Did You Know - Anthony Bourdain Edition

11 Things You Didn't Know About Anthony Bourdain

6. His career goals were set when he tried oysters... at the age of 10

• Bourdain says his path was laid during a formative family trip to France. (In case you couldn't tell from the name, Tony's dad was French.) Young Bourdain had a sense of culinary adventure from an early age -- while he was on that vacation, he tried anti-kid cuisine like escargot. But it was an excellent oyster that had the biggest impact on him, and helped nudge him towards cooking.

7. He used to fire people for playing Billy Joel

• Like everything else, Bourdain is opinionated about music. If he loves a band, he might dedicate a book to it (he did that for the Ramones with The Nasty Bits). But if he doesn't, he might fire people for daring to listen to its tunes. When he was a chef, Bourdain used to say it was a fireable offense to play or be seen enjoying Billy Joel songs. Yet despite his utter loathing of the Joel catalog (even "A Matter of Trust"??), Bourdain insists he's cool with Billy. He's had dinner with him! And told him how much his music sucks. 

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This Beast Has Looks & Power

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Nice Tree You Got There

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This Makes Me Fell All Warm & Fuzzy

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I Do This Everytime I Visit An ATM

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You Don't Mess With The Best

The epic Jordan-led summer pickup games on the set of 'Space Jam'

Michael Jordan was fresh off the sting of what would turn out to be the last playoff series loss of his career, to the Orlando Magic in the second round. Movie or no movie, he was determined to return to his place atop the NBA. So he ordered the construction of a tented hardwood basketball court on the Warner Bros. studio lot and laced up his Concords. Word got out, and an array of NBA players came through.

Besides the movie co-stars such as Patrick Ewing, Charles Barkley, Alonzo Mourning and Larry Johnson, there were the likes of Grant Hill, Rod Strickland, Glen Rice, Dennis Rodman, Juwan Howard, Steve Smith and Cedric Ceballos. Shaquille O'Neal came by. Magic Johnson, less than a year shy of his return to the NBA, made an appearance. Reggie Miller showed up for what turned into a clear-out-and-let-em-go-at-it game, with the trash talk flying.

"It was like an NBA all-star game every day," said Tracy Murray, who was coming off the third season of his 11-year pro career that summer.

Except it had regular-season intensity. So many players showed up that losing meant a two- or three-game wait to get back on the court. Veteran center Olden Polynice came by and made the mistake of thinking, "It's the summertime, they're going to be bulls----ing."

"Come to find out, they weren't bulls----ing," Polynice said.

Murray credits the cutthroat competition with priming him for a breakout season -- he made 116 more 3-pointers and his scoring average jumped by 11 points, setting him up for a nice free-agent contract that provided the bulk of the $22 million he made in his career.

For Jordan, it was the launchpad to the Bulls' record-setting 72-10 season, capped by a championship.

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I Concur

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Track Use

F1 tire after a race

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I'd Rock These

adidas Tubular Shadow Knit 

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