Detroit Free Press

TUCSON, Ariz. -- "Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned. It's been 12 months since my last confession.""Go on, ...

The moments come out of nowhere, like no-look passes that hit them in the head. Maybe James Voskuil is running drills in practice and suddenly -- boink! -- he can't help it, he's thinking "Oh, man, I have that paper due tomorrow . . .""Voskuil! Rebound!" Or maybe Rob Pelinka is sitting in a business school lecture and suddenly -- boink! -- he can't help it, he's thinking about that three-point shot he could have made last night against Indiana, if he just put a little more arch on the . . . "Mr. Pelinka? You with us?"

When tragedy strikes -- a murder, a terrorist bombing, a devastating hurricane -- there are some who rush to help, ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Uh-oh. Now they had Jalen Rose's attention. Now he was awake. The Illinois crowd had foolishly ...

Maybe you are lucky enough not to live in the low end of the city, and so the idea of being some place where drugs are used, or sold, or both, still seems shocking. It isn't. It happens all the time in Detroit. So it is really no jolt that Jalen Rose, a city kid, a Detroit kid, was in a house where drugs were found last October. This does not make him an addict. Or a user. Or a dealer. He is none of those things. He is a city kid who has friends, old friends, from way before he wore that maize and blue uniform, and some of those friends are involved with drugs.

Mike Peplowski deserved better than this. He had the scars, and he put in the years. No way a Spartan like him should have to exit the greatest rivalry of his college career on the short end, while two young Wolverine players, Ray Jackson and Chris Webber, danced on the scorer's table, shaking their hips and leading the crowd in a wave. Peplowski looked down. He kept walking.