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The awful sadness of losing a funny friend

Here's to the lunatics. The dreamers. The yellers. The people who see life as a crazy fun-house ride. Steve ...

Because they could not do the simplest of things, the San Antonio Spurs must now do the most difficult: overcome ...

Fathers are often bad at good-byes. Some find them awkward. Some find them silly. Some just figure, in their ...

He walks in the room with a plastic helmet over his head. He sits. He takes off the helmet. You can see the damage ...

CHICAGO - In the closing moments of "Rocky," the gutsy fighter and his slick rival clench together at the bell, ...

After all the bodies, all the traffic, all the smacking sticks and human shot blocking and forechecks and pile-ups ...

The Most Important Game was the last game of the regular season. If the Red Wings didn't win that one, they might ...

Up and down. Quick as a minute. The compass was broken at Joe Louis Arena, and the game had only two directions: ...

Detroit mayor not exactly dream jobYou get to be in charge, except for the guy who is really in charge. You get to ...

It is never good, in the sports world, to be worried about your "own end," not in horse racing, not in sumo ...

ANAHEIM, Calif. When your liabilities become your assets, you finally can start smiling. Here, at last, was ...

She said, “Come, here, baby.”And I reached for her.She said, “Open wide!”And I ate.She sang, “Rock a bye …”And I ...