IT’S A DEVIL OF A TIMEFOR ANGEL IN THE OUTFIELDOctober 13, 1996 | Detroit Free PressOprah? I have to put you on hold . . . "Click."Hello? . . . Yes. I'm the agent for Jeffrey Maier, the kid who ...Read More
BOWMAN, COFFEY FURTHER APART THAN WINGS, WHALERSOctober 7, 1996 | Detroit Free PressThis much they agree on: Scotty Bowman called Paul Coffey into his office Saturday afternoon. He told Coffey he ...Read More
THERE’S NO DEBATING WHAT WE’D REALLY LIKEOctober 6, 1996 | Detroit Free PressIf you believe the analysts, almost no one is planning to watch tonight's presidential debate. Heck, according to ...Read More
SPITTING MAD ABOUT ALOMAROctober 2, 1996 | Detroit Free PressNo way he should be playing. Not after what he did. A baseball player spits in the face of an umpire, and here he ...Read More
FATHER AND SON, BOUND BY PERSISTENCE, A DREAMSeptember 26, 1996 | Detroit Free PressHe came to this country in the trunk of a car, in the middle of the night, sneaking across the border, whispering, ...Read More
JOHNNIE GETS HIS TURN ON THE SPOTSeptember 23, 1996 | Detroit Free PressReceivers are like puppies, they all want to play with the ball. When they don't get it they yap. And they keep ...Read More
HAS OLYMPIC FAME FOUND ITS NEXT VICTIM?August 4, 1996 | Detroit Free PressATLANTA -- The mother and father sat with their hands folded on the long white table. They had never given a press ...Read More
TIGERS THROW IN THE TOWELAugust 1, 1996 | Detroit Free PressWell, that was a nice, big, fat towel the Tigers just threw in.Cecil Fielder to the Yankees? There goes the last ...Read More
S. AFRICAN BLACK MAN SHATTERS BARRIERAugust 1, 1996 | Detroit Free PressATLANTA -- He screamed as he crossed the finish line, a howl that seemed loud enough to bring down a wall. Which, ...Read More
MUST-SEE TV? GOTTA TELL A TALEJuly 31, 1996 | Detroit Free PressNEWS ITEM: For its Summer Games coverage, NBC has produced more than 140 "Olympic Profiles." Critics wonder if ...Read More
OLYMPIC AFTERSHOCKALL THE GOOD IN US CAN’T STOP AN EVIL HEARTJuly 28, 1996 | Detroit Free PressATLANTA -- Every plane, every passenger, every suitcase, every seat . . .The silence was what you noticed first. ...Read More
LEWIS WON’T JUMP PAST ARROGANCE PITJuly 27, 1996 | Detroit Free PressATLANTA -- Carl Lewis was a pioneer in track and field. Unfortunately, he pioneered arrogance.He had an agent who ...Read More