(1995) Michael Jordan announces “I’m Back.” | SportsCenter | ESPN Throwback

Check out the special SportsCenter report from March 18, 1995 when the Michael Jordan announced his return to the Chicago Bulls after a brief 17-month retirement. 29 years ago, today.

[@bernardbernabe7733]

Im excited to see him play again

[@valdu5899]

That hairline joke was funny😂😂

[@JayzoTheNextKobeBryant2.0]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@user-er3ri6sc3j]

Who's Burt Reynolds? When a GM car gets more attention then....Who's David Hasselhoff?

[@lionheart4529]

@@user-er3ri6sc3jyou reachin’. Relax!

[@JayzoTheNextKobeBryant2.0]

Michael Jordan Still The GOAT In Until This Day

[@GiantsJets718]

Good times, I miss when sports center looked like this and did their show in this style.

[@dave929]

Good interview with Sir Charles!

[@acusticsunri4255]

March 19th, 1995

[@benjamink7105]

Better than any Christmas or birthday I had as a child...and I was not neglected.

[@DavidT250]

Finally ESPN throwback post something worth watching. The 6x NBA finals champion and 6x MVP! No game 7! Didn’t even attempt a 4peat on either occasion! The greatest athlete in the history of time! The one the only!

[@asterisk911]

Y'know, it counts as a "game 7" even if it happened in an earlier round... and it ALSO counts as a "game 7" even if it happened in an earlier round and HE LOST that particular game 7 instead of winning it.

[@cleathercobbin6230]

@@asterisk911shut up. lol

[@do.2808]

He went to a game 7 like 3 times

[@cleathercobbin6230]

@@do.2808 he’s never been in a game 7 in the finals.

[@cleathercobbin6230]

@@asterisk911 wth are you even talking about?

[@leechrec]

GOAT came back.

[@MrRaider772]

I’m still a loyal fan of his Royal Airness after being in the film Space Jam with Bugs Bunny when representing the Chicago Bulls and the Tune Squad and facing the Monstars after accepting the basketball challenge and stealing the talent from the best NBA players of the world.

[@willsmith4355]

I remember where and what i was doing when he said that

[@nachc6459]

Thats awesome!

[@YusufEbr]

Where and what was that

[@oakey43]

Living in Bel Air at Uncle Phils?

[@benjamink7105]

Riding in the backseat of a car trip with mom and dad in front. They broke into some boring news radio show with the press release.

[@gloverrichberg2815]

Charles doe😂

[@djeanpierre]

Charles was still salty from '93. 😄

[@ironmike5812]

Definitely salty 😂

[@kingsons6674]

His Airness

[@blade5883]

The GOAT

[@fryapp4life]

Pippen looked mad

[@mrdonivy8]

It certainly looked demoted.

[@user-er3ri6sc3j]

It's that throwback fro. Pippen too brutally honest. Jordan pissed at Barkley and Thomas.

[@markjackson6431]

he wasn’t getting paid

[@thebasketballhistorian3291]

Pippen led the Bulls to almost the same record and just one game away from the ECF. Of course he'd be mad Jordan was back to steal his thunder. 😂

[@justinjohnson540]

glad he's back! i bet he has 3 more titles in him

[@cheez6934]

The title had me thinking MJ said “I’m black” and I didn’t realize it was about Jordan. 😂😂

[@leseanwalston7916]

Bro had 3 rings by his FIRST retirement meanwhile OTHERS need 30yrs to get 4... 🤷🏿‍♂️🤣🤣🤣

[@ayemoe5842]

Took him 7 seasons to get his first ring

[@NankoRi]

With that weak competition no wonder. Nobody was near the Bulls, something like 17' and 18' GSW and with half of the league struggling to dribble the ball with weaker hand. Suuuree. I guess if KD stayed with GSW you would call him the goat because he would have 6-7 ring, but competition matters.

[@SilentMovements305]

Facts but let the cheerleaders say no one has ever been thr warriors blah blah. MJs Bulls was that team goofy mfs

[@R__K]

​@ayemoe5842 BREAKING NEWS: LeBron stalker found in KZbin comments section on video of *checks note* Michael Jordan. Calm down guy, your role model is a clown. Just get over it. 🤤🤤🤤

[@coldsnap5742]

@@ayemoe5842 Because before then, he had a team of cokeheads. Many of them served long suspensions after the league was forced to crack down in 1986 after Len Bias died.

[@SaberisloveSaberislife]

Finally! He's back to show LeBalco how it's done.

[@lafawnduh1543]

Deep down pippin didn't want him to come back. I can't believe he thought he was mvp material after a common 22 8 & 6 season.

[@heinz-haraldfrentzen1261]

When it was first announced. I said to a friend, sometime in the future, we are going to find out that whole baseball thing Jordan did was a means to serve a 1 year suspension from the NBA for gambling on the Bulls. Nearly 30 years later and nothing more than speculation. If my theory was true, I think something would have come of it by now.. I was wrong.

[@TazTalksYouListen]

Chuck was concerned...and rightfully so. # of rings for Chuck? Nada.

