Detroit Free Press

When we begin this story, Ben Wallace is just a teenager. A poor kid from a huge family, he has saved the money he ...

As I write this, I am about to fly to a college reunion. Not one of those formal blowout weekends, with speeches ...

So they changed the goalie and they're back on home ice and they are saying the right things about patience and experience. Here's the cold truth: The legacy of these Red Wings is on the line tonight at Joe Louis Arena. If this team of All-Stars, assembled on Mt. Olympus, paid for with chests of gold, should nonetheless be slashed in its Achilles' heel by the lowly Nashville Predators, history will not be kind. A hockey paradise will have been squandered.

The door opens in a Nashville record company. A man with a guitar enters the office. The executive behind the desk ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- All right, hockey class. Open your lesson plans. The same ones we used last April, and the ...

My sister lives on a rock.I am not being cute. I am being geographically -- and geologically -- correct.She lives ...

The last time baseball was played at Comerica Park, the crowd was on its feet for the final out. Six months later, Thursday afternoon, as shadows fell on a misty Opening Day, the scene repeated itself, with fans once more on their feet as the Tigers left the field.There is only one difference between the ovations, but it is all the difference in the world.The last time was pity. This time was praise.

There is alone, there is lonesome, and there is the loneliest man in sports. Manny Legace, the Red Wings' goaltender, went through all three phases Wednesday night -- and it took him only two minutes.First, he was alone. After all, he was making his first playoff start at age 31. He'd gone from "second backup" to "first backup" to "only healthy option." Eleven years in professional hockey, and finally, the net is yours? You face such moments by yourself, alone, and alone he was, to start the game.