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Friday, March 24, 1995
METRO FINAL
1D
Photo
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If he only had . . . courage?
Michael and Kato enjoy a private moment.
Our hero Perry?
Game Face Bill Game Face . . . Bill?
MITCH ALBOM
SEE ALSO METRO FINAL CHASER EDITION, Page 1D
Copyright (c) 1995, Detroit Free Press
THE LIVE ALBOM
* I'll say this about Kato Kaelin. He's sure the guy I'd want watching my
house.
* I mean, has the witness stand become America's answer to Open Mike Night?
Consider the O.J. cast: a cop who's an alcoholic, a sister who's an alcoholic,
an ex-Marine who says he did -- no, wait, he didn't -- talk to F. Lee Bailey,
Rosa Lopez, who can't decide if she's walking the dog or flying to Central
America, Faye Resnick, who's either a dear friend or a junkie, and, of
course, the Kato-Man, who's a few strokes short of par himself.
* No wonder everyone's leaving LA.
* Speaking of Kato, his hairdresser is happy to be getting work again, since
the last head he cut was Bert Lahr's in "The Wizard of Oz."
* Michael vs. Shaq tonight should be renamed "The GNP on TNT."
* That's Gross National Product, for the initial-impaired.
* Well. I'm ready to fill out my NCAA pool now.
* I like Kansas, Arkansas, UMass and Wake Forest to reach the Sweet Sixteen.
And I'm usually pretty good at these things.
* What do you suppose NBC has in store this Sunday to sabotage CBS's ratings?
Babe Ruth as a replacement player?
* How's this for hypocrisy? When Jordan was a minor leaguer and no longer as
lucrative a cover photo -- Sports Illustrated ran a scathing piece called,
"Bag It, Michael -- Jordan and White Sox Are Embarrassing Baseball."
* Last week, SI called Jordan's baseball career "noble," and, of course, put
him on the cover.
* The only problem with this shortened hockey season is that it's temporary.
Does anyone actually miss the 36 games that won't be played?
* Red Wing fans wish the playoffs would start tomorrow, anyhow.
* ATTENTION, GRANT HILL'S AGENT: There's a talk show in Peru he hasn't been
on yet. They're ticked.
* I'm sorry. I have to say this. Shawn Respert should be shooting jump shots
right now, in front of a screaming crowd.
* Speaking of basketball, I knew it was just a matter of time before a Free
Press employee was recognized for his hoop skill. This week, the Freep's Perry
Farrell was given the Mr. Basketball award, under his high school pseudonym,
Robert Traylor.
* I love the baseball headline I saw in USA Today: "Usery: Time now is truly
running out."
* OK. Thanks for the update.
* Where do they hire these mediators? The same place they hire the acting
baseball commissioners, I guess.
* Let's take a quick look at the Lions, shall we? Since the season ended, they
lost their top-performing quarterback, their top-performing kick returner and
their top-performing pass-rusher linebacker. And what's worse -- they still
haven't re-signed Chuck Long!
* I mean, we can live with the first three, but ...
* Bill Frieder's still complaining about his dismissal from Michigan is like
me still looking for my first bicycle.
* Speaking of Frieder, he's got his game face on now. You know, the one he
uses when he plays Freddy Krueger.