by Mitch Albom | Jul 26, 2011 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
Now that’s my kind of labor stoppage.Honestly. It was darn near perfect. We didn’t miss a Super Bowl. We won’t miss one regular-season game. They even called a truce long enough to host the NFL draft – the only event of the off-season worth...
by Mitch Albom | Jul 17, 2011 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
I still remember walking into the original Borders bookstore in Ann Arbor. It seemed to take up the entire block. “You gotta see this place!” a friend had gushed, and when we pulled open the doors, I knew what he meant. A symphony exploded in my head. This...
by Mitch Albom | Jul 17, 2011 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
OK. They got me.This afternoon, on a sunny Sunday when a trip to the ballpark would be more routine, I will actually flip on the TV and watch, live from Germany … women’s soccer.Women’s soccer.This, a shrink might say, is a “breakthrough”...
by Mitch Albom | Jul 10, 2011 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
I built one model as a kid. It wasn’t a boat. It wasn’t a car. It was a spaceship.In those days, nothing could fascinate a boy like a long, tall rocket. Mine was the Apollo 11, with its huge thrusters at the bottom and, at the top, the hidden lunar module...
by Mitch Albom | Jul 3, 2011 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
When some Americans look to the skies this Fourth of July, they may see more than fireworks.In 26 states – including Michigan – small planes will be carrying banners that read “God-LESS America” or “Atheism is Patriotic.” It is an...
by Mitch Albom | Jun 26, 2011 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
Thursday night, inside a huge, decaying Detroit church, two worlds were nudging each other like kids sharing a bed.On one side was a movie set. A TV film was being shot of my book “Have A Little Faith,” and massive cameras, cranes and monitors – not...
by Mitch Albom | Jun 21, 2011 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
Whew. That’s a lucky bounce. Nick Lidstrom is coming back for one more season, and Red Wings fans can exhale knowing 19 seasons of the best defenseman in hockey will now be 20.But don’t count on this again. I think it was the last bullet dodged. Had Brian...
by Mitch Albom | Jun 19, 2011 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
A Dallas basketball team won the NBA title last week, but to hear most people tell the story, LeBron James lost it.They say it with glee. “LeBron thought he was so great. Ha-ha. Look at how he messed up at the end!” All across the country, people rejoiced...
by Mitch Albom | Jun 12, 2011 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
Don’t get me wrong. I love cameras. I really do. I just don’t have the desire to stick one down my pants.Call me crazy. I thought that when you took a picture, you had to step back, look through the viewfinder, and say, “One, two, three!” Given...
by Mitch Albom | Jun 5, 2011 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
On a recent international flight to Africa, a passenger pushed his seat back.The passenger behind took offense.One thing led to another. A disagreement. A slap to the head. Intervention by others. The ruckus led the pilot to turn the plane around, dump up to 16,000...
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