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THE BATTALION
Sophomore middle blocker Tara Pulaski attempts to put a ball past a
Stanford player on Sept. 8. Pulaski and the Aggies will take on Baylor
atG. Rollie White Coliseum. Game time is 7 p.m.
n SPORTS IN BRIEF
Aggie squad takes
on Blinn College
Cross country team
No. 18 in preseason
The Texas A&M softball team
ill continue its fall exhibition
litely will appre- Bschedule Wednesday when the
' Ags take on Blinn College,
irs a dayandis, The two teams will square off in a
double-header at the Aggie Softball
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Complex beginning at 5 p.m.
The Texas A&M women’s cross
country team, which will open its
2001 season this weekend, fell one
spot in the most recent FinishLynx
NCAA Cross Country poll.
The men’s and women’s cross
country teams will open their 2001
season in Auburn, Ala., on Saturday.
Jordan makes
return to NBA
WASHINGTON (AP) —
Michael Jordan made his come
back official Tuesday, announcing
he will return to play in the NBA
and sign a two-year contract with
the Washington Wizards.
“I am returning as a player to
the game I love,” Jordan said in
a news release issued through
his management agency.
Jordan will donate his entire
salary for the upcoming season
to relief agencies working with
the victims of the terrorist
attacks on Washington and New
York, said Estee Portnoy, a
spokeswoman for SFX, Jordan’s
management agency.
“I am
especially
excited
about the
Washington
Wizards,
and I’m
convinced
we have the
foundation
on which
to build a playoff-contention
team,” Jordan said. “The
opportunity to teach our young
players and help them elevate
their game to a higher level, and
to thank the fans in Washington
for their loyalty and support,
strongly influenced my deci
sion.”
The five-time league MVP,
who retired for a second time in
1999 after leading the Chicago
Bulls to their sixth title,
announced his comeback after
clearing up a licensing issue
with one of his sponsors — a
disagreement that caused the
official announcement to come a
day later than expected.
Jordan never completely
ruled out a comeback when he
retired in January 1999, hedging
his bets with the statement that
he was ”99.9 percent” certain he
would never play again. Leaving
the door open, even by one-tenth
of 1 percent, meant Jordan could
always kick it back open without
going back on his word.
Now, he has.
“This is certainly an extreme
ly important moment in the his
tory of our franchise, however
our excitement is muted by the
world events that surround us,”
said Wizards owner Abe Pollin.
“The greatest player in the
history of the game is joining
my team, and for that I am
extremely honored and
pleased.”
Jordan,
38, said he
would not
comment
further on
his return
until Oct. 1.
Jordan
has been
training for
a possible comeback for about
six months, at first saying that he
was simply trying to lose the
extra weight he had gained in
retirement. He rigorously
worked himself into playing
shape over the summer by hold
ing several invitation-only camps
of pickup games with other NBA
players at a gym in Chicago.
Jordan’s first official practice
with the Wizards will be Oct. 2,
the first day of training camp at
Wilmington, N.C. He occasion
ally worked out with the team
last season when he was presi
dent of basketball operations, a
job in which he almost com
pletely overhauled Washington’s
roster and put the team into a
rebuilding mode.
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I am returning as
a player to the
game I love”
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