Detroit Free Press

ALBERTVILLE, France -- This is an Olympic story, the best kind, the kind that doesn't end in a medal and really ...

VAL d'ISERE, France -- Being the first skier on the Olympic downhill is like being the first float in a parade: People wave, but they're looking over your shoulder. They're waiting for the good stuff that comes next.

ALBERTVILLE, France -- Hey. When it comes to patriotism, I do my part. I salute the flag. I pay taxes. I coach ...

ALBERTVILLE, France -- Whoosh!Whooooosh!HELLLLLP!Yes, sports fans, it's time once again for the Winter Olympics, ...

This column is about who our next president will be, and it begins with a premise: that human beings make ...

MINNEAPOLIS -- At the risk of being rude, I think it's time the AFC took its marbles and went home. This is not its game, this Super Bowl thing. The AFC has about as much fun here as the guy in the sponge toss who gets dropped in the water. Splash! Down goes this year's AFC sacrifice, the Buffalo Bills, in embarrassing fashion, 37-24, to the Washington Redskins. Don't let Sunday's final score fool you. Here was another Super Bowl so lopsided that Washington was ready to dump Gatorade on coach Joe Gibbs -- at halftime.

MINNEAPOLIS -- The Japanese, we are told, don't want our cars. They don't want our electronics. They don't want our work habits. But they do want our Super Bowl.That was pretty clear this week, when I spotted no less than 30 Japanese workers from a single Japanese TV station, all here for the big game. I noticed them racing around the Metrodome, seeking interviews with players. I noticed them lugging video equipment, often running from one location to the next, the heavy steel units slamming on their shoulders.