Last year saw a cataclysmic event, inconceivable yet real. The Red Sox beat the Yankees in what was arguably the greatest comeback in baseball history. They lost the first three games of the playoffs and then swept the next four. They answered Pedro Martinez' question "Who's your daddy?" with ninth inning homeruns. Then they went on to sweep the Cardinals. Babe Ruth's ghost failed to put in an appearance and no balls went through Bill Buckner's legs. As always, the rivalry was bitter. ...

The Detroit Pistons shock the world by beating the Lakers in the fifth and decisive game of the NBA Finals! Pistons 100 LA Lakers 87 The Pistons win the series four games to one. Go Pistons! The Pistons have a slogan over their tunnel entrance: "Hard work pays off." In four words, that summarizes this Detroit team. They played hard every possession of every quarter. Here's to the Great Wall of Wallace. (Big Ben and Ra-SHEED!) Here's to Richard "Rip" Hamilton. Here's to...

So, tomorrow night the Detroit Pistons play the Los Angeles Lakers for the NBA Championship. Most sports pundits give LA, with four future Hall of Famers in their starting lineup, a considerable edge in this series. My brain tells me that LA will win in four, maybe five. Ah, but my heart.... The LA Lakers have Shaq (also known as "Superman," just read his tattoo) and Kobe. They have Karl "The Mailman" Malone and Gary "The Glove" Payton, who came to LA just to get championship rings. Heck, ...

I am going to jump on the Laker bandwagon. Let me start by saying that I am not a Laker fan. The Lakers are, for me, the basketball equivalent of the New York Yankees; the team that I love to hate. But I think that this Laker team has all the ingredients to be one of the great teams of all time. Certainly they are loaded with talent. In Kobe, Shaq, Malone and Payton they have four sure Hall of Famers. But the Lakers also have experience, hunger and chemistry that will make this a team to reme...