Any of you who've followed Michael Jordan and his career have labored under the belief that he was cut during his high school career. He then, of course, re-doubled his efforts and became the world's greatest basketball player.
Ooops. The truth is often less interesting than the legend, but if you read Thomas Lake's article about Clifton (Pop) Herring in the January 16, Sports Illustrated, I think you'll find that not to be true, at least in this case. Herring was Jordan's high school coach and, it turns out, mentor, friend and father figure. Plus, he never cut Michael Jordan, nor did anyone else.
Yet today Herring lives in a dilapidated house in North Carolina battling mental health. He has not heard from Jordan in more than a decade. When you read the article, you'll wonder why.
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