In his quiet way, Michael Jordan makes a difference, and just as quietly, he is sensitive to social issues estriding the worlds of basketball, media and marketing, Michael Jordan is TSN's Most Powerful Person in Sports. He is a magnificent Colossus with a floppy tongue.
Power comes in infinite and inscrutable forms.
Early in his career, criticism focused on Nike's pricing Air Jordans out of reach of low-income, minority youth. Recent criticism focuses on conditions and pay in Asian factories producing Nike shoes. They need to figure out how to be like you without the talents you have. It may be nice to sit on the fence, but you'll have to stand up eventually. In her day, Navratilova could volley with the best of them, but here, at least on one point, she whiffs.