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Friday, November 16, 1990
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Hey, Wayne! Hey, Wayne?
Hey, Hey, it's . . . Rich?
Bob on weekdays Bob on Sundays?
Mitch Albom will sign copies of his new book, "Live Albom
II," tonight, 6.p.m, at Community News Center in Ann Arbor;
also Saturday, 1 p.m, Barnes & Noble, Rochester Hills, and 3:30
p.m., South Shore Books, Windsor.
MITCH ALBOM
LIVE ALBOM
Copyright (c) 1990, Detroit Free Press
WOE TO THE BRONCOS; 'WHOA' TO WESTHEAD
THE LIVE ALBOM
* I guess Denver is the city to be in these days. They've got a football team
that won't stop yelling and a basketball team that can't catch its breath.
* John Elway complains that Dan Reeves doesn't speak to him except during
games. Reeves says sorry, he's a little busy these days, what with a Bronco
being arrested every half hour.
* And poor Paul Westhead. He ran this offense at Loyola Marymount, they
called him a genius. He runs it in the NBA, they want to give him a
breathalizer test.
* Some people think Detroit's Rich Karlis is nuts to kick barefooted in cold
weather. But Rich used to do a lot zanier things back in the '60s, when he
played Davy Jones in "The Monkees."
* This weekend, folks. The Harvard-Yale game.
* Who has the TV on that, PBS?
* Is it just me, or did that Dennis Rodman ankle thing seem to fix itself
real fast?
* I mean, one minute, he's scheduling himself for surgery, the next minute
he's galloping after a loose ball. Is it the shoes, Mars?
* It ain't the shoes. The truth is the Pistons' coaches, while they love
Dennis, still aren't sure they understand him. He says he hurts. The X-rays
show nothing serious. Then he says he's OK. Then he's starting. He baffles
them. He baffles everybody.
* Speaking of baffling, how about the Lions' quarterback situation? Poor Bob
Gagliano. He gets thrown into so many fine messes, he's starting to feel like
Laurel and Hardy.
* Seriously, Gagliano deserves better. How would you feel if, at age 32,
people kept telling you, "Sorry, we have kids to concentrate on"?
* The fact is, Gagliano is a good quarterback. At times, I think he
understands the run 'n' shoot better than all of them.
* It says here that Cecil Fielder wins the MVP. I just have a feeling.
* And if Rickey Henderson complains, they should put a sock in his mouth.
* Question: When Darryl Strawberry said he "wasn't appreciated" in New York,
was he talking about his alcohol problems, his constant teammate-bashing, the
fist he threw at Keith Hernanzdez or the time he smacked his wife in the
nose? I'm just curious what New York didn't appreciate.
* When Steve Fisher took over at U-M, I thought his big problem would be
recruiting. Juwan Howard and Jimmy King? Maybe I was wrong.
* I'd sure like to know what the Arizona voters were thinking when they
rejected a holiday for Martin Luther King Jr. I mean, politics aside. Whoever
heard of voting against a holiday?
* Wasn't that the first thing they taught us in school? Holiday good, school
day bad?
* I'm glad Wayne Fontes can stay optimistic in yet another losing season. But
he doesn't need to yell "Yabba Dabba Doo!" whenever he hears a whistle.
COLUMN