As a North Carolina freshman, John Dahl got a plum writing assignment: A one-on-one interview with the basketball team’s emerging star.
Thirty-eight years later, Dahl still tells Michael Jordan’s story. Except now it’s appointment television for five Sunday nights on ESPN.
Dahl, who spent his teen years in Charlotte, is one of the executive producers of “The Last Dance,” the 10-part documentary on Jordan’s final NBA championship run with the Chicago Bulls. When Charlotte Hornets owner Jordan finally signed off on making public the 500 hours of film NBA Entertainment shot in the 1997-98 season, Dahl was largely responsible for making this happen — particularly the expedited production schedule allowing it to be telecast in April, rather than the original June release date.