by Mitch Albom | Jan 23, 2022 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
Let’s say you and your ex broke up. It was amicable. You both knew it wasn’t working. Then you heard your ex had a new partner. You’re glad. Hey, if it wasn’t going to happen with you, why shouldn’t the other person find happiness? Then you learned your ex’s new...
by Mitch Albom | Jan 16, 2022 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
Two years ago this weekend, a 35-year-old man traveling home from Wuhan, China, became the first American diagnosed with COVID-19. What if someone from today could have greeted him BEFORE he got on that plane? “Whoa! Hold up! You can’t board!” “What? Who are you?...
by Mitch Albom | Jan 10, 2022 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
It would be easy to get excited about the Detroit Lions beating the mighty Packers on Sunday, and maybe some of you feel that way. You must be new to Detroit. The rest of us have seen this movie too many times to be fooled by the ending. It’s like Humphrey...
by Mitch Albom | Dec 31, 2021 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
Cade McNamara is explaining his approach to the game. “I always liked making sure everyone was focused, making sure we took every game and every practice with a level of seriousness.’’ Sounds like what you’d expect from a major college quarterback, right? Except...
by Mitch Albom | Dec 26, 2021 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
My parents were married on Christmas Eve. In a restaurant. It was the only place they could afford. The owner didn’t expect any business that night, so he let them have it cheap. Every December 24, I would make them retell that story, as we — their kids and loved ones...
by Mitch Albom | Dec 19, 2021 | Comment, Detroit Free Press, Sports
I know the real Christmas is later this week, but another Christmas arrived this past July. The one for college athletes. On July 1, the NCAA began permitting college athletes to make money off their name, image and likeness. Nicknamed “NIL,” the rule has, quite...
by Mitch Albom | Dec 12, 2021 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
Every November, she begins her attack. By Thanksgiving she has me surrounded. Come the first of December, she has infiltrated my home. As yuletide approaches, she shadows my every step. She’s in my car. She’s in my office. She’s in my brain. I am talking about Mariah...
by Mitch Albom | Dec 5, 2021 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
When an Oxford police deputy saw a 16-year-old football player crumpled on the floor, bleeding and dying from the bullets that Ethan Crumbley is accused of firing, he knew he couldn’t wait for an ambulance. So he made a fast decision. He carried the teen to his...
by Mitch Albom | Nov 28, 2021 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
You can’t be denied what you will not surrender. That message was delivered with every lowered helmet, every busted tackle, every push behind a blocker or dive over the pile, every churning step that Hassan Haskins powered through with the football Saturday and that...
by Mitch Albom | Nov 21, 2021 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
This Thursday… “I want to welcome everyone back to Thanksgiving. It’s great to see you all —” “Wait. Grandpa?” “Yes?” “Can you pull up your mask?” “Uh … all right, it’s just a little hard to breathe …” “Leave him be, Allison.” “Germs are germs. And with the baby-”...
