Wednesday, June 16
Detroit Cardinal Adam Maida accepted a friendly wager from his Los Angeles counterpart, Cardinal Roger Mahoney.
The payoff? If the Pistons win the title, Detroit's homeless centers will receive a shipment of silk-screened T-shirts with the logo, "Jobs not Jails," and baked goods from Homeboys Industries, a job training facility that offers second chances to at-risk gang-impacted youths in Los Angeles County.
If the Lakers win, Maida will send a case of Friar Ricks home-raised spring honey, along with canned goods and jams from the Earth Works Urban Garden at the Capuchin Soup Kitchen.