Detroit Free Press

In the end, they were counting down the seconds to the next game. Six. Five. Four. Mehmet Okur, with nothing else to do, threw the ball at the basket.It swished.It was that kind of night.

Before the playoffs began, I asked Pistons coach Rick Carlisle if he could buck the trend and win the Eastern Conference with a no-superstar team in a superstar's league."We're about to find out," he said.Maybe we already have.The honeymoon is nearly over. The good feelings between Detroit fans and the Joe Dumars/Rick Carlisle/goin'-to-work philosophy are on the verge of collapse.

OK, very funny. Now fess up. Who put the Red Wings' ice under the Pistons' floor? Honestly. Haven't we suffered ...

He might be dead. That doesn't stop people from laughing at him.His name is Mohammed Saeed al- Sahhaf, also known ...

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Chris Chelios wore a black suit over a black shirt. His hair was still wet. He looked as if ...

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- It's like having your head in a guillotine and hoping the blade gets stuck. The worst moment in ...

The wife sighs. She has seen this before. Her husband is face-down in the pillow, Monday morning, and he is not moving."You'll be late for work," she says."Can't do work," the husband mumbles."Why not?""Red Wings tonight. Need sleep. West Coast game. Gonna be up late.""What about your job?"He pulls the pillow around his ears. "This is my job," he yells.

There aren't many great movies about sports but there is one about baseball and it's called "Bull Durham." It was ...