The Games were once cozy, quaint and snowy; what happened to Winter Olympics?February 6, 2022 | Comment, Detroit Free Press, SportsI attended my first Winter Olympics nearly 40 years ago in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, a city about the size of Wichita. ...Read More
There’s nothing wrong with the Olympics, but hosting them now is a bad ideaJuly 23, 2021 | Detroit Free Press, SportsThe first Olympic Games I covered were in an alpine village in a country that no longer exists. Sarajevo, ...Read More
Farewell to the boss; he made us all betterNovember 1, 2015 | Comment, Detroit Free PressToday’s column will surprise the first person who reads it. That’s because the first person to read my column — ...Read More
Lions’ season slip slidin’ away after loss to EaglesDecember 9, 2013 | Detroit Free Press, SportsPHILADELPHIA — LeSean McCoy went dashing through the snow, past Nick and Louis and DeAndre and Ndamukong and ...Read More
A new buzz swarming Beyonce’s lip-synchingFebruary 3, 2013 | Comment, Detroit Free PressHere's why people get so upset at lip-synching. When I was a teenager, I was in a band. One summer we got a "gig" ...Read More
A new buzz swarming Beyoncé’s lip-synchingFebruary 3, 2013 | Detroit Free PressHere's why people get so upset at lip-synching. When I was a teenager, I was in a band. One summer we got a "gig" ...Read More
Stick to your guns – except for Costas?December 9, 2012 | Comment, Detroit Free Press, SportsStick to sports.I've heard it often. So have many of my colleagues. NBC's Bob Costas just heard it in ...Read More
Eli, again, wins on final driveFebruary 6, 2012 | Detroit Free Press, SportsINDIANAPOLIS - He did it in the desert. Now he did it in a dome. Eli Manning stepped back late in another Super ...Read More