WELCOME TO THE LEAGUE OF SMOKE BOMBS, SALAMIMarch 9, 1992 | Detroit Free PressTODAY'S ITALIAN LESSON:Dove (doveh) 1. Where. As in "Where the hell is the exit?" FORLI, Italy -- Well now, ...Read More
CHOICE OF ASSIGNMENTS WAS A MATTER OF DEGREESFebruary 28, 1992 | Detroit Free PressSOMEWHERE IN EUROPE -- HeLP! I Am LOcKed in A bAseMent aND my hANds aRE tiEd aND my mOUth IS gagged aND I AM ...Read More
UPS AND DOWNS ON ICELEBLANC STOPPED EVERYTHING BUT TIMEFebruary 22, 1992 | Detroit Free PressMERIBEL, France -- Twenty minutes before the curtain came down, when the world was still young and the score was ...Read More
HOCKEY HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH COUNTRYFebruary 21, 1992 | Detroit Free PressALBERTVILLE, France -- "Hey, Sam.""Yeah, Frank?""Pass the beer." * "Hey, Dmitri.""Da, Igor?""Pass the ...Read More
ITO FORSAKES HER ADVANTAGE — AND LOSES HER EDGE, TOOFebruary 20, 1992 | Detroit Free PressALBERTVILLE, France -- One jump. One jump. One jump. It plays on the mind like a sharpened skate blade dragged ...Read More
O BRIO! O EGO! OH, ALBERTO!TOMBA’S BOASTS ARE BIG,BUT THEY’RE NO BIGGER THAN HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTSFebruary 19, 1992 | Detroit Free PressREPORTER: "Why did you arrive by helicopter?"TOMBA: "Because everyone else drove."VAL D'ISERE, France -- When we ...Read More
EAST MEETS WEST, AND THERE’S NO ONE TO HATEFebruary 18, 1992 | Detroit Free PressMERIBEL, France -- I am looking for an enemy.I am taking applications. I am knocking on doors. I am walking ...Read More
DAN JANSEN WALKS INTO FIVE-RING CIRCUSFebruary 15, 1992 | Detroit Free PressALBERTVILLE, France -- Leave the kid alone. That's what we should do. Let Dan Jansen skate around that ice track ...Read More
LUGE TAUGHT WARNER RARE WAY AROUNDFebruary 11, 1992 | Detroit Free PressALBERTVILLE, France -- This is an Olympic story, the best kind, the kind that doesn't end in a medal and really ...Read More
OLYMPICS THE STUFF DREAMS ARE MADE OFFebruary 9, 1992 | Detroit Free PressALBERTVILLE, France -- I am retiring from the Olympics.This will be my last Games as a competitor. It's been a ...Read More
COACH FOR A DAYONE TASTE OF ICE-SIDE SEAT LEAVES YOUCRAVING MOREFebruary 7, 1992 | Detroit Free PressALBERTVILLE, France -- Hey. When it comes to patriotism, I do my part. I salute the flag. I pay taxes. I coach ...Read More
MOTHER WOULDN’T APPROVE OF SUCH GAMESFebruary 6, 1992 | Detroit Free PressALBERTVILLE, France -- Whoosh!Whooooosh!HELLLLLP!Yes, sports fans, it's time once again for the Winter Olympics, ...Read More