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Show NAT'L SPORTS Jordan, Krause take their stands CLANCY CONFIDENT VIKINGS ARE IDS: Novelist T om Clancy said yesterday he is confident that the Minnesota Vikings are his, despite claims to the contrary by team president Roger Headrick. " Here's the deal. It's signed," he said, holding up a letter of intent during a news conference. " We signed it over lunch, and my name's on it and their names are on it, and that makes it a legal deal." Tom Clancy Clancy, the author of "Clear and Present Danger" and other thrillers, is the lead investor in a group that paid slightly more than $200 million for the team, an NFL record. After Clancy was announced as the new owner Tuesday, H eadrick - one of the 10 current owners - said Wednesday night he has a legal right under ownership group bylaws to match any offer from an outside bidder. That didn't deter Clancy. "As far as I'm concerned, the problem with Mr. Headrick is in the wake. It's behind US; I'm not concerned," he said. WAC COMMISSIONER ACKNOWLEDGES FAN COMPLAINTS ON CALL IN NEW MEXICO UTAH GAME: Western Athletic Conference Commissioner Karl Benson says a foul should have been called on a crucial play in New Mexico's gam e against Utah, and says he's gotten an unprecedented amount of complaints from fans. "A foul should have been called," Benson told Albuquerque Journal, according to yesterday's editions. The play in question was made Sunday by Royce Olney with just over a minute left and the Utes leading 73-69 in Albuquerque. Some fans say Olney got away with a foul against Utah's Andre Miller. ''It was a foul on Olney, in our review of the film. Had that play happened two minutes into the game, it certainly wouldn't have had the magnitude it had at the end of the game," Benson said. YANKEES AND TWINS AGREE ON KNOBLAUCH TRADE: Chuck Knoblauch's trade from Minnesota to the New York Yankees was all but finalized and the teams planned to announce the 4-for-l deal on Friday, The Associated Press learned. The ~ .~ Yankees and Twins agreed yesterday on the four minor leaguers who will go from New York to Minnesota and decided the Yankees ..C_h_u....c_k _ _ _ will send the Twi ns $3 million, several Knoblauch sources said on the condition they not be - - - - - - identified. In exchange for Knoblauch, a fourtime All-Star second baseman, Minnesota will receive pitchers Eric Milton and Danny Mota, outfielder Brian Buchanan and shortstop Cristian Guzman. Members of baseball's ruling executive council approved the trade after they were polled by telephone. Final approval was n eeded from acting commissioner Bud Selig, unavailable most of the day while meeting in Los Angeles with Rupen Murdoch, who intends to buy the Los Angeles Dodgers. "There's a couple of things that have to be OKed," Twins general manager T erry Ryan said. " I think it'll go through." CE'DARCITY 91.7 J. MAIN 865-11.00 c hanges that Krause wants to make. With Scottie Pippen almost certainly gone to free agency after the season and Dennis Rodman's future more unpredictable than his Michael Jordan and Jerry Krause have called each other's bluffs. After the Chicago Bulls lost hairstyle, the Bulls will be left with much the 101-93 to the Utah Jazz on Wednesday night, same lineup that floundered in the second half of Jordan reiterated the position he has held all Chicago's loss to Utah. "We usually have a killer instinct come to the season: H e won't return next year to the team that he led to five world championships unless forefront," Jordan said. "I just don't think that our aggressive play and his coach, Phil Jackson, returns as well. aggressive attitude " I won't play. I'll re tire. continued throughout the game." It is that simple," Jordan H e put it nicely, but said. '1t is totally simple. I Chjcago's reliance on w on't play anywhere else, I Jordan, who scored 40 won't fo llow Phil I will points, was painfully totally retire. That clears up every question. What obvious. He led the Bulls in field goals in all four management is saying, if quarters, and his 37 shots Phil is out, then this is my were more than his next last year." five teammates combined. Jordan was responding to By contrast, the Jazz comments made by received solid Krause, the Bulls' general contributions from 11 manager, which were players. Karl Malone reported by the Chicago ~ scored 19 second-half T ribune on Wednesday. ~ pointS, and Utah shot 70 "We would like to have ~ percent in the fo urth Michael back. But Michael is going to have to play for quarter. ~ Rodman, Randy Brown someone else," Krause :; and Jud Buechler all said. "It isn't going to be i: missed critical shots in Phil." the final minutes that The feud between Jordan ·Chicago Bulls' coach Phil fack son hugs could have brought and Krause is longMichael fordan. fordan reiterated what Chicago back. Though the standing. Jordan resents he has said numerous times: He won 't Bulls finished their sixKrause's attempts to take play for the Bulls next year unless Phil game Western road trip credit for the Bulls' success, fackson is his coach. with a 4-2 record, Jordan while Krause is eager to revamp the aging Bulls and prove that he can was displeased. "We flunked the test," Jordan said. " You can build a championship team from the ground up, sit th ere and say, 'It's the regular season, it including a new coach. doesn't matt~,' but it does matter. l think the "If Michael chooses to leave because there is attitude on this team is a little too passive another coach here, then it is his choice and not about t hat, and they are thinking we can turn it ours," Krause said. on in the playoffs. "As soon as teams make a The Bulls' dismal performance against t he push, the next thing you know we become Jazz proved just how much Chicago needs passive," he said. " That's one thing that has to Jordan in order to remain a top-fl ight t eam change." and also bow much the Bulls need the By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS g Security in question at Olympics By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A radical left-wi ng group took responsibility yesterday for a rocket attack at T okyo's main international airport, and it mocked security measures in place for the Winter Olympics. The group, calling itself the Revolutionary Workers Association, said i t opposes construction of a second runway at Narita airport, 40 miles east of Tokyo. Three homemade rockets were fired into a cargo plane area Monday night, injuring one ai rport worker. Two of the projectiles exploded. " We defeated the heavy, counterrevolutionary security for the Olympics," the group said in a statement signed "The Revolutionary Army." " We are determined to continue fighting guerrilla wars .to prevent further cons~ructi~n at the airport and to e ventually close it," said the letter, a copy of which was provided by police. Leftist groups claim a larger airport could be used for military purposes. The group also said security guidelines updated last year between Washington and T okyo "could lead Japa n t o war and facism." The guidelines commit Japan to greater cooperation with tbe U.S. military. Left-wing radicals have long opposed the expansion of the airport, which opened with only one runway in 1978. The attack came as athletes, officials and spectators were arriving for the Olympics. Police said they had no evidence the rockets were aimed at disrupting the games, which start Saturday. Police are out in force in Nagano to protect the Olympics. With the games set to open Saturday, pressure on the police has increased significantly because of t he airport attack. The N ational Police Agency agency set up a specia l force in Tokyo last month to s trengthen security during the Olympics and urged local police to keep a close eye on leftists. The agency also suggest ed t hat major airports tighten security during the games. The Nagano Games are to feature more athletes (2,450) from more countries (72) than any previous Winter Olympics. More than I million tickets to Olympic events have been sold, and the games are to be seen on television in as many as 160 countries. This year also marks the Winter Olympics' return to Asia after a 26 year absence. Any incident would be a deep embarrassment to Japan's government, which prides itself on the relative safety of its cities. |