bid of Bobcats; Stern expects approval in a week&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;The &lt;a title="National Basketball Association" href="/topic/National+Basketball+Association" &gt;NBA&lt;/a&gt; has signed off on &lt;a title="Michael Jordan" href="/topic/Michael+Jordan" &gt;Michael Jordan&lt;/a&gt;'s bid to buy the &lt;a title="Charlotte Bobcats" href="/topic/Charlotte+Bobcats" &gt;Charlotte Bobcats&lt;/a&gt;, and commissioner &lt;a title="David Stern" href="/topic/Davi...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="NBA Finals"></category><category term="Spectator Sports Sector"></category><category term="Sports Teams and Clubs"></category><category term="Nike Inc."></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Eastern Conference"></category><category term="Houston Rockets"></category><category term="Los Angeles Lakers"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="New Orleans Hornets"></category><category term="Dallas Mavericks"></category><category term="The Associated Press"></category><category term="Michael Jordan"></category><category term="Mark Cuban"></category><category term="David Stern"></category><category term="Phil Jackson"></category><category term="Chicago Bulls"></category><category term="Charlotte Bobcats"></category><category term="Bob Johnson"></category><category term="Black Entertainment Television Inc."></category><category term="North Carolina Tar Heels (Basketball)"></category><category term="George Postolos"></category><category term="NBA Southwest"></category><category term="NBA Central"></category><category term="NBA Pacific"></category><category term="NBA Southeast"></category></entry><entry><title>James files papers to switch from No. 23 to No. 6</title><link href="http://www.englandsoccernews.com/article/James%20files%20papers%20to%20switch%20from%20No.%2023%20to%20No.%206" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-03-02T15:00:25Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:www.englandsoccernews.com,2010-03-02:/article/James%20files%20papers%20to%20switch%20from%20No.%2023%20to%20No.%206</id><summary type="html">&amp;lt;div id="subtitle"&amp;gt;Cavaliers star &lt;a title="LeBron James" href="/topic/LeBron+James" &gt;LeBron James&lt;/a&gt; files paperwork to change uniform from No. 23 to No. 6&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;The number on LeBron James' back will be different next season. The &lt;a title="Cleveland Cavaliers" href="/topic/Cleveland+Cavaliers" &gt;Cleveland Cavaliers&lt;/a&gt; can only hope the logo on the front of his jersey remains the same.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;James has filed paperwork with the &lt;a title="National Basketb...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Eastern Conference"></category><category term="New York Knicks"></category><category term="Kobe Bryant"></category><category term="Michael Jordan"></category><category term="LeBron James"></category><category term="Chicago Bulls"></category><category term="Cleveland Cavaliers"></category><category term="Mo Williams"></category><category term="Mike Brown (Basketball Coach)"></category><category term="Bill Russell"></category><category term="Julius Erving"></category><category term="NBA Central"></category><category term="NBA Atlantic"></category></entry><entry><title>Mavs win 8th straight, down Jordan's Bobcats 89-84</title><link href="http://www.englandsoccernews.com/article/Mavs%20win%208th%20straight%2C%20down%20Jordan%27s%20Bobcats%2089-84" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-03-01T19:00:11Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:www.englandsoccernews.com,2010-03-01:/article/Mavs%20win%208th%20straight%2C%20down%20Jordan%27s%20Bobcats%2089-84</id><summary type="html">&amp;lt;div id="subtitle"&amp;gt;Mavericks beat Bobcats 89-84 for 8th straight win; Jordan 0-1 since agreeing to buy team&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&lt;a title="Dirk Nowitzki" href="/topic/Dirk+Nowitzki" &gt;Dirk Nowitzki&lt;/a&gt; scored 27 points, &lt;a title="Jason Terry" href="/topic/Jason+Terry" &gt;Jason Terry&lt;/a&gt; had several key buckets down the stretch, and the surging &lt;a title="Dallas Mavericks" href="/topic/Dallas+Mavericks" &gt;Dallas Mavericks&lt;/a&gt; beat &lt;a title="Charlotte Bobcats" href="/topic/Charlotte+Bob...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="Twitter Inc."