Wednesday • September 10, 1997 te applies only to days at no charge, ditional insertions at S The Battalion PORTS ordan reveals new apparel line ^ NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Jor- in plans to keep a fresh imprint on isketball after his playing days are ver by overseeing a line of sneakers nd apparel bearing his name for his longtime sponsor Nike Inc. The Chicago Bulls superstar has [ready added millions of dollars to like’s bottom line as well as his own ank account with sales over the past 3 years of his signature Air Jordan aoes and clothing. But with the end of Jordan’s career lossibly only a few years away, the ation’s biggest athletic shoe mar- eterhas come up with a way for Jor- ,an to keep his hand in the game and is image on the shoes worn on iourt. Jordan will run a broadened Jor- WANTED >PLE We have Full ^ ting positions available! iay + bonuses. Flexibfc: t at: IMS, 700-Utw. nd Golden Corral). nntech, Inc. 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T j i* . ,, a tween 9a.m-4pm •J The first Jordan brand collection debuts in November, and Jordan said introductions will be timed for a Sat urday so children won’t miss school to get them. He said shoes in the Jor dan line will be priced as low as $90 to make them more affordable. The most expensive shoe sold by the new Nike division will be the $150 Air Jordan, which has a 3-D hologram on the heel and quilting on the sides. Jordan told a news conference at New York’s Niketown store, where some of his new fashions were mod eled, that he expects to be heavily in volved in designing the shoes and ap parel. He said that will be an outlet for his creative ambitions and competi tiveness. In addition to Jordan, other play ers wearing the Jordan brand this season will include Eddie Jones of the Los Angeles Lakers, Yin Baker and Ray Allen of the Milwaukee Bucks, Michael Finley of the Dallas Maver icks and Derek Anderson of the Cleveland Cavaliers. The Jordan brand will also be worn by teams at three colleges — Cincinnati, St. John’s and North Car olina A&T. The shoes and apparel ranging from sweatshirts and shorts to hats will feature the Jumpman logo — a silhouette of Jordan stretched to the maximum as he drives to dunk a bas ketball through the hoop. The financial terms of the deal with Jordan were not disclosed but people familiar with it said it includes royalty payments based on sales. Jordan is al ready tops among athletes in en dorsement fees. The Sports Mar keting Letter esti mated his endorse ment deals — ranging from Wheaties cereal, Ballpark Franks and Gatorade to Hanes underwear, Rayovac batteries and Bijan fragrances — should gen erate $40 million this year. That includes an estimated $17 million to $18 million from Nike for the Air Jordan line alone, the newslet ter’s publisher Brian Murphy said. Golfer Tiger Woods is second with about $25 million in endorsement earnings lined up for this year, ac cording to the newsletter. Jordan’s endorsement total is in Jordan addition to the $33 million he will make playing basketball for the Bulls this year. That makes him the high est-paid athlete in team sports as well. Asked on NBC’s “Today†show on Tuesday morning whether this sea son would be his last, Jordan said “I don’t think so.†Jordan, who has led the Bulls to five NBA championships in the 1990s, said the most important thing right now is a sixth title “I think we are going to win again and go for seven,†he said. Nike is a heavyweight in the shoe business as well. It accounted for about 58 percent of the $1.3 billion market for basketball shoes last year, according to Diane Daggatt, analyst for the securities firm Dain Bosworth in Seattle. She said Nike hopes the broad ened Jordan line would help it cap ture 90 percent of the basketball mar ket by the year 2000. “It’s good positioning for Nike to feature Jordan separately,†she said. The Air Jordan line alone gener ates about $250 million in shoe and apparel sales a year, Nike officials say. lor part/full-time anced. Call Dan. 8 AM & PM wait stall artj ply in person. ant needs part-time !i indros signs seven-year, $60 million deal & FOUND let. Saturday's looter ardt! LLANEOUS erage Fiex.bie ^ ■PH1IADELPHIA (AP) - Eric Lindros has as- it Golden corral iiimed the role of hockey’s best player in many ninds, and he may soon have its richest deal — eportedly a seven-year, $60 million contract. The Philadelphia Flyers, however, deny such n agreement is imminent. “Unfortunately, the Flyers and Eric are not as sed books s oallose to agreement as the