michael jordan would just own him.st get that out of the way. and that commercial does come in the early 1990s, and in my book i define the '80s really as the reagan era all the way through to about 1992. this commercial embodies what a nike executive calls the idea of the outlaw with morals, the idea of the rogue that you can explain the way things happen in society well in institutions as either the outsider forced the institution to do something or somebody inside the institution went rogue, went lawless against the institution. and that commercial of charles barkley is the ultimate idea of the outlaw with morals, a guy who's saying, who's really yelling at you, almost lecturing you saying i don't follow any rules. and nike made a market out of this. these are the key nike icons other than michael jordan that they focused on as the outlaw with morals. that's steve prefontaine, john mcenroe, barkley, bo jackson, andre agassi and deion sanders as just some example of this. the idea that to go rogue, to go lawless, to

. >> michael jordan's love letter. a cell that has an ex-girlfriend in the headlines tonight. >> we have had a nice day a lot of sunshine. i will tell you all about. >> tonight a d.c. police took an unprecedented step to catch a criminal. honey, why aren't you playing with your friends? i am playing with my friends. hey, mrs. d... joseph? sarah! it's mommy's turn now. let's go. [ male announcer ] the average home has over four nternet-connected devices. weere gonna storm the castle. i love your hair [ sarah ] thanks i went to your guy. it's perfect. i thought we were storming the castle. [ male announcer ] that's why you need the internet rated #1 for supporting multiple users and devices simultaneously. verizon fifios. a network ahead. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800-974-tty/v. >>> you are watching abc 7 news at 11 with leon harris and alison starling. this is abc 7 news at 11 on your side. >>> police need your help to track down this man who they say is behind attacks. detectives believ

for the record, michael jordan went to what college, do you know?> north carolina. >> my alma mater, thank you very much.úúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúb >>> this morning on "world news now," mean season. today and tomorrow could be the hottest days in six years in the chicago area. >> from the midwest to texas and the east coast, the oppressive and potentially deadly conditions have millions of americans taking precautions with this heat. it's wednesday, july 20th. >>> from abc news, this is "world news now." >> good morning, everybody. i'm rob nelson. >> i'm peggy bunker. the heat index in chicago could reach 110 today. as many cities opened cooling centers to keep people at risk for heat stroke safe and sound is what we're looking to keep people at. especially those who are older. keeping an eye on power consumption as people crank up the ac. >> i know that's tough on the environment but you can't tell people in this kind of weather. everyone's on full blast the last couple of days. >> just to get through it. get to a pool, something like that. >> any

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someone saying i have to compete with michael jackson or michael jordan. 'm not married. god has someone for me. in his time, he'll find me. >> maybe michael's got good friends he could introduce you to. thanks for joining us today. setting the record straight. >> you're welcome. thank you for having me. >> it was a pleasure. >>> the daily dose. the number of people diagnosed with colon cancer, the number of cases slipped by 3.5%. the number of people dying dropping about 3% a year. it's the result of more people getting screened and losing weight and not smoking. >>> coming up, it's the letter that no parent of any trooper wants to get. a condolence letter from the white house. now the obama administration is lifting a long-standing policy and sending letters to families of service member who died by suicide. we'll talk to one grieving family and ask, is it enough? [ male announcer ] germs in your mouth build up and form a layer called biofilm so strong it survives brushing. thankfully, there's listerine® antiseptic. its triple-action formula penetrates bi

over 3 months i hand typed 580 letters and wrote dollar michael jordan and dear mr. stalone. guess what happened? nothing. at christmas i got a check from tom brocaw for a hundred dollars. i sold my car a buick for 500 dollars in a seedy area in oakland. by spring i raised 200 dollars. my marth was a principal at an elementary school. she invited me to talk to the kids. when i was leaving a fourth grader looked me in the eye and said, i have a piggy bank at home and i will help you raise money for the school in pakistan. i didn't think anything of it. 6 weeks later the school is raised 65,000 penes. >> main stage's loud efts performance was about bief the detroit native high strung. they had an energyic performance. the concert was a plash back to the kinks and the who and tv shows like hala blue. ladies and gentlemen. the high strung. [music] >> hope you enjoyed this look back at some of the entertaining guests that graced the stage of the main library. you can watch more highlights from main stage on you tube and new episodes on sfg. org. watch for more readings, speakers a

everyone was asking if michael jordan was going to show. when the nba would find him because he is an owner and they did not want him talking to players. he got the ok but he cannot talk to players. ha >> i did not know if they would allow him to be there. charles barkley shows of every year, he is not a team owner though. >> michael jordan is there, everyone is there. >> i was always raise, if you could watch michael jordan play basketball and stand in line for however long it takes, to watch him do something else, what for? let's say that you are 18 general manager, if you were caught even saying hello to a player you would be fined $8 million. >> it is not just michael >> i never really got off on watching them do something else other than their sport. >> the fines are out in this for game suspension in this melee. did you see the bullpen clear? devotees. -- david ortiz. was someone holding him back? >> this is the first time. then, he stepped back to the plate. >> he has to do that to show solidarity. >> here is the thing is going to ge

