Thursday, September 18, 1997
The University Daily Kansan
Section B · Page 3
Memorabilia auction miffs Ali
The Associated Press
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Muhammad Ali made a sentimental journey to his old high school yesterday, reveling in memories but upset about plans by an auction house to sell items that the boxing great contends were taken from him.
Many of All's items will be auctioned in Los Angeles next month, and the former champ wants the items back.
"Somebody stole stuff from me," Ali said yesterday during an Internet chat with fans.
More than 3,000 items from the boxer's career are to go on the block at Christie's Los Angeles on Oct. 19. All and his wife, Lonnie, are not involved in the auction
do not plan to buy anything.
Asked if he wanted some items back for a museum planned in Louisville to honor him, Ali replied, "I wouldn't mind, but it's nothing to cry over."
Items include his 1960 Golden Gloves trophy, which could draw at least $30,000, and an Aug. 23, 1966-dated letter Ali wrote to the draft board requesting new classification.
It was the last letter sent before he refused induction into the army. That action cost him his boxing title, got him banned from competition and made him a national hero to some and a draft-drafter to others.
A representative for Christie's in New York declined to immediately respond to Ali's remarks yesterday.
pion reflected on his past in a sentimental return to Central High School, firing jabs at a young boxer amid students' cheers.
Central High School Principal Harold Fenderson said that Ali was excited about being there.
The former heavyweikht cham
Ali: Wants items returned to him.
"He is the
greatest champ of all time," Fenderson said.
It was part of Ali's return to his hometown to attend an amateur boxing tournament and tribute named in his honor.
Alli later reminisced about his long boxing career, his relationship with rival Joe Frazier and the civil-rights movement in a wide-ranging Internet chat arranged by the "Louisville Courier-Journal."
Making peace with his own rival might be more troublesome.
Asked later if he planned to take center stage for a possible reconciliation between Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield at a tribute to amateur boxing Saturday night in Louisville, Ali answered, "Where else do I belong?"
Ali said he did not anticipate a reconciliation with Joe Frazier when the two are to meet at Saturday's tribute. Asked what exchange he expected with Frazier, Ali replied, "Hello and goodbye."
Worm squirms after NBA squashes offer
The Associated Press
CHICAGO — Dennis Rodman made the Chicago Bulls an offer that sounded too good to be true: They could pay him nothing for any games he might miss for inappropriate antics.
But Rodman's agent said the NBA won't allow the deal. That leaves the forward known as "The Worm" still trying to wriggle into another season with Chicago.
The Bulls want Rodman, 36, because he is a tenacious defender who has led the league
in rebounding for six straight seasons.
But Rodman is at times uncontrollable.
Rodman was suspended for 14 games last season after kicking a photographer during a game. He was also assessed a $50,000 fine—the largest in league history – for making derogatory remarks about Mormons during the NBA Finals in Salt Lake City.
Last summer, Rodman signed a one-year contract with the Bulls for about $9 million. Bulls chairman Jerry Reinsdorf has said that he would re-sign Rodman only if it's clear that bad behavior wouldn't be tolerated.
So Rodman suggested the team pay him nothing up front, the "Chicago Sun-Times" reported yesterday. Instead, he said, the Bulls should set up a sort of debit-card system with money in an escrow account. When it came time to pay Rodman at the end of the season, the team could deduct a pro-rated amount for each game he was suspended.
"But I am told the league won't allow that kind of arrangement," his agent, Dwight Manley, told the "Sun-Times."
Rodman: Tries to arrange debit-system for salary.
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