THERE’S NO JUSTICE WITH DEATH PENALTY
This is how he died. Guards dragged him from his cell. They shackled his hands and feet. They took him by van, escorted by police helicopters, to a facility 40 miles away. He refused to eat. He did not speak. When they came for him Thursday night, he once again was...
RISKY BUSINESSGONZALEZ’S TIME WITH THE TIGERS HAS BEEN A WASTE
WHEN ASKED about the rumors that he was headed to the Yankees, Juan Gonzalez reportedly said to reporters: “Deal? What deal?”Funny. That’s kind of how I feel about Gonzalez’s time in Detroit.Deal? What deal? Was Juan Gonzalez ever really here?...
BIRD, A MAN OF HIS WORD, WILL BE MISSED
LATE MONDAY night, while most of America was watching the coronation of the Lakers — or the “Set a Fire If You Love L.A.” party — I was more interested in a tall, gangly figure quietly leaving the arena.Bye, bye, Bird.Larry Bird departed the...
Saga Of O.J. Still Alters Our Lives
The anniversary came and went. There was little fanfare, at least compared to the same day six years ago, when everyone in America was saying, “Quick, turn on your TV set! O.J. Simpson is on the run!”
TIME TO DEEP-SIX FEDERAL DEATH TAX
First you earn a dollar.Then it gets taxed.It gets taxed by the federal government, the state government, city government and Social Security.It has pennies shaved off for a property tax or a school tax. Then a water tax, a gas tax, a sewage tax or a tax that helps...
FORGET JORDAN! NBA FINDS ITS GLAMOUR TEAM
TO: David Stern, NBA CommissionerRE: Fan InterestDear Dave,Your worries are over.Remember all that hand wringing you did about the future of the NBA? Who would take Michael Jordan’s place? How could you follow that act? Would any team ever stir as much rock...
Nba Finals Demand A Hollywood Finish
LAKERS-PACERS? A prediction?
No problem.
* GAME 1: The opening tip is delayed 90 minutes due to a limousine backup outside the Staples Center. Because so many movie stars are there — Jack Nicholson, Dustin Hoffman, Denzel Washington — scalpers’ prices soar to
$10,000 a ticket. Several Lakers scrubs, realizing they’re not going to play anyhow, sell their seats, leaving Kevin Bacon, Jim Belushi and Ben Stiller actually sitting on the LA bench.
For Better Or Worse, Dumars Takes Pistons
LATER TODAY, the Pistons will name Joe Dumars their president of basketball operations and George Irvine their coach. This is interesting news, maybe even good news. But it is pretty much like saying, “We’ve got the tanks and the maps; all we need now are the soldiers.”
In the NBA, as in war, the soldiers are the story.
WEB PORN LEAVES GUYS YELLING ‘GAK’
When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that’s …Gak.Yes. Gak. The latest word in love. Well. Not really love. Marriage. Well, not really marriage. Bliss. Marital bliss. Maintaining it, that is. Which is where Gak comes in.Gak is a new phrase for...Stay Connected
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