SHANEEN KNOWS

Earlier this week, basketball superstar Michael Jordan, spoke out in an open letter about the gun violence that has been taking place across the U.S. specifically amongst African-Americans killed by police officers. In the letter, Jordan simply stated I can no longer stay silent , he also offered to donate $2 million dollars to help fight the cause, $1 million to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and $1 million to the International Association of Chief's of Police's Institute for Community-Police Relations. While this is a very noble act, many are wondering what took His Airness so long to speak out against something that has been happening for years. Even some of Jordan's biggest fans took to their social media pages to react to him breaking his silence. It was just a short time ago when the youth were killing each other over a pair of his Air Jordan sneakers and never once did the basketball icon utter a word publicly about it. I oftentimes heard cries from people

Michael Jeffrey Jordan is hands down one of the greatest professional basketball players to ever play the game! But before Jordan made it to the NBA, he was just a college kid with hoop dreams. He played for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for three years and was apart of the Tar Heels' national championship team in 1982. It was in 1984 when all the magic began, Jordan was official when he was drafted to the Chicago Bulls NBA team. The sports world had no idea this was the beginning of an era in basketball that would be unforgettable... history in the making. It didn't take long before Michael Jordan became a superstar, he was the player who had it all- high scoring capabilities, great defense and he could leap from the free throw line with his tongue hanging out for a slam dunk in your face! Jordan soon earned the nicknames "Air Jordan" and "His Airness." Michael Jordan was so great and so influential NIKE gave him his own signat