Gene Collier of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette writes why Detroit is still called Hockeytown despite empty seats in Game 1... "Still, some wonder how Hockeytown can have a Stanley Cup finalist that doesn't routinely fill its arena, and how the most celebrated athlete in Hockeytown this weekend is probably Richard Hamilton, whose one-handed runner in the lane the other night pulled the Detroit Pistons even with the Boston Celtics in the National Basketball Association's Eastern Conference championship, which are, many have noted, 100 percent ice-free." ...
Bob Wojnowski of the Detroit News writes how the Red Wings too out the Penguins star lineup... "The Wings did everything but knock the C off of Rosby, er, Crosby, holding him to three shots and Malkin to one. When Crosby did get in close in the third period, there was Osgood, squatting low and standing tall." ...
Pistons-Celtics
Drew Sharp of the Detroit Free Press writes how the Celtics had more fire in Game 3... "The Celtics weren't merely the better team in their 94-80 full-scale dominance in Game 3, they were also the hungrier team. They wanted vindication more than the Pistons wanted a victory." ...
Dan Shaughnessy of the Boston Globe writes how it took the Celtics a while to win on the road, but they did it big on Saturday night... "The Celtics played like champions last night. They played like the team New England fell in love with during the 82-game regular season. They stalled the Pistons, moved the ball, threw down ferocious jams, and silenced the Motown crowd with a 94-80 victory at The Palace of Auburn Hills." ...
Spurs-Lakers
Buck Harvey of the San Antonio Express-News writes how the Spurs are an older team who better take advantage of how far they have come this year... "This is who they are, a smart, experienced group that needs naps. This is why Gregg Popovich opted to ration minutes during the regular season, opting for health instead of the best available playoff seed." ...
Bill Plaschke of The Los Angeles Times writes how Bill Walton may not be on television, but he makes sure he keeps in touch with son Luke... "Luke Walton doesn't do e-mail, so this is all he hears, his father calling him before each of the Lakers' first two postseason series with an important message. An imitation of an opposing star talking trash." ...
Other sports
Christopher Clarey of The New York Times writes how 25 years ago Yannick Noah took the French Open and his country's heart... "It has been 25 years since Yannick Noah won this tournament, beating Mats Wilander in the final, then leaping, dreadlocks flying, into the arms of his father, Zacharie, and embedding himself in the memories of a generation." ...
Jay Mariotti of the Chicago Sun-Times writes how the Bears are headed for trouble with Cedric Benson... "When general manager Jerry Angelo seconded those opinions by saying, ``The thing I am most disappointed in is the fact that he put himself in a position to be the victim,'' the Bears should have realized, once and for all, that he's hopelessly unreliable and should be purged from the franchise." ...
Steve Politi of the Newark Star-Ledger writes about a one-time hoops stud... "Louisville declared him academically ineligible last week. Head coach Rick Pitino does not want him back on the team. Caracter first said he would enter the NBA Draft, then changed his mind -- but after his struggles in college, the league's general managers would make that decision for him. Even getting picked in the second round is a pipe dream. He was a prodigy at 13. He is nearly washed up at 20." ...
MICHIGAN - BIG TEN CHAMPIONS
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