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That's it? That's the way this mini-series ends? Somebody sticks a microphone in front of William Clay Ford and he says, "I didn't fire him and he didn't quit." And that's the end of this year's Wayne Fontes saga?

Aren't you going to school?" his mother asked the first day."Nuh-uh. My stomach hurts." He stayed in bed. The next ...

I know what you're thinking. How did the Philadelphia Eagles, who kicked the pus out of the Lions last week, look so mortal in dying against the Cowboys on Sunday? That's not fair. That doesn't make sense.I know what you're thinking. How did the mighty San Francisco 49ers, everybody's favorite juggernaut, get stomped like a grape in their own vineyard? How did Jerry Rice, Steve Young and that offensive brain trust lose to a team from the tundra, the Green Bay Packers? Not fair. Doesn't make sense.

My past came back to visit me last week. It came in the form of Donny Osmond.The one-time teen heartthrob is here ...

The Philadelphia Eagles made chopped liver out of the Lions in the playoffs last Saturday, but coach Ray Rhodes still hasn't eased up on Detroit.Rhodes couldn't help but get in one last dig on Lions tackle Lomas Brown's ill-fated victory guarantee."For a guy like myself, I like that kind of stuff," Rhodes said. "That was the missing ingredient that I needed."Rhodes wouldn't reveal what Brown said to him in their brief postgame conversation, but one Eagles assistant coach said Brown told Rhodes to keep him in mind when free-agency season begins.

Maybe it's fate. Maybe it's coincidence. But my last assignment of this draining year takes me back to the place ...