UNLIKE SOPRANOS,’ LIFE IS NO BADA BING’April 8, 2007 | Detroit Free PressThe word was "hoodlum" or, depending on when you grew up, "mobster" or "gangster" or "crook." It was uttered in ...Read More
A NOD TO A MAN WHO STOOD BEHIND US ALLApril 4, 2007 | Detroit Free PressMost of us get into this business because of someone else. We interview at a newspaper with an older, wiser ...Read More
JUST GETTING STARTED DON’T FORGET: THE TIGERS LOST THEIR HOME OPENER LAST YEAR, TOO. AND LOOK HOW FAR THEY GOTApril 3, 2007 | Detroit Free PressIt was lunchtime in Detroit when the fireworks ignited. They shot into the air and, in their explosive shower, ...Read More
A LESSON FROM BEHIND THE WHEELApril 1, 2007 | Detroit Free PressThe place was Santiago, Chile, the hour was 10 a.m., and the sun already was burning high over the city skyline. I ...Read More
OUR HEARTS ARE ABOUT TO OPEN FOR BASEBALLApril 1, 2007 | Detroit Free PressAnd here you are again, like a Weight Watcher salivating at chocolate, like an ex-smoker unwrapping a brand new ...Read More
TRAINING GOES TO THE DOGS … AND OWNERSMarch 4, 2007 | Detroit Free PressThere is a dog show in Detroit this weekend, and 60,000 people are expected to attend, and 3,000 dogs, and 163 ...Read More
SHADOW LOOMS OVER WINGS’ ACQUISITIONFebruary 28, 2007 | Detroit Free PressEveryone casts a shadow. Some are bigger than others. Todd Bertuzzi, like it or not, throws one thick and dark as ...Read More
BIG BEN’S BOO-TIFUL DAY AT THE PALACEFebruary 26, 2007 | Detroit Free PressEars don't lie. Before his name was even announced Sunday, Ben Wallace was booed. The first time he touched the ...Read More