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We're eight episodes down, with two to go, but on Sunday we were treated to some gems by Brad Botkin May 10, 2020 at 11:42 pm ET • 8 min read And just like that, we're down to the final two episodes of "The Last Dance," ESPN's 10-part documentary chronicling the 1997-98 Chicago Bulls. If next week's finales are going to send us off on a high note, they're going to have their work cut out, because Sunday's episodes, in my opinion, are the best of the series so far. We got Michael Jordan at his finest, equally cutthroat and emotional as he takes us into his sphere of obsession. We got Scottie Pippen doubling down on the most controversial decision of his career. We got the baseball years, the 72-win season and the 1996 championship on the heels of Michael losing his father. We got an incredible story about LaBradford Smith, Gary Payton saying, effectively, he was something of a Jordan stopper, and Reggie Miller concluding it all with a quote for … [Read more...] about ‘The Last Dance’: Reggie Miller saying he’s ‘going to retire Michael Jordan’ tops list of 10 best quotes

Here's a look at the best of Sunday's episodes of the 'The Last Dance' by Brad Botkin May 10, 2020 at 11:41 pm ET • 15 min read "The Last Dance" -- ESPN's 10-part documentary chronicling the 1997-98 Chicago Bulls -- hit a high point on Sunday for a series that, as promised by director Jason Hehir, just keeps getting better. To be fair, every episode has been a home run. Ratings are through the roof. But Sunday's episodes hit from every angle on a range of topics that, in their own way, encapsulate everything Jordan and the Bulls represented.  Some good. Some bad.  Let's look at the winners and losers: Winner: Michael Jordan Episode 7 is, in my opinion, Jordan's finest hour of the series so far. He provides us with the most human moment we're likely to see as he's moved to tears talking about his take on leadership and the embers that stoked his maniacal motivation.  There's an old rule in writing that says "show, don't tell," and … [Read more...] about ‘The Last Dance’ winners and losers: Michael Jordan, Gary Payton win big; Scottie Pippen takes biggest loss

We're eight episodes down, with two to go, but last Sunday we were treated to some gems by Brad Botkin May 12, 2020 at 10:15 am ET • 8 min read And just like that, we're down to the final two episodes of "The Last Dance," ESPN's 10-part documentary chronicling the 1997-98 Chicago Bulls. If next week's finales are going to send us off on a high note, they're going to have their work cut out, because Sunday's episodes, in my opinion, are the best of the series so far. We got Michael Jordan at his finest, equally cutthroat and emotional as he takes us into his sphere of obsession. We got Scottie Pippen doubling down on the most controversial decision of his career. We got the baseball years, the 72-win season and the 1996 championship on the heels of Michael losing his father. We got an incredible story about LaBradford Smith, Gary Payton saying, effectively, he was something of a Jordan stopper, and Reggie Miller concluding it all with a quote for … [Read more...] about ‘The Last Dance’: Reggie Miller saying he’s ‘going to retire Michael Jordan’ headlines list of 10 best quotes

'The Last Dance' documentary not only reveals Jordan being a winner, but also a maniac by Brad Botkin May 16, 2020 at 4:22 pm ET • 5 min read To say Michael Jordan was a spiteful athlete would be an understatement. You could argue he was a flat-out madman and not be all that out of line. The man was not above completely making stuff up to create a little extra motivation to bury some poor sap on the receiving end of his madness. Indeed, one of the major themes of "The Last Dance" -- the 10-part ESPN/Netflix series chronicling the 1997-98 Chicago Bulls -- has been M.J. the competitive crazy man taking, often, the most innocent of "slights" and turning them into jet fuel. It is complete nonsense that these bones Jordan picked with his opponents were proportionally responsible for his dominance, as the series almost attempts to portray, but you can't really spend 10 hours telling the boring truth --  that Jordan destroyed his peers not … [Read more...] about Five slights Michael Jordan turned into fuel include LaBradford Smith fiction, George Karl’s dinner diss