Friday, September 5.1997
The University Daily Kansan
Section B·Page 5
Deion Sanders ends season in baseball, turns to gridiron
The Associated Press
CINCINNATI — The Cincinnati Reds have given Deion Sanders permission to end his baseball season after tonight's game to
play for the Dallas Cow
Dallas Cowboys full time.
The deal takes effect after the final out is made in the Reds'
game with the Pittsburgh Pirates tonight at Cinergy Field, "The Cincinnati Post" and the "Dayton Daily News" reported yesterday.
Sanders, 30, said he has become fatigued by playing two sports and is struggling for time to see his two children.
"This is going to be easier for me," he said. "I'm not a spring chicken anymore. It used to be cute in Atlanta, leaving in a helicopter and everything, but it's not cute any more."
Sanders was referring to his previous two-sport days with the
Atlanta Braves and Atlanta Falcons.
Sanders agreed with Reds' general manager Jim Bowden on Wednesday that he will stay with the team through today, fly to Dallas on Cowboys owner Jerry Jones' private jet after the game and then devote all of his attention to the Cowboys beginning tomorrow.
"I basically told him to forget what the contract says," Bowden said. "We respect that he's one of the best football players in the country and we made it clear that we don't want him to stay here out of loyalty toward myself or the organization. He has to do what's right for both sports."
Sanders had an agreement that said he would continue to play as long as the Reds remained in contention for a playoff spot. Even though the club hasn't been eliminated, it has long since abandoned hope of reaching the postseason.
Sanders, who is being paid $1.2 million by the Reds this season, has a mutual option year on his contract that will pay him $2.5 million in 1998. Both Sanders and the Reds must agree about the option.
He started for the first time since Aug. 16 on Wednesday night and went 1-for-5 with a run-scoring single in a 6-3 victory against the Kansas City Royals.
Sanders, who played in the Cowboys' season-opening win against the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday, said he was relieved after Bowden informed him of the decision during batting practice.
Sanders' divorce proceedings have cut down on the time he has been able to spend with his children. Delondra. 7 and Deion Jr.. 3.
"I've got to be there for the kids," Sanders said. "I should be in a stable place for them. This has been a strain on them, too, flying from Houston to here, spending a little time together and then flying back to Houston."
The children were scheduled to fly to Cincinnati on Friday, join their father on a flight back to Texas that night and then accompany him tomorrow to Phoenix, where the Cowboys are to play the Arizona Cardinals Sunday night.
Johnson says he won't pull Marino from Sunday's game
The Associated Press
DAVIE, Fla. — Jimmy Johnson misquoted the movies, Dan Marino tried to stay poised and both chided the media for trying to create a quarterback controversy on the Miami Dolphins.
Johnson did the unmentionable this week when he responded to a reporter's question by saying he would consider pulling Marino if he struggles in a game this season.
Marino has never been yanked from a game because of poor play.
"Don't make more out of it than what it really is," Johnson said. "It was an honest comment. What did Jack Nicholson say, You can't take
the truth.' All right?"
Not exactly what the acerbic actor said in "A Few Good Men," but Johnson has a way of revising history as well as cinema. On Monday, he said he expected Marino to be sharp against Tennessee on Sunday or face replacement by Craig Erickson.
Johnson criticized the media for trying to come up with some logic about why he would bench a player with 32 fourth-quarter comeback victories.
"I heard comments that I did it for motivation. Please. You don't need to motivate Dan Marino," Johnson said.
All such talk came about because Marino had his worst game since the
1989 season against the Colts in the season-opener — a 16-10 win for Miami.
Marino started his 15th pro season throwing for 105 yards on 10-of-26 passing. An interception by Colts defender Eljah Alexander went for a touchdown.
"There were throws I could have made," Marino said. "But I threw quite a few balls away. I threw out of the end zone six times."
The quarterback, who holds a litany of NFL passing records, met with Johnson, but would not give details of their conversation. He refused to say what he would do if pulled during Sunday's game against Tennessee.
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