* Lions 23, Green Bay 19: The Biggest Game Of The Year -- this week, so far, until now, depending on what happens.* Philadelphia 19, Dallas 17: When it comes to the Eagles' playoff chances, I paraphrase a famous quote: If not now, when, if not Cowboys, then who?
* Lions 20, Buffalo 16: If the Lions put half the energy into playing football that they do in fighting criticism, they would be undefeated.* Dallas 26, Green Bay 10: I know Troy Aikman. I have worked with Troy Aikman. You, Jason Garret, are no Troy Aikman.
CHICAGO -- Well, that wasn't very nice. The Bearsinvite the Lions to a football game, then don't let them play with the ball.Talk about hogging a pigskin. Chicago kept it for three minutes to every one by Detroit. There was this one Bears drive, in the second quarter -- no wait, that drive was the second quarter.There was this other Bears drive in the third quarter -- no, wait, that was the third quarter.I do recall a moment, late in the game, where a bunch of Lions trotted onto the field, and the officials stopped them immediately."Who are you guys?"
* Detroit 22, Chicago 20: Erik Kramer and Joni Mitchell team up for a new duet: "I've looked at life from both benches now . . . "* Kansas City 23, Cleveland 20: If the Browns do win the AFC, couldn't they be promoted to a better color, like The Yellows?
Their hair is thinner now. Their bellies jell over their belts. Their muscles are fleshy, no longer tight. Some have had doctors tell them to slow down, watch the blood pressure. When you meet them, many do not seem big enough to have done what they did on that cold Saturday in November 1969.But then, what they did was the stuff of giants.
Each day he drives to a high school gym and works out with a trainer and an old friend. Then he drives home slowly, "praying I don't get in an accident and ruin everything." It is November, and for the first time in his basketball life, the game is going on without him. No practice. No paycheck.And it's his own doing."To be honest, I really wanted to play for Detroit," Chris Webber says from his home in Oakland, Calif., where he remains a restricted free agent. "When I came home over the summer, I was hoping to stay."
Mitch Albom writes about running an orphanage in impoverished Port-au-Prince, Haiti, his kids, their hardships, laughs and challenges, and the life lessons he’s learned there every day.
