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Enjoy Jordan

Why do people keep giving Michael Jordan a hard time for coming back? Don't they understand he's living everybody else's dream who loves and lives sports?

We watch it because we want to be them, even though we aren't good enough and we may be too old anyway. So when somebody who is supposedly too old to play comes back and does it, we are with him on that court, whether we are 8 or 80.

If the Wizards lose 60 games this season, it really doesn't matter. Treasure that old guy Jordan and thank him.

DAVID MITCHINSON

Eugene

Fans out of line

Memo to the "football sports fan" in section 29 and the one across the aisle in section 30 who stand up throughout the game yelling and screaming at the opposing team's bench:

You are an embarrassment to everyone around you, to the University of Oregon and to the Ducks who are out on the field. Supporting your team is one thing, but acting like that goes beyond good sportsmanship.

My only question is why security doesn't come into the stands and take some action.

TOM AND LINDA WHITEHEAD 

Eugene

Thanks, Joey

To Joey Harrington:

You reflect on family and how important that it is to you. I, too, have a family that includes Oregon Duck fans which stretches from the West Coast to the East Coast. I have relished your years as a Duck.

I remember the pre-1992 years when attendance of 20,000 was a big crowd, and if the Ducks didn't get beat by 20 points, it was a great game.

As a season ticket-holder in the same seats for 20-plus years, next year will not be the same. You and the rest of the seniors on the team will not take the field in 2002. With deep regret, I will not be in Autzen Stadium next year, either.

I will always be a die-hard Duck fan. Next year, because my seats that I have held over 20-odd years are "sideline preferred," I would have to pay over $2,400 for the same seats that I paid over $600 for this season. I refuse to be held hostage.

Joey, I want to thank you and the rest of the team of 2001 for giving me a lot of memories that will be with me for a while to come. I also want to thank Miller, Kozak, McLemore, Ruhl, Willhite, Cherry and Graz.

And to all the dedicated Duck fans, whom I have tailgated and sat with, I have to say, "thank you my friends."

In closing, Joey, you are on your farewell tour. This season is also my farewell tour as a season ticket-holder for 20-plus years.

The Civil War will have a big impact on you and the other seniors on the team, as well. Thank you for all the memories that you all have given me and my three daughters who have grown to love Oregon football.

DEBBIE GENETT

Glendale

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