NFL MIDTERM EASY TO FLUNKNovember 2, 1986 | Detroit Free PressRrrrrrrrrrring.The alarm clock. It can't be . . . oh, no. It is.It is the midway point of the football season. It ...Read More
START SPREADING THE NEWS: METS’ MIRACLES DO HAPPENOctober 28, 1986 | Detroit Free PressNEW YORK -- The ball rose high over the outfield, farther and farther, and every New York fan swallowed his ...Read More
FOR FLUTIE TO PLAY . . . IT WOULD BE OUTRAGEOUSOctober 26, 1986 | Detroit Free PressAdmit it. You have imagined the scene a hundred times already. "What would have to happen?" you ask.Not that much ...Read More
LESS IS A LOT MORE IN LEISURELY SERIESOctober 24, 1986 | Detroit Free PressBOSTON -- The team that does least is now the team that does the most. The best preparation is now no preparation ...Read More
POW! POW! THE KID TAMES THE WALLOctober 23, 1986 | Detroit Free PressBOSTON -- It was out there, ugly, its green shoulders squared and tight, like a bully just daring the new kid to ...Read More
SOX REVEAL SERIES SECRET — HATS OFF TO THE METSOctober 21, 1986 | Detroit Free PressBOSTON -- Yeah, yeah, yeah. Talk all you want. The Mets are slumping, the Red Sox are grooving. The Mets have ...Read More
BOOMING RED SOX BATS GIVES METS BIG-TIME BLUESOctober 20, 1986 | Detroit Free PressNEW YORK -- Start spreading the blues. They're leaving today. So much for the Big Apple party, the home-field ...Read More
GOING TO PLATE DRIVES AL PITCHERS BATTYOctober 20, 1986 | Detroit Free PressNEW YORK -- Roger Clemens stood along the edge of the field, without a glove, without a ball. He was due to pitch ...Read More
THIS ONE WAS FAR FROM CLASSICOctober 19, 1986 | Detroit Free PressNEW YORK -- Here are a few baseball basics. When you pitch, try to throw to the catcher's glove. If you don't, the ...Read More
WHERE ARE THOSE SOCKS? WHERE’S BOGGS … WHERE?October 17, 1986 | Detroit Free PressNEW YORK -- "What will be?" you say."Will be," I say."Huh?" you say."What will be will be.""No, no," you say, ...Read More
THE RED SOX RISE ABOVE ANGELS — AND HISTORYOctober 16, 1986 | Detroit Free PressBOSTON -- That was no baseball. That was a rock heading straight for heaven's window. "THE RED SOX WIN THE ...Read More
WE’LL FOREVER REMEMBER THIS GREAT, GREAT GAMEOctober 13, 1986 | Detroit Free PressNEW YORK -- The affair began when my hotel room door shut behind me. I can't tell you what time it was, but I can ...Read More