Chicago Bulls guard Michael Jordan (L) makes a leaping pass around Utah Jazz forward Byron Russell and center Greg Ostertag (R) during the first period of game five in the NBA Finals in Salt Lake City, June 11. SPORT NBA
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A pair of autographed shoes worn by basketball star Michael Jordan in the famous 1997 "flu game" during the NBA finals sold at auction on Thursday for a record-breaking $104,765.
Grey Flannel Auctions in New York said an unidentified client scored the red-and-black sneakers after a bidding war erupted in the telephone and online auction. The previous record for shoes worn in any sport was also for a pair of Jordan shoes, which sold for $31,070 last month.
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