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. >>> aaron roger, tony romo and michael jordan attempting to hit off at a celebrity golf tourname tournament. it didn't go well. after a swing and a miss, rogers breaks the tee in half. take that. romo does get distance, but not with his ball. you are up. jordan makes contact and the ball flies on to the green. just one problem. it was the green on the hole behind him. will someone please end the lockout in the nfl and the nba? these guys need to get back to their day jobs. that's a look at sports on "early today." i'm mario solis. >>> a look at the specific records harry potter hopes to break this weekend at the box office. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus cartoon angry birds may be all the rage on smartphones, but coming up we'll show you one very angry bird in real life. >>> welcome back on this friday. let me take you through your weekend forecast. we're looking good today. not too many issues. temperatures a little cool with the clouds earlier today, hoping it will break out in sunshine this afternoon. a weak system heads to the northwest. we'll se

. >> michael jordan, wrote the note to a prom date at the age of 18. sold at auction for $5,000 and recently made public. one thing we learned? he was full of compliments for his lady. >>> duke and duchess of cambridge spent the night on a warship, cooked lobster souffle. they've charmed canada. they are now on prince edward island. that's where max foster is. you met the duke and duchess for an off-the-record chat. what were your impressions? >> reporter: that they're really enjoying the trip, looking forward to the rest of it. grueling schedule they're on. they seemed in really good form. if you look at the crowds here at prince edward island, can you sort of see why. there's a ooh huge response for them in this country. very excited. the couple are due to arrive here any moment now. the crowds will see them in an open-top carriage. later on you'll see them taking to the water, each in a dragon boat, racing each other. they're both very competitive. that will be good. and a risky maneuver for william. he will take to the skies with the search and res

michael jordan, charles barkley, tony romo, also super bowl mvp aaron rodgers on hand. the american century championship along the shores of edgewood. back out to the par 3 8. liz et lizzette solice. >> this could be a week that changes this young professional's life. only her fourth event as a professi professional. her parents imgranmigrants. >> 2010 champion at usc. four-time all-american -- great story -- and almost flew this one in. >> see where it lands? hits about ten inches from the hole. bad -- back to the 7th. ma mia miyzato. six back. to the 9th now withstand ford. >> her tee shot here at the par 5. >> i think safe to say this is going to be a three-shot hole. >> she gets it down the left side and gets a little bit of run. interesting to see. ahead to 10. >> the second for carry webb from the first cut. >> 204. taking it in very low trying to run it up there. to 1 let it release to the hole, quite a bit of break from right to left. beautifully done. let's take near look at the contact. handle leading the clubhead. that's what you want to do, then the left han

michael jordan was one of the best basketball players of all time but unfortunately for him he hasn't had the same success on the baseball field however the little known me tell you all is sure shown it's possible to be successful in two different disciplines. missionizing myself when you are successful in one sport you develop your own style and rhythm this is helped me immensely in helping to cross over from windsurfing to jet skiing. sure it was crowned russian champion twelve times by far the best windsurfer in the country in the eighty's and ninety's he was almost single handedly responsible for trying to raise the profile of the sport such as setting up windsurfing schools over the nine years ago he decided he wanted a radical change in his sporting career jeff again. i haven't given up windsurfing is my favorite sport and always will be there are many interesting things to try in life as i think the problem with windsurfing is there's a lot of waiting a rangers fan is dependent on the elements to do i wanted to try and surf but couldn't due to a lack of wind you don't talk abou

. >>> it must be the shoes because even at 48 years old, michael jordan shows that he can still get up. it is time for your friday night top five. at number five, john daly is hoping his pants will help him win over the crowd at the canadian open. he is five shots behind michael thompson and chad campbell. number four, gets too close to alberto and pays the price. andy is the new leader with two stages remaining. number three, shot of the day in the senior british open belongs to peter fouler. he sinks the approach on 16 for the eagle. number two, rays and royals, what we have here is a failure to communicate naturally since we have to collide and vote from up. and number one, ken couldn't avoid the cameras while on vacation. are you more surprised by how tan he is or the six pack alabamas? >> i only counted two. >> i'm never taking vacation. brutal. >> nobody is safe. >> don't tell ken. >> well i'll be in trouble. >> we'll see it in person. >> we'll be right back. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