></category><category term="NBA Eastern Conference"></category><category term="Larry Brown (Basketball)"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="Dallas Mavericks"></category><category term="Michael Jordan"></category><category term="Mark Cuban"></category><category term="Stephen Jackson"></category><category term="Jason Terry"></category><category term="Dirk Nowitzki"></category><category term="Charlotte Bobcats"></category><category term="Caron Butler"></category><category term="Tyson Chandler"></category><category term="Tyrus Thomas"></category><category term="Mike James"></category><category term="Gerald Henderson"></category><category term="Nazr Mohammed"></category><category term="Larry Hughes"></category><category term="Rod Higgins"></category><category term="NBA Southwest"></category><category term="NBA Southeast"></category></entry><entry><title>Mavericks Bobcats Basketball</title><link href="http://www.englandsoccernews.com/photo/2165401" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-03-01T19:01:49Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:www.englandsoccernews.com,2010-03-01:/photo/2165401</id><summary type="html">&lt;a title="Michael Jordan" href="/topic/Michael+Jordan" &gt;Michael Jordan&lt;/a&gt; laughs in the first half of the &lt;a title="Charlotte Bobcats" href="/topic/Charlotte+Bobcats" &gt;Charlotte Bobcats&lt;/a&gt;' &lt;a title="National Basketball Association" href="/topic/National+Basketball+Association" &gt;NBA&lt;/a&gt; basketball game against the &lt;a title="Dallas Mavericks" href="/topic/Dallas+Mavericks" &gt;Dallas Mavericks&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a title="Charlotte (North Carolina)" href="/topic/Charlotte+(North+Carolina)" &gt;Charlotte, N.C.&lt;/a...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="NBA Playoffs"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Eastern Conference"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="Dallas Mavericks"></category><category term="Michael Jordan"></category><category term="Burton"></category><category term="Charlotte Bobcats"></category><category term="NBA Southwest"></category><category term="NBA Southeast"></category></entry><entry><title>Bobcats owner-to-be Jordan takes hands-on approach</title><link href="http://www.englandsoccernews.com/article/Bobcats%20owner-to-be%20Jordan%20takes%20hands-on%20approach" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-03-01T09:45:14Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:www.englandsoccernews.com,2010-03-01:/article/Bobcats%20owner-to-be%20Jordan%20takes%20hands-on%20approach</id><summary type="html">&amp;lt;div id="subtitle"&amp;gt;Bobcats owner-to-be &lt;a title="Michael Jordan" href="/topic/Michael+Jordan" &gt;Michael Jordan&lt;/a&gt; attends shootaround, loses 2 games of H-O-R-S-E&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;One of Michael Jordan's first acts since reaching a deal to buy the &lt;a title="Charlotte Bobcats" href="/topic/Charlotte+Bobcats" &gt;Charlotte Bobcats&lt;/a&gt;: losing two games of H-O-R-S-E to guard &lt;a title="Gerald Henderson" href="/topic/Gerald+Henderson" &gt;Gerald Henderson&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;A trash-t...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Eastern Conference"></category><category term="Larry Brown (Basketball)"></category><category term="Kobe Bryant"></category><category term="Michael Jordan"></category><category term="David Stern"></category><category term="Chicago Bulls"></category><category term="Cleveland Cavaliers"></category><category term="Charlotte Bobcats"></category><category term="Gerald Wallace"></category><category term="Gerald Henderson"></category><category term="Larry Hughes"></category><category term="Rod Higgins"></category><category term="Bob Johnson"></category><category term="North Carolina Tar Heels (Basketball)"></category><category term="NBA Central"></category><category term="NBA Southeast"></category></entry><entry><title>Jordan faces challenges in owning the Bobcats</title><link href="http://www.englandsoccernews.com/article/Jordan%20faces%20challenges%20in%20owning%20the%20Bobcats" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-02-27T17:45:10Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:www.englandsoccernews.com,2010-02-27:/article/Jordan%20faces%20challenges%20in%20owning%20the%20Bobcats</id><summary type="html">&amp;lt;div id="subtitle"&amp;gt;&lt;a title="Michael Jordan" href="/topic/Michael+Jordan" &gt;Michael Jordan&lt;/a&gt; faces stiff challenges after agreeing to buy the &lt;a title="Charlotte Bobcats" href="/topic/Charlotte+Bobcats" &gt;Charlotte Bobcats&lt;/a&gt;&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Michael Jordan's drive and immense physical talent made him an &lt;a title="National Basketball Association" href="/topic/National+Basketball+Association" &gt;NBA&lt;/a&gt; superstar. His stardom and shrewdness helped him make millions in business....</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="NBA Finals"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Eastern Conference"></category><category term="Larry Brown (Basketball)"></category><category term="Houston Rockets"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="New Orleans Hornets"></category><category term="Michael Jordan"></category><category term="NASCAR"></category><category term="David Stern"></category><category term="Stephen Jackson"></category><category term="Kwame Brown"></category><category term="Charlotte Bobcats"></category><category term="Washington Wizards"></category><category term="Adam Morrison"></category><category term="Bob Johnson"></category><category term="Felix Sabates"></category><category term="Black Entertainment Television Inc."