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By The Associated Press
CHICAGO ? Michael Jordan
says he is reconsidering his decision
against playing in the
Olympics but won't be swayed
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his level of concern for fellow
blacks.
'The Olympic decision will be
mine, not one forced on me by
what somebody else says or
wants," the Chicago Bulls superstar
said in a copyrighted story in
Sunday's Chicago Sun-Times.
"It seems that everybody has
been trying to speak for me except
me, or at least offer opinions
and speculations," he said.
"I have been talking to the people
involved. I'm in deliberation
over what the schedule will be
and I plan to reach a decision
within the next few days."
He said he resents insinuations
that he must play in the Olympics
next summer to prove he is a
loyal American.
"I love my country and I've
already helped the Olympic team
win one gold medal (in 1984),"
he said. "I don't want to prevent
another player from having that
honor. And I think it's unfair that
so manv DeoDle are trvine to
pressure me to play . . . Why
can't I be free to enjoy my summers
with my family like everybody
else if I want to?"
Jordan led the NBA in scoring
this past season for the fifth
straight year. He was named the
NBA's Most Valuable Player
during the regular season, led the
Bulls to the league title and was
voted MVP of the NBA Finals.
Magic Johnson of the Lakers
said this week that he has tried
unsuccessfully to get Jordan to
change his mind, but still has
hopes that he eventually will decide
to play.
"I spend at least eight months
of every year playing basketball
to the best of my ability," Jordan
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while Memphis, Tenn. and St.
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"We felt it was very important
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crowd)," Richardson said. "We
tried to position the Carolinas
as the strongest market We felt
it was important for us to say
that the strongest market has the
largest crowd, and we can say
that."
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sports fans in the Carolinas will
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knock me for that, too."
Jordan also rejected allegations
by former NFL star Jim Brown
that he is not a good role model
for blacks.
Brown said recently that Jordan's
"main concern is the demands
of corporate America"
and that he "is not being a role
model (for blacks) in the proper
way."
Jordan earned more than $18
million in endorsements last
year, in addition to his $2.45 million
salary from the Bulls.
Jordan said he feels an obligation
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Jordan personally has awarded
more than a dozen scholarships
to black students at Laney High
School in his hometown of Wilmington,
N.C. He also is a regular
participant in fund-raising
events.
"Because I don't publicize the
good I do, I get attacked and accused
of not doing anything," he
said.
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SARASOTA, Fla. ? Ordinary Bo Jackson which
stepped up to the plate for a round of batting round
practice at 4:25 p.m. on Saturday. Extraordinary the 3(
Bo Jackson took his turn earlier in the leit-ct
afternoon. track
"I think there was a lot of anxiety, and like
any great athlete he wants to do well every time ^ t ?
he goes out there," Sarasota White Sox manager _
Rick Patterson said. ^ ^
"All you guys were crowded around and you je
:ould tell he was anxious," Patterson said of the ,
media crush. "Earlier in batting practice, it was
awesome. It was the typical show you expect son s
from Bo Jackson." "Ea
Jackson, under contract with the Chicago mospl
White Sox but sidelined all season with a se- bunch
vere hip injury, was to begin serving a two-day them
rehabilitation assignment as a designated hitter added
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NFL,playoff pre
By PATRICK VILLEGAS
Assistant News Editor
With the NFL opener less than a week away, the
baseball pennant races heating up and the U.S. Open
starting today, I have wisely dreamed up some likely
scenarios for the upcoming months that will forever
enshrine me as 'The Gamecock's Prognosticator For
Life.'
First up, the Buffalo Bills, who were five feet
wide of winning this past year's Super Bowl, will
again find themselves in another Super Bowl predicament.
The Bills will aeain lose the uncominp 1992
Super Bowl by two points, when kicker Scott Norwood
loses his balance and muffs a 20-yard field
goal attempt as 50,000 Dallas Cowboy fans lean to
the left side of the stands causing the stadium, and
the world, to fall off its axis and plunge Norwood
into goat stardom.
And yes, you heard me right. The Dallas Cowboys
will go undefeated, maul NFC East opponents,
and win their third Super Bowl title in the most exciting
and historic season in Cowboy history. Soon
thereafter, Jimmy Johnson will step down as Dallas
head coach and run for the Democratic Presidential
Nominee, losing in a close race to Massachusetts
Sen. Paul Tsongas.
And speaking of losers, the Atlanta Braves, who
have woiked so hard to try to crack first place in the
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inter and sent two others to the warning vas
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said Patterson, who threw the second Q^Si
of batting practice before Jackson left the
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lere and it was just awesome. He hit a W01
of them over the fence. He was hitting
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nter-field fence, 400 feet away. "He was rati
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National League West, in a fit of humilation,
lose their remaining 39 games to finish last ir
division and cause bandwagon Braves fans to
their Atlanta caps to the homeless.
In another baseball note, the Minnesota T\
whose flury of excellence has widened the AL 1
gap, will easily find themselves winning the
nant, being crowned victors of the 1991 World
ries, and will only be remembered on page 12 o
next morning newspapers as the only World S
champs getting no respect.
In the golf world, two of the most overrated
players, John Daly and Michael Jordan, will <
pete in a charity one-on-one golf death match
requires a firing squad to kill the first person n
shoot nar-and-under. The event will last aboi
long as the wacky idea of the Gamecocks goin^
defeated this year.
Monica Seles, who appeared Friday on Late Is
with David Letterman, will win the U.S. Open
year by forfeit. It seems the rest of the won
Field will come down with a severe case of
splints. Go figure.
Finally, Bo Jackson, who is now practicing ii
minor leagues, will miraculously gain back his
injury speed, quit the White Sox, shatter Leroy
rell's new world record dash by three seconds, \
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i Angeles Raiders, was injured during an
L playoff game against the Cincinnati Benj
in January. The problem was diagnosed as
cular necrosis of the left hip and he was re>ed
by the Kansas City Royals after the club
jrmined the problem threatened his baseball
ser.
'hicago signed Jackson as a free agent on
ril 3, giving him a one-year contract that
irantees him $700,000 this year, plus
>,000 for every major league game he plays.
i agreement also includes a pair of option
uses that reportedly could make the deal
rth as much as $8.15 million.
)ne of the adjustments Jackson has had to
<e is learning how to slide on his right hip
ler tnan nis letL his speed is aunosi certain
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