HOWARD MAKES HIS MOTTO: I SHALL RETURNJanuary 22, 1997 | Detroit Free PressNEW ORLEANS -- In a world where job descriptions often fluff up the position -- think of "sanitation engineer," ...Read More
WITH YOUR HELPJanuary 8, 1997 | Detroit Free PressA thank-you.Since my column about Deshawn Chatman -- a young basketball player coping with his mother's drug ...Read More
IT ONLY TAKES ONE BULLETA LIFE, A FAMILY, A CITY SHATTEREDDecember 30, 1996 | Detroit Free PressThis is how a bullet breaks up a backfield. The quarterback, the running back, the receiver and another friend ...Read More
JOHN FOLEY HAS ONLY HIMSELF TO BLAME FOR THEACCIDENT THAT CHANGED HIS LIFE. THAT’S WHY HE CALLSHIMSELF ‘MY OWN VICTIM’December 24, 1996 | Detroit Free PressIn his last happy moments, he was a guy you might have envied. Handsome, athletic, 6-feet-2, water-blue eyes, a ...Read More
WHEN HOME ISN’T SO SWEETTHE STORY OF ONE DETROIT TEENAGER’S COURAGEOUS FIGHTAGAINST DRUGS AND GANGS AND POVERTYDecember 20, 1996 | Detroit Free PressDeshawn Chatman was tired of watching his mother do crack, tired of the smell, the little white pellets, the way ...Read More
HOUSTON CHAFES UNDER MALICE AT THE PALACEDecember 19, 1996 | Detroit Free PressThere were two stories going Wednesday night at the Palace, small and big, the small story being that Allan ...Read More
GRAMBLING’S GRUMBLING AN INSULT TO ROBINSONDecember 15, 1996 | Detroit Free PressWhen he first took the job, he had no indoor plumbing. He got his water from a well and it had tiny bugs in it ...Read More
ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE — AND BEATLES MUSICNovember 24, 1996 | Detroit Free PressThe most successful musical group of this year is . . . the Beatles. That's right. Thanks largely to their ...Read More