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Harsh, unapologetic, unstoppable: Why Michael Jordan is the GOAT

Who is the greatest of them all, and how do you measure greatness anyway? Jake Niall continues our series on the sporting GOATs, before we reveal our top 50.

  • Jake Niall

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  • Scott Spits
Retired Yankees slugger Babe Ruth warms up with three bats before stepping to the plate at New York’s Yankee Stadium, August 21, 1942. (AP Photo/Tom Sande, File)

More air than Jordan: The Sultan of Swat is still breaking records

A baseball jersey won 92 years ago has sold for $35 million. Yep, you read that right.

  • Peter FitzSimons
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Footwear fans get their kicks at Qld exhibition of rare sneakers

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Former Chicago Bulls Luc Longley and Scottie Pippen walk along the Yarra River on Thursday.

‘Brisbane Lions, mate’: Longley and Pippen reunite, make their grand final allegiance clear; Delly leads United to win

NBA icon Scottie Pippen and ex-teammate Luc Longley have reunited for the first time in a decade and will head to the AFL grand final - where Longley insists they’ll be behind the Lions all the way.

  • Roy Ward
Michael Jordan has a handsome profit after selling his stake in the Charlotte Hornets.

How Michael Jordan built his $5.5b fortune

Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time. And the richest.

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A new documentary is about to be released, charting Luc Longley’s career in the NBA, in particular his time alongside Michael Jordan at the Chicago Bulls.

‘He was vilified to an extent’: Longley speaks up for Krause, recalls Bulls years in new documentary

A new documentary on Luc Longley allows Australia’s NBA pioneer to reflect on the forced break-up of the Michael Jordan dynasty he was part of a quarter of a century ago at the Chicago Bulls.

  • Roy Ward
Matt Damon as Sonny Vaccaro in Air.

Ben Affleck’s Air Jordan movie is really a sermon about fame and fortune

Say what you like about Ben Affleck, he’s willing to take risks. But even given the benefit of every possible doubt, Air is pretty thin.

  • Jake Wilson
Michael Jordan’s worn 1985 Player Sample Air Jordan 1s | Sizes 13, 13.5

Rare Air: How sport’s most famous endorsement deal took flight

In the new movie AIR, Ben Affleck and Matt Damon tell the story of Nike’s pursuit of Michael Jordan. This is the backstory about the creation of the iconic Air Jordan - the shoe that changed the world of sporting apparel forever.

  • Ben Coady
Michael Jordan and LeBron James

LeBron has the points, Jordan the titles. But who is the GOAT?

LeBron James’ record-breaking feat has re-ignited the debate about who is the greatest basketballer of all time.

  • Frank Pingue

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