Barack Obama couldn’t afford a ticket to see Michael Jordan play with the Bulls in the ’80s: ‘I was pretty broke’

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When Michael Jordan started playing for the Bulls in 1984, a young, cash-strapped Barack Obama, who had recently moved to Chicago, couldn’t afford to go watch him play. “When Michael first came to town, I didn’t have the money to buy tickets for a Bulls game,” says the former president. Source