Detroit Free Press

LIONS TRASH CAN? PUT A LID ON IT

LIONS TRASH CAN? PUT A LID ON IT

I'm all for the holiday spirit, but I'm not sure about Jim Arnold's latest Christmas idea: the Detroit Lions garbage can. Arnold, the Lions punter, says you can do anything with it -- "Use it as a party can, a storage can. Fill it with cans, and it's a can can."Of course, Lions fans might have other suggestions. They might like to put the Lions' defense inside the garbage can. Or maybe the owners manual for the run 'n' shoot.
TIGERS HOT IN AUGUST? NOW, THAT’S A STORY

TIGERS HOT IN AUGUST? NOW, THAT’S A STORY

I return from vacation. My arms are full. I can barely see over the things I carry. Brochures. Scuba fins. An elephant gun. Ideas. I have ideas."Look, boss," I say, dumping the mess on his desk. "Great stuff here. Mountain climbing in Ecuador. A kayak race in Siberia. Tractor pulls in Idaho. Great stuff."He glares at me."OK," I say. "Maybe the tractor thing isn't great. But we can work with it.""What are you talking about?" he says."Ideas. Story ideas. How we can get through August on the sports pages."
IN TODAY’S MUSIC, SEEING IS HEARING

IN TODAY’S MUSIC, SEEING IS HEARING

Nobody listens to pop music anymore; they watch it. They flick on MTV, plop in a couch, and let the images take over. What was once a drumbeat is now a cue for the video editor, jump cut, jump cut, dancing bodies, lips, hair, ocean waves, naked girls, gangs waving their fists, guitar players sticking their tongues out.
RISE AND FALL OF MCADOO

RISE AND FALL OF MCADOO

CHAPTER 4: Leggenda. 1.A legend.FORLI, Italy- They all wanted a piece of Bob McAdoo, all those people outside the bus, screaming and waving and cheering in Italian. Through the window he saw them, and thought to himself, "I better watch my wallet." So he slipped it in the pocket of his gym bag and..."BOB!" They were all over him. Hugging him. Slapping his shoulders. "SI, BOB!" "CIAO, BOB!"
GAGLIANO DESERVES MORE CONSIDERATION

GAGLIANO DESERVES MORE CONSIDERATION

MINNEAPOLIS -- All he has done is win the last five games he has started, and he may have just temporarily saved the Lions' season, so you can see why Bob Gagliano is the throwaway quarterback on this team, right? A rookie does what Gagliano did Sunday, tosses three touchdowns in a come-from-behind victory, the coach goes nuts, the kid's the next Joe Montana. Gagliano does it, and it's just the aging veteran pulling one out of his hat.
IN GLOBAL VILLAGE, EVERYONE GETS CABLE

IN GLOBAL VILLAGE, EVERYONE GETS CABLE

I guess getting away from it all just ain't what it used to be.I have just returned from five weeks in Europe, and here is the thing I remember most: It was not a French schoolboy skipping down a cobblestone street; it was not a lovely serenade on a canal boat in Venice.It was CNN.

Mitch Albom writes about running an orphanage in impoverished Port-au-Prince, Haiti, his kids, their hardships, laughs and challenges, and the life lessons he’s learned there every day.

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