CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Michael Jordan is everywhere in Time Warner Cable Arena. He’s on the top of the Jumbotron and the bottom of the players’ feet. Fans wear his jerseys even though he never played for the Hornets. He sits on the sideline for some games, an animated fan chatting away.
Michael Jordan is everywhere on the Internet, too. And he's crying. The Associated Press photo of his Basketball Hall of Fame speech, tears in eyes and brow furrowed, has become the most ubiquitous meme of the past six months, Photoshopped onto the faces of anyone who lost anything, from Cam Newton to Donald Trump.