GOING . . . GONESAD FACES, SAD ENDING FOR PISTONSMay 17, 1999 | Detroit Free PressATLANTA -- The faces told it all. Grant Hill looking down into his chest and sighing. Bison Dele scowling as he ...Read More
A RUDE AWAKENING FROM SWEEP DREAMSMay 12, 1999 | Detroit Free PressTHE GENIE went back in the bottle, the glass slipper melted away, and the puck that had been stopping everywhere ...Read More
BISON DELE: BIG MAN PUTS OUT LITTLE EFFORTMay 11, 1999 | Detroit Free PressATLANTA -- Their big man, Dikembe Mutombo, was having the time of his life. He backed in on one Piston, knocked ...Read More
WITH RETIREMENT LOOMING, DUMARS SPEAKS HIS PIECEMay 10, 1999 | Detroit Free PressTHERE ARE few things more enjoyable in Detroit sports than a private conversation with Joe Dumars. I have been ...Read More
Thank Your Mom Before It’s Too LateMay 9, 1999 | Detroit Free PressWhen you came into the world, she held you in her arms. You thanked her by wailing like a banshee. When you ...Read More
RANFORD OOZES CALM AMID SUDDEN STORMMay 6, 1999 | Detroit Free PressTHE LOCKER ROOM door opened and it was Bill Ranford's turn with the buffalo herd. He leaned against a wall and ...Read More
THANKS, JOE D.14 YEARS OF CLASS AND HARD WORKMay 3, 1999 | Detroit Free PressON THE LAST day of his amateur life, a kid named Joe Dumars waved good-bye to his sleepy hometown of Natchitoches, ...Read More
IF THE END IS NEAR, WE’D NEVER KNOW ITMay 2, 1999 | Detroit Free PressWhich is more significant, a shooting in a high school or the possible destruction of the world?Which has deeper ...Read More