{"id":39089,"date":"2025-08-02T03:53:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T03:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/39089\/"},"modified":"2025-08-02T03:53:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T03:53:13","slug":"chicago-teens-play-basketball-at-michael-jordans-former-mansion-nbc-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/39089\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago teens play basketball at Michael Jordan\u2019s former mansion \u2013 NBC Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Teens from Chicago&#8217;s South and West Sides scored a visit to Michael Jordan&#8217;s former mansion on Friday, getting the chance to experience &#8220;Champion&#8217;s Point&#8221; in person.<\/p>\n<p>The event was hosted by the ChiCook Officers in partnership with the Chicago Police Department, Cook County Sheriff&#8217;s Office and Illinois State Police and aimed to build trust and understanding between youth and law enforcement, according to organizers.<\/p>\n<p>The group toured the mansion and got the opportunity to play on its basketball court, the &#8220;Court of Dreams.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While there, attendees received a new pair of shoes to wear on the private court. The Chicago Bulls franchise also provided swag bags to the teens.<\/p>\n<p>The mansion, spanning 37,000 square feet, consists of nine bedrooms, 19 bathrooms and multiple spaces for entertaining guests. The 7.39-acre &#8220;Champions Point&#8221; also features a full-size regulation basketball court, championship-level putting green, tennis court, fitness center and more.<\/p>\n<p>The property sold last December and was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcchicago.com\/news\/local\/see-inside-michael-jordans-former-highland-park-mansion-now-up-for-rent\/3680315\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">listed for short-term rentals<\/a> earlier this year. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Teens from Chicago&#8217;s South and West Sides scored a visit to Michael Jordan&#8217;s former mansion on Friday, getting&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":39090,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":["post-39089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39089\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}