[1]detnews.com home page [2]Editorials [3]Lottery [4]Weather [5]Search Engine [6]Accent [7]Autos [8]Business [9]Casino Guide [10]Comics [11]Cyberia [12]Discovery [13]Food [14]Golf Guide [15]Homestyle [16]Mail from the net [17]Metro [18]MetroLife [19]Money [20]Movie Finder [21]Nation/World [22]Obituaries [23]Outlook [24]On Detroit [25]Rearview Mirror [26]Screens [27]Showtime [28]Sports [29]Sports: College [30]Sports: Preps [31]TV Listings [32]Voices By e-mail [33]Post letters to The News Person -to-person [34]Staff addresses By phone [35]Departments and editors Advertising [36]Place an ad Circulation [37]Home delivery [38]Search [39][LINK] [40][LINK] [41][LINK] [42][LINK] Friday, September 19, 1997 [43][LINK] [44]Index Howe is 'sickened' by bounty on Internet By Ted Kulfan The Detroit News There's a bounty on Gordie Howe's head. And Gordie isn't laughing about it. Howe, 69, is planning to file a police complaint against a California radio personality who offered a bounty to have "the old fool pummeled back to reality." The bounty is a reaction to Howe coming out of retirement to play with the Detroit Vipers on Oct. 3 against the Kansas City Blades at The Palace. He will be playing in his sixth decade. Jim Rome, a Los Angeles-based sports radio host, is running a pledge drive on the Internet and offering the money to any player who "drops the gloves with Gordie and lands at least one punch." On his "Bitter Gordie Howe" web site, Rome called Howe's wish to extend his professional career to six decades an "asinine stunt." The web-site address is www.jimrome.com Calls to Rome were not returned. Howe's wife and business manager, Colleen, said she and her husband are "absolutely sickened" by the web site. "We love the modern technology, but we're concerned about the kind of thing we're seeing here," Colleen Howe told the Toronto Globe and Mail in Thursday's editions. "There are rich people out there who may be enticed into ensuring that some harm is done to Gordie." The Howes could not be reached Thursday night. Vipers General Manager Rick Dudley said the team would have no comment until looking further into the situation. Wayne Logan, Howe's attorney, said he was in the process of filing a complaint with Los Angeles police to stop Rome's campaign, which had collected $5,071 as of Sunday at 10 p.m. "In a time when celebrities are worried about their safety, we're concerned about some crackpot who might take a shot at Gordie from the stands to collect the money," Logan said. Logan said the president of the Blades assured him the team would not single out Howe. Rome held a pledge drive last year, raising $6,645 when Howe attempted a comeback with the Syracuse Crunch of the American Hockey League. But Howe never played with Syracuse. The team, in the midst of a playoff chase, didn't want to lose a roster spot. Detroit News wire services contributed. [45][LINK] Copyright © 1997, The Detroit News [46][LINK] We welcome your [47]comments. Check [48]NetMail for letters and responses References 1. http://detnews.com/ 2. http://detnews.com/EDITPAGE/EDIT.html 3. http://detnews.com/FEATURES/LOTTO/ 4. http://detnews.com/WEATHER/ 5. http://search.detnews.com/ 6. http://detnews.com/current/accent/ 7. http://detnews.com/AUTOS/ 8. http://detnews.com/current/biz/ 9. http://detnews.com/CASINO/ 10. http://detnews.com/comics/ 11. http://detnews.com/cyberia/ 12. http://detnews.com/current/discover/ 13. http://detnews.com/current/food/ 14. http://detnews.com/golf/ 15. http://detnews.com/homestyl/ 16. http://data.detnews.com:8081/feedback/lettersindex.hbs 17. http://detnews.com/current/metro/ 18. http://detnews.com/current/metlife/ 19. http://detnews.com/STRAT/ 20. http://detnews.com/SHOWTIME/moviefinder/ 21. http://detnews.com/current/nation/ 22. http://detnews.com/current/obits/ 23. http://detnews.com/current/outlook/ 24. http://detnews.com/current/detroit/ 25. http://detnews.com/history/index.html 26. http://detnews.com/SCREENS/ 27. http://detnews.com/showtime/ 28. http://detnews.com/current/sports/ 29. http://detnews.com/current/college/ 30. http://detnews.com/current/preps/ 31. http://www.tmstv.com/cgi-bin/tvcgi.det 32. http://detnews.com/VOICES/ 33. http://data.detnews.com:8081/feedback/index.hbs 34. http://detnews.com/TDNHOME/who.htm 35. http://detnews.com/TDNHOME/callus.htm 36. http://www.dnps.com/class/ 37. http://www.dnps.com/circ/ 38. http://search.detnews.com/ 39. http://detnews.com/SHOWTIME/moviefinder/index.html 40. http://personalspage.com/personals/detnews-freep 41. http://www.careerpath.com/ 42. http://detnews.com/ 43. http://detnews.com/cyberia/ 44. http://detnews.com/cyberia/ 45. http://detnews.com/ 46. http://detnews.com/cyberia/ 47. http://data.detnews.com:8081/feedback/ 48. http://data.detnews.com:8081/feedback/lettersindex.hbs