Roanoke Times
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DATE: MONDAY, December 6, 1993                   TAG: 9312060113
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B-6   EDITION: METRO 
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JORDAN RANKS AS RICHEST ATHLETE

Boxer Riddick Bowe, who didn't appear on the 1992 list, is second at $25 million and Formula One auto racer Ayrton Senna is third at $18.5 million.

Detroit Tigers first baseman Cecil Fielder was the top baseball player at $12.7 million, in eighth place overall, but Forbes included his entire $10 million signing bonus. For other baseball players, the magazine prorated signing bonuses over the lengths of contract. Fielder averages $7.2 million under his $36 million, five-year contract.

Quarterback Joe Montana, now with the Kansas City Chiefs, was the top football player at $11.5 million and 10th place. Wayne Gretzky of the Los Angeles Kings was the top hockey player at $8.3 million and 22nd place.

Arnold Palmer again was the top golfer, earning $11.1 million, good for 11th place. Jim Courier, in ninth at $12.6 million, was the top male tennis player, displacing Andre Agassi. Steffi Graf was the top women's tennis player, in 15th place at $9.8 million, displacing Monica Seles.

Jim Livengood, athletic director at Washington State, has been chosen to