Detroit Free Press

The child could end up being called Pampers, or Saltines or Pepsi, but that's a chance the parents will take. He ...

He had taken so many hockey shots before. None hurt like this one. It was the Olympics, it was overtime, a shoot-out, two teams, five men each, one goalie to beat.He had the last shot, his country's last hope in the sport it worshiped. Brendan Shanahan skated in on the goalie, a guy named Dominik Hasek, and faked, but it didn't take. Hasek went with him, stopped the shot, the crowd roared, the Czechs had their upset, and that was the end of Canada's 1998 gold medal dream.

Whenever I am asked to describe Detroiters, I always tell the same story.It was 16 years ago, and I had just arrived in the Motor City. I had not yet written a column for this newspaper. The only knowledge anyone here had of me was a small item in the Free Press announcing my hiring.I came to the office.I already had mail.A half-dozen letters. Handwritten to me. They could pretty much be summed up this way:Dear Mr. Albom:

Afriend of mine told me it was his birthday. He didn't seem all that thrilled."I'm 55," he said, ...

You want to know why no one trusts politicians? Take a look at campaign finance reform, which is now, after a year's worth of hype, lying in shreds on the floor of Congress while lawmakers point fingers at one another and yell: "Your fault! Your fault!"Honestly, I've seen more admirable behavior in "The Sopranos." At least they admit they're crooks.

Left out, pushed aside, discarded for the more expensive model, Chris Osgood had every reason to be angry. Who ...

What's not to like? The Red Wings get Superman, a goalie who can win games by himself, and they give up a guy who ...