One Perfect Story: Wright Thompson on Writing About Michael Jordan
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Michael Jordan
"I want to do a story that looks at Michael's life on the eve of 50," he says. "And my pitch to them was, you were my age and an American, Michael Jordan is Paul McCartney." The magazine almost didn't happen because I don't know if you remember this, but back when the magazine was alive and thriving under Chad Millman,. We did these things called one day, one game where like the entire staff would go to the game and we do an issue on a game. And I had the best relationships at LSU of anyone on the staff".
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