MILWAUKEE FINDS THE WAY TO MAKE SCOTT SKILES’ DAYJune 20, 1986 | Detroit Free PressThe car pulled up and the young man stepped out and the kids from the basketball camp ran over and wrapped around ...Read More
THE NBA TREND IS CLEAR: LOOK SKYWARD FOR TALENTJune 18, 1986 | Detroit Free PressChuck Daly poked nervously at his cottage cheese. There was an hour to go before the NBA draft, and already he had ...Read More
IS IT OVER?MORRIS: TIGERS NOT REALLY CARINGJune 15, 1986 | Detroit Free PressTORONTO -- Jack Morris objects.To all of it. The losing, the last-place standing, the ballooning ERAs, the ...Read More
GIANTS’ STEPS FORWARD SHOULD GIVE TIGERS PAUSEJune 12, 1986 | Detroit Free Press"Hello? Roger Craig, please.""Sparky? . . . Is that you?""Yeah, Roger. It's me. Your old boss.""You don't sound ...Read More
EVEN MAMMOTH WINFIELD CAN’T ESCAPE LONG SHADOWSJune 11, 1986 | Detroit Free PressTime will be kinder to Dave Winfield. One day when there is no shadow of Reggie Jackson, no shadow of George ...Read More
NBA’S GAME 6 MAY HAVE TECHNICAL FOUL AND TKOJune 8, 1986 | Detroit Free PressBOSTON -- They will not jump it up today. They will ring a bell instead.Out will come the Celtics. Out will come ...Read More
CELTICS’ MOST VALUABLE IS THE ONE WITH THE TIEJune 6, 1986 | Detroit Free PressHOUSTON -- On a team with the likes of Larry Bird and Kevin McHale and Dennis Johnson, the least likely hero is ...Read More
HOUSTON’S WIN TAINTED BY RALPH’S GIANT DISGRACEJune 6, 1986 | Detroit Free PressHOUSTON -- How can you reconcile this? How can you take a bloody disgrace and wrap it in a miracle? What Houston ...Read More
EVEN IN DEFEAT, AKEEM IS MORE THAN A DREEMJune 5, 1986 | Detroit Free PressHOUSTON -- He still remembers the last time it happened, three years ago, when North Carolina State tried a ...Read More
HASTE TO MAKE PARK COACH MADE WASTE OF HIS CHANCESJune 4, 1986 | Detroit Free PressWell, news of his firing caught a lot of people off guard, but the plain truth is this: Brad Park had a sword ...Read More
ROCKETS REACH FOR THE SKY; FINALLY, THEY GET THERE FIRSTJune 2, 1986 | Detroit Free PressHOUSTON -- Finally, it was time for giants. There were seven seconds left in the madness of this NBA championship ...Read More
SOMEONE SHOULD PROTEST; BILL’S A LITTLE, UH, BORINGMay 29, 1986 | Detroit Free PressBOSTON -- I expect Patty Hearst. I expect Grateful Dead lyrics. I expect pamphlets on Save The Whales and news of ...Read More