Talk about sick pay. A pair of Michael Jordan's sneakers - or should we say "sneezekers?" - from his famous influenza game* in the 1997 Finals sold at auction on Thursday, shattering the record for game-worn shoes by selling for over three-times the previous high, set by another set of MJ's used shoes. Bidding, like Jordan during that game 5 victory, was feverish, with the winner consenting to cough up $104,765 in cold cash.
The seller was a former Utah Jazz ball boy, who said Jordan rewarded him for fetching him applesauce (imagine how much memorabilia whoever serves Jordan his snacks when he enters a retirement home will receive). The buyer's identity hasn't been made public, but whoever it is certainly is a wealthy collector. After all, you can't spell "affluent" without 'flu.'
*Years after the fact, Jordan's trainer alleged his Airness's illness was due to food poisoning from a pizza (Jordan later learned his lesson by always ordering the same two toppings: pepperoni and Pepcid). This could be true, since Jordan was living in Chicago, his body had likely not tasted a traditional, non-terrible pie.
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