GET USED TO IT RIGHT NOW: A PROUD TIGER IS GONEJanuary 9, 1987 | Detroit Free PressMoney talks. Lance Parrish walks.Did you really expect him to be a Detroit Tiger this morning? Why? Because the ...Read More
IF YOU CAN READ THIS, YOU CAN WATCH U-M WIN ROSESJanuary 1, 1987 | Detroit Free PressPASADENA -- GOOD MORNING. HOW ARE YOU FEELING? TERRIBLE? THAT'S OK. IT'S NEW YEAR'S MORNING. YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO ...Read More
GAMES NOT ALL ON THE FIELD FOR WOLVERINES’ MOONDecember 29, 1986 | Detroit Free PressCITY OF INDUSTRY, Calif. -- This is the week for heroes, for the best and the brashest of college football. They ...Read More
NOT ALL PRESENCE OF MIND IS HERE WITH THESE PRESENTSDecember 25, 1986 | Detroit Free Press"Open a present, Jack.""OK.""What is it?""It's a contract. A five-year, $10 million contract from the Giants.""Oh, ...Read More
LIONS’ LAST 1986 EFFORT REALLY WAS NO EFFORT AT ALLDecember 22, 1986 | Detroit Free PressOut with a whimper.There were no bangs in this Lions' season finale, not unless you count Darryl Rogers' head ...Read More
WHO CAN PICK WHILE HEARING THESE VOICES?December 21, 1986 | Detroit Free PressI flip the locks. I open the suitcase. I put the crystal ball and the binoculars neatly inside."Not a bad season," ...Read More
WEARILY, TIGER INSISTS HE MADE HIS POINTDecember 21, 1986 | Detroit Free Press"This is supposed to be the land of the free and the home of the brave, right? Well, they proved to me it wasn't ...Read More
FUTURE BEGAN MONDAY NIGHT LONG’S START SIGNALS THE BEGINNING OF A NEW ERA FOR LIONSDecember 16, 1986 | Detroit Free PressThere were long lines, and long cheers, and signs -- "Chuck it Long!" "Longing for a win!"Long signs.When the ...Read More
MORRIS TAKES ON BASEBALLAND HIS POINT IS BECOMING THORN IN OWNERS’ SIDEDecember 14, 1986 | Detroit Free PressHe is making a point. You have to be blind to miss that. Here is Jack Morris, maybe the top pitcher of the '80s, ...Read More
ALL TOGETHER, NOW — LET’S INSULT THOSE LIONSDecember 14, 1986 | Detroit Free PressWe may have stumbled onto something here. Listen . . . "The Jets are unstoppable!"Remember that? Remember when ...Read More
ADVANTAGE AT HOME? ONLY UNDER THE DOMEDecember 7, 1986 | Detroit Free PressIn the next few weeks, you will hear countless TV announcers talk about home field advantage in the ...Read More
PART OF US LIES WITHIN TORN STEELDecember 7, 1986 | Detroit Free PressPEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- They never pulled the bodies from the USS Arizona. They tried a few times, but back then ...Read More