FINALLY, THE FINALSPISTONS RISE TO CHALLENGEIN LONG SERIES WITH BULLSJune 4, 1990 | Detroit Free PressIn the end, that wasn't just a basketball, that was a message slamming through those Palace nets: John Salley ...Read More
PISTONS WORK UP A HUNGERBY TAKING WHAT’S THEIRSMay 31, 1990 | Detroit Free PressThe faces said it all: Mark Aguirre in a primal scream. Chuck Daly hollering with his eyes squeezed shut. John ...Read More
WHAT’S OURS IS OURS; WHAT’S THEIRS ISSURMOUNTABLEMay 31, 1990 | Detroit Free PressThe faces said it all: Mark Aguirre in a primal scream. Chuck Daly hollering with his eyes squeezed shut. John ...Read More
RUNWAY BECKONS A MODEL BACHELORMay 27, 1990 | Detroit Free PressAs a sports writer, I watch people get undressed all the time. Until two weeks ago, I had never heard anyone say ...Read More
QUIET FRIENDSHIPDUMARS, JORDAN SHARE TALENT, HUMILITY AND RESPECTMay 20, 1990 | Detroit Free PressOne day, when the basketball is over, they can get down to being real friends. You can see them sitting at the ...Read More
LAKERS-LESS PLAYOFFS JUST AREN’T THE SAMEMay 18, 1990 | Detroit Free PressTHE LIVE ALBOM* I don't know about you. But watching Isiah kiss Kevin (I'm Not Magic) Johnson doesn't do it for ...Read More
PISTONS IN . . .LAKERS OUTWAS THERE A DOUBT? NOT IN CHAMPS’ MINDSMay 16, 1990 | Detroit Free PressAfter a while, you have seen all the games. The ones where you fall behind early, the ones where you blow them ...Read More
JOE D., WORM AND FRIENDS TAKE BITE OUT OF BIG APPLEMay 14, 1990 | Detroit Free PressNEW YORK -- Didya hear the one about Patrick Ewing not scoring a point in the entire first half? Heh heh. Pretty ...Read More
MO CHEEKS’ LEGACY: ‘SO DOWN-TO-EARTH’May 10, 1990 | Detroit Free PressI used to know where Maurice Cheeks lived. I knew because he lived in the same Philadelphia apartment building as ...Read More
PISTONS READY TO USE SECRET-WEAPON MOMMay 8, 1990 | Detroit Free PressForget it. This series is over. I don't mean to sound cocky, but the Pistons can't lose, not now, not since the ...Read More
LONG GETS HIS WISH AND WON’T LOOK BACKMay 3, 1990 | Detroit Free PressHell is over for Chuck Long. He goes free now. The golden boy with the quarterback savvy who four years ago was ...Read More
PISTONS HUSH PACERS IN RITE OF CHAMPIONSMay 2, 1990 | Detroit Free PressINDIANAPOLIS -- So there was Chuck Daly, standing in the hallway before the game, and a little kid in a Pacers ...Read More