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DANTLEY’S READY TO START OVERNEW PISTON’S OWN BEGINNING TAUGHT HIM DISCIPLINE,SELF-RELIANCE

DANTLEY’S READY TO START OVERNEW PISTON’S OWN BEGINNING TAUGHT HIM DISCIPLINE,SELF-RELIANCE

WASHINGTON -- Adrian Dantley took a hard right, steering his Mercedes through the streets of his old neighborhood. It is a hurting section of the District of Columbia, where wooden chairs sit on porches, and the corner store is spray-painted and looks closed. Dantley studied the place, as if for the first time.Begin again."Used to get in a lot of fights right here," he said, pointing to the corner of Sherman and Columbia."That schoolyard? Used to hang around there a lot . . . "
TANANA IS THE TIGERS’ LATEST COMEBACK STORY

TANANA IS THE TIGERS’ LATEST COMEBACK STORY

The small comeback story sits inside the big comeback story. Frank Tanana was throwing so badly two weeks ago Sparky Anderson took the ball away from him. No one knew when he would pitch again. Yet, there he was Tuesday night, pitching again, pitching well, allowing just three hits in eight innings. And winning -- his first win in seven weeks. Seven weeks? Bad to good. The small comeback story.
CAMPANIS, THE GOAT OF ’87, OFFERS LESSON IN PERSPECTIVE

CAMPANIS, THE GOAT OF ’87, OFFERS LESSON IN PERSPECTIVE

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. -- His phone number was easy enough to find. He still lives in southern California, same house, same patio, same swimming pool. Someone said he was working on a book. I dialed the seven digits.For the last column of 1987, I wanted to talk with the year's biggest goat."Al Campanis?" I said."Speaking," said the voice.
FOR LIONS’ LONG, LOSING IS ALL PART OF GROWING UP

FOR LIONS’ LONG, LOSING IS ALL PART OF GROWING UP

WASHINGTON -- He was sitting in the grass near the 30-yard line, his head drooped, shaking in disbelief, even as the Redskin defenders danced around him in victorious glee. Chuck Long had just tried one of the simpler things in football, throwing away a pass, and he had missed the target. The target was the ground.The ground?
WINGS SEND A CHOIRBOY TO KILL CHICAGO’S SNAKES

WINGS SEND A CHOIRBOY TO KILL CHICAGO’S SNAKES

CHICAGO -- It was over in an accident, a freak, a mini-moment that was here then gone, so fast that Shawn Burr couldn't really remember how it took place. But now, in the crowded locker room, that was all anyone wanted to know."Did you see it coming?" someone asked."I sort of did," he answered, smiling."Did you mean to knock it in?" someone yelled."I was just trying to get out of the way," he said."Where did it hit?" came the question."On the glove," came the answer."Which hand? Which hand?" they hollered.

Mitch Albom writes about running an orphanage in impoverished Port-au-Prince, Haiti, his kids, their hardships, laughs and challenges, and the life lessons he’s learned there every day.

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