CAPTAIN OUT INDEFINITELYMay 3, 2004 | Detroit Free PressIt's cold, it's hard, it's dangerous and it flies. And when a puck hits an unprotected hockey player, it takes no ...Read More
IT’S WIN NOW OR GET BROKEN UPMay 3, 2004 | Detroit Free PressLet's make this simple: If you're a hockey player, being a Red Wing is a pretty good job. Tonight, 20 men will ...Read More
NOTHING BUT NETSApril 30, 2004 | Detroit Free PressIn the NBA, there are players who rise, and players who rise to the occasion, and here was Ben Wallace rising so ...Read More
HOCKEY JUST ISN’T HOCKEY WITHOUT A ROOMMATEApril 27, 2004 | Detroit Free PressBrett Hull is talking on a cell phone as he drives to the airport with his carpool buddy, Chris Chelios. I am ...Read More
THE PROFESSOR STOOD FOR MORE THAN HOCKEYApril 25, 2004 | Detroit Free PressThe Professor said good-bye last week, retiring from the game with little fanfare and only a few paragraphs in the ...Read More
HOLD ON, BECAUSE HERE WE GO AGAINApril 23, 2004 | Detroit Free PressAs the last notes of the "Star-Spangled Banner" hung in the air Thursday night, an octopus came flying out of the ...Read More
BEING BENBEN WALLACE HAS GONE FROM A SMALL-TOWN KID IN ALABAMATO ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR ATHLETES IN DETROIT. HIS JOURNEY HAS BEEN MARKED BYSEVEN DEFINING MOMENTS.April 20, 2004 | Detroit Free PressWhen we begin this story, Ben Wallace is just a teenager. A poor kid from a huge family, he has saved the money he ...Read More
NO TIME LIKE THE PRESENT TO RELIVE THE PASTApril 18, 2004 | Detroit Free PressAs I write this, I am about to fly to a college reunion. Not one of those formal blowout weekends, with speeches ...Read More