Detroit Free Press

WAHIAWA, Hawaii -- The coffee pot was nearly empty by the time the last players staggered down to ...

Julie Croteau, who pinch-ran in Game 2, and Lee Anne Ketcham, who hasn't thrown a pitch yet in the Series, were ...

DATELINE UNKNOWN -- The crack of the bat was sweet and true -- a solid hit, extra bases for sure -- and as spectators rose in a collective "oooh," Barry Bonds began to run.

DATELINE UNKNOWN -- This is how it began. They put their hands on a bat, one at a time, rising up the neck, a black hand, a white hand, a young man's hand, an aging second baseman's calloused fingers, up, up, until there was room for just one more. All eyes turned to, of all people, Michael Jordan, who smiled, because it was his turn. He grabbed that handle like a climber grabbing a mountaintop."We're the home team," he declared."National League bats first," Ryne Sandberg said.

* Washington 12, Arizona 9: When Buddy Ryan went to the desert, they compared him to Moses. They were right. It'll be 40 years before that team will be good again.* Pittsburgh 24, Cincinnati 7: Another fun Sunday night at the Shula house.

Most of our mommies are gone here on TV Street. We come downstairs and there's no breakfast anymore, no bacon, no eggs, no toast, no pancakes. None of us knows what's happening. But it's been going on for a while, and we're getting tired of eating doughnuts out of the box.First it was that nice family down the street, from "The Donna Reed Show."They woke up one day and Donna was gone. Never came back. Her kids were real upset. There was nobody to cook those nice dinners and mend the Halloween costumes.

* Lions 23, 49ers 21: Hey, baseball's gone. Hockey's gone. Let me dream a little, OK?* Indianapolis 17, NY Jets ...