Michael Jordan: The Life
The definitive Jordan biography, including the gambling, the cruelty and the father, which the legend leaves out.
Roland Lazenby traces Jordan from North Carolina through the Bulls dynasties, the retirements and the years since, working from family history and the people around him rather than the highlight reel. It is long, heavily reported and unsentimental about a competitiveness that shaded into cruelty, while still explaining why he was worth watching.
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Tyler Cowen
Roland Lazenby, Michael Jordan: The Life. I learned much more from this book than I was expecting, it is flat out an excellent biography. Full of information and insight, and with a coherent narrative.
Source · January 2026
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