Detroit Free Press

BARCELONA -- In the old, bloody days, when his was the only sport worth talking about in this country, the young man's courage would make him a hero. Kings would applaud. Senoritas would throw roses into the ring.

BARCELONA, Spain -- Hours before the Opening Ceremonies, a warm breeze blew across the beach, and a group of ...

"Do you not swelter? Are you not cramped and crowded?"Epictetus, on the Olympic Games, first century AD BARCELONA, ...

They ran naked, for one thing.Really. In ancient Greece, or so the legend goes, Olympians sometimes ran their ...

Free Press columnist Mitch Albom spoke with Dennis Rodman on Thursday morning before Rodman departed for Texas. Here are excerpts from that conversation.Q -- Is it true you don't want to play for the Pistons anymore? A -- It's not like that. I don't want to do anything against Ron Rothstein, but what he and Jack (McCloskey) did to Chuck Daly was wrong. Chuck did so much for this team, and they basically pushed him aside and said, "OK, we got a man to take your place."

So there I was, asleep in my hammock, when my boss calls and says, "I know you're on sabbatical, but as long as ...

So there I was, asleep in my hammock, when my boss calls and says, "I know you're on sabbatical, but as long as ...