Michael Jordan and Richard Esquinas on the cover of Esquinas’ book about gambling on the golf course with the NBA legend.
Richard Esquinas used to play Michael Jordan for a standard wager of $1000/hole, he says. Now his limit is something closer to a $20 Nassau.
In 1993, Esquinas wrote a book about gambling against Jordan: Michael & Me: Our gambling addiction my cry for help! He told the story of how their contests on the golf course escalated to the point where at one point in 1992, Jordan owed him $1.2 million. After that story resurfaced in last weeks episodes of The Last Dance on ESPN, the San Diego Union-Tribune caught up with Esquinas to see what had happened in the decades since.
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