Detroit Free Press

THE LIVE ALBOM* I don't know about you. But watching Isiah kiss Kevin (I'm Not Magic) Johnson doesn't do it for ...

After a while, you have seen all the games. The ones where you fall behind early, the ones where you blow them ...

NEW YORK -- Didya hear the one about Patrick Ewing not scoring a point in the entire first half? Heh heh. Pretty ...

News Item: Pistons coach Chuck Daly will meet this weekend with NBC Sports executive producer Terry O'Neill to discuss Daly joining the network as an NBA analyst next season.NEW YORK -- "Good morning, Chuck. Great to see you.""Thanks, Mr. O'Neill.""Terry. It's Terry. Have a bagel. Say hi to our lawyers.""Geez. There's a lot of them.""Thirty-seven. The others couldn't make it. Now then, Chuck, we're very excited about you joining our team. We see big things for you at NBC. Really big things."

I used to know where Maurice Cheeks lived. I knew because he lived in the same Philadelphia apartment building as ...

Good morning, New York, and how are we feeling toda --Ooh, sorry. Are we talking too loud? Bad headache, huh? Here. Try some of these aspirin. It was a nasty fall you took last night. All the way from the clouds to the pits. Lie back, and we'll try to explain what happened.

Forget it. This series is over. I don't mean to sound cocky, but the Pistons can't lose, not now, not since the ...

On the one hand, I really don't want to write this column. It's a pretty foolish issue. On the other hand, sometimes foolish issues grow into serious ones, and it's best to nip them in the bud.First, let me say I like Sparky Anderson. I always have. He's a bona fide legend in baseball, even if the Tigers lose the rest of their games this season, which we are praying very hard won't happen.