Michael Jordan is nick named "Air Jordan" and "His Airness" due to his gravity defying Basketball dunks, stunts and game winning shots. He is considered to be the greatest Basketball player in history.
Two Three-peats
Jordan led the Chicago Bulls to 6 NBA Finals championships from 1991 to 1993 and 1996 to 1998 earning him six NBA Finals Most Valuable Player (MVP) award with five regular season MVP awards. He is also the leagues leading scorer with the record of 10 times.
Olympic Medal
Michael Jordan also played on two Olympic gold medal teams for the U.S. in the 1994 and 2002 Olympics.
Michael Jordan - The Greatest Baller Ever
Michael Phelps - 8 Gold Medals in a Single Olympic
A New World Record
What a way to start off a blog. Winning a record of 8 gold medals in a single Olympic. Michael Phelps has surpassed Mark Spitz's 7 gold medals. Truly an amazing feat that will be in the pages of the sports almanac and record books for a long time or probably forever and he is now in a league of his own.
Physique
Micheal Phelps stands 6 feet 4 inches tall, has incredibly long arms span of 6 feet 7 inches! He was definitely born to re-write the swimming records history and we may never come across with such an athlete in our life time.
Summary
(Michael Phelp's 2008 Beijing Olympics Record)
August 10 400 m individual medley Gold Medal, World Record 4:03.84
August 11 4 x 100 m freestyle relay Gold Medal, World Record 3:08.24
August 12 200 m freestyle Gold Medal, World Record 1:42.96
August 13 200 m butterfly Gold Medal, World Record 1:52.03
August 13 4 x 200 m freestyle relay Gold Medal, World Record 6:58.56
August 15 200 m individual medley Gold Medal, World Record 1:54.23
August 16 100 m butterfly Gold Medal, Olympic Record 50.58
August 17 4 x 100 m medley relay Gold Medal, World Record 3:29.34