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Wednesday, February 7, 1996
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Dream Team considering a spot for Magic
The Associated Press
ATLANTA — For Pete Babcock, the issue of whether Magic Johnson should play at the 1996 Olympics is simple.
"My personal feeling is we ought to select the two best players," said Babcock, general manager of the Atlanta Hawks. "If a player sat out 10 years, it wouldn't make a difference to me if he played well enough to earn a spot."
Babcock is part of the USA Basketball committee that will get together at the end of the NBA season to pick the final two members of the U.S. basketball team for the Atlanta Games.
Already, the third installment of the Dream Team includes Shaquille O'Neal. Hakeem Olajuwan, David Robinson, Scottie Pippen, Glenn Robinson Karl Mal
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one, Grant Hill, Anfernee Harday,
John Stockton and Reggie Miller.
Johnson played on the original Dream Team that won the gold at Barcelona in 1992. Last week, he rejoined the Lakers after a 4/12-year
"I know I can get out there and do my thing," said the 36-year-old Johnson, who had 21 points in a victory Sunday night against Utah.
retirement and immediately began lobbying for a spot on the Atlanta team.
Johnson retired from the NBA in 1991 after contracting the virus that causes AIDS. He played at Barcelona the following year even though some foreign players expressed concerns about banging elbows with someone who had contracted HIV.
Babcock doesn't think Johnson's physical condition would be an issue if he was selected this year.
"I would assume that's because
people are a little better educated today than they were four years ago about how the infection is spread, what's viable and what's not viable in terms of the danger," Babcock said. "That includes Earvin's own health. More is known today about how strenuous activity affects his own health."
The Dream Team will be coached by Lenny Wilkens of the Hawks, the winningest coach in NBA history. He steadfastly refused to take a stand on whether Johnson should be part of the U.S. squad.
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NFL antitrust law seen as an incentive to move
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue faced a skeptical, sometimes hostile House Judiciary Committee yesterday and asked for a change in federal law that would make his job more powerful.
Tagliabue said court interpretations of antitrust law and the $50 million price tag of losing the court case filed by Raiders owner Al Davis had made football owners reluctant to fight teams that wanted to change cities.
"Right now we are powerless in this area because of the antitrust uncertainties," he said. The committee of lawmakers stacked the hearing and gave priority to cities that had lost or feared losing their professional football teams.
"I'm just one fan. There are hundreds of thousands of NFL fans across the country that have the same investments that I do and also the same feelings," said John Thompson, 18-year season ticket holder who has been part of a community effort to fight malaria.
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to Baltimore.
Gary Locke, King County (Wash.) Executive, and Bob Lanier, Houston Mayor, made pleas of their own, asking lawmakers to improve the negotiating positions between cities and team owners' who demand new or improved stadiums.
Lanier's city is losing its Oilers to Tennessee, and the Seattle Seahawks' owner said he was moving his team to Los Angeles.
"If we let this team leave Seattle with 10 years left on a valid lease, what is to stop any other owner from betraying any other community?" Locke said.
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