></category><category term="North Carolina Tar Heels (Basketball)"></category><category term="George Postolos"></category><category term="NBA Southwest"></category><category term="NBA Southeast"></category><category term="MJ Basketball Holdings LLC"></category></entry><entry><title>Hall of Famer Jordan agrees to buy Bobcats</title><link href="http://www.englandsoccernews.com/article/Hall%20of%20Famer%20Jordan%20agrees%20to%20buy%20Bobcats" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-02-27T15:15:33Z</updated><author><name>AFP American Edition</name></author><id>tag:www.englandsoccernews.com,2010-02-27:/article/Hall%20of%20Famer%20Jordan%20agrees%20to%20buy%20Bobcats</id><summary type="html">&amp;lt;div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;NBA great &lt;a title="Michael Jordan" href="/topic/Michael+Jordan" &gt;Michael Jordan&lt;/a&gt; has agreed terms to buy controlling interest of the &lt;a title="Charlotte Bobcats" href="/topic/Charlotte+Bobcats" &gt;Charlotte Bobcats&lt;/a&gt; - a deal league commissioner &lt;a title="David Stern" href="/topic/David+Stern" &gt;David Stern&lt;/a&gt; welcomed on Saturday.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Stern said he expects Jordan to be approved by league owners as majority owner of the club by the end of next month thanks t...</summary><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="African-American Issues"></category><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="NBA Finals"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Eastern Conference"></category><category term="Larry Brown (Basketball)"></category><category term="Houston Rockets"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="Michael Jordan"></category><category term="David Stern"></category><category term="Charlotte Bobcats"></category><category term="Adam Morrison"></category><category term="Bob Johnson"></category><category term="Black Entertainment Television Inc."></category><category term="George Postolos"></category><category term="NBA Southwest"></category><category term="NBA Southeast"></category><category term="MJ Basketball Holdings LLC"></category></entry><entry><title>Jordan agrees to purchase Charlotte Bobcats</title><link href="http://www.englandsoccernews.com/article/Jordan%20agrees%20to%20purchase%20Charlotte%20Bobcats" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-02-27T10:00:11Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:www.englandsoccernews.com,2010-02-27:/article/Jordan%20agrees%20to%20purchase%20Charlotte%20Bobcats</id><summary type="html">&amp;lt;div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;CHARLOTTE, &lt;a title="North Carolina Tar Heels (Basketball)" href="/topic/North+Carolina+Tar+Heels+(Basketball)" &gt;North Carolina&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;) - Hall of Famer &lt;a title="Michael Jordan" href="/topic/Michael+Jordan" &gt;Michael Jordan&lt;/a&gt; has agreed to buy a controlling interest in the &lt;a title="National Basketball Association" href="/topic/National+Basketball+Association" &gt;NBA&lt;/a&gt;'s &lt;a title="Charlotte Bobcats" href...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="NBA Finals"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Eastern Conference"></category><category term="Michael Jordan"></category><category term="David Stern"></category><category term="Chicago Bulls"></category><category term="The Charlotte Observer"></category><category term="Charlotte Bobcats"></category><category term="Bob Johnson"></category><category term="Gene Cherry"></category><category term="North Carolina Tar Heels (Basketball)"></category><category term="NBA Central"></category><category term="NBA Southeast"></category><category term="MJ Basketball Holdings LLC"></category></entry><entry><title>Michael Jordan reaches deal to buy Bobcats</title><link href="http://www.englandsoccernews.com/article/Michael%20Jordan%20reaches%20deal%20to%20buy%20Bobcats" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-02-27T01:00:29Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:www.englandsoccernews.com,2010-02-27:/article/Michael%20Jordan%20reaches%20deal%20to%20buy%20Bobcats</id><summary type="html">&amp;lt;div id="subtitle"&amp;gt;&lt;a title="Michael Jordan" href="/topic/Michael+Jordan" &gt;Michael Jordan&lt;/a&gt; reaches deal to buy controlling interest in &lt;a title="Charlotte Bobcats" href="/topic/Charlotte+Bobcats" &gt;Charlotte Bobcats&lt;/a&gt; from Bob Johnson&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;He has been called the &lt;a title="National Basketball Association" href="/topic/National+Basketball+Association" &gt;NBA&lt;/a&gt;'s greatest player and one of the country's top pitchmen.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Now Michael Jordan is ready ...