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IT WON’T BE SO EASY THIRD TIME AROUND

April 27, 1991 | Detroit Free Press

No analysis, please. No end-of-the-world speeches -- not after Game 1 of the playoffs. Come on. We know better ...

Pistons Letter-Perfect:It’S Simple As A,B,C

April 26, 1991 | Detroit Free Press

OK. You're at a cocktail party. You're standing on the table. You're waving your arms, howling like a moose, you've got the whole room listening to you. . . . And you blank out. You were about to tell them why the Pistons will win their third straight NBA championship, starting with Game 1 of the playoffs tonight at the Palace. You were about to tell them why the other NBA teams are not that good, why the Pistons have nothing to fear, now that Earl Strom has retired.

Has The Nfl Draft Gone Totally Daft?

April 22, 1991 | Detroit Free Press

Well now, wasn't that a fun little NFL draft? The No. 1 pick bolted to Canada, the No. 6 pick never went to college, and Todd Marinovich went in the first round to the LA Raiders, where his cocaine possession charge will be laughed at as kid stuff.Wait. Did I mention the Lions? Amazing. They went into Sunday with one first-round pick and came out with two. They needed a receiver and a defensivelineman -- and they got a receiver and a defensive lineman. I am not prepared for this. I must take a Maalox and sit down.

FOREMAN STANDS . . . AND DELIVERS

April 21, 1991 | Detroit Free Press

ATLANTIC CITY -- The scene that replays, over and over, is the ninth round, maybe 12 seconds left, the boxers ...

Survival Of The Fattest Is Moral Win For Foreman

April 20, 1991 | Detroit Free Press

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- He would not go down. He would not go down. No matter how many times Evander Holyfield hit him square on the mouth, flush in the stomach, smack on the head, George Foreman would not budge, would not slip, would not buckle. He would not go down. Somewhere in the middle of this heavyweight championship fight, it ceased to become about winning and became all about survival. The crowd was roaring, "George! George! George!" They screamed as he refused to even sit on a stool between rounds.

Root For George,And Pass The Dessert

April 19, 1991 | Detroit Free Press

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- You bet I'm rooting for George Foreman tonight. And so is every American male over 19 or 27 or 31 or whatever age your metabolism changes and suddenly, one morning, after eating the same healthy food you've eaten since you were a boy -- namely, a bowl of Cap'n Crunch, a baloney sandwich, three Mallomars, two burgers and a half-liter of Coke -- you wake up with Bill Murray's body. But not his sense of humor.