no more of the michael jordan cannot speak out because politics is not a good thing to speak out against. it will be the jamaican musicians, the peter toshes and bob marleys -- the people -- the politicians had to be responsive to what people were saying and doing because there was a movement around these high- profile folks. they cannot just represent the movement. they have to come out of the movement. it has to be present in our communities and schools and prisons even for that to happen. otherwise, we end up with the tail wagging the dog. these boats we have artificially created to be our saviors, and we need to be our own saviors. [applause] >> how do you see -- and this is to either one of you -- do you see the new disciplinary action, the prison system at this point, and where do we go? because you are doing wonderful work in the system. where we go to make that not happen anymore? >> i also want to throw out because sister davis is here and working with restorative justice for youth, to invite her voice into that question as well. >> what we are doing in oakland is to try to brea

the letter was from 18-year-old soon to be basketball legend michaell jordan. wtvd's lena ciao reports from north carolina. >> i see my letter. i'm thinking, what in the world? >> reporter: it was a letter la quote that robinson says her high school sweetheart michael jordan wrote to her nearly 30 years ago. a letter she thought she had in her possession. >> that was between him and me, not anyone else. it wasast for anyone else to have knowledge of. that's something he wrote to me at that time out of his heart. >> reporter: so you can imagine her surprise when she saw the two-page document on tv friday. her romance with a teenaged jordan out in the open in a letter available for everyone to read. >> first i was in shock. i mean, i was trying to figure out where it came from. >> reporter: according to lelands.com, a sports auction house, the love note and a picture of robinson and jordan dressed up for prom is now in the hands of someone else. someone who paid thousands of dollars for the items in december of 2004. robinson says she never knew the letter was mi

but first she wants to set the record straight with jordan. >> more than anything, i wouldn't want michaelwouldn't want him to think i would betray him in this way. >> that report was from wtvd's lena machado. and in the letter jordan says he was writing it during advanced chemistry class, which probably explains his success in basketball. >> who wasn't doing that in chemistry class? it's better than sitting around, what is going on? he mentionhis father taking the school basketball team to eat on his birthday. i was really relieved to hear that she didn't sell the letter. >> right. she wasn't trying to profit from it at alall. >> hopefully she gets it back. >>> here's a look at your weather. south florida could see afternoon thunderstorms. severe weather is possible in des moines, omaha, and rapid city with 80-mile-an-hour winds and golf ball-sized hail if you can believe it. flash floods could threaten the desert of southern california. >> it will be warmer than usual across most of the country. new york will hit about 90. but without much humidity. washington, d.c. is about t 5 degrees

the reason michael jordan had to watch his step in lake tahoe. >> the reason the balloon boy parents and their helium balloon are again getting national attention. >> the time is # 7:53. remember that big balloon that was part of a big hoax. you may remember this balloon it captured the country's attention. a couple in colorado falsely claimed their son floated away in this balloon. the couple recently put the balloon up for auction. they wanted a million dollars for it. they got $2,500 for it. the money will go to japanese earthquake and tsunami relief. >>> mayor progress -- major progress is being made in the nfl locks. a ten tiff agreement could come within 24 hours. yesterday a ten tiff deal was reached on the major sticking point. team owners are expected to meet next thursday and can could take a rad phi case vote if an agreement is reached. >> round two of the british open is under way. this morning all eyes were on 20-year-old tom lewis. yesterday the young british golfer became the first amateur to share the lead at the british open since 1968. but this morning lewis got two

considering it's from michael jordan, let's take a look. one of the nba's legends first loves is demanding to know who stole the letter from her? she didn't know it was missing until seeing yet on tv and the website last week. jordan wrote the letter to her 32 years ago when they were in an advanced chemistry class. reports claim the sports auction house pulled the letter and the picture of the couple for thousands of dollars in 2004. >> mine, it was personal. it was private and for them to take something that belonged to me and to capitalize off of it without my knowledge or permission. it really upsets me. more than anything, i wouldn't want michael to think that i did it. i won't want him to think i would betray him in this way. >> show suspects a family member took the family member and is vowing to take -- vowing to take legal action. >> the news edge at 6 starts right now. >>> not guilty, the casey anthony murder trial comes to a dramatic end. we're live in florida with reaction to the stunning verdict. >>> and the debt ceiling debate

good golf shot by michael jordan with the rim and approach.le for a birdie rather than an eagle. it gave him three points. tony romo six points out of the lead after this birdie, all alone in second place. the leader is not known for his athletic prowess, but soap opera star jack wagner. if the golf isn't your thing, there is always the lake. that is it for sportswrap. we'll see you again tomorrow. >> thank you for that great vintage baseball section. >> thank you. >> be sure to join us tomorrow morning and we'll continue to morning and we'll continue to follow the fatal shooting of a i want to crush more cars. ♪ i want to sell more tea cups. ♪ i need help selling bread. ♪ i want to sell more crabs. [ male announcer ] you know where you want to take your business. i want to design more buildings. [ male announcer ] in here, small business solutions from at&t can get you there. starting with the at&t all for less package -- just $70 per month, voice plus broadband. it's the at&t network. helping you do what you do... even better. ninine out of

