Where Have All Our Heroes Of ’99 Gone?

Where Have All Our Heroes Of ’99 Gone?

by | Apr 27, 1999 | Detroit Free Press

GRANDPA’S HOUSE, THE YEAR 2035 — The old man put his grandson on his knee and opened a dusty scrapbook.

“Who’s that, Grandpa?” the child asked.

“That’s the greatest quarterback I ever saw,” the old man said. “His name was John Elway.”

“Where’s his rocket booster?”

Where Have All Our Heroes Of ’99 Gone?

RESPONSIBILITY? A LESSON TO LEARN

by | Apr 18, 1999 | Detroit Free Press

Alot of people think the Jenny Jones trial is about murder.Others say it’s about free speech.I say it’s about responsibility — which nobody wants to take.The parents of Scott Amedure, who was shot to death by Jonathan Schmitz several days after both...
Where Have All Our Heroes Of ’99 Gone?

‘STAR WARS’ GEEKS NEED TO GET A LIFE

by | Apr 11, 1999 | Detroit Free Press

For years, the most insensitive people I know have been screaming that we need to get rid of the street people. I finally agree.Not the homeless people. Not the poor people who have real reasons for sleeping on the sidewalk. No. The street people I have in mind are...
Where Have All Our Heroes Of ’99 Gone?

Staff Picks

by | Apr 5, 1999 | Detroit Free Press

MITCH ALBOM

AL East — NY Yankees

AL Central — Cleveland

AL West — Anaheim

AL wild card — Baltimore

NL East — Atlanta

NL Central — Houston

NL West — Los Angeles

NL wild card — San Francisco

World Series — Atlanta over New York Yankees

AL Central:

1. Cleveland

2. Chicago

3. Detroit

4. Minnesota

5. Kansas City

Where Have All Our Heroes Of ’99 Gone?

Why Our Lives Are One Big Commercial

by | Apr 4, 1999 | Detroit Free Press

Last week, the bosses of baseball said they were thinking about selling ad space on the players’ sleeves. This sent baseball lovers into a twitching, neurotic frenzy.

“Not the uniforms!” they protested. “Those uniforms are sacred!”

Personally, I don’t understand how the uniform is sacred when the player is paid by a corporation, the stadium is named after a bank and the scoreboard keeps flashing commercials.

Besides, why should a baseball player’s arm be different? Every other inch of the country is sponsored by somebody.

Take a typical American day.

Where Have All Our Heroes Of ’99 Gone?

For All The Right Reasons, It’S Really Hard To Hate Duke

by | Mar 27, 1999 | Detroit Free Press

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — I am standing over a cauldron of hate. I am watching it bubble and boil. I am getting in the mood for tonight’s showdown between Michigan State and No. 1-ranked Duke.

“Igor, give me the photo of the coach!” I scream. “We will burn him in hatred! Ahahahahahaha!”

“Yessss, maaaaster,” Igor says.

Igor hands me the photo of Mike Krzyzewski, Duke’s coach for the past 19 years.

“Look at how evil he is!” I exclaim, ready to drop his photo into the smoldering pot. “Look at how, uh …uh . . .”

Where Have All Our Heroes Of ’99 Gone?

Peterson Learned Early How To Keep Moving

by | Mar 26, 1999 | Detroit Free Press

The sisters were doing it for themselves. There were two of them, Tonda and Trina, older and younger, 2 1/2 years apart. They would compete at every little thing, racing, eating, jumping. Tonda vs. Trina.

And then along came baby brother.

“We figured we could double-team him,” Tonda says now, laughing. “It would be the girls against the boy.”