Detroit Free Press

WIMBLEDON, England -- As a journalist, I am not usually assigned to the romance beat, but I have been asked by ...

What makes one person take a chunk out of another? It is not a question we should have to ask. Yet for the second time this week, I find myself wondering. First it was Mike Tyson's bloody chomp on Evander Holyfield's ear during the weekend.

Once again we welcome you to our annual dispatches from Wimbledon, also known as the World's Largest Umbrella ...

Sometimes, it's what's not in the picture that tells the story. Here was Doug Collins, a hard-working, passionate coach, making an announcement about his return to the Pistons -- with a restructured contract no less. Sounds good, right? Sounds like a happy occasion?But the owner of the Pistons, Bill Davidson, wasn't there. He left the building a few minutes before the informal press conference began. And Pistons president Tom Wilson, who negotiated the deal, wasn't there, either. He was on vacation in Hawaii. It was Collins, a press release and a microphone.

And still, the sun shone brightly. How could this be? Shouldn't there have been clouds and rain? How could hockey fans reconcile an absolutely perfect weather Father's Day with the image of Vladimir Konstantinov lying motionless in a hospital bed, breathing through a respirator, a brain monitor in his head?

These days, there are only a few things in life you can count on. Death, taxes, Dennis Rodman getting ejected -- ...

Well, now. That was a fun little hockey season, wasn't it? Done with St. Louis. Done with Anaheim. Done with ...