you are probably expecting michael jordan or somebody, right? willis and i'm humbled but one thing i found out is that when you are in the midst of suffering, rather than trying to reject it, trying to tussel and wrestle with it, trying to fight with it, they sometimes have to embrace it. and so i made a vow to the lord that if you look me up, this downward spiral that i was confronted with that i would write the story of job so people can look at job not just about his patients. we always station -- focus on his patients but if we look at this man's integrity and his character in the midst of the struggle, then we can use that in modern day. look at how the floodwaters are here today. look how this world is ever-changing and people are committing suicide in making decisions that are contrary to the scriptures. but job upheld the heavenly kingdom. he always looked a top for his answers and not below so i wanted to write the story, "job," a man for his time come in for our time, a man for all time. that the story should not just lay dormant in th

michael jordan said he wouldn't take sides because he says i have to sell sneakers to everybody.s want to appeal to a base. a hunk of which does not want to see the debt ceiling raised unless we get a balanced budget amendment and some who, i think, are willing to take just spending cuts and no tax increases. so that's i think a big part of it. it's a political calculation, but also a congressional responsibility and presidential responsibility. they're not president yet. >> but mitt romney specifically, jam, he's the front-runner by all accounts, at least according to all the polls. if he wants to be the next president of the united states, the leader of the republican party, shouldn't he be more directly involved in at least smeeking out affirmatively, negatively about what's going on? >> well, may shell bachmann say she is's not for it under any circumstances. if you're running for president, you're supposed to have the opinion on everything. this is the biggest issue we're facing right now. it would be interesting to know what governor romney's position is on this. it's total

michael jordan and magic johnson are the honorary game captains. >> i'm sure, wolf, you would want aicket to that kbam. >> i would like that. >> a lot of celebrities including yourself. >> president obama says both sides need to give to get a deal on raising the debt limit. but many liberals say he's giving too much. senator bernie sanders tells me why he thinks some of the ideas on the table right now are disastrous. and the obama ed a med a takes step to end the don't ask don't tell policy. >>> reporters is reporting that police are saying that undetonated exiplosives were found on that island where at least ten people on that island are dead. most of them we're told is youth. another seven people died in the explosions, the terror explosions in downtown oz lee near the government office buildings. 17 so far dead altogether. but we expect that number to go up. we're watching this story very closely. eel go to oslo live shortly for more. stand by for that. other news, president obama says both parties noo ed to sacrifice sop say red cows to raise the nation's debt limit and avoid a

michael jordan, tiger woods, all rolled into one. >> i don't want to watch. >> he dips them in waternhales them. yesterday, over ten minutes, he ate 62 hot dogs in ten minutes. 62. >> when he goes to the locker room, they follow and turn right. >> right. >> that's a champion. >> stop it. >> get this off. >> jimmy johns. >> gross. >> little shy of his 2009 record where he ate 68 hot dolls in ten minutes when $10,000. should get more than $10,000 for the effort. >> no. >> there's a little controversy here because kobayashi for a long time was joey's greatest competitor has been banned from the nathan's hot dog eating competition because he refews to sign an exclusive deal with major league eating. he's a rebel. >> who's the other organization? >> he's a mercenary. >> a free lancer. >> so, this is him yesterday simultaneously at his own event where he ate 69 hot dogs in ten minutes. that's unofficial, because, you know, it wasn't there done under the governing body. >> what else, willie, what else? >> wouldn't want to be sitting in the floor with that guy. >> so joey chestnut does it ag

and they asked, michael jordan to reduce the national debt, would -- and they asked, in order to reduce the national debt, would you oppose the following question: raising taxes on americans with incomes of over $250,000 a year? 72% of the american people in that poll said "yes." 27% said "no." overwhelmingly, every poll that we see says the wealthy have got to pay more in taxes. and then these same polls say protect social security, protect medicare, protect medicaid, protect education. and here's the irony. we are marching down a path which will do exactly opposite of what the american people want. our republican friends have been absolutely fanatically determined, fanatically determined, that no matter what happens, billionaires and large corporations will not pay a nickel more in taxes. that has been their religious belief, not a nickel more from the wealthiest people in this country. and i have to say, mr. president, democrats have never been -- have not been particularly strong in opposition to that, nor has the president been strong. retreat after retreat after retreat. so in rec