In Adelaide, Australia, Christos Winter of the MJ Fan Club had organized a petition to bring Jackson to tour there.

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Tec had purchased a certificate on a small amount of taxes that had been deemed delinquent after MJ had acquired a certificate on even more delinquent taxes.

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After Magic, Bird and MJ, the league had fallen into years of low-scoring thugball.

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