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Play On! Hasek Earns His Millions; Wings Rattle Roy, Force Game 7 At The Joe

Play On! Hasek Earns His Millions; Wings Rattle Roy, Force Game 7 At The Joe

May 30, 2002 | Detroit Free Press
DENVER -- You ain't going nowhere. The ice has not yet melted. Summer has not yet arrived. From the opening minutes to the closing horn Wednesday night at the Pepsi Center, the message was as clear as a telegram:Not done. Stop. Not losing. Stop. The Red Wings are not hitting the golf course. Stop. The Avalanche is not dancing into the Stanley Cup finals. Stop. There will be a Game 7 in this series, because one team was not ready to give up on its destiny and one man was more than ready to face his own.Stop.You ain't going nowhere.
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Our Airports Aren’T Secure, Just Tedious

Our Airports Aren’T Secure, Just Tedious

May 26, 2002 | Detroit Free Press
Itook off my jacket. I emptied my pants pockets. I put the bag on the conveyer belt.I walked through. Beeeeep. "Step over there," the security man ordered. "Wait for someone to wand you."Ah. I slapped my forehead. My glasses. In my jacket pocket."It's these," I said, waving the glasses. "Can I put them through? I'm sure I won't beep then.""NO, SIR," he barked. "You only get one chance!""But if I don't beep without the glasses, isn't it the same as . . .""You only get one chance!"
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Leading Man? Not With The Red Wings

Leading Man? Not With The Red Wings

May 24, 2002 | Detroit Free Press
DENVER -- Hollywood is interested. They want a hockey movie. They dispatch a young producer to the Western Conference finals to assemble a cast. He wears sunglasses, a diamond earring, a leather coat and four cell phones.He asks me to help."I hear this Detroit team is loaded with stars," the producer says.It is, I say."Good. Get me the guy without a spleen."I beg your pardon?"The guy without a spleen. Sign him up. The Spleenless Swede. I love it!"You mean Fredrik Olausson, I say?
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