Jordan’s wife files for divorce
By Amanda Vogt
Chicago Tribune
CHICAGO (KRT) — Juanita Jordan
has taken the first steps toward ending
her 13-year marriage to Michael Jordan,
filing for divorce in Lake County, 111.
In a petition filed Friday in cir
cuit court in Waukegan, J. Vanoy
Jordan, 42, of Highland Park cited
“irreconcilable differences” in
seeking a dissolution of her mar
riage to M. Jeff Jordan, 38, also of
Highland Park.
She seeks permanent custody of
the couple’s three children, the
25,000-square-foot “marital resi
dence” in Highland Park and half
the couple’s property.
“It is the parties’ hope that the
media respect the family’s need
and desire for privacy in this
painful matter,” Juanita Jordan’s
lawyer, Don Schiller, said Monday,
declining further comment.
The six-page petition says irrec
oncilable differences have caused
“the irretrievable breakdown” of
Juanita Jordan’s marriage to the bas
ketball superstar and that future at
tempts at reconciliation “would be
impractical and not in the best in
terests of the family.”
Michael and Juanita Vanoy Jor
dan were married on Sept. 2,1989,
in Las Vegas. Their children are 13
year-old Jeffrey, 11-year-old Mar
ques and 9-year-old Jasmine.
Michael Jordan cited a desire to
spend more time with his family
when he retired from the Bulls the
first time in October 1994 and
joked about “driving the car pool.”
He maintained his Chicago res
idence when he returned to bas
ketball as a front-office executive
with the Washington Wizards last
season, but this year’s decision to
resume his playing career neces
sitated his being in Washington
full time.
The petition describes Michael
Jordan as “a well and able-bodied
man who is capable of making suit
able provisions for the support and
maintenance of the Petitioner and
for the support and education of
the parties’ children in a style com
mensurate with that enjoyed by the
parties during marriage.”
Michael Jordan, who was paid
more than $30 million in his final
season with the Bulls, is regarded
as one of the world’s richest ath
letes through his work as a product
endorser and a reported $50 mil
lion stake in the company that con
trols the Wizards and the NHL’s
Washington Capitals.
©2002, Chicago Tribune. Distributed by
Knight Ridder/Tribune Information Services.
Vikings close out season with a loss
By Sean Jensen
Knight Ridder Newspapers
BALTIMORE (KRT) — The stage
for the auditions couldn’t have been
more grand, on Monday Night Foot
ball, in the final regular-season game
of the 2001 season, against the de
fending Super Bowl champion Balti
more Ravens at PSINet Stadium.
The entire Minnesota Vikings organ
ization was yearning to end one of the
most tumultuous seasons in its exis
tence with a victory, building some
momentum into another important off
season. But', alas, in a season riddled
with setbacks, it seemed almost fitting
the Vikings ended this one with a 19-3
loss to the Ravens, falling to 5-11, then
worst finish since going 3-13 in Les
Steckel’s lone year as coach in 1984.
For a second consecutive week,
though, even in defeat, the Vikings
took a step forward, showing re
silience against a playoff-bound op
ponent. The Vikings’ defense stopped
six short-yardage attempts inside then
own 5-yard line, and they held the
Ravens’ offense to four field goals.
Bennett put up a solid effort against
the NFL’s fourth-rated run defense,
earning 52 yards on 13 carries.
Unfortunately, Vikings quarterback
Spergon Wynn struggled for a second
consecutive week, failing to execute
even the most basic passes.
Wynn completed just 13 of 29
passes (44.8 percent) for 86 yards and
two interceptions, one of which oc
curred after a botched punt attempt
by Kyle Richardson gave the Vikings
the ball 10 yards from Ravens’ end
zone. Also, late in the fourth quarter,
as he was being sacked, Wynn fum
bled and the ball was recovered by
Ravens linebacker Jamie Sharper,
who ran it into the end zone for his
team’s lone touchdown.
Ironically, the Vikings were un
done most by former Vikings. Receiv
er Qadry Ismail converted a third
down with a 20-yard catch late in the
first quarter; running- back Terry
Allen had a season-high 133 yards on
23 carries; and running back Moe
Williams, released by the Vikings in
the final cut-down before this season,
had seven carries for 49 yards.
But the Vikings’ defense provided
a few flashes of hope.
