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BAFFLED BY STEROIDS? THEN TAKE THIS TEST

If, like many baseball fans, you are having a hard time deciding where you stand on the explosive steroids report issued last week, I am here to help.Below are two lists. Why Steroids Matter. Why Steroids Don’t Matter. Get a pencil, and circle the statements you...
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BASEBALL’S CULTURE OF STEROIDS

It’s not like people didn’t know baseball players used performance-enhancing drugs, but when a former U.S. senator stands at a podium and delivers a 409-page report, and says the problem was “widespread” and “many players were...
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IF WE REBATE IT, MOVIES WILL COME

By now, some of you know that tonight, a movie of my book “For One More Day,” produced by Oprah Winfrey, will air on ABC. People this past week have been saying congratulations. And this is indeed a lucky, wonderful feeling. But I have one regret.I wish it...
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WHOLE NEW BALLGAME!

Jim Leyland says he went to the winter meetings figuring he’d “get a little exercise.””And then …” he laughs, “boom!”That boom is the sound of an early Christmas present crashing down the Detroit chimney. Miguel Cabrera, a...
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DILEMMA: WHICH BLUE LEAVES YOU BLUER?

We have a little problem here in Michigan. We’re not sure which football team to worry about first.ON THE ONE HAND, THERE’S THE WOLVERINES, who are operating without a coach for 2008.ON THE OTHER HAND, THERE’S THE LIONS, who are operating without a...
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HE WAS THE WRONG COACH FOR A GREAT JOB

Good riddance.Personally, I saw all I needed to see of Les Miles in his hastily called news conference Saturday. He affected a barking, angry tone, hands by his hips, at one point tugging emphatically on his sports coat.”I’m the head coach at LSU,”...
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A SUDDEN DEATH: LET US PAUSE, NOT RUSH

I didn’t know Sean Taylor. I can’t tell you why he died. I also can’t tell you what kind of man he was. And neither can most of us in the news media. But that didn’t stop us from trying.Taylor, a 24-year-old Washington Redskins defensive back,...
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LEBLOWOUT, BUT…

The last time the Cavaliers came to the Palace, LeBron James scored their final 25 points, hit the winning lay-up with 2.2 seconds left in double overtime, and left the building with Detroit’s confidence tucked into his socks. Two nights later, the...