Mr. Crowe has the implacable part down pat, and he's an impressive physical presence even a spectacular one in a blue uniform designed by Paco Delgado, who did the production's superb costumes.

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The book is part detailed chronicle of Jordan's decision to re-enter the NBA and his first season in that still-unfamiliar blue uniform, and part psychoanalysis of a sports superstar.

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He refused to wear the blue uniform of a common criminal, instead going naked or in underpants.

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In his dress blue uniform and wire-rimmed eye glasses, the slightly built Manning followed a slide show of the prosecutor's hour-long opening statement, watching on a laptop computer at the defense table.

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