THERE’S A RING TO IT

THERE’S A RING TO IT

by | Jun 8, 2005 | Detroit Free Press

Monday afternoon in Miami, a few hours before Game 7, a story began circulating about several Pistons players and, of all things, their late-night partying. According to the Miami Herald, a TV reporter and a cameraman were tipped off that Chauncey Billups, Tayshaun Prince and Antonio McDyess had arrived at a South Beach nightclub at 2 a.m. Two a.m.! Before Game 7! Can you imagine!

THERE’S A RING TO IT

TO THE FINALS!

by | Jun 7, 2005 | Detroit Free Press

MIAMI – It was the final minutes of the final game and he was playing without his headband and with five fouls and with the ugly roar of boos and hate raining down on anything good he did for his team. So what did Rasheed Wallace do?

He did more of it.

He hit two free throws to put the Pistons ahead by one. He went after a loose ball and helped knocked it off a Miami player. He followed a Tayshaun Prince miss and banked it in, giving the Pistons a three-point lead with less than a minute to go. He helped tie up Dwyane Wade to force a jump ball.

THERE’S A RING TO IT

Big Ben, Your Time Is Now!

by | Jun 6, 2005 | Detroit Free Press

I am the voice inside your head today, Ben Wallace. Sorry for keeping you up all night. But let’s be honest, you weren’t getting much sleep, anyhow. It’s time for Game 7, the end of this Detroit-Miami series, maybe the end of your season. And waking you up is what this is all about.

Ben, it is time for you to be as proud as you should be – and to play that way. It is time for you to stop shaking your head, stop staring off in wounded pride. It is time for you to dish out some of what you’ve been taking from Shaquille O’Neal.

THERE’S A RING TO IT

HOW MUCH IS YOUR HOUSE REALLY WORTH?

by | Jun 5, 2005 | Detroit Free Press

Everyone I know is getting rich.They are not actually making money. No one is raising their salary. But everyone I know is getting rich — as long as they own a home.Their kitchen is earning big bucks. Their deck is raking it in. Their driveway should be renamed...
THERE’S A RING TO IT

CAN’T STAND THE HEAT

by | Jun 3, 2005 | Detroit Free Press

MIAMI – Rip Hamilton didn’t have a good shot so he passed to Ben Wallace, who did. Wallace couldn’t get that shot off correctly and the ball missed everything. Antonio McDyess tried to grab that flying rock, but it went off his hands and caromed out...
THERE’S A RING TO IT

HUNTER AGELESS AT BEING BABY-SITTER

by | Jun 2, 2005 | Detroit Free Press

Let’s drop in on Lindsey Hunter at 11 years old. There he is, in Jackson, Miss., already in the sixth grade at Bradley Elementary. There he is, playing quarterback for a football team. There he is, dreaming about becoming a star athlete like his hero, Jerry...
THERE’S A RING TO IT

RIP ROARIN’

by | Jun 1, 2005 | Detroit Free Press

So whom did Rip Hamilton tick off to draw this assignment? As if a bad calf weren’t enough, as if running like a hamster in a wheel weren’t enough, now he had one more job: Guard Dwyane Wade.Yuh. And let me build a skyscraper in my spare time. Let me move...