Detroit Free Press

PORTLAND, Ore. -- Buck and Duck are in a pluck. And out of luck. Oh, such a muck.But wait -- they're built like ...

PORTLAND, Ore. -- He had been braced for this death for weeks now, calling the hospital, hoping against hope, ...

I grab the box of Bat shirts and the carton of Bat hats and crawl into the upstairs attic. It is time to put away ...

This time, there was no magic. No Isiah either. This time the Portland Trail Blazers proved that what counts is not how you start but how you finish, and this is how they finished: on top.

This time, there was no magic. No Isiah either. This time it was the Portland Trail Blazers who proved that what ...

NEW YORK -- This place had always treated him like garbage, and there he was in the gutter again. A zero. A big fat zero. Thirteen stinking minutes into the U.S. Open final, in front of millions of people, and he hadn't even won a game from John McEnroe -- not a single game, and only one lousy point -- while McEnroe had cruised to three straight wins without breaking a sweat. People already were whispering "slaughter."He could feel it. The collar. Tightening."There he goes," said a reporter in the press box, "the choking dog."

They come at Bill Laimbeer like kids in a zoo. Look at the beast. You think he bites? This is Laimbeer's life now, every day, in a restaurant, on the street, you can't hide when you're 6-feet-11. Even at home, he's sitting on his porch by the lake, and people approach in their boats and they kill the engine and float past, staring, whispering, "That's him, there. Look."

They come at Bill Laimbeer like kids in a zoo. Look at the beast. You think he bites? This is Laimbeer's life now, ...