Arrival of the `God of Basketball' drives his fans wild

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Arrival of the `God of Basketball' drives his fans wild

By Jackie Lin
STAFF REPORTER
Saturday, May 22, 2004,Page 1

US basketball legend Michael Jordan flew into Taiwan from Hong Kong yesterday evening to promote his name-brand line of sportswear.

The NBA's five-time Most Valuable Player is swinging through Asia this month and will stay in Taipei for less than 24 hours. He will be leaving at 4pm today for Tokyo, the last stop on his four-leg tour.

Long before his NT$2.5 billion private jet touched down at 6:30pm yesterday, thousands of crazed fans wearing Jordan trainers and jerseys with placards and banners in hand had swarmed into the Chiang Kai-shek International Airport, jostling for the best place from which to see.

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2004/05/22/2003156474

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