CAN’T STAY AWAY ON OPENING NIGHTOctober 12, 2000 | Detroit Free Press"SQUEEZE MY knee," Gordie Howe said.He was sitting in a 1955 Ford convertible, part of a lineup of classic cars ...Read More
ELVIS HAS LEFT … AND WHAT DO I DO?October 8, 2000 | Detroit Free PressMy dog is gone. Thirteen years ago, I plucked him from a litter of golden retriever puppies, tumbling over one ...Read More
WHAT YOU SAW ON NBC WASN’T THE REAL THINGOctober 2, 2000 | Detroit Free PressI've been lucky enough to cover the last 10 Olympics, both winter and summer, from Sarajevo to Sydney. This time, ...Read More
UNFORGETTABLEMARION JONES’ STAGE PRESENCE AND PERFORMANCE TRANSCEND A SPORT AMERICANS TRYHARD TO IGNORESeptember 29, 2000 | Detroit Free PressSYDNEY, Australia -- The great ones make you forget their flaws. Michael Jordan became so synonymous with ...Read More
SHAME AND GLORYOUR TALE OF OLYMPIC PROPORTIONS: A SLEAZY SPORT, A MIRACULOUS UPSET AND ALESSON IN FRIENDSHIPSeptember 28, 2000 | Detroit Free PressSYDNEY, Australia -- Time was, if you wanted the thrill of an Olympic fight, you went to boxing. Now you go to ...Read More
LAP OF LEGACYAUSSIES’ FREEMAN WON OLYMPIC GOLD TO HELP HEAL HER COUNTRY’S SCARS; USA’SJOHNSON DIDN’T HAVE TOSeptember 26, 2000 | Detroit Free PressSYDNEY, Australia -- One lap. One glorious lap. One run around the track when you are faster than them all, faster ...Read More
NIGERIAN HURDLER RUNS ON DESPITE HER HEAVY HEARTSeptember 25, 2000 | Detroit Free PressSYDNEY, Australia -- To look at her, so small, only 5-feet-1, you wonder how she gets those short legs over those ...Read More
HOP RIGHT TO IT: TRY SOME ‘ROOSeptember 24, 2000 | Detroit Free PressSYDNEY, Australia -- I did not waltz with Matilda.I ate her.I admit it. I ate kangaroo. And I feel terrible. I ...Read More