A story ran in today’s N&O about basketball legend Michael Jordan. The story aimed in part to debunk the widely-held belief that Michael Jordan was cut from the varsity basketball team at Laney High School in his hometown of Wilmington.

After reading this morning’s story I went to check Jordan’s Wikipedia entry. Sure enough, Wikipedia stated that Jordan was cut from the team:

He tried out for the varsity basketball team during his sophomore year, but at 5’11” (1.80 m), he was deemed too short to play at that level and was cut from the team. His taller friend, Harvest Leroy Smith, was the only sophomore to make the team.

(Note: it has since been updated in a way I can agree with.)
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