BIG TEN, NEBRASKA MAKE FOR STRANGE BUSINESS BEDFELLOWSJune 11, 2010 | Detroit Free Press, SportsWhen I was a kid - and dinosaurs roamed the earth - your team being "in a conference" meant you could drive to the ...Read More
SURE SIGN OF SUMMER: HIT YOUR BRAKES!June 6, 2010 | Comment, Detroit Free PressI sit. I sigh. I crane my neck and scan the windshield. All I see is a horizon full of stuck cars and the most ...Read More
WOODEN’S LIFE BIGGER THAN ALL HIS TITLESJune 6, 2010 | Detroit Free Press, SportsI once was asked if I'd be interested in writing a movie about John Wooden. I flew to L.A., had a few meetings, ...Read More
YO, BUD, BLOWN CALL IS A CALL TO ACTIONJune 6, 2010 | Detroit Free Press, SportsYears ago, a sportswriter wrote, "The imperfect man pitched the perfect game."Today, it would read, "The imperfect ...Read More
BEHIND BARS IS WHERE KILPATRICK BELONGSMay 30, 2010 | Comment, Detroit Free PressHenry David Thoreau famously said that if a government imprisons people unjustly, the place for a just man is in ...Read More
CAN WE AGREE ON THIS: TV CAMERAS DON’T BELONG ON COP BEATMay 23, 2010 | Comment, Detroit Free PressWe still don't know what happened the night 7-year-old Aiyana Stanley-Jones was shot, but if a certain TV show had ...Read More
HAITI GRABS HOLD OF DETROITERSMay 16, 2010 | Comment, Detroit Free PressPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - It was a small thing. A slight move of the hand. I gently pulled some money from my pocket ...Read More
‘NEXT YEAR’ NO SURE THING FOR WINGSMay 11, 2010 | Detroit Free Press, SportsIn Hockeytown, when the team wins, it feels like destiny, and when it loses, destiny took a breather, sure to be ...Read More