Detroit Free Press

This is Dominik Hasek's brain: "I can come back."This is Dominik Hasek's groin: "Are you nuts?"This is Dominik ...

ANAHEIM, Calif. - The Ducks were down a man and still scored. They had a power play coming and scored without needing it. Dominik Hasek came out unusually high; the puck dribbled through him. Hasek sprawled flat; three pucks went behind him. Like dripping ice, like descending smog, there was karma all over the building Tuesday night - and still the Red Wings almost shook it off, they fought to the choking finish. But in the end, it was covered in feathers and it spoke with a beak. And by the time the sun set here in the West, it had already gone down on Detroit.

The clock was down to mere seconds, his team trailed by two, LeBron James had the ball and he drove to the hoop, ...

All right, Rasheed. You want to make up for it? Have a monster game tonight. Have a game where you not only start strong, you finish strong, too. Have a game where you don't float in and out like a ghost going from room to room looking for someone to scare. Because the Pistons need you to be scary tonight. And, quite frankly, you owe them one.

"It's a pretty short trip between hero and disaster."- Andreas Lilja, after the Red Wings' 2-1 overtime lossAnd ...

Trust? Why should they trust? Why should Chrysler workers believe anything they hear from their company's new would-be owners, Cerberus Capital Management, a firm named for a mythical, three-headed hound of hell? Do you trust a new king who was born in another country? Do you trust a new landlord who has a history of evicting people? Who trusts anything when it comes to big business today? If you know someone, tell me. I don't. Not anymore.

He moves fast when he takes it slow, and he takes it slow even when racing downcourt. He can scare you with a ...

CHICAGO - Done with you. Done with your team. Done with your building. Done with your noise. Done with your ...