It contained the Ravens on their
first two possessions, enabling Min
nesota’s offense to score first. Mid
way through the first quarter,
Vikings fullback Harold Morrow
barely converted a third-and-2 play,
setting the stage for the Vikings’
most exciting play of the game.
Wide receiver Randy Moss took a
reverse handoff from Spergon Wynn,
rolled right and then unleashed a pass
to Carter for 29 yards.
Then, after a 15-yard catch by
Carter, the Vikings were inside the
Ravens’ 10. Yet they settled for a 26
yard field goal by Gary Anderson.
The Ravens, however, immediately
responded. Ravens kicker Matt Stover
tied the game with a 21-yard field goal.
Then, on third and goal from the
Vikings’ 2, Elvis Grbac badly over
threw Williams toward the left side of
the end zone, with free safety Orlan
do Thomas covering Williams tight
ly. An official called pass interfer
ence, although the ball appeared
uncatchable.
Yet with first and goal from the 1,
the Ravens were unable to pound the
ball in and had to settle for a 20-yard
field" goal by Stover.
© 2002, Saint Paul Pioneer Press (St. Paul,
Minn.). Distributed by Knight Ridder/Tribune
Information Services.
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By Ann Tatko
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LOS ANGELES (KRT)—Earning a
reputation as The Quad King was not
enough, and Timothy Goebel knew it.
No one questioned his technical
ability. How could they when few
other figure skaters could land a
quadruple jump the way he could?
His technical ability made him
good, but not great, and not neces
sarily an Olympic caliber skater. He
needed better artistic ability for that.
So with the Olympics 18 months
away, Goebel changed coaches in
2000, won last year’s U.S. champi
onship and enters today’s State
Farm U.S. Figure Skating Champi
onships not only with a shot at mak
ing the Olympics but also an excel
lent chance of defending his title.
“At first maybe I did rely almost en
tirely on my technical strength,” Goebel
said. “I still do more than anybody else
when it comes to jumping, but I've also
focused more on my artistry. That’s the
only way to narrow the gap. ’ ’
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the gap between him and his fellow
U.S. competitors.
He decided to move to El Segundo
in 2000 and work with Michelle
Kwan’s former coach, Frank Carroll,
because he wanted to gain ground on
Russians Evgeni Plushenko and
Alexei Yagudin, who have won the
past four world championships.
Achieving that goal meant injecting
more emotion into his program. The
results were wins at nationals and
Skate America, a second-place finish
at the Nations Cup and a bronze at the
Grand Prix finals in 2001.
At the age of 21, Goebel is starting
to understand that it no longer matters
if he was the first American to land a
quadruple jump in competition.
He doesn’t have what five-time
defending U.S. champion Todd El
dredge and two-time champion
Michael Weiss have.
“I may have a technical edge, but
Tim and Mike have the edge of be
ing former Olympians and being at
this level for a long time,” Goebel
said. “No doubt, if the three of us
go, we’d be a really strong team.”
© 2002, Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek,
Calif.). Distributed by Knight Ridder/Tribune
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Basketball
continued from page 5
Huskies, she helped the Ducks de
feat Washington, 69-56, before
4,791 fans at McArthur Court.
Oregon defeated their Pacific
Northwest rival for the 12th
straight time, and the Huskies
have not won in Eugene
since 1993.
“She’s becoming that player
we knew she would,” Smith said
of Kraayeveld. “She can score
and drive but the assists are her
best asset.”
If there was one team the
Ducks could take lightly, it
would be Washington State.
Fortunately for Oregon, the
Cougars visited Mac Court two
days after the Ducks’ impres
sive win against Washington,
and Washington State would be
no different.
Their 76-47 win over the
Cougars represented Oregon’s
biggest margin of victory this sea
son, with “balance” the key term
in the win.
Eleven of the 12 Oregon play
ers scored at least one point in
the victory, with only senior
Alyssa Fredrick scoring in dou
ble figures. After the blowout,
the Ducks were 3-1 in confer
ence play and were beginning
to gel as a team.
After splitting a weekend series
against Arizona and Arizona State
in their most recent games, Ore
gon is 9-6 overall and 4-2 in con
ference play.
As usual, Williams has been the
heart and soul of the offense, but
she has gotten help in recent
games. Kraayeveld scored a career
high 18 points against Arizona,
and senior Jamie Craighead has
been electric from beyond the
three-point line.
E-mail sports reporter Hank Hager at
hankhager@daityemerald.com.
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