Sports Poets Society

https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna5225449 William Davidson is the first person to won two world champions in different sports -- The NBA's Detroit Pistons and the NHL's Tampa Bay Lightning. How does such such a successful man stay out of the public's eye? June 16, 2004, 7:50 PM CEST / Source: Forbes By Dan Ackman Last night, the Detroit Pistons won the NBA championship, making team owner William Davidson, who also owns the NHL champion Tampa Bay Lightning, the first owner in major professional sports history to win two championships in different sports in the same year. Davidson also owns the Detroit Shock of the WNBA, the reigning champion of that league. But despite Davidson's unprecedented triumph, and despite his being a charter member of the Forbes 400 with a fortune valued at around $2 billion , there hasn't been a feature business magazine story written about him in more than a decade. That one can be a multi-billionaire owner of sports teams and still remain e...

https://vault.si.com/vault/2004/06/28/710534#&gid=ci0258be3c700826ef&pid=710534---070---image NICELY DONE, JOE PISTONS G.M. JOE DUMARS WAS THE MOST AGREEABLE BAD BOY, BUT HE WAS NO PUSHOVER WHEN IT CAME TO BUILDING AN NBA CHAMPION JACK MCCALLUM SPORTS ILLSUTRATED,  JUNE 28, 2004 TABLE OF CONTENTS ORIGINAL LAYOUT Detroit pistons general manager Joe Dumars stood outside a delirious locker room, hemmed in on all sides by reporters and well-wishers. As sweat poured from his face, he patiently answered the same questions over and over, even as he cast about for an escape route. Dumars's wife of 14 years, Debbie, stood on the outer edge of the pack, unable to rescue him. Their 10-year-old daughter, Aren, clung to Debbie's side, and from time to time their 13-year-old son, Jordan, a ball boy whose blue Pistons T-shirt was soaked with champagne, ambled by, smiling at the pure joy of it all. ¬∂ Joe D--the most understated member of Detroit's 1989 and '90 NBA title teams...

https://vault.si.com/vault/1989/06/05/the-bad-boys-get-better-detroits-isiah-thomas-blew-hot-and-cold-against-chicagos-michael-jordan-above-whose-team-gave-the-pistons-fits DETROIT'S ISIAH THOMAS BLEW HOT AND COLD AGAINST CHICAGO'S MICHAEL JORDAN (ABOVE), WHOSE TEAM GAVE THE PISTONS FITS JACK MCCALLUM Sports Illustrated -  JUNE 05, 1989 TABLE OF CONTENTS ORIGINAL LAYOUT A few steps from the summit of the NBA's mountain, the Detroit Pistons suddenly looked down and felt dizzy. The Pistons are a team ideally suited to the role of underdog, and perhaps the pressure of living up to preseason expectations has affected them. They played without interest and lost Game 1 of their Eastern Conference finals to the Chicago Bulls and, even though they won, appeared disorganized in Game 2. Champions are made of sterner stuff. Despite an 86-80 victory at Chicago Stadium on Monday afternoon, which tied the series at 2-2, the Pistons seemed slightly dazed and confused, fighting to regain ...