RED WINGS ARE CAUGHT STAR-GAZINGMay 4, 1988 | Detroit Free PressEDMONTON, Alberta -- It was quick and silent murder. Played inside a sterile Northlands Coliseum -- where an ...Read More
HERE’S THE DEAL FOR SALLEY: TALK CAN’T DO IT NOWMay 1, 1988 | Detroit Free PressWhen John Salley was a kid in Brooklyn, he would go door to door on Saturday mornings with members of his ...Read More
NOW COMES EDMONTON — AND WINGS AREN’T SCAREDApril 28, 1988 | Detroit Free PressIn the final seconds they seemed to be skating lighter, more freely, as if they'd shaken some invisible weights ...Read More
SMILES ALL AROUND; ‘TIGER DAN’ IS BACKApril 27, 1988 | Detroit Free PressFor a few minutes, it was like old times. Dan Petry had driven in from his old house with his old car-pool buddy, ...Read More
LET’S TAKE A BALK ON THE WILD SIDEApril 22, 1988 | Detroit Free PressTHE LIVE ALBOM: * Well now, let's-- BALK!* begin wit-- BALK! * some baseb-- BALK! * Never mind. * Tiger Mike ...Read More
MY SLIPPERY FRIEND IS READY FOR HIS DIVEApril 6, 1988 | Detroit Free PressI find my eight-legged friend at the bottom of the tank, next to the bubbling filter and the little toy diver. I ...Read More
BLAME . . . NO ONESAD FINISH, STRONG SEASON FOR U-MMarch 27, 1988 | Detroit Free PressSEATTLE -- Bill Frieder lay on the couch of his hotel suite, his eyes red, his head propped up on a pillow. On ...Read More
ROBINSON’S STORY: LOVE OVER EVERYTHINGMarch 19, 1988 | Detroit Free PressSALT LAKE CITY, Utah -- The boy had been sleeping in an apartment building hallway. His mother didn't want him ...Read More
DEAR MR. UEBERROTH, SPARKY NEEDS A FAVORMarch 9, 1988 | Detroit Free PressLAKELAND -- MEMO TO: Peter Ueberroth, Commissioner of BaseballFROM: Sparky Anderson, dean of managersRE: A little ...Read More
WE SHOWED UP, BUT WHAT FOR? THESE TRIVIAL OLYMPICS WEREN’T SO HOT FOR U.S.February 29, 1988 | Detroit Free PressCALGARY, Alberta -- We lost.The Soviets won.Everybody wore cowboy hats.That's a wrap, folks. Thanks for coming. ...Read More
KATRINA THE ICE PRINCESS WITT USES HER BEAUTY AND HER BRAINSFebruary 25, 1988 | Detroit Free PressCALGARY, Alberta -- I am about to confess something that will make the women of the Western World sleep easier ...Read More
TRIVIAL PURSUITCRAZY 8 SLEDDERS VIE FOR CARIBBEAN CUPFebruary 21, 1988 | Detroit Free PressCALGARY, Alberta -- We are watching the sleds come down the hill. Our feet are in mud. The sun is warm."Who's ...Read More