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Chicago Bulls guard Michael Jordan (23) in flight. APPHOTO/Frank Gunn
Is Michael Jordan
really returning to the
NBA just for the love
of the game?
By Tony Cornish Jr.
SPECIAL TO AUGUSTA FOCUS
At 38 years of age, former NBA superstar
Michael Jordan apparently wants to “play
ball” again. After retiring for the second time
(for just three years!), “His Airness” appears
poised to mount another comeback tour on
the pro hardwood. After winning multiple
championship titles, MVP awards, and na
tional acclaim, why Jordan wants to subject
himself to the rigors of playing an 82-game
schedule again (this time with the lowly Wash
ington Wizards!) is anyone’s guess. Jordan
claimed earlier this year he wanted to return
simply for “the love of the game.” Sure Mike!
Nice try at being humble and low key, “Num
ber 23.” Those that know you, and your
business savvy, know better than to hangour
hat on those words alone. That’s why some of
us are watching and waiting to see how you
make out in your battle with the league over
having the right to market your likeness
around the world, along with the rest of the
“employees” working in the NBA. :
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SEPTEMBER 27 - OCTOBER 3, 2001 I
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Fans around the world understand you still
have a passion to play basketball. They under
stand how hard it must be foryou to watch guys
running up and down the floor every winter
(with half the skills you still possess!) being
called “great” and “the second coming” of, well
Timeout with Tony C
Sports Commentary
... you! Mike, let’s lay down the chips and be
honest here. (No pun intended!)
I understand that you scratch your head
trying to understand why young prep players
are being allowed to come into the league to
makemillionsof dollars whilestill beingunable
to legally buy a beer or go to Las Vegas to hang
out withyou at theroulette wheelsat Harrah'’s.
But that’s the way it is today, “MJ.”
The times are changing. You understand
that better than most after drafting H.S. All
American Kwame Brown with the Number 1
overall pick in the NBA draft last June. Thiskid
isn’t ready, but five years from now he could
become a prospect so I understand you had to
take a chance or face the risk. But let’s look at
the bigger picture here.
You have seen firsthand in your role as
president of Basketball Operations for the Wiz
ards that GMs, coaches and scouts around the
league are less demanding in this new age of
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Black
congress
woman
receives
threats
by Hazel Trice Edney
NNPA Washington Correspondent
WASHINGTON
One day last week, Rep. Barbara
Lee (D-Calif.) emerged quietly from
the conference room of the U. S.
Capitol, where the Congressional
Black Caucus had met for more than
three hours.
Sheturned totheleft and walked in
the opposite direction from all of her
colleagues, whostreamed out behind
her.
Awaiting her at the end of the
hallway was a plainclothes police
officer who had stood quietly and
watchfully during the entire meet
ing. He escorted her swiftly through
the corridors, eyeing anyone who
came near, including a reporter in
tow.
Two plainclothes Capitol Police of
ficers are protecting Lee after her
Sept. 14 lone vote against a resolu
tion giving President Bush broad
latitude in using military force in
response to terrorist attacks without
congressional intervention.
”The resolution did not allow for
the checks and balances system to
work during these very critical
times,”’ she explained as she walked.
“Ibelieve that whenever we're going
to war, the American people should
not be disenfranchised,” she said.
““We are a country in mourning.
People are angry. People are frus
trated. People need to vent... There
‘are many people who are very angry,
so we're just dealing with it.”
Later in her office, Lee’s press sec
retary, Andrew Sousa, said she has
received more than 30,000 letters,
See THREATS, page 7A
(Good Q) hings Happen In Augusta:
CHILDREN’S WEEK 2001 CELEBRATION
Fun For Everyone SEPT. 28 - OCT. 6 :
By Rhonda Jones
AUGUSTA FOCUS Staff Writer
AUGUSTA
If you and your children are
free Friday morning, Sept. 28,
head on over to the Jessye
Norman Amphitheater for a
puppet show, somemusicanda
proclamation by Mayor Bob
Young.
The Children’s Week 2001
Kick-Off Celebration runsfrom
10-11 a.m. and is the firstin a
longlineoffun family activities
designed to get parents and
otheradultsthinkingabout the
role their young ones play in
the world.
“This gives us an opportu
nity, first of all, to show kids
that we value them,” Dr.
Robetta McKenzie, of Augusta
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A protester stands with a sign showing Cincinnati
police officer Stephen Roach, outside the Hamilton
County Courthouse after closing arguments in
Roach’s trial Monday, Sept. 24, 2001, in Cincin
nati. On Wednesday, Roach was acquitted of all _
charges in the April 7 fatal shooting of Timothy: *
Thomas. AP Photo/David Kohl
Cincinnati cop acquitted
By Marie McCain
and Jane Prendergast
The Cincinnati Enquirer
CINCINNATI
Cincinnati Police Of
ficer Stephen Roach to
day was acquitted of all
charges in the April 7 fa
tal shooting of Timothy
Thomas — a death that
ignited the worst racial
unrestin thecity in three
decades.
Hamilton County Mu
nicipal Court Judge Ralph
E. Winkler said Officer
Roach shot the unarmed
Evanstonmanina “split
second reaction to a very
dangerous situation that
was created by Mr. Tho
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children would be com
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Richmond County Community
Partnership for Children and
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mas.
“Thisis the end point of
a tragic case,” said Judge
Winkler.
Officer Roach had been
charged with misde
meanor counts of negli
gent homicide and ob
structing official business
for shooting Mr. Thomas
in a dark Over-the-Rhine
alley and allegedly later
lyingabout what unfolded.
Judge Winkler said Of
ficer Roach had been put
into a situation where he
believed he had toshoot or
be shot.
“Thomas’actionsinrun
ning from numerous po-
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event. “Thesecond thing,” she
said, “is to inform other folks
about the need tosupport chil
dren.” .
The theme of this, the 13th
annual Children’s Week cel
ebration, is “Children — Keys
to the Future.” .
McKenzie said that a littlé
outward demonstration to g
child, that you are interested
in her, can go a long way —
just a touch or a word
make that connection. m}
She knows this, McKenzi
said, because she has worked
with kids all her life. "
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a principal at A.R. Johnson,
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