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="NBA Playoffs"></category><category term="NBA Finals"></category><category term="Spectator Sports Sector"></category><category term="Sports Teams and Clubs"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Eastern Conference"></category><category term="Larry Brown (Basketball)"></category><category term="Houston Rockets"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="The Associated Press"></category><category term="Michael Jordan"></category><category term="Stephen Jackson"></category><category term="Kwame Brown"></category><category term="Charlotte Bobcats"></category><category term="Washington Wizards"></category><category term="Adam Morrison"></category><category term="Rod Higgins"></category><category term="Bob Johnson"></category><category term="Abe Pollin"></category><category term="Black Entertainment Television Inc."></category><category term="Fred Whitfield"></category><category term="North Carolina Tar Heels (Basketball)"></category><category term="George Postolos"></category><category term="NBA Southwest"></category><category term="NBA Southeast"></category><category term="MJ Basketball Holdings LLC"></category></entry><entry><title>Bobcats Ownership</title><link href="http://www.englandsoccernews.com/photo/2159386" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-02-27T00:30:19Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:www.englandsoccernews.com,2010-02-27:/photo/2159386</id><summary type="html">FILE - &lt;a title="Chicago Bulls" href="/topic/Chicago+Bulls" &gt;Former Chicago Bulls&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a title="Washington Wizards" href="/topic/Washington+Wizards" &gt;Washington Wizards&lt;/a&gt; guard &lt;a title="Michael Jordan" href="/topic/Michael+Jordan" &gt;Michael Jordan&lt;/a&gt; smiles as he delivers his address during his enshrinement ceremony into the &lt;a title="Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame" href="/topic/Naismith+Memorial+Basketball+Hall+of+Fame" &gt;Naismith Basketball Hall&lt;/a&gt; of Fame in &lt;a title="Spring...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="NBA Playoffs"></category><category term="Spectator Sports Sector"></category><category term="Sports Teams and Clubs"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Eastern Conference"></category><category term="The Associated Press"></category><category term="Michael Jordan"></category><category term="Chicago Bulls"></category><category term="Charlotte Bobcats"></category><category term="Washington Wizards"></category><category term="Springfield (Massachusetts)"></category><category term="Bob Johnson"></category><category term="Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame"></category><category term="NBA Central"></category><category term="NBA Southeast"></category></entry><entry><title>Stern: Expect Bobcats sale within 60 days</title><link href="http://www.englandsoccernews.com/article/Stern%3A%20Expect%20Bobcats%20sale%20within%2060%20days" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-02-22T09:38:57Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:www.englandsoccernews.com,2010-02-22:/article/Stern%3A%20Expect%20Bobcats%20sale%20within%2060%20days</id><summary type="html">&amp;amp;lt;div id="subtitle"&amp;amp;gt;NBA commissioner: Bobcats sale likely within 60 days; Jordan buying 'would be a good thing'&amp;amp;lt;/div&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;div&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;gt;NBA commissioner &lt;a title="David Stern" href="/topic/David+Stern" &gt;David Stern&lt;/a&gt; expects the &lt;a title="Charlotte Bobcats" href="/topic/Charlotte+Bobcats" &gt;Charlotte Bobcats&lt;/a&gt; to be sold within 60 days. He's just not ready to say if &lt;a title="Michael Jordan" href="/topic/Michael+Jordan" &gt;Michael Jordan&lt;/a&gt; will be t...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Eastern Conference"></category><category term="Houston Rockets"></category><category term="NBA Southwest Division"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="The Associated Press"></category><category term="Michael Jordan"></category><category term="David Stern"></category><category term="NBA Southeast Division"></category><category term="Charlotte Bobcats"></category><category term="Rod Higgins"></category><category term="Bob Johnson"></category><category term="George Postolos"></category></entry><entry><title>Hall of Fame finalists: Malone, Pippen, Dream Team</title><link href="http://www.englandsoccernews.com/article/Hall%20of%20Fame%20finalists%3A%20Malone%2C%20Pippen%2C%20Dream%20Team" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-02-22T09:51:03Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:www.englandsoccernews.com,2010-02-22:/article/Hall%20of%20Fame%20finalists%3A%20Malone%2C%20Pippen%2C%20Dream%20Team</id><summary type="html">&amp;amp;lt;div id="subtitle"&amp;amp;gt;Malone, Pippen, &lt;a title="United States Olympic Committee" href="/topic/United+States+Olympic+Committee" &gt;US Olympic&lt;/a&gt; Dream Team are finalists for Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame&amp;amp;lt;/div&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;div&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;gt;&lt;a title="Magic Johnson" href="/topic/Magic+Johnson" &gt;Magic Johnson&lt;/a&gt; knows exactly how a game would have gone between his 1992 Dream Team and the 1960 Olympic team, another of the great &lt;a title="United States" href="/topic/Unit...