Ties to Michael Jordan still remain in his hometown of Wilmington, NC. (Chicago Bulls player)

Jet | June 23, 1997 | Copyright

While Michael Jordan has long left his hometown of Wilmington, NC, the ties to the superstar and the fond memories of him still remain there.

There is a stretch of Interstate 40 named in his honor. At Laney High School, where he couldn't make the varsity basketball team as a sophomore, there is the Michael J. Jordan Gymnasium. On Gordon Street sits the house where Jordan grew up after his family moved to Wilmington when he was 5. It still looks the same minus one of the two basketball goals that a souvenir hunter confiscated. The Boys Club still sits at the end of ...

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