{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6298f82a0567ea001241e383/6488df03ee5d440010df25e4?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Michael Jordan Completes His Return from Baseball","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6298f82a0567ea001241e383/1654719873387-44a3e0d22bab09958594fc24192f4947.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>June 16, 1996. Michael Jordan leads the Chicago Bulls to their fourth NBA Championship. Many basketball fans consider 1995-96 to be Jordan’s best individual season, and that Bulls squad as perhaps the greatest in the history of team sports.</p><p><br></p><p>But behind the scenes, Jordan is still grieving over the death of his father, a traumatic event that led to him stepping away from basketball for over a year to pursue professional baseball. Without him, the Bulls fall into chaos. Today, a look back at one of darkest and most difficult chapters in Jordan’s incredible career: Why he stepped away from the game he loved so much, and how he was able to return, triumphant.</p><p><br></p><p>Special thanks to our guests: Terry Francona, two-time World Series champion manager; Sam Smith, writer for&nbsp;<a href=\"http://bulls.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Bulls.com</a>&nbsp;and author of “The Jordan Rules”; and Roland Lazenby, author of \"Michael Jordan: The Life,\" and whose biography of Magic Johnson will be out in October 2023.&nbsp;</p>","author_name":"The HISTORY® Channel"}