MAY CLEAR HEADS PREVAIL THIS YEARDecember 31, 1988 | Detroit Free PressNEWPORT BEACH, Calif. -- I'm killing a tradition this year. I wish I didn't have to.Since I joined this ...Read More
QUARTERBACK DOESN’T FIT THE MOLDDecember 30, 1988 | Detroit Free PressNEWPORT BEACH, Calif. -- Demetrius Brown is late. Or maybe he's not coming. He was supposed to be in the lobby ...Read More
BO’S INSULTS MUSIC TO WOLVERINES’ EARSDecember 29, 1988 | Detroit Free PressNEWPORT BEACH, Calif. -- Maybe your mother once gave you this line: "I only yell because I love you." And maybe ...Read More
HARK, THE HERALD ATHLETES SING …December 25, 1988 | Detroit Free PressGood morning. Merry Christmas. Hear those voices outside your door? Look, it's . . .Kirk Gibson singing "Winter ...Read More
FONTES GIVES THANKS, BUT IS HE IN OVER HIS HEAD?December 23, 1988 | Detroit Free PressThe new head coach, who is an excitable fellow, was driving down Southfield Road, barely able to contain himself. ...Read More
A NOT-SO-FOND FAREWELL, DARRYLDecember 18, 1988 | Detroit Free PressIsn't it amazing how time flies? It seems like just yesterday Dexter Manley was suspended for 30 days of ...Read More
STEVIE WONDERFUL YZERMAN WON’T LET ACCLAIM GO TO HIS HEADDecember 9, 1988 | Detroit Free PressYou want to know my biggest fear about Steve Yzerman? That success will one day grab him by the neck and say, ...Read More
STEVIE WONDERFUL HUMBLE YZERMAN FITS NICELY AS A HERODecember 9, 1988 | Detroit Free PressMy biggest fear about Steve Yzerman is that success will one day grab him by the neck and say, "Look, kid, wake ...Read More
PUCKISH WINGS TOY WITH OUR EMOTIONSNovember 30, 1988 | Detroit Free PressI have to admit the Red Wings perplex me. I walk into their locker room feeling partly like an old friend and ...Read More
THANKSGIVING DINNER TIME FOR WISHES, TOONovember 24, 1988 | Detroit Free PressOK, men. Simmer down. I want to welcome everyone to our annual Detroit Sports Thanksgiving dinner. Chuck? Bo? ...Read More
IN THE END, KOLESAR WAS WOLVERINES’ SAVING GRACENovember 20, 1988 | Detroit Free PressCOLUMBUS, Ohio -- The ball was coming down from the sky, there were two men around him, the angry crowd roaring ...Read More
FIRING EASY; HIRING STILL THE TOUGH PARTNovember 14, 1988 | Detroit Free PressSo that did it. Losing to Tampa Bay at home in the final seconds was enough to send Darryl Rogers packing. Fine. ...Read More