A BIRDBRAIN MOVE? FORMER JAY DOUBTS IT
LAKELAND, Fla. — Lloyd Moseby pulled on the gray Tigers pants. Then came the Tigers shirt, which he buttoned from the top. Finally, the Tigers cap, navy blue with the olde English “D.” He slid it on and gave it a tug. If clothes make the man, then...
IN JAPAN, FIELDER LIVED AMERICAN DREAM
LAKELAND, Fla. — Hey, we’ve been going about this all wrong. All these college kids who hike through Europe? All these art students who starve for some cheap flat in Paris? Hey. Forget that stuff. Grab a baseball bat and head for Japan. Big money. Big...
When I Heard Voice, It Was Florida Calling
LAKELAND, Fla. — So there I am standing in my cornfield when this voice comes out of nowhere.
“If you go there,” it whispers, “they will play.”
“I beg your pardon?” I say.
“If you go there . . . they will play.”
I poke my hoe in the ground. I look at my dog. I check to see if I left the transistor radio on. I look at my dog again.
“If you go there . . .” the voice of baseball repeats, “they will play.”
I cock my head. “You gotta be kidding me.”
WINGS, DON’T MOPE BECAUSE THERE IS HOPE
When the final buzzer sounded, Jacques Demers slumped over like a man who’d had his prayers turned down by God. This was really the end? He reached across the glass and limply shook the hand of Rick Dudley, a guy who played for him years ago in the WHA and now...
An Award-Winning Query: Why Watch?
Well, once again, movie fans, it’s Mr. Oscar here to answer your Academy Award questions.
Let me start by saying there are three things you can count on in this year’s broadcast: 1) You will not win anything. 2) You will not be nominated for anything. 3) You will fall asleep before any of the good awards are given out.
Well, I can see you’re excited already. Let’s begin, shall we?
Q. Mr. Oscar. Can you explain the basic purpose of the Academy Awards?
Late Shot Or Not, A Dream Dies
NEW ORLEANS — It was after midnight when the glass slipper finally gave way. One second. One miserable second. They were that far from another amazing victory, that far from sleeping on the doorstep of the Final Four. And then a freshman from New York City let fly a shot that would make any playground proud, and it fell through the nets and the miracle was on its way out.
PEPLOWSKI HANGS TOUGH IN HIS LIFE OUT ON A LIMB
NEW ORLEANS — So there I am on the airplane squeezed in next to Mike Peplowski, who is the size of a small building, and he is telling me about the time he dived into the shallow end of a swimming pool and broke his neck and then the time he rode his bike off a...
Responsibility Rests On Perles’ Shoulders
Now the hard question: Who’s responsible?
Some former players have finally admitted what has been whispered in sports circles for some time: Michigan State football players, at least in the 1987 season, maybe longer, routinely used steroids to bulk up.
GOOD LUCK, SEAN – YOU’LL NEED IT
Sean Higgins belongs in the NBA next season like Popeye belongs in the Marines. But Higgins may decide to go. And the NBA will not refuse him. Never mind that he is just a few months past his 21st birthday. Never mind that he lacks the maturity for pro basketball....Stay Connected
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