LOST IN SPACE: WONDER OF IT ALL
The photo was small and buried inside the newspaper. It showed a man and a woman, in shirtsleeves, hugging each other. The caption said the man had been promoted. It was a clear, black-and-white photo, and I had to look twice before I noticed the words...
BET ON IT: NOTHING BUT AIR FOR MICHAEL
THE LIVE ALBOM: * New bet in Vegas. Which comes first: Wayne Gretzky’s 802nd goal or Michael Jordan’s first hit?* My money’s on Gretzky. * Speaking of hockey, it’s nice that the Wings got Bob Essensa, an old MSU guy, out of Winnipeg. Too bad...
ANGER SEEPS THROUGH CHEVELDAE’S MASK
Believe it or not, they get Detroit TV on the Winnipeg cable system, so Tim Cheveldae woke up in his hotel room Wednesday to pictures of the Lodge Freeway traffic flickering across the screen. It was enough, for a drowsy moment, to make him think it was all a dream,...
THE GAMES ARE OVER — LET THE TESTS BEGIN!
ILLEHAMMER, Norway — It’s over. The torch has been extinguished. The Winter Olympics are gone until 1998, when, give or take a week, I should have feeling back in my toes.Meanwhile, let’s see what you’ve learned:It’s time for your final...
It Takes All Kinds Of Olympic Dreams
LILLEHAMMER, Norway — The meeting room is small, with an oak table, chairs and thin curtains on the window. The big man enters without fanfare. No staff behind him. No flag. No official uniform. The translator is provided by Norwegians, and once upon a time, that would have been unthinkable.
THE MEDALS FIND THE RIGHT WINNERS
LILLEHAMMER, Norway — One at a time, the medalists peeked out from behind the stage, like children looking for their mothers after the school play. First the teenager from China, who waved and smiled. Then the woman from America, who made a bored motion like,...
JAMAICAN BOBBERS PUT A NEW SPIN ON IMAGE
LILLEHAMMER, Norway — It was warm and breezy and the steel drums were playing and here were Dudley Stokes and Leo Campbell, of the now-famous Jamaican bobsled team, hanging around the bobsled office — which, for all we know, is a shady spot between two...
KERRIGAN STARS; HARDING SLIPS
HAMAR, Norway — In the end, she was nothing more than the eighth skater of the night, a name on a list, after the seventh, before the ninth. Tonya Harding gave a flawed performance, left the ice sneezing and walked off with barely a word, her asthma making her...
Men In Tights? No, Thank You
LILLEHAMMER, Norway — First of all, Michelle, I want you to know that even as I write this, I am wearing sequins. And velvet tights. I have puffed sleeves, a jeweled belt, pancake makeup and a blow-dried, hair-sprayed coif. I look like something out of “Aladdin” on skates. I am making an effort. I am trying.
And I am sorry.
I can’t get with it.
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