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Mothers Have Their Day, But it’s Without a Song

May 12, 1996 | Detroit Free Press, Comment

To me, life is a song. That's the kind of fella I am. I see the sky, I sing "Here comes the sun." I see a hockey game, I sing "All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth." I see Marge Schott, I sing "If I only had a brain."

Schott, Irvin Cases Show The Seedy Side Of Press, Sports Fans

May 10, 1996 | Detroit Free Press

Sometimes, this is the only thing more baffling than the people in sports: the people who try to get close to them.Take the cases of Marge Schott and Michael Irvin.

AFTER GOING ‘ROUND AND ‘ROUND,IT’S FINALLY GOING YZERMAN’S WAY

May 6, 1996 | Detroit Free Press

In the wee, dark hours of the morning, the airplane landed, and Steve Yzerman and his sleepy teammates trudged ...

In The New Nba, Youth Is Wasted On The Young

May 5, 1996 | Detroit Free Press

NEWS ITEM: Kobe Bryant, a 17-year-old high school basketball player, announced last week that he would skip college and immediately enter the NBA draft. He follows 19-year-old Kevin Garnett, who did the same thing last year. Many worry that the pattern will continue, and that college may one day be seen as a meaningless step in a pro sports career. "How much younger can it get?" one coach wondered . . . LOS ANGELES, May 5, 2014 -- Six-year-old Joey (Slamma) Jamma called a press conference to announce that he was skipping elementary school and jumping straight to the NBA draft.

Sergei Breaks The Ice; Ozzie Singes The Blues

May 4, 1996 | Detroit Free Press

Of all the players to be goal-less in the playoffs, he seemed the least likely. Faster than just about anyone he faced, blessed with the moves of an NBA point guard, got an MVP award in his closet, a Nike commercial in his personal film file -- you would think Sergei Fedorov would have put one puck in the net in six games against the Winnipeg Jets.

COACHES’ STRANGE MIND GAMES ARESURE TO COMMAND THE CENTER STAGE

May 3, 1996 | Detroit Free Press

Let me welcome our out-of-town guests for tonight's NHL playoff series, especially you folks from St. Louis, who ...

Too Nice, Guys – Come Back Angry, Hungry

May 1, 1996 | Detroit Free Press

So now they have a taste. Now they know what it feels like to want something so badly, to have the devil's foot on your neck and to grab that foot and struggle for your life. I salute the Pistons' courage and I salute their effort.And that's it for the nice stuff.

By Slaying The First Dragon,Wings Prove Playoff Mettle

April 29, 1996 | Detroit Free Press

WINNIPEG, Manitoba -- Keith Primeau saw the puck, stole the puck, and whipped it into the empty net with a swing so hard it could have sliced someone's head off. The arena seemed to gasp a final breath, then fell silent.One dead dragon.Three to go."There was anger in our locker room before the game," said Primeau, who put the empty-net exclamation mark on Sunday's 4-1 victory, which polished off Winnipeg and advanced the Wings to the playoffs' second round. "Normally, we're doing a lot of talking, pumping each other up. Today, it was just quiet."

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