Detroit Free Press

Afew days ago, after President George W. Bush gave his final ultimatum to Saddam Hussein, MSNBC began broadcasting ...

Chris Kaman takes the pay phone. He yawns. It is not boredom. It is simply lack of sleep. He was up until 2 a.m. ...

Here is what I think about France: I am in high school. My parents have a surprise. I have never been to Europe ...

And his name is Chauncey.He was not the most famous guard on the floor Wednesday night. That distinction belonged to a guy named Kobe. You know Kobe? Best player in the NBA these days? Speaks Italian? Scores 40 points the way Sergei Fedorov skates a circle?Kobe was the famous one, the richer one, the Chosen One. He came out of high school and has been with one team ever since, the L.A. Lakers, winning three championship rings by his 24th birthday.

Tonight, on "60 Minutes," history will be made. An ex-president, Bill Clinton, and his old rival, ex-senator Bob Dole, will begin a stint as point-counterpoint debaters.Andy Warhol got it wrong. It's not fame everyone will have in the future; it's a chance to scream at someone on TV.The liberals already do it to the conservatives on CNN and Fox. Celebrities do it with Bill Maher on HBO. Ebert used to do it to Siskel, and now he does it to Roeper.

There are bonds you are born with, like your parents or siblings, and bonds you choose, like friends and lovers. Then there are the bonds that come along by accident, that somehow choose you, and draw you in like destiny.For Kris Draper, the Red Wings' oft-grinning forward, the bond began with a phone call. A teenage girl from Shepherd, he was told, had leukemia and was in the hospital. She was a huge Draper fan. Could he possibly call her?

Well, you have to admit, the guy can definitely win a tip.I mean, Yao Ming didn't control that opening jump, he knocked it into next season. If that ball were lettuce, it would be salad. If that ball were a balloon, it would land in Oz. If that ball were . . .Well, you get the idea.