16-YEAR-OLD SAILOR WAS ALREADY OFF COURSEJune 13, 2010 | Detroit Free PressMost parents worry if teenagers are an hour late. Just imagine if they were lost at sea.For several tense hours ...Read More
BIG TEN, NEBRASKA MAKE FOR STRANGE BUSINESS BEDFELLOWSJune 11, 2010 | Detroit Free Press, SportsWhen I was a kid - and dinosaurs roamed the earth - your team being "in a conference" meant you could drive to the ...Read More
SURE SIGN OF SUMMER: HIT YOUR BRAKES!June 6, 2010 | Comment, Detroit Free PressI sit. I sigh. I crane my neck and scan the windshield. All I see is a horizon full of stuck cars and the most ...Read More
WOODEN’S LIFE BIGGER THAN ALL HIS TITLESJune 6, 2010 | Detroit Free Press, SportsI once was asked if I'd be interested in writing a movie about John Wooden. I flew to L.A., had a few meetings, ...Read More
YO, BUD, BLOWN CALL IS A CALL TO ACTIONJune 6, 2010 | Detroit Free Press, SportsYears ago, a sportswriter wrote, "The imperfect man pitched the perfect game."Today, it would read, "The imperfect ...Read More
BEHIND BARS IS WHERE KILPATRICK BELONGSMay 30, 2010 | Comment, Detroit Free PressHenry David Thoreau famously said that if a government imprisons people unjustly, the place for a just man is in ...Read More
CAN WE AGREE ON THIS: TV CAMERAS DON’T BELONG ON COP BEATMay 23, 2010 | Comment, Detroit Free PressWe still don't know what happened the night 7-year-old Aiyana Stanley-Jones was shot, but if a certain TV show had ...Read More
HAITI GRABS HOLD OF DETROITERSMay 16, 2010 | Comment, Detroit Free PressPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - It was a small thing. A slight move of the hand. I gently pulled some money from my pocket ...Read More