Khipha amagama amaqembu uMichael Jordan abe yingxenye yawo embhalweni ongezansi.
Context:UMichael Jeffrey Jordan (owazalwa ngoFebhuwari 17, 1963), owaziwa nangamagama akhe okuqala MJ, ungumdlali webhasikidi waseMelika owayengumdlali webhasikidi nosomabhizinisi. I-biography yakhe engosini esemthethweni ye-National Basketball Association (NBA) ithi: "Ngokwamukelwa, uMichael Jordan ungumdlali we-basketball omkhulu kunabo bonke emlandweni". Wadlala izinkathi eziyishumi nanhlanu ku-NBA, wanqoba imiklomelo eyisithupha ye-NBA ne-Chicago Bulls. UJordan ungumnikazi oyinhloko futhi ungusihlalo weCharlotte Hornets yeNBA kanye ne23XI Racing eNASCAR Cup Series. Wayengumuntu obalulekile ekwandiseni umdlalo webhasikidi kanye ne-NBA emhlabeni wonke ngeminyaka yama-1980 kanye nama-1990, waba yisithonjana samasiko omhlaba.  UJordan wadlala i-basketball yasekolishi iminyaka emithathu ngaphansi komqeqeshi uDean Smith neNorth Carolina Tar Heels. Njengomfundi wesibili, wayeyilungu leqembu likazwelonke leTar Heels ngo-1982. UJordan wajoyina iBulls ngo-1984 njengokhetho lwesithathu jikelele, futhi ngokushesha wavela njengenkanyezi yeligi, ejabulisa izixuku ngamagoli akhe amaningi ngenkathi ethola idumela njengomunye wabadlali abavikela kakhulu kulo mdlalo. Ikhono lakhe lokugxuma, eliboniswe ngokwenza ama-slam dunks emgqeni wokuphonsa mahhala emincintiswaneni ye-Slam Dunk, lamzuzela igama lesidlaliso elithi "Air Jordan" nelithi "His Airness". UJordan wathola isicoco sakhe sokuqala se-NBA neBulls ngo-1991, futhi walandela leyo mpumelelo ngeziqu ngo-1992 nango-1993, eqinisekisa i-three-peat. UJordan uthathe umhlalaphansi ngebhasikidi ngaphambi kwesizini ye-NBA ka-1993-94 ukuze adlale i-Minor League Baseball kodwa wabuyela eBulls ngoMashi 1995 futhi wabaholela eminye imiklomelo emithathu ngo-1996, 1997 nango-1998, kanye ne-rekhodi yangaleso sikhathi yokunqoba isizini ejwayelekile engu-72 ngesizini ye-NBA ka-1995-96. Uthathe umhlalaphansi okwesibili ngoJanuwari 1999 kodwa wabuyela ezikhathini ezimbili ze-NBA kusukela ngo-2001 kuya ku-2003 njengelungu leWashington Wizards. Ngesikhathi somsebenzi wakhe wobungcweti waphinde wakhethwa ukudlala eqenjini lesizwe lase-United States, wawina izindondo ezine zegolide (e-1983 Pan American Games, 1984 Summer Olympics, 1992 Tournament of the Americas kanye ne-1992 Summer Olympics), ngenkathi futhi engashaywa.
UMichael Jordan wadlalela i-North Carolina Tar Heels, i-Chicago Bulls kanye ne-Washington Wizards. Ungumnikazi oyinhloko weCharlotte Hornets we-NBA kanye ne-23XI Racing ku-NASCAR Cup Series. Ubuye wadlalela iqembu lesizwe laseMelika, wawina izindondo zegolide eMidlalweni YasePan American ka-1983, ama-Olimpiki asehlobo ka-1984, i-1992 Tournament of the Americas kanye nama-Olimpiki asehlobo ka-1992. Ngaphezu kwalokho, wadlala i-Minor League Baseball phakathi kokuhlala e-Chicago Bulls phakathi kuka-1994 no-1995.