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Jordan also owes it to one breakfast

- AL MENDOZA

BREAKFAST is said to be our most important meal for any day.

But for BJ Armstrong—and Michael Jordan, too—it’s more than that.

Their breakfast a quarter of a century ago was a gamechange­r.

Not only did it change their lives forever. It also changed the course of basketball history.

The breakfast made Jordan a sixtime NBA champ.

The breakfast made Chicago a sixtime NBA champ.

The breakfast made Jordan a billionair­e, with his net worth today at US$2.1 billion.

Had Jordan ignored the 1995 invite by Armstrong for them to have breakfast, His Airness and the Bulls might have contented themselves with winning “just” three NBA titles.

In his report, the AP’s Tim Reynolds tagged Armstrong as the key to Jordan’s comeback.

It was published while The Last Dance, the blockbuste­r 10-episode ESPN Jordan documentar­y on Netflix, was being shown last month.

“Armstrong was the person who, at a breakfast chat over pancakes in Chicago, nudged

All are required to wear facemasks, maintain social distance, and no sharing of equipment.

Jogging is allowed at any available wide spaces in the town and at the Benguet Sports Complex in Barangay Wangal, La Trinidad from 5:00 to 7:00 a.m. after Governor Melchor Diclas decided to open the facility.

The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Disease (IATF) on May 24 has given the green light for the resumption of non-contact sporting activities in areas under a general community quarantine (GCQ) due to the coronaviru­s disease 2019 (Covid-19).

In the IATF Resolution 38 passed on Friday and was made public on Saturday, athletes and enthusiast­s of running, biking, golf, swimming, tennis, badminton, equestrian and skateboard­ing among others in GCQ regions can now play the sports they love again “provided that the minimum public health standards such as the wearing of masks and maintenanc­e of physical distancing protocols and no sharing of equipment when applicable are observed.”

The resolution also stated that facilities which cater to the said sports can reopen but they will be “limited to basic operation.”

The IATF earlier allowed walking, jogging, and biking activities in areas under a modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ).

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AP Photo EMPATHY. In this June 18, 2000, file photo, Tiger Woods tees off on the 18th hole on his way to winning the 100th U.S. Open Golf Championsh­ip at the Pebble Beach Golf Links in Pebble Beach, Calif. Golf Channel is airing a onehour special on May 24 of Woods winning all four majors in a span of 10 months.
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