Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, September 13, 1994 TAG: 9409130087
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: C4 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: FROM ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
Bulls chairman Jerry Reinsdorf said Monday the team has been searching for a way to pay tribute to James Jordan, Michael Jordan's father. The elder Jordan was shot to death in North Carolina last summer.
Michael Jordan attended the announcement and said his father would have been honored to have the facility named after him.
``What we are trying to show is appreciation for the man who more or less gave me everything you see here, every talent, every personality, alongside with my mother,'' Jordan said.
The club will be built about two blocks from Chicago's new stadium, the United Center, and will be a 40,000-square foot, two-story education facility for children. It will include a computer laboratory, a gymnasium and dance and game areas.
Construction will begin in spring 1995 and is expected to be completed in early 1996.
\ In other sports:
Harry Watson and Lionel Conacher were among those chosen as inductees into the Hockey Hall of Fame.
Watson, a left wing who played most of his career with the Toronto Maple Leafs, and Conacher, a defenseman with Montreal and three other teams, were selected in the Veteran Players Category.
Watson played 14 years in the NHL, including nine years with the Maple Leafs. He also played for the New York Americans, Detroit and Chicago, collecting 236 goals and 207 assists in 809 games.
Conacher's NHL career spanned 12 years during which he played for Pittsburgh, the Americans, Chicago and Montreal. He had 80 goals and 105 assists in 498 games.
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