OVER THE HILL? NO, RAIDERS’ RICE IS STILL ON THE WAY UP
SAN DIEGO — Ahab had his whale, and Sisyphus had his rock. Jerry Rice has his hill. It’s 2 1/2 miles. He goes straight up. Running. Two-and-a-half miles. And that’s during the off-season.”I’ve been doing that my whole career,” Rice...
Me-Shawn Getting Too Much Publicity
If you have a problem with Keyshawn Johnson, you have a problem with yourself.– Keyshawn JohnsonSAN DIEGO — Well, there you go. That answers it. All this time I’ve been wondering what the problem is, and now I know. It’s me. I have a problem with myself. Oh, Keyshawn, if only you had told me sooner. The therapy I could have saved!
Johnson uttered this mother of all statements just a few days ago, here at Super Bowl XXXVII. It was so priceless, so amazingly brazen, that at first I thought he was misquoted.
Then, the next day, he said it again.
The Will To Survivejustin Owned A Perfect Grade-Point Average. He Started On His High School’Sfo
His hands are bleeding. So are his knees. He picks up the rope and pulls it taut. He has beaten four others and now, across the rope, stands the last of them, a teammate, a younger teammate, no less, a kid he had taught to lift weights, a kid he had always been stronger than. Heck, he had been stronger than all of them — but that was last fall, before it all happened. Before the year from hell.
THE WILL TO SURVIVEJUSTIN OWNED A PERFECT GRADE-POINT AVERAGE. HE STARTED ON HIS HIGH SCHOOL’SFOOTBALL TEAM.THEN BRAIN CANCER THREATENED EVERYTHING . . . BUT GOT NOTHING.
His hands are bleeding. So are his knees. He picks up the rope and pulls it taut. He has beaten four others and now, across the rope, stands the last of them, a teammate, a younger teammate, no less, a kid he had taught to lift weights, a kid he had always been...
Lions Must Fire M & M Boysfords Skip Final Loss, Say Nothing About Team Brass
The highlight of the Lions’ 2002 season took place Sunday.
It ended.
Here in a town where football could be king, Detroit’s court jesters closed this year’s NFL campaign with interceptions, penalties and a pass defense that couldn’t stop Frodo Baggins. Oh, and they lost, again, in the closing seconds, when the offense blew a two-point conversion, leaving only one question in Detroit this morning: What happens next? Are they really gonna keep president Matt Millen and coach Marty Mornhinweg?
A SON DIES AND A MOTHER STRUGGLES ON
Second in a series on challenges for Michigan athletes and their families. Read the first at www.freep.com/index/albom.htmThe new math of the inner city works like this: take the odds of being killed, divide it by the people you know, and hold your breath. Dorothy...
HIS HEART HEAVY-LADEN BY THE EARLY HARVEST OF HIS 16-YEAR-OLD SON,THE REV. MAURY DE YOUNG IS REMEMBERING, FORGIVING AND . . . KEEPING THE FAITH
He stood before the congregation and stared at the words on the paper. He had warned the music director to be ready with a hymn in case he broke down and could not speak. He felt a welling in his chest. He looked out at the sympathetic faces, their pursed lips, their...
A TRADITION THAT DEFIES EXPLANATION
Iam walking with an alien. He is here from outer space. We are going Christmas shopping. He has lots of questions.”What is this place?” he asks.”A shopping mall,” I say.”Why are we driving away from it?” he asks.”Because there...
KELSO’S REPUTATION, FUTURE ON THE LINE
If Ben Kelso wanted to be a thief, why choose a career in high school basketball? There’s not much to steal in a gym.But that hasn’t stopped some powerful forces from accusing Kelso of being crooked, and it is a sad and difficult chapter in Michigan prep...Stay Connected
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