Article: It's grin and bear it for Big Ben Wallace.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)

Byline: Mitch Albom

DETROIT _ Ben Wallace is the kind of man about whom people have a favorite part. Kind of like a super hero. Some people like Batman's cape, some like his mask, some like that chiseled rubber torso.

With Wallace, it's his hair, or his headband, or his telephone pole arms. Personally, I am impressed by his grin. You don't see it often. You can't see it from afar. But it creeps across his face, ever so slightly, when he realizes something that he's silently wanted may actually be coming his way.

"Are you happy people are starting to say the Pistons are not just a decent team, but maybe a championship one?" he is asked.

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