Editing Florence Griffith Joyner (section)

===Comeback attempt and other activities===
Griffith Joyner's success at the 1988 Olympics led to new opportunities.<ref name=":8">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.si.com/vault/1989/04/10/119708/the-spoils-of-victory-for-florence-griffith-joyner-olympic-prowess-and-smashing-looks-have-been-lucrative-but-at-the-cost-of-her-running |title=The Spoils Of Victory |last=Moore |first=Kenny |date=April 10, 1989 |magazine=Sports Illustrated |access-date=July 31, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160719145548/http://www.si.com/vault/1989/04/10/119708/the-spoils-of-victory-for-florence-griffith-joyner-olympic-prowess-and-smashing-looks-have-been-lucrative-but-at-the-cost-of-her-running |archive-date=July 19, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":10">{{Cite web |url=http://articles.philly.com/1988-12-16/sports/26224251_1_american-olympians-florence-griffith-joyner-gordon-baskin |title=Cash Flo Griffith Joyner Leads The Pack In Cashing In On The Olympics |last=Macnow |first=Glen |date=December 16, 1988 |website=Philly.com |access-date=July 31, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817015350/http://articles.philly.com/1988-12-16/sports/26224251_1_american-olympians-florence-griffith-joyner-gordon-baskin |archive-date=August 17, 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In the weeks following the Olympics, she earned millions of dollars from endorsement deals, primarily in Japan. She also signed a deal with toy maker [[LJN|LJN Toys]] for a [[Barbie]]-like doll in her likeness.<ref name=":8" />
[[File:Florence Griffith Joyner.jpg|thumb|Griffith Joyner with President [[Ronald Reagan]] after the 1988 Olympics. ]]
In 1989, Griffith Joyner designed the basketball uniforms for the [[Indiana Pacers]] [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] team.<ref name=":7" /> She made a guest appearance as herself on a season 4 episode of ''[[227 (TV series)|227]]''. In 1992, she appeared in the soap opera ''[[Santa Barbara (TV series)|Santa Barbara]]'' as "Terry Holloway", a photographer similar to [[Annie Leibovitz]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-08-08-ca-4411-story.html |title=Flo Jo Hopes the Training Pays Off for Her Role on 'Santa Barbara' |last=Arkatov |first=Janice |date=August 8, 1992 |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=May 26, 2017 |issn=0458-3035 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151018080303/http://articles.latimes.com/1992-08-08/entertainment/ca-4411_1_santa-barbara |archive-date=October 18, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1992/08/13/backstage-with-phoebe/ |title=Backstage With Phoebe |last=Hart |first=Marla |date=August 13, 1992 |work=Chicago Tribune |access-date=June 24, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170830175431/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1992-08-13/features/9203130156_1_orson-welles-mercury-theatre-jack-benny/2 |archive-date=August 30, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> She served as co-chair of [[President's Council on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition|President's Council on Physical Fitness]] between 1993 and 1998.<ref name=":15" />

In 1996, Griffith Joyner appeared on ''[[Charlie Rose (TV series)|Charlie Rose]]'' and announced her comeback to competitive athletics, concentrating on the 400-meter run.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/e/a/1996/05/29/SPORTS5156.dtl |work=The San Francisco Chronicle |title=Flo Jo may abort comeback |date=April 21, 1997}}</ref> Her reason was that she had already set world marks in both the 100 m and 200 m events, with the 400 m world record being her goal. She trained steadily leading up to the U.S. Olympic trials in June. However, tendinitis in her right leg ended her hopes of becoming a triple-world-record holder.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/06/04/sports/sports-people-track-and-field-atlanta-out-for-joyners.html?ref=florencegriffithjoyner |title=Atlanta Out for Joyners |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170627131119/http://www.nytimes.com/1996/06/04/sports/sports-people-track-and-field-atlanta-out-for-joyners.html?ref=florencegriffithjoyner |archive-date=June 27, 2017 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=June 4, 1996 |access-date=May 11, 2014}}</ref>