IT’S TIME TO FOCUS ON FACTS, VICTIMS
I went to court once. For a speeding ticket. I had an attorney who thought he could get me off. This attorney asked the police officer a few questions about his radar unit, and the judge listened as if he were a school teacher listening to a kid explain why he...
DESPITE JOKES, FONTES FEELSPAIN AS PUBLIC ENEMY NO. 1
Wayne Fontes now listens to CD music when he drives home from work rather than listen to the radio. You can’t blame him. It’s hard to find a station that isn’t calling for his head. But things have gotten so bad that even his CD selection is...
BOOK TOURS DO NOT A PRESIDENT MAKE
Whenever I see a face on the cover of Time, I take note. When I see that same face on “Larry King Live,” I brace myself. When I see it on the “Tonight Show,” “20/20,” “Nightline” and in every major bookstore in America,...
I’Ll Take 49Ers’ Skill Over Lions’ Desperation
* SAN FRANCISCO 33, DETROIT 14: I know they’re desperate. I know they beat Dallas last year. I know Wayne Fontes survives more crashes than the coyote in
“Road Runner.” I know all that. I also know that San Francisco kicks the snot out of everyone. Pick vs. spread: San Francisco.
* KANSAS CITY 20, CLEVELAND 17: So this is what it comes to. An AFC “big” game features Vinny Testaverde against Steve Bono. Vs. spread: Kansas City.
Tram And Lou: They Never Got Their Just Due
Today should be a sellout. Tiger Stadium should be rocking with noise and fans should wave painted bedsheets that read “TRAM AND LOU FOREVER.” There should be network TV announcers hyping the streak, telling viewers, “What you see this afternoon may never be seen again, two players who started their careers on the same day and played beside each other ever since, 19 seasons, one team, longer than any shortstop and second baseman combo in American League history. . . .”
A Barry Bad Daycome-From-Ahead Defeat Is A Complete Team Effort
There goes autumn. Before it even started. Detroit’s football season has been knifed at the knees, it is bent, bleeding, broken — and the trees haven’t dropped their leaves yet. The Lions lost Sunday, which is no longer news around here, but how they lost was unique, even for them. Blown snaps. A rainstorm of penalty flags. Last year’s quarterback returning to burn them. And the final crushing blow: Superman humbled.
The Truth Behind Famous Love Story
NEWS ITEM: After selling 10 million copies worldwide, “Bridges of Madison County” finally falls off the New York Times best-seller list, ending a near-record 162-week run.
MADISON COUNTY, Iowa — She looked at him long and hard, and he looked at her. From across the kitchen, they were locked into each other’s souls, solidly, intimately. When she breathed, she could smell him, and her nostrils quivered with his manhood.
“I want to make love,” she whispered.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT: LIONS MISUSE SANDERS
Barry Sanders eats by his locker. Carrot sticks and oranges. I remember when he ate Big Macs. I remember when he ate two giant chocolate chip cookies that he mooched from Jim Arnold. To me, it looks as if Barry has changed his diet.”You’re eating health...
COWBOYS’ TWO-RING CIRCUS, UH, CEREMONY
By now you’ve heard the big news in football, which is that Deion Sanders, the all-world defensive back, and Jerry Jones, owner of the Cowboys, were married in a quiet ceremony just outside of Dallas.No. Wait. It wasn’t a wedding, it was a contract....Stay Connected
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