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HOWARD’S OLD MAGIC COULD DO LIONS GOOD

October 26, 2001 | Detroit Free Press

It was a pass, a long pass, to the corner of the end zone. The receiver broke free and hauled it in for a ...

SHANAHAN GETS TRIAL BEFORE ANOTHER JUDGE

October 25, 2001 | Detroit Free Press

In sports, you are always being judged. Sometimes by fans. Sometimes by coaches. And sometimes by a man with a ...

BRING OUT MORE THAN DUCT TAPE TO FIX THE LIONS

October 22, 2001 | Detroit Free Press

At one point in Sunday's Lions-Titans game, play was stopped because of a rip in the artificial turf. Eventually ...

HOAX MASTERS LOVE TO WATCH OTHERS SUFFER

October 21, 2001 | Detroit Free Press

Iwas sitting on an airplane, waiting for takeoff. It was still dark outside. Not even 6 in the morning. The guy ...

Here’S A Question: Should Lions Fans Laugh Or Cry?

October 15, 2001 | Detroit Free Press

MINNEAPOLIS -- When the gun sounded, Charlie Batch fell to his knees, dropped his head to the turf and tried to disappear. Twenty yards away, Germane Crowell was also on his knees, staring at the sideline that he forgot about a few seconds earlier. He, too, looked like he wanted angels to sweep him up to someplace finer, someplace where the Lions don't find a way to shoot themselves in the cleats week after week.Make you a deal, Germane. Here's 10 bucks. Let us hitch along with you.Vikings 31, Lions 26. It would be laughable, if it weren't so sad.

Like It Or Not, We’Ve All Been Drafted For Our Latest War

October 14, 2001 | Detroit Free Press

Ever since the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, there have been whispers about reinstituting the draft. In some ways, that's a moot point.We've all been drafted already.We're in the Army now. We stand on guard for attack. We worry about white powder. We worry about the air that we breathe. We think the enemy may strike at anytime. We are alert. We are debriefed. We are given orders from our leaders.Isn't that how soldiers behave?