[@Godson0771]

THE TWO YT GUYS IN THE BEGINNING LOOK EXACTLY THE SAME 😂😂😂😂

[@meherenow793]

that's how it was back then

[@JH-sb2kz]

When ESPN put people with real talent on air..

[@ahleebobba]

17 month suspension The nba didn’t want to Pete rose him

[@FuShengAlex]

Full year or not...wasnt nobody stopping Hakeem that year.

[@thelegendclaude]

chuck was HATIN!!!! 😭💀

[@nuendo2496]

Lebron is back! Oh….he never quit……

[@OhShiitakeMushrooms]

…..and this is what cost the Utah Jazz two championships.

[@ShaboPrimetime]

And LeBron has been on mad PEDs. I’ve claimed this since 2012! Those questioning this claim are the same people who argued with me when I claimed that Barry Bonds, Mark McGuire, and Sammy Sosa were on PEDS years before it became a story. They all laughed and argued that “there is no way baseball stars would need to take PEDs because baseball is about hand-eye coordination.” And when I was proven right, they were all quiet. Then they argued with me on Lance Armstrong. Once again, they were proven wrong.

[@namzy2726]

So you just had a sixth sense for PED usage?

[@do.2808]

Lebron James is not on PEDs. If he is, so was mj, david robinson, and scottie pippen.

[@benjamink7105]

The article will drop 3 years after he retires.

[@tomerbauer]

Remember that time, they were updating on how’s Michael doing in the minor leagues every single day from his retirement to coming back😂😂

[@benjamink7105]

He'll have to pull 45 down from the rafters they retired it for Denzel Valentine.

[@Jive33]

“He’s back” from his secret suspension from the NBA office.

[@jesseswarbrick7895]

Haha exactly, if only more ppl knew

[@coldsnap5742]

Suspended for gambling? The gambling the league now embraces? The gambling the league now has sponsorship deals with? That gambling?

[@Jive33]

@@coldsnap5742 ya 30 years later.

[@coldsnap5742]

@@Jive33 If he was truly suspended, why was he allowed back IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SEASON? Why not just serve the full two seasons? Because he wasn't suspended. He was in a weird place mentally after his father was murdered. Then he got over it, won more, and multiplied his legacy.

[@cyrahomega]

Imagine if the hosts were interesting

[@Allen.Fepuleai]

We are done with the 90s

[@NytronX]

Double three peat

[@godschild138]

Dam what if our age can go back

[@sbradshaw1886]

People say the 90s weren't different- look at Chuck's interview. If LeBron really did leave early and come back 1-2 years later players would be kissing his azz on Twitter 24/7 even from the bench when they should be playing ball

[@alexh8613]

Jordan announces that he is back after his near two year suspension for gambling ended

[@TSman1024]

Yo we DONE with the 90s!

[@LovelyHeartDiamond]

nah, the 90’s are done with YOU

[@inefekt]

Klutch Sports narrative...they're so desperate 😅🤣😂

[@ilyasshingis6496]

Like Jesus Christos, he rose again. He changed death and showed him above all

[@w_out7631]

Wear knee pads dawg

[@Phil_Williamson]

Black Jesus

[@do.2808]

Bro, michael jordan is not comparable to Jesus Christ.

[@ilyasshingis6496]

@@do.2808 They are similar

[@do.2808]

@@ilyasshingis6496no not at all

[@High_Voltage_Rock]

Gambling rumours 🤔

[@ayemoe5842]

We done with the 90s

[@SilentMovements305]

Be done wit your life

[@coldsnap5742]

Found the guy who's never had to face real resistance.

[@SilentMovements305]

@@coldsnap5742 give em some time life will hit em good

[@jaykaynum5569]

He left for nothing😂

[@paulburthwick9373]

Fake

[@Geojr815]

He was afraid the Bulls were going to win a title without him😂🤣

[@inefekt]

you talking about the team that was struggling to stay above 0.500 that season? You talking about THAT Bulls team? 😅🤣😂

[@brotherjesse922]

Bulls were 32 wins and 33 losses when Jordan returned and went on a 13 and 4 record with him in the line up​@inefekt

[@Geojr815]

@@inefekt they were well above 500 and were one terrible call away from the conference finals

[@Geojr815]

@@brotherjesse922 they won 55 games without him bro

[@inefekt]

@@Geojr815Wrong. You are thinking of 94. Jordan never played a single game that season. He came back in 95, the following season. Try and keep up.

[@ccam131524]

0:53 travel...

[@lairjmjcccb]

Whatever you will do LeBron is the GOAT 💯👑🐐

[@houdinihir9549]

Lost too many finals and jumped too many teams…sorry!

[@nsd_respect]

Zip LeBron’s pants and wipe your mouth when you’re done.👍

[@ernestojun2]

@lairjames bruh in ur dreams lebronze is not even top 3😂! Losing a lot in finals and international competitions and cannot even beat an old and washed mavs team in 11 except dirk nowitzki and how about in 06 World Cup in Japan lebronze couldn’t do it lost bad to unrecognized players Greek team😂😂

[@TC-yx1qt]

@@houdinihir9549 Facts

[@NytronX]

LeChoke or LeBronze?

[@Peteliao]

Is he really coming back? or is the April Fools joke? I would be so happy to see him play again.