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Article: Sanders to Play Another Duet; Cowboy Returns to the Reds
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- January 31, 1997
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Deion Sanders became a two-sport phenomenon again yesterday,
returning to baseball after a one-season absence -- with the
permission of his football team, the Dallas Cowboys -- by announcing
that he'll play for the Cincinnati Reds this year.
Sanders signed a one-year contract with the Reds, ensuring
that he'll miss the Cowboys' training camp and exhibition season
this summer. Precisely how his time will be divided once football's
regular season begins is a subject for haggling among Sanders, Reds
officials and Cowboys officials.
Reds General Manager Jim Bowden said Sanders's contract
guarantees that he will be with the Reds as long as they're in the
pennant race. Cowboys owner Jerry ...