THORPEDO? AT 17, HE’S STILL A KIDSeptember 19, 2000 | Detroit Free PressSYDNEY, Australia -- I'm sorry, folks. The Human Thorpedo will not be coming out for his news conference.I will be ...Read More
DIFFERENT PLACE … DIFFERENT PERSON?September 17, 2000 | Detroit Free PressCOOKISLANDS -- What if I were born here? Have you ever asked yourself that question?What if, through some quirk in ...Read More
CHILDREN SHOULD BE VOTED OFF THE COUCHAugust 27, 2000 | Detroit Free Press'Good morning, students. Welcome back to school. How did you spend your summer vacation?""It was great! I went to ...Read More
BUSH IN 2000 SOUNDS LIKE CLINTON IN ’92August 6, 2000 | Detroit Free PressNormally, I am depressed by America's fascination with TV ratings. But in the case of the now completed Republican ...Read More
TOO MUCH HYPE CAN INJURE ANYONEJuly 23, 2000 | Detroit Free PressIwas sick of Ellen, and I had never even met her.She was everywhere you looked. Television. Newspapers. Magazine ...Read More
OBVIOUSLY, NO ONE CAN COMPETE WITH TIGERJuly 20, 2000 | Detroit Free Press"GOOD MORNING, America, and welcome to our coverage of the British Open from St. Andrews. Let's get right to the ...Read More
VITALE’S LESSON: NEVER WASTE A MOMENT OF LIFEJuly 13, 2000 | Detroit Free PressTHIS IS a column about a column I never got to write.A few weeks ago, I got a call saying John Vitale was sick, ...Read More
FAST BREAKJOE DUMARS EXPECTS THE WORST, THAT GRANT HILL WILL TAKE HIS GAME TO ORLANDOJuly 6, 2000 | Detroit Free PressIf Grant Hill leaves ...He leaves a team that hasn't won a title in a decade for a team that has never won a ...Read More
WILLIAMS ERA IS BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULYJuly 5, 2000 | Detroit Free PressWIMBLEDON, England -- Something's happening here. Something big. One of those sharp turns in sports that you ...Read More
BRITS HIT BOTTOM IN LOVE MATCH WITH KOURNIKOVAJune 27, 2000 | Detroit Free PressWIMBLEDON, England -- Ah, the British. So much more sophisticated than Americans. So much more refined. More ...Read More
THERE’S NO JUSTICE WITH DEATH PENALTYJune 25, 2000 | Detroit Free PressThis is how he died. Guards dragged him from his cell. They shackled his hands and feet. They took him by van, ...Read More
RISKY BUSINESSGONZALEZ’S TIME WITH THE TIGERS HAS BEEN A WASTEJune 23, 2000 | Detroit Free PressWHEN ASKED about the rumors that he was headed to the Yankees, Juan Gonzalez reportedly said to reporters: "Deal? ...Read More