Detroit Free Press

LAKELAND, Fla. -- Lloyd Moseby pulled on the gray Tigers pants. Then came the Tigers shirt, which he buttoned ...

LAKELAND, Fla. -- Hey, we've been going about this all wrong. All these college kids who hike through Europe? All ...

LAKELAND, Fla. -- So there I am standing in my cornfield when this voice comes out of nowhere."If you go there," it whispers, "they will play.""I beg your pardon?" I say."If you go there . . . they will play."I poke my hoe in the ground. I look at my dog. I check to see if I left the transistor radio on. I look at my dog again."If you go there . . ." the voice of baseball repeats, "they will play."I cock my head. "You gotta be kidding me."

When the final buzzer sounded, Jacques Demers slumped over like a man who'd had his prayers turned down by God. ...

Well, once again, movie fans, it's Mr. Oscar here to answer your Academy Award questions. Let me start by saying there are three things you can count on in this year's broadcast: 1) You will not win anything. 2) You will not be nominated for anything. 3) You will fall asleep before any of the good awards are given out.Well, I can see you're excited already. Let's begin, shall we?Q. Mr. Oscar. Can you explain the basic purpose of the Academy Awards?

NEW ORLEANS -- It was after midnight when the glass slipper finally gave way. One second. One miserable second. They were that far from another amazing victory, that far from sleeping on the doorstep of the Final Four. And then a freshman from New York City let fly a shot that would make any playground proud, and it fell through the nets and the miracle was on its way out.

NEW ORLEANS -- So there I am on the airplane squeezed in next to Mike Peplowski, who is the size of a small ...

Now the hard question: Who's responsible?Some former players have finally admitted what has been whispered in sports circles for some time: Michigan State football players, at least in the 1987 season, maybe longer, routinely used steroids to bulk up.