Michael Jordan's All-Star Game History

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In 1991, Michael Jordan won his first championship wins on the Chicago Bull’s. In 1991, Earvin, Magic, Johnson announced he had HIV and that he would soon retire from the Los Angeles Lakers. In 1994, the United States basketball team defeated Russia to win the gold medal in the World Championship of Basketball. In 1997, The 50 greatest players in NBA History were honored in a ceremony during the halftime of an All-Star Game at Cleveland's Arena. In 1998, Kobe Bryant became the youngest starter in all of NBA All-Star Game history. In 1999, Michael Jordan announced he was going to retire from the NBA and then he would soon play professional baseball. In 1990, The NFL announce that they would now be drafting college juniors along with college …show more content…
In 1995, The Raiders moved back to Oakland and the Rams moved to St. Louis, and Los Angeles was left without a pro football team for the first time since 1945. In 1996, The Browns left Cleveland to go to Baltimore until they returned to Cleveland in 1999. In 1997, The Houston Oilers had moved to Tennessee to become the Tennessee Titans. In 1992, The Toronto Blue Jays became the first non-U.S. team to win the World Series. In 1993, Joe Carter had a walk-off home run to win the world series. In 1994, Baseball went on strike for 232 days, which ended Michael Jordan’s baseball career which caused him to return back to basketball. In 1995, Cal Ripken Jr. broke Lou Gehrig’s record for most consecutive games played, which was 2,632 games. In 1997, Minor-league pitcher Ila Borders became the first woman to appear in a regular-season professional baseball game. In 1998, Mark Mcgwire became the second player in MLB history to hit more than 60 homeruns in a season. In 1992, Mario Lemieux returned after his cancer treatment and later beat cancer. In 1993, The Montreal Canadiens won the Stanley Cup, which was the last time a canadian team won the Stanley Cup and still to this

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