Detroit Free Press

Today, on the dawn of the most-anticipated hockey playoffs in modern Detroit history, I come to praise Scotty ...

Jessica Dubroff came into the world underwater, a birth method chosen by her parents. She never ate meat, a ...

For one night, they could let it go. They could allow themselves a flush of satisfaction. The war was not won, but a battle had been claimed, and only the most stoic soldier could come out of Friday night without a smile. So here, at Joe Louis Arena, amidst a shower of octopi, and a deafening chant of

The old desk was gone. It was a dark wooden thing, with coffee stains, scratches and a drawer that didn't work. If ...

It's Opening Day here in Detroit, and fans are preparing in the traditional way, shoveling snow.Soon, players will be pulling on their ski masks, and hot dog vendors will stick their hands in boiling water, just to get some feeling back in their fingers. The tarp will be lifted from the field -- so the snow plows can come in -- and once the salt trucks finish in the parking lot, and the umpire is defrosted, finally, the big moment, when the first batter walks to the plate, turns to the catcher and says, "M-m-m-man, even my bleep is cold."And he spits.

Years ago, when I was young and broke, I worked as a security guard in New York City. The job was in Harlem. My ...

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- The throne of college basketball came home Monday night -- to Kentucky, where ...