HOLD ON, BECAUSE HERE WE GO AGAINApril 23, 2004 | Detroit Free PressAs the last notes of the "Star-Spangled Banner" hung in the air Thursday night, an octopus came flying out of the ...Read More
BEING BENBEN WALLACE HAS GONE FROM A SMALL-TOWN KID IN ALABAMATO ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR ATHLETES IN DETROIT. HIS JOURNEY HAS BEEN MARKED BYSEVEN DEFINING MOMENTS.April 20, 2004 | Detroit Free PressWhen we begin this story, Ben Wallace is just a teenager. A poor kid from a huge family, he has saved the money he ...Read More
NO TIME LIKE THE PRESENT TO RELIVE THE PASTApril 18, 2004 | Detroit Free PressAs I write this, I am about to fly to a college reunion. Not one of those formal blowout weekends, with speeches ...Read More
IT’S THE SAME OLD SONG FOR WINGS, BAD LYRICS AND ALLApril 15, 2004 | Detroit Free PressThe door opens in a Nashville record company. A man with a guitar enters the office. The executive behind the desk ...Read More
GET ANGRY, GET SMART OR ELSE IT’S OVERSO, WHO ARE THESE GUYS? STILL, NO REASON TO PANIC!April 14, 2004 | Detroit Free PressNASHVILLE, Tenn. -- All right, hockey class. Open your lesson plans. The same ones we used last April, and the ...Read More
SISTER’S FAMILY LOVES ITS PIECE OF THE ROCKApril 11, 2004 | Detroit Free PressMy sister lives on a rock.I am not being cute. I am being geographically -- and geologically -- correct.She lives ...Read More
FIGHTING OVER THE PLEDGE IS WASTE OF TIMEMarch 28, 2004 | Detroit Free PressThe debate over the Pledge of Allegiance seems to be about everything except the Pledge of Allegiance.The actual ...Read More
WAR IN IRAQ DIVIDES NATION LIKE VIETNAMMarch 21, 2004 | Detroit Free PressThe war in Iraq, which began one year ago, was a rousing success, a stunning victory, the toppling of a brutal ...Read More