Anytime something bad happens in the world of sports, it's a given that someone on social media will turn it into a Crying Jordan meme.
The meme is everywhere. And no one could be more surprised about than Stephan Savoia, the Associated Press photographer who took the original picture of a tearful Jordan at his Basketball Hall of Fame induction in 2009.
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AOL released a short documentary Friday on the history of the meme and Savoia's unwitting role in the meme's rise.