The person whom Edwards contacted was none other than Michael Jordan, who faced some intense defenses and double teams, especially with the Bad Boy Pistons' "Jordan Rules." While most might think ...

Interestingly, Michael Jordan's Chicago ... integrated the trademark Pistons defense into their own. "We played physical last year; when we fouled, it was a hard foul," Malone said in 1990 ...

As he torched his opponents, Jordan was a target of aggressive tactics, including bullying from the "Bad Boy" Pistons. And yet, somehow, Michael got through them all to dominate almost every game.

The NBA used to have the most exciting All-Star weekend in sports. And while the dunk contest and 3-point shooting contests were things, what mattered was Sunday afternoon, when Isiah Thomas hit a ...

The Detroit Pistons Bad Boys seemed to hate Michael Jordan's guts ... He, by far, is the best I've ever seen. Earvin's my boy, but Air [Jordan], he's real sweet," Thomas said.

It's their opportunity." The Michael Jordan-led Bulls lost three straight playoff series to the "Bad Boy" Pistons, including consecutive years in the conference finals. Chicago finally brought ...

the Bad Boy Pistons and the Michael Jordan glamor Bulls. Even back to the early 1970s when the Jerry Sloan/Norm Van Lier Bulls won their first ever playoff series in 1974 over the Pistons.

Charles Barkely remembers advice given to him by Kevin McHale about how to approach playing the Bad Boy Detroit Pistons in ...

I know the Eagles quarterback returned from what could have been a bad leg ... reference -- Michael Jordan's Chicago Bulls needed so many chances to get finally past the Bad Boy Pistons before ...