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="Olympic Games"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Eastern Conference"></category><category term="Los Angeles Lakers"></category><category term="NBA Pacific Division"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="NBA Northwest Division"></category><category term="Utah Jazz"></category><category term="Michael Jordan"></category><category term="Magic Johnson"></category><category term="Women's National Basketball Association"></category><category term="Larry Bird"></category><category term="Chicago Bulls"></category><category term="NBA Central Division"></category><category term="Harlem Globetrotters"></category><category term="Don Nelson"></category><category term="Walt Bellamy"></category><category term="Bill Walton"></category><category term="John Stockton"></category><category term="Chris Mullin"></category><category term="Jerry West"></category><category term="Jerry Buss"></category><category term="Bernard King"></category><category term="Karl Malone"></category><category term="Scottie Pippen"></category><category term="Cynthia Cooper"></category><category term="Dennis Johnson"></category><category term="Jamaal Wilkes"></category><category term="Jerry Lucas"></category><category term="Oscar Robinson"></category><category term="2004 Summer Olympics"></category><category term="1996 Summer Olympics"></category></entry><entry><title>Coaching program fights obesity, school dropouts</title><link href="http://www.englandsoccernews.com/article/Coaching%20program%20fights%20obesity%2C%20school%20dropouts" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-02-22T09:48:53Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:www.englandsoccernews.com,2010-02-22:/article/Coaching%20program%20fights%20obesity%2C%20school%20dropouts</id><summary type="html">&amp;amp;lt;div id="subtitle"&amp;amp;gt;With financial pinch shutting sports programs, national group hopes to get kids playing again&amp;amp;lt;/div&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;div&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;gt;&lt;a title="Michael Jordan" href="/topic/Michael+Jordan" &gt;Michael Jordan&lt;/a&gt; juggled tennis balls in a gym with 29 young adults learning to coach inner-city youngsters.&amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;gt;Not THAT Michael Jordan.&amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;gt;This Michael Jordan also loves basketball but coaches it a...</summary><category term="The White House"></category><category term="South Pacific"></category><category term="Peace Corps"></category><category term="East Asia"></category><category term="Oceania"></category><category term="Michael Jordan"></category><category term="Long Island"></category><category term="Yankee Stadium"></category><category term="Michelle Obama"></category><category term="AmeriCorps"></category><category term="Marshall Islands"></category><category term="Fenway Park"></category><category term="Wheelock College"></category><category term="Ebeye"></category><category term="Georgetown (Washington, DC)"></category><category term="Diana Cutaia"></category><category term="Megan Bartlett"></category></entry><entry><title>McDonald's in marketing deal with LeBron James</title><link href="http://www.englandsoccernews.com/article/McDonald%27s%20in%20marketing%20deal%20with%20LeBron%20James" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-02-22T13:48:11Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:www.englandsoccernews.com,2010-02-22:/article/McDonald%27s%20in%20marketing%20deal%20with%20LeBron%20James</id><summary type="html">&amp;amp;lt;div&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;gt;&lt;a title="Chicago" href="/topic/Chicago" &gt;CHICAGO&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;) - &lt;a title="McDonald's Corporation" href="/topic/McDonald's+Corporation" &gt;McDonald's Corp&lt;/a&gt; on Thursday said it was starting a marketing relationship with &lt;a title="National Basketball Association" href="/topic/National+Basketball+Association" &gt;National Basketball Association&lt;/a&gt; star &lt;a title="LeBron James" href="/topic/LeBron+Ja...</summary><category term="Marketing"></category><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="Restaurants and Food Services"></category><category term="Fast Food Restaurants"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="CBS Corporation"></category><category term="NBA Eastern Conference"></category><category term="Michael Jordan"></category><category term="McDonald's Corporation"></category><category term="Larry Bird"></category><category term="LeBron James"></category><category term="Dwight Howard"></category><category term="NBA Central Division"></category><category term="Cleveland Cavaliers"></category><category term="Ben Klayman"></category><category term="Neil Golden"></category></entry></feed>