by Mitch Albom | Jun 5, 2011 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
He wears his collar unbuttoned and his philosophy on his sleeve. Tom Gores is a billionaire who says, “I always felt like I could do anything.” At 46, he has done what few can. He purchased his home-state basketball franchise.In doing so, he instantly went...
by Mitch Albom | Jun 5, 2011 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
It takes half the day to get Tom Gores on the phone – his staff keeps calling to apologize – but when he finally calls he is patient, responsive and often enthused, sounding as much a cheerleader as an owner.The new boss of the Pistons talks about...
by Mitch Albom | May 29, 2011 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
It’s the first question asked when a baby is about to arrive:”Boy or girl?”And in the case of a Toronto couple, the answer has been, essentially, “Whatever.”Kathy Witterick and David Stocker have decided that their third child, named...
by Mitch Albom | May 15, 2011 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
John Hannah slept many nights on a floor of a homeless shelter. Now, for his final sleep, he lay inside a metal casket, his thin body draped in a blue suit, his graying hair, once scraggly and long, now groomed and combed back.”At peace,” someone observed....
by Mitch Albom | May 12, 2011 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
I had an argument over the Red Wings’ Game 7 tonight. I had it with myself.The Left Side of my brain said: “THIS IS HUGE! THIS IS HISTORY! THIS IS ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS YOU TELL YOUR GRANDKIDS ABOUT!”The Right Side of my brain said: “Relax,...
by Mitch Albom | May 9, 2011 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
John D. Hannah died once.Now he is dying again.The second death is the death of being forgotten. And Hannah, who served his country for years, has been forgotten. His body lies alone in a cooled room in the Gates of Heaven Funeral Home in Detroit, thanks to the grace...
by Mitch Albom | May 6, 2011 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
The clock radio explodes. You pop out of bed. The same song is playing. The same clouds hover outside your window.”What day is it?” you ask.Your coffee tastes like yesterday’s. The clothes you pull on look eerily familiar. You grab a newspaper and...
by Mitch Albom | May 3, 2011 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
It’s simple to kill a man. You point a gun at his head. You pull the trigger. The bullet does the rest. It is far more difficult to kill an idea. And so a headline on cable news Monday – “The End of the War on Terror?” – was so...
by Mitch Albom | May 1, 2011 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
There are two ways you can walk with Donald Trump – toward him or away from him. There are two ways you can hold a camera with Donald Trump – facing him or facing away.For the life of me, I can’t figure out why people don’t choose the second...
by Mitch Albom | Apr 24, 2011 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
It was Ernie’s idea.I was visiting with him and his wife, Lulu, in their home in Novi, in what would be Ernie’s final autumn on this Earth. His friend and attorney, Gary Spicer, was there, and since Ernie was much too modest to bring it up, Gary...
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