Detroit Free Press

Whenever I see a face on the cover of Time, I take note. When I see that same face on "Larry King Live," I brace ...

Today should be a sellout. Tiger Stadium should be rocking with noise and fans should wave painted bedsheets that read "TRAM AND LOU FOREVER." There should be network TV announcers hyping the streak, telling viewers, "What you see this afternoon may never be seen again, two players who started their careers on the same day and played beside each other ever since, 19 seasons, one team, longer than any shortstop and second baseman combo in American League history. . . ."

There goes autumn. Before it even started. Detroit's football season has been knifed at the knees, it is bent, bleeding, broken -- and the trees haven't dropped their leaves yet. The Lions lost Sunday, which is no longer news around here, but how they lost was unique, even for them. Blown snaps. A rainstorm of penalty flags. Last year's quarterback returning to burn them. And the final crushing blow: Superman humbled.

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By now you've heard the big news in football, which is that Deion Sanders, the all-world defensive back, and Jerry ...