The Tigers won their 16th game in the last 20 when they rallied to beat the Colorado Rockies, 7-6, Saturday night at Comerica Park. They finally climbed to .500 and are in the race to win the American League Central Division.

It was an exciting game, but the best part was being able to watch the game with my son Little B, who hung on every pitch and every run. He jumped as high in the air as the Tigers did when Miguel Cabrera hit a game-winning double in the bottom of the ninth to erase a one-run deficit. And he loved watching Ryan Raburn's grand-slam home run that gave the Tigers a 5-0 lead.

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Let me be very, very, very selfish.

This Stanley Cup was for the people. This was for the unemployed auto workers, the people between jobs and the people who are worried about losing their homes. This is for the man and woman who want so badly to go to every Red Wings game but cannot afford to do so.

We watched hard working and deserving players celebrate the Wings fourth Cup in 11 years following a 3-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 6. They are the ones who put their blood and sweat into this. They deserved the accolades and the moment.

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Later today I will give a speech on the state of sports journalism at Central Michigan University.

I am being honored as the school's 2008 journalist of the year and part of the deal is lunch and a speech from me about where we stand in my profession. I won't give you my entire speech, but what I do now is a lot different than what I did 27 years ago when I got into this business.

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Sunday I went to Davidson College's post game press conference out of respect.

I was not writing about the game. I didn't need to hear what the players and coaches were saying. I wanted to hear them.

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