Michael Jordan confirmed to the Listín Diario, the leading Dominican daily, that he will visit Santo Domingo at the end of June. It is my pleasure to accept the invitation of the President of your country and my friend Sammy Sosa to visit, Jordan said in an exclusive interview with the Listín Diario after the game during which the Bulls defeated the Nets of New Jersey 116-101 to advance in the playoffs. Jordan was formally invited by President Leonel Fernández in March of this year. At this moment my mind is only on the playoffs and winning a sixth championship, but it is a fact that I will visit the DR in the last week of June, happen what may with the Bulls, the best player in the history of the National Basketball Association (NBA) told the Listín Diario. This will be Jordan’s second visit to the Dominican Republic. He visited in 1983 member of a U.S. basketball team that competed in a tournament at the Juan Pablo Duarte Sports Palace prior to traveling to the Venezuelan Pan American Games.
