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The Man Who Helped Michael Jordan Win
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The Man Who Helped Michael Jordan Win
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I want to tell you the story of a kid, born in 1937 into segregated Washington, D.C. He’s 9 when his father dies and 13 when his mother has a mental breakdown, disappears, and is institutionalized.

He’s effectively orphaned. This is how George Raveling’s story begins.

Despite being dealt one of the worst hands imaginable, George, now 87, went on to become…

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