PAT ‘EM ON THE BACK: RED, WHITE AND BLUE PLAYED SUPERFebruary 4, 2002 | Detroit Free PressNEW ORLEANS -- The ball rose, the officials raised their arms, the gun sounded, the confetti flew, the crowd ...Read More
TIME TO DECIDE: CHOOSING NEW ENGLAND TO WIN HAS BECOME MY PATRIOTIC DUTYFebruary 2, 2002 | Detroit Free PressWell, Curt, it had to happen. Like many of our fellow Americans, we have been downsized.In years past, we used 12 ...Read More
SOME OF NFL’S BEST GET THERE BY MISTAKEFebruary 1, 2002 | Detroit Free PressNEW ORLEANS -- The most significant player in the Super Bowl, Kurt Warner, sits at a podium surrounded by ...Read More
IRON MIKE BELONGS ON THE SCRAP HEAPJanuary 25, 2002 | Detroit Free PressAt a news conference this week, Mike Tyson burst across the stage and attacked Lennox Lewis. He attacked Lewis' ...Read More
3 ATHLETES, 3 TOWNS, SAME TERRIBLE FATEDecember 30, 2001 | Detroit Free PressLast in Mitch Albom's Dreams Deferred 2001 series on challenges for Michigan athletes and their families.Their son ...Read More
A FAMILY WITHOUT A SON. A CATCHER WITHOUT A PITCHER. LOSSES THAT CAN NEVERBE OVERCOMEYES, MATTHEW LESTAN DIED TOO YONG, BUT HE AND MARK REMAIN …BROTHERS FOREVERDecember 28, 2001 | Detroit Free PressAm I my brother's keeper? Well, yes, out there on the pitcher's mound, calming Matthew down, getting him to throw ...Read More
A FATHER FOR CHRISTMASFLINT MAN WELCOMES THREE KIDS INTO HIS HEART AND HIS HOMEDecember 25, 2001 | Detroit Free PressFLINT -- "Start from the beginning," someone says. "When did the boy come into your life?"Charles leans back in ...Read More
NOBODY PUT GUN TO HEAD OF TURNCOATDecember 23, 2001 | Detroit Free PressParents should love their children, no matter what, so I understand when the mother and father of John Walker say ...Read More