BISON DELE: BIG MAN PUTS OUT LITTLE EFFORT
ATLANTA — Their big man, Dikembe Mutombo, was having the time of his life. He backed in on one Piston, knocked him over and slammed home two points. He backed in on another Piston, spun past him and banked home two more. He bumped in on another Piston, then...
WITH RETIREMENT LOOMING, DUMARS SPEAKS HIS PIECE
THERE ARE few things more enjoyable in Detroit sports than a private conversation with Joe Dumars. I have been fortunate enough to have many of them over the years. As Dumars, 35, is winding down his career with the Pistons, I thought it would be fitting to share...
Thank Your Mom Before It’s Too Late
When you came into the world, she held you in her arms. You thanked her by wailing like a banshee. When you were 1 year old, she fed you and bathed you. You thanked her by crying all night long. When you were 2 years old, she taught you to walk. You thanked her by...
Red Wings Give, Get 1St Blood
DENVER — The ugly thud could be heard in the rafters. It was Brendan Shanahan’s head smashing into glass. The bone cut the skin. The blood surged down his face. It ran in map-like lines, down his cheeks, chin and neck, trickling into a thin red river that dripped into the neckline of his jersey.
The fans jeered. The players cursed. The refs blew the whistle and dived into the scrum.
Game on.
We’Ve Died And Gone To Sports Fan Heaven
LADIES AND gentlemen, kiss your sports fan good-bye.
Check back in a week. Follow the trail of empty pop cans and pizza boxes. Listen for the sounds of a whimpering voice, hoarse from screaming. Sniff the aroma of unwashed jeans, dirty socks and …
OK, forget the sniffing part.
You get the idea. We are about to enter the mother lode of sports hysteria. Seven days of playoffs without a break. Red Wings. Pistons. Red Wings. Pistons.
Two sports. Two teams. Two playoff series.
And — get this — alternate nights!
RANFORD OOZES CALM AMID SUDDEN STORM
THE LOCKER ROOM door opened and it was Bill Ranford’s turn with the buffalo herd. He leaned against a wall and took it on headfirst, with all the excitement of a tired old sheepdog.”Are you going to start?” the first reporter asked.”Have you...
THANKS, JOE D.14 YEARS OF CLASS AND HARD WORK
ON THE LAST day of his amateur life, a kid named Joe Dumars waved good-bye to his sleepy hometown of Natchitoches, La., the smells of Creole cooking, the sticky humid days, the rocking-chair-on-a-front-porch nights. His father, a hard-working truck driver, pulled him...
IF THE END IS NEAR, WE’D NEVER KNOW IT
Which is more significant, a shooting in a high school or the possible destruction of the world?Which has deeper ramifications, a president caught with his pants down or a nuclear weapons agency caught with its secrets stolen?Which is more critical to your life, the...
Pistons No Stranger Than Season Itself
LET’S TRY to figure how far the Pistons will go in the playoffs.
First let’s try to figure whom they’ll play in the playoffs.
Well, before that, let’s try to figure whether they’ll make the playoffs.
Maybe we should figure out the playoffs.
You see the problem.
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