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Paul Sullivan

Paul Sullivan: Why do we cling to Michael Jordan’s mythical title as the greatest player of all time?

CHICAGO — Chicago still is known as the Second City, though it dropped behind Los Angeles to No. 3 in U.S. population back in 1982.

O’Hare was the nation’s busiest airport for decades until Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson overtook it in 1996.

And while many of us were sleeping Tuesday night, LeBron James became the all-time NBA scoring leader, in the process snatching the title of greatest player of all time from Chicago Bulls legend Michael Jordan.

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