
Your Face in Lights in Times Square – Just Buy This T-Shirt
When I was a kid, I went to Times Square and looked up at the billboards. They were massive. Biggest signs I ever saw.”How do you get up there?” I asked my grandmother.”You have to be famous,” she said.For the rest of my childhood, that was the...
Youth is Serving U-M’s Forcier Well
I say hello. He says, "How you doin’?" I say that was some weekend. He says, "Yeah, it was crazy." This is how it goes, the older talking to the younger. The old stand in awe of the pressure and noise – the young shrug and say, "It...
Your Ski Trip – Or An Olympic Event?
Having just returned from a family ski trip, I would like to share the following tip: When skiing down a mountain, never leave anything important near the top, such as a pole or a loved one.I learned this firsthand while skiing with my two young nephews, Jesse and...
Your Team Hasn’t A Chance
Oh, Danny Boy, the hype, the hype is calling you.
You’re not actually drinking that Kool-Aid, are you? The red, gooey stuff that says your Miami Heat, barely a playoff team last year, is now suddenly championship material?
Hey. Dan. I know it’s nice to live by the ocean, but don’t swallow the seawater. It makes you delirious.
Look at my arms. See how far apart they are? That’s the distance between the Pistons and New Jersey. Now look at my arms. See how far apart they are? That’s the distance between the Pistons and Washington.

Your Team Hasn’t A Prayer
Forgive me, Scott, for being a simpleminded Northerner, but which ones are you again? The guys from Chapel Hill? The guys from Durham? Raleigh? No, wait.Winston-Salem?Honestly, how do you keep it all straight? I know we’re supposed to be afraid of any...
Yzerman Deserves a Chance to Finish
Steve Yzerman is on the phone, and I can hear his wife and his daughters and a barking dog in the background. It’s a domestic life for Yzerman now, as it is for most NHL players. But most of them aren’t wondering if the situation is about to become...
Yzerman Back for 21st Year With Wingsfan Favorite is Closing a 1-year, $6 Million Deal With Incentives
Steve Yzerman’s 21st season with the Red Wings is all but signed, sealed and delivered.Yzerman told the Free Press late Monday that he hadn’t signed a contract yet but “negotiations on the major issues are pretty much done. There’s just some...
Zetterberg’s Got It All — Except a Nickname
Oh, Henrik! Oh . . . Henry! Oh . . . Zetterberg? Oh, dear. What to call the newest sensation on the world’s most sensational hockey team? Already, fans in Detroit can’t wait to get to Joe Louis Arena tonight, not only to see the home opener, not only to...