by Mitch Albom | Jan 25, 2026 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
When I was a kid and my grandparents were alive, they used to call once a week from Florida. As my parents handed me the phone, I was already frowning, because I knew the first question they would always ask: “How’s the weather?’’ It never failed. Week after week....
by Mitch Albom | Jan 18, 2026 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
The biggest no-fun moment in sports media is talking to a team after a season-ending loss. Some players snarl. Others shake their heads. Many disappear before you can even ask a question. It’s one of those moments both parties wish didn’t have to happen. It’s somber....
by Mitch Albom | Jan 11, 2026 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
When we were kids, we used to pull open the refrigerator and moan, “There’s nothing to eat.” The shelves weren’t empty. There was plenty to choose. What we meant by “nothing to eat” was nothing we wanted to eat. Which brings us to the American diet. Last...
by Mitch Albom | Dec 22, 2025 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
That final play, a doozy, was one part desperation, one part miracle, and eight parts cold water dumped on your head. Amon-Ra St. Brown caught a fourth-down pass within spitting distance of the goal line. But he got sandwiched by two Pittsburgh Steelers defenders,...
by Mitch Albom | Dec 21, 2025 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
I couldn’t sleep. So I snuck out in the wee hours to see the Great American Christmas tree. Beneath its branches were gifts of various sizes, marked with cards to identity their contents. One expensively-wrapped gift read: “Prosperity.” Another flashing one read:...
by Mitch Albom | Dec 14, 2025 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
If you go there now, you see an empty basketball floor in a decaying brick building. But if you narrow your gaze and let your mind drift, you can picture the crowds of wanna-be players over the decades, stuffing the narrow rafters, waiting for their chance. You can...
by Mitch Albom | Dec 11, 2025 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
No one is above anything. If you haven’t learned that by now in the new world of college football, learn it today. Schools aren’t above bad behavior. Players aren’t above bad behavior. Coaches aren’t above bad behavior. The only surprise left is that anyone is...
by Mitch Albom | Dec 7, 2025 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
My first-ever book signing was in 1988, for a collection of my columns that the Free Press had published. It was a paperback called “The Live Albom.” I got a call from a small local bookstore asking if I would come on a weekday afternoon to sign copies. For two hours....
by Mitch Albom | Dec 5, 2025 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
When you need divine help, you call on a Saint. Here were the Detroit Lions, their fans praying hard, in a game that they had to have, on a series that they had to control. They were clinging to a one-touchdown lead over Dallas with less than three minutes to go....
by Mitch Albom | Nov 30, 2025 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
Here’s something I once did for this job: I lit my lunch on fire. It was 1989, and an earthquake had just hit San Francisco, where I was sitting inside Candlestick Park about to write on a World Series game. The stadium had thundered, the players and fans had...
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