Don’T Shoot Holes In Gun Control Bills
Maybe they had an argument. I don’t really care. All I know is a man was driving a Ford Bronco on the Lodge Freeway last week and a Cadillac pulled alongside him with several passengers inside and next thing you know, someone in the Cadillac was firing bullets. Three of those bullets hit the driver of the truck. He veered off the highway and began to die.
An hour later, there was one less person in our city.
OH, ERIK, PLEASE DON’T MAKE US RED
* Chicago 31, Detroit 21: Erik Kramer was always a smart, classy guy, so if I see him glancing across the field at his old team and giggling, I’m gonna be real disappointed. Pick vs. spread: Chicago.* Oakland 17, Dallas 16: Something about the Cowboys and Bay...
There’S No Place Like Michiganfor Wolverines Football Coach
Where else would you rather be? It was a sentence that came to Lloyd Carr during the muggy heat of August, when the Michigan football team was sweating through a practice, panting like dogs. “Men,” he yelled, “your friends are at the pool, or driving girls around campus, and you’re here, working out for football. Where else would you rather be?”
BIG PLAYS BY PERRIMAN KEEP DEFENSE OFF THE FIELD
When Brett Perriman was a teenager down in Miami, his buddies were all getting gold teeth. So Brett got one, too. It was a badge of honor, it meant you were down, hip, cool. “Some guys had three or four of ’em put in,” he recalled, “but I said...
‘A TEACHER TO THE LAST’BATTLING FATAL ILLNESS, A PROFESSORUSES DEATH TO SHOW US HOW TO LIVE
BOSTON — The worst part of dying this way, he said, was that he couldn’t dance. Morrie loved to dance. For years he went to a church hall not far from Harvard Square, where once a week they would blast music and open the door to anyone, dance however you wanted, with whomever you wanted. Morrie danced by himself. He shimmied and fox-trotted, he did old dances to modern rock music. He closed his eyes and fell into the rhythm, twirling and spinning and clapping his hands.
What Do You Expect With Lions, Bucs?
* Lions 20, Tampa Bay 19: This is how it goes with these two: When you don’t expect it, the Lions will win. And when you least expect it, the Bucs will win. All we have to figure out now is what to expect. The answer: I have no idea. Pick vs. spread: Tampa Bay.
* Dallas 14, San Francisco 14: I don’t know which hurts George Seifert more, falling to a .500 record, or having been outcoached by Wayne Fontes. Pick vs. spread: San Francisco.
The Ibm Browns? Glimpse Intonfl’S Future Isn’T Pretty
THE YEAR 2025 — The IBM Browns made headlines this week when they announced they were moving from Mexico City back to Cleveland.
Once upon a time, longer than most football fans can remember, the Browns played in Cleveland, under the odd name “Cleveland Browns.”
This, of course, was back when teams were named after the cities they played in — before corporations insisted that the teams be named after them.
WITH THE RUN ‘N’ SHOOT, FALCONS JUST CAN’T WIN
* Detroit 24, Atlanta 17: I’m sorry. I know the Falcons have a better record. But they use the run ‘n’ shoot. I cannot pick a team that runs an offense the Lions threw out. Pick vs. spread: Detroit.* New England 20, New York Jets 10: Is it safe to...
YEAR WISER, HILL VOWS MORE WORK, LESS PLAY
There was a day this summer when Grant Hill felt like a big shot. He was in Los Angeles, taping a TV sitcom. Everyone was making a fuss. There were limousines, trays of food on the set, actors treating him like a god, which is fitting, because celebrity is the...Stay Connected
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