by Mitch Albom | Jun 19, 2022 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
It is time, once again, to eat, Detroit. On Aug. 3, EAT Detroit returns. Lick your chops. Three years ago, we created an event where participants could wander from one top Detroit restaurant to another, eating and drinking to their heart’s content, all for...
by Mitch Albom | Jun 12, 2022 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
This is what happened, according to police reports. There was a party at a Michigan State fraternity. Four new members had alcohol poured down their throats. They drank until they passed out. Once they were unconscious, the others drew on their bodies, slapped them,...
by Mitch Albom | Jun 5, 2022 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
ANNECY, FRANCE — So there I was, in the Tour de France, fighting the pack as I zoomed around a fast corner, when suddenly — crash! OK. Not entirely true. Wasn’t the Tour. But the rest is accurate. I was on vacation, riding a bike, in France, coming around a...
by Mitch Albom | May 22, 2022 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
Last week marked a watershed moment in college football. Nick Saban complained that a rival school had an advantage in recruiting. Saban has won seven national championships, including six at Alabama, his current school. He’s the most famous coach in his sport....
by Mitch Albom | May 15, 2022 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
For kids like us, it was a magical place. A place you could go on a Saturday morning and transform into someone else, Stevie Wonder, Paul McCartney, Buddy Rich. When you dream of music, getting to play an instrument is the first rung on your fantasy ladder. And in...
by Mitch Albom | May 8, 2022 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
She will get no flowers today. No brunch at a trendy restaurant. Celest Laurry will wake up early in the lower half of a bunk bed and see her two teenage daughters, honor roll kids in high school, tucked in another bunk bed in an adjacent room. The walls are plain...
by Mitch Albom | May 1, 2022 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
Truth and America have a long, interesting relationship. We cherish it. We celebrate it. But we can’t seem to agree on it. It’s even mentioned early in the Declaration of Independence: “truths.” “We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created...
by Mitch Albom | Apr 29, 2022 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
When good luck falls in your lap, let it. Even if it weighs 260 pounds. The Detroit Lions need a pass rusher? Aidan Hutchinson is a pass rusher. The Lions needed a guy who can play right away? Hutchinson is considered the most NFL-ready player in the draft....
by Mitch Albom | Apr 24, 2022 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
Once you get a plane up to cruising altitude, pilots say, all you have to do is keep it steady. Of course, that’s harder to do if there’s a lot of turbulence. Which brings us to Matthew Stafford, the ex-Detroit Lions quarterback, the current LA Rams quarterback...
by Mitch Albom | Apr 17, 2022 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
What’s this I hear about Elon Musk buying Twitter? #CONFUSED Yeah. He wants to buy it and take it private. #CAPITALISM Can he do that? #NEVERSTUDIEDECONOMICS He can if they let him. But Twitter doesn’t want him to take over. They’re fighting back. They’re afraid...
