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Jay Mariotti: “Michael has some fessing up to do… What Michael Jordan needs to do at some point in this [‘Last Dance’ documentary] is address the gambling, and address his feelings of what happened to his father in the murder. Some people to this day still believe that it was connected to his gambling. Did the NBA poo-poo and overlook this investigation? Did the late David Stern truly investigate the gambling the way he should have? These are questions I still have to this day… You don’t let that story go and I don’t know how you let Jordan off the hook here. Let’s see where they go with this documentary.” (Full Audio Above)
Listen to former Chicago sportswriter Jay Mariotti join The Odd Couple with Chris Broussard and Rob Parker as the guys discuss episodes 1 and 2 of ESPN’s ‘The Last Dance’ documentary chronicling the late-90’s Bulls.
Check out the audio above as Mariotti says he hopes the documentary addresses the rampant rumors surrounding Michael Jordan’s peculiar temporary retirement from the NBA in the mid-90’s where Jordan was said to have left to play baseball in honor of his late father who was murdered at a rest stop. Conspiracy theories have long alleged that Jordan’s chronic gambling problems may have been the reason for his one and a half year exodus from the NBA in the middle of his prime as a 'secret suspension.'
FULL Interview Below: