Former Bears quarterback Jim McMahon has a story to add to the long list of head-shaking tales.
The two played a lot of golf during the old days in the Chicago area, where McMahon helped lead the Bears to a Super Bowl title in the 1985 season and where Jordan made authored his greatness in leading the Bulls to six championships in a tenure that lasted from 1984 to 1998. As was custom when golfing with Jordan, you wagered regularly.
And sometimes, Jordan really wanted to up the ante, as McMahon explained on the McNeil & Parkins Show on Friday afternoon.
"It was usually $100 Nassau," McMahon said. "That's about all I could afford at the time. Playing for the Bears, I didn't make a hell of a lot. I had to supplement by income somehow.
"I won some (against Jordan). I lost some. I remember one time we were playing ... we had our $100 Nassau going and I've got him down maybe three bets, maybe four bets on the front side. I was playing pretty good that day. I tee my ball up on 10, and before I take a swing, he says, 'All right, I'll play you on this side for a million.' And he was dead serious.
"I said, 'You know, I'd love to do because of the way I'm playing right now, but somehow, you'd pull it out and then my kids don't go to college. So no.' I said, 'You want to keep up with $100 (per hole), that's fine.' I said, 'I don't even have a million dollars.'"
Listen to McMahon's full interview below in which he shares plenty of stories from the old days.