Detroit Free Press

LET'S TRY to figure how far the Pistons will go in the playoffs.First let's try to figure whom they'll play in the playoffs.Well, before that, let's try to figure whether they'll make the playoffs.Maybe we should figure out the playoffs.You see the problem.

GRANDPA'S HOUSE, THE YEAR 2035 -- The old man put his grandson on his knee and opened a dusty scrapbook."Who's that, Grandpa?" the child asked."That's the greatest quarterback I ever saw," the old man said. "His name was John Elway.""Where's his rocket booster?"

BRENDAN Shanahan doesn't worry about much. He could be pushed from an airplane with no parachute, and he'd raise ...

Alot of people think the Jenny Jones trial is about murder.Others say it's about free speech.I say it's about ...

For years, the most insensitive people I know have been screaming that we need to get rid of the street people. I ...

Still, there are the Russians. Not as many as there used to be. Not as young as they used to be. But there, pumping the Red Wings like a heartbeat.

MITCH ALBOMAL East -- NY YankeesAL Central -- ClevelandAL West -- AnaheimAL wild card -- BaltimoreNL East -- AtlantaNL Central -- HoustonNL West -- Los AngelesNL wild card -- San FranciscoWorld Series -- Atlanta over New York YankeesAL Central:1. Cleveland2. Chicago3. Detroit4. Minnesota5. Kansas City

Last week, the bosses of baseball said they were thinking about selling ad space on the players' sleeves. This sent baseball lovers into a twitching, neurotic frenzy."Not the uniforms!" they protested. "Those uniforms are sacred!"Personally, I don't understand how the uniform is sacred when the player is paid by a corporation, the stadium is named after a bank and the scoreboard keeps flashing commercials.Besides, why should a baseball player's arm be different? Every other inch of the country is sponsored by somebody.Take a typical American day.