The equation was simple: if Pippen could guard Michael, then he could guard anyone in the league.

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He may have helped drive some teammates out of the league, but he gave the young, gifted, hungry Pippen a rare daily clinic.

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Scottie Pippen, of course, prospered under Jordan's instruction in practice.

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And with the referees giving the conspiracy-theory crowd a reason to be each and every visit to New York, well, most fans were probably just waiting for the fun to abruptly end at every turn during the reign of Jordan, Pippen, and Jackson.

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Among the sightings: National anthem singer Martina McBride, TV personality Star Jones, basketball greats Julius "Dr. J" Erving and Scottie Pippen, Speaker of the House John Boehner, New England Patriots lineman Vince Wilfork, actor Anthony Anderson and actress Valerie Harper, who was recently diagnosed with terminal brain cancer.

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