media has speculated,†dishes, team said today. ( “Since Eric still has another season remaining nder his current contract, we anticipate his full articipation in training camp and during the ;ason, and we hope that at some point in the fu- Aire, we will be able to conclude a long-term ex- black. $i,7oo. o.b.o 'itEnsion ,t — J Lindros is to earn $4.2 million in the last year Juro. Runs great, neegB P1 . J 8208. Bryan, 696-124f Ijf hlS Contract. I Sources told The Associated Press on Monday ! USIC PU' 11 that the 24-year-old captain had all but se- WAired a new deal. What changed the situation rer $1,000 in prizes, Def 693-5514. was not immediately clear. Lindros is the cornerstone of a Flyers revival in which the team went from missing the playoffs for five straight years to the Stanley Cup finals last season. Both Carl Lindros, the player’s father-agent, and the Flyers’ negotiating team of president Ed Snider and general manager Bob Clarke set the start of training camp as the deadline for a new deal, and seemingly hashed out all but the final details in a five-hour conference that ended Monday. Now it appears that the negotiations hit a snag. One hangup — Lindros’ desire for legal ac tion against a Philadelphia radio station that re ported he missed a game last season because of a hangover — apparently has been resolved. Carl Lindros said he and the Flyers would take a common approach to the libel suit he wants to press against station WIP A new deal would be a handsome reward for a player many picked for greatness as an over sized teenager in Canada. His early stature as the game’s next great player allowed him to dictate conditions of his employment. First, Lindros forced the junior hockey team that had his rights to trade them to a city closer to his home. Then he forced the Quebec Nordiques, who made him the top pick in the 1990 draft, to trade him when he refused to play there. The Nordiques traded Lindros to both the Fly ers and the New York Rangers, touching off a dis pute that ended when an arbitrator ruled in favor of Philadelphia. The Flyers acquired the rights to Lindros for six players, two draft choices and $15 million. Winner of the Hart Trophy as the NHL’s MVP in 1994-95, Lindros had 32 goals and 47 assists in 52 games last season and added 12 goals and 14 assists in 19 playoff games. Jed tor rock/altemalive M stablished rock, R8,B 75-3230. SONAL 1-900-289-1077, UK ■a. Serv-U: (619)645# NETS is, Cats, Dogs. Ma'- 3helter-775-5755. male. 5-1/2 leet, K: at 693-0446. >d dragon, full 55 g call 694-7124. guana plus all accessr call 694-7031. leveral colors available! 1y. 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Erie County district attorney Frank Clark said the victim was satisfied with the guilty plea. The charge stems from a meeting in the Hy att Regency Buffalo May 18. The woman, whom Bennett has known for a long time, accompanied Former Penguin Lemieux enters Hall of Fame TORONTO (AP) — Mario Lemieux and Bryan Trottier, teammates on the Pittsburgh Penguins’ Stanley Cup-winning teams in 1991 and 1992, were elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame on Tuesday. Edmonton Oilers general manager was hon ored in the builder’s category, with all three to be inducted Nov. 17. Lemieux overcame Hodgkin’s disease and a serious back injury during his extraordinary 12- year career. His election comes without the usu al three-year wait. The Hall cited his “outstand ing pre-eminence and skill†in waiving waiting period. . “I think it’s fantastic,†Montreal’s Mark Rec- chi, a former linemate of Lemieux, said Tuesday. “If anybody, he deserves it. ... He made hockey in Pittsburgh.†The Hall has inducted eight other players without the normal waiting period: Bobby Orr, Gordie Howe, Jean Beliveau, Terry Sawchuk, Red Kelly, Ted Lind say, Maurice Richard and Dit Clapper. Lemieux finished with 613 career goals and 1,494 points. He captured three Hart Trophies (league MVP), six Art Ross Trophies (top scorer) and two Conn Smythe Trophies (playoff MVP). Trottier was brilliant in his own right. He won six Stanley Cups with the New York Islanders and Pen guins during an 18-year career. He scored 524 goals and had 1,425 points in 1,279 regular sea son games. He won the Calder, Hart, Art Ross and Conn Smythe Trophies. Sather, entering his 19th year as Edmonton’s GM, built the Oilers into a power house in the 1980s. With players such as Wayne Gret zky, Mark Messier, Paul Cof fey and Grant Fuhr, the Oilers won five Stanley Cups. 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