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Latest Column: Sunday, May 20, 2012

Winans' attack: We're all at risk

He is a famous gospel singer, a TV star, a pastor who gave the stirring eulogy at Whitney Houston's funeral.

That didn't stop several men from attacking him at a Detroit gas station in broad daylight Wednesday, roughing him up and stealing his SUV, his money and his expensive watch, leaving him with an injured hand and torn pants.

"I was like, ÃÂThis isn't happening,'" Marvin Winans, founder of Detroit's Perfecting Church, told a WXYZ-TV (Channel 7) anchor after the incident. "Come on. We give you money. We help."

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Latest Column: Sunday, August 7, 2011

The Joys of Summer

Go ahead, kids. Lie in the grass. Study the clouds. Daydream. Be lazy. You have our permission.

I feel sorry for today’s kids. Summer comes, they’re finally free from school—and bang!Band camp. Science seminars. Internships.

Instead of downtime, it’s get-up-and-go time. Chorus travel, archaeological digs, dance tours. My nephew from Michigan flew to Georgetown University for a summer medical program, replete with cadavers. He was 16.

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Hate on Humphries

From the February 12, 2012 episode of Sports Reporters

Latest Column: Sunday, May 20, 2012

Prince FielderThe $214-million mana royal fit

He laughs with a teammate and pulls on a pair of black shorts. It's nearly a quarter way through the season, and the Prince is feeling comfortable on his throne - well, OK, his locker chair - even if he and the Tigers haven't exactly set the world on fire. "It's just the same stuff in a different place," Prince Fielder said before Friday's game. "Obviously, different teams. Different pitchers. Other than that, it's baseball."

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Latest Column: Monday, January 12, 2009

The Courage of Detroit

This was Christmas night. In the basement of a church off an icy street in downtown Detroit, four dozen homeless men and women sat at tables. The smell of cooked ham wafted from the kitchen. The pastor, Henry Covington, a man the size of two middle linebackers, exhorted the people with a familiar chant.

“I am somebody,” he yelled.

“I am somebody!” they repeated.

“Because God loves me!”

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Mitch Albom has written a syndicated column for the Detroit Free Press for the last 25 years archived here exclusively, free of charge. He also periodically writes for national magazines. And he’s a regular on ESPN’s the Sports Reporters, from which his “parting shot” commentaries are collected here.