Do Republicans still buy sneakers too?

In 1990, in the midst of a heated -- and racially charged -- U.S. Senate race in North Carolina between Republican incumbent Jesse Helms and Democratic challenger Harvey Gantt, Chicago Bulls superstar guard Michael Jordan issued one of his most famous lines.Jordan, who grew up in Wilmington, N.C., and won a national championship in 1982 for the famed University of North Carolina Tar Heel...

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