IN GUS WE TRUST, PLUS OTHER REASONS LIONS WONOctober 18, 1999 | Detroit Free PressCHARLIE BATCH watched from the bench, his arm in ice. Herman Moore slumped next to him, with a bum knee. Barry ...Read More
‘ONCE AND AGAIN’ MAY CURE INSOMNIAOctober 10, 1999 | Detroit Free PressSo I tried this new TV show "Once and Again."I failed.You could say I failed once, and again.The story of two ...Read More
A FATHER’S DEVOTION BROUGHT SPARTAN BACKOctober 8, 1999 | Detroit Free PressAMP CAMPBELL went to make a tackle. His head dipped, there was smacking contact, and Amp broke his neck.They took ...Read More
WE MUST RUN FROM — NOT TO — BEATTYOctober 3, 1999 | Detroit Free PressOne of the great things about this country is that the guy at the end of the bar with his nose in his beer can ...Read More
WINGS AREN’T THE SAME WITH MCCARTY AT HOMEOctober 2, 1999 | Detroit Free PressALTHOUGH IT IS fashionable these days for Detroit athletes to announce their retirement -- often in a foreign ...Read More
GRAND FINALESLAM, SMILES, TEARS . . . A FOND FAREWELL FOR THE CORNERLOOK THERE, AND THERE: FACES OF THE PAST ARE HERESeptember 28, 1999 | Detroit Free PressLOOK, THERE'S your father, sitting in the rightfield seats, handing you a hot dog and telling you be careful, ...Read More
TAKE THE TIME NOW TO SAY YOU’RE SORRYSeptember 19, 1999 | Detroit Free PressI'm sorry.To you, who are reading this column in the kitchen. To you, who are reading over coffee at the deli. To ...Read More
SUNDAYS WILL NEVER BE THE SAME AGAINSeptember 12, 1999 | Detroit Free PressSomething strange is happening in our city. Today marks the beginning of football season, and everywhere you look, ...Read More
WHY CAN’T WE USE YOUR BATHROOM?August 29, 1999 | Detroit Free PressIhad to go.Not leave. Go. As in, use the facilities? As in, find a bathroom? That kind of go.Fortunately, I was in ...Read More
A CAB RIDE OPENS EYES TO PREJUDICEAugust 22, 1999 | Detroit Free PressMy plane had been canceled. I jumped in a cab. Said I needed to get to Detroit, which was four hours away.The ...Read More
AN EXPLANATORY GUIDE TO SANDERS’ QUITTINGJuly 30, 1999 | Detroit Free PressTHE PLAYER quits, the theories begin.So should the laughter.Honestly, some of the reasons being offered for Barry ...Read More
USUAL RULES DON’T APPLY TO POLITICIANSJuly 11, 1999 | Detroit Free PressIf I told my bosses at this newspaper that I planned to spend the next year taking my same paycheck but doing work ...Read More