The 2024 Olympic Games ended with an exceptional final between the United States and France. Tom Cruise handed over the Olympic flag to the mayor of Los Angeles. To celebrate all this, I suggest we go back 40 years today, and immerse ourselves in the history of the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. More precisely in the men's basketball tournament.
Because it was that year, in LA, that Michael Jordanthen a young hopeful of American basketball, laid the foundations of his world fame. At the time, he was not even in the NBA yet. But he was already going to show that the future was promising. With other university students, and in a major role, Jordan would seek his first gold medal.
And that’s what we’re telling you today in Basketball Stories.
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The Episode – Michael Jordan, Star of the 1984 Olympic Games
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