Detroit Free Press

When I was a boy, my father dropped me off at Little League games. Afterward, I'd ride back with another ...

They may, one day, win it all again, sooner than people think, maybe even next year, but they will never again ...

They attacked all night, the way you attack a fire, the way you attack an enemy hill, no counting on luck, fate or ...

The loading dock area where the players come out was still mobbed with people, nearly an hour after the game. They thumped ThunderStix and screamed at a glimpse of their heroes. Ben Wallace hid inside his SUV, talking on the phone, waiting for the crowd to clear. Tayshaun Prince tried to stay out of sight, against the wall, but someone spotted him and began screaming, "Tayshaun! Tayshaun!" and soon a hundred people were screaming it, too. Rip Hamilton emerged through the door and blinked, as if he'd awoken to find a marching band in his bedroom.

The storm arrived, the thunder clapped, and lightning shattered the darkened sky.And that was inside the ...

Magic Johnson was on the phone, talking about the differences between living in Michigan and living in Los Angeles."The biggest difference?" he said. "Hospitality. Just saying hello."Saying hello? How hard is that?"Do you know that in L.A. you can live for 20 years in the same house and not know your next-door neighbor?" Magic said. "Can you imagine that happening in Michigan? You'd know the whole neighborhood."We offer that up as Defense Exhibit A in what has been, to this point, a one-way spit-fest between La-La Land and the Motor City.

Ben Wallace is the kind of man about whom people have a favorite part. Kind of like a super hero. Some people like ...

Their one guard was supposed to outshine the entire Pistons backcourt. Heck, after Kobe Bryant's miracle shot in ...