EXPECT ELWAY AND WEIRD WAYS FOR ’86September 5, 1986 | Detroit Free PressWhat will happen in the NFL this year:The Giants will win the Super Bowl.The Broncos will lose it.The Lions will ...Read More
GOOD LLOYD! OLDER AND GETTING BETTERSeptember 5, 1986 | Detroit Free PressNEW YORK -- Have you seen this commercial for Sports Illustrated? Two women playing tennis, one older, one ...Read More
MAC THE NICE DOESN’T WORKTHE WAY IT WAS SUPPOSED TOAugust 31, 1986 | Detroit Free PressFLUSHING MEADOW, N.Y. -- "Come in, Mr. McEnroe. Have a seat on the couch.""Do I have to lie down this time?""Not ...Read More
PETRY DESERVED BETTER IN HIS RETURN TO THE BIGSAugust 20, 1986 | Detroit Free PressIt should have been better for Dan Petry. He should have had a five-run lead, and the crowd roaring, and some ...Read More
FICKLE FINGER BECKONS TEMPTINGLY TO RED SOXAugust 18, 1986 | Detroit Free PressBOSTON -- The ball rose with all the grace of a water balloon, and as Kirk Gibson chased it he had to be thinking, ...Read More
THERE’S ONE PAINFUL FACT: THE RED SOX ARE BETTERAugust 16, 1986 | Detroit Free PressBOSTON -- We have seen this before. And it doesn't look any better the second time around.Big series with Boston, ...Read More
CARLTON SPEAKS OF HIS WORK — AND HIS SILENCEAugust 13, 1986 | Detroit Free PressHalf a dozen wire hangers hung in the otherwise empty locker. There was a piece of masking tape stripped across ...Read More
MY CRITICS SHOULD BE . . . WELL . . . AS QUIET AS MEAugust 13, 1986 | Detroit Free PressHello, my name is Steve Carlton. I don't know if this story will ever come out, since I've never operated one of ...Read More
THE POKER-FACED KID FINDS A TREASURE IN HIS SANDBOXAugust 12, 1986 | Detroit Free PressTOLEDO -- He was jumping up and down in the sand like a kid. Bob Tway? Jumping up and down? All golf season long ...Read More
JUST CALL HIM ‘COOL HAND WALT’ROGER CLEMENS ISN’T EVEN ON WAITING LISTFOR TERRELL’S TOP THREE IDOLSAugust 10, 1986 | Detroit Free PressThe first time I ever saw Walt Terrell, he was sitting against his locker, sucking on a beer. He looked very ...Read More
HERE’S WHY KEN GREEN IS MY KIND OF SEMI-STARAugust 8, 1986 | Detroit Free PressTOLEDO -- First of all, his caddie is a woman. OK? Not just any woman. His older sister. And she carries his bag ...Read More
PREDATORS TORCH MAY PASS FROM BEAR TO SHARKAugust 7, 1986 | Detroit Free PressTOLEDO -- Greg Norman waltzed up to his golf ball and kicked it. It rolled past another ball that lay in the ...Read More