Big bucks for Jordan’s jersey

An autographed Chicago Bulls jersey that Michael Jordan wore in a preseason game during his rookie year sold for $4.215 million at an auction that closed Wednesday.

Sotheby’s billed it as the only game-worn photo-matched Jordan rookie jersey to publicly surface at an auction. Sotheby’s said a private collector made the winning bid.

MeiGray stated that it believes this is the first jersey Jordan ever wore while playing in the NBA. MeiGray examined video footage from Jordan’s first NBA game while working with forensic analysis firm Proven Data. That first preseason game took place Oct. 5, 1984, in Peoria, Illinois.

Elsewhere in sports:

n Longtime CBS Sports college football analyst Gary Danielson will retire after the 2025 season. That will be his 36th season television, making him the longest-tenured college football analyst on any network. Danielson, who will turn 74 in September, played 11 seasons in the NFL before joining ESPN in 1990. He called games for ESPN and ABC for 16 seasons before joining CBS in 2006. CBS carried the Big Ten’s 3:30 p.m. Eastern game last season. The network said Charles Davis will take over as the lead analyst next year. Davis was Fox’s lead college football analyst from 2007 through 2014.

The Associated Press