ONE OWNER/THREE TEAMS MAY BE THE NEW MATH
Normally, I’d be concerned.Normally, if one man owned three sports teams in Detroit, I’d worry.I’d worry he was overstretched.I’d worry he’d favor one team over the other.I’d worry he might use his near-monopoly to gouge the city,...
IT’S NOT RACE, LEBRON, BUT IT MIGHT BE YOU
Why ask the question?When LeBron James spoke to CNN this past week, and the criticism of how he handled his free-agency arose, CNN’s Soledad O’Brien found it necessary to pose this query: “Do you think there’s a role that race plays in...
Chrysler Workers Face Tale of the Tape
They used to call it “the liquid lunch.” Businessmen left around noon, came back around 2, and in between – under the cloak of “working”- knocked back the booze.For many years, this was not only tolerated, it was part of business life. Of...
Best Intentions
On another doomed Sunday in Detroit, the Best part was a guy named Best, first name Jahvid, the rookie running back you’ve heard so much about. In his first official game at Ford Field, he finished with 232 yards of offense. He scored his third touchdown of the...
FEELING POOR IS MORE COMMON THAN EVER
NEWS ITEM: The U.S. Census Bureau reported that one in seven Americans was living in poverty.A homeless man sees a car go past. He holds up his sign. The car doesn’t stop. The driver is distracted, upset at the news from his cell phone. His financial adviser is...
Your Eyes Don’t Lie: Johnson Clearly Made a Game-Winning Catch
CHICAGO – That was a touchdown. You can show me the rule book. You can cite the referees. You can stand me in front of Jim Schwartz even as he defends the call that killed his team. I don’t care. By any definition that makes sense, by any memory of any...
KOREA’S KIDS JUST LIKE OURS, 100 YEARS AGO
SEOUL, South Korea -“If they can do that in South Korea, we can do it right here in the United States of America.”President Barack Obama said that last year. He was talking about school. He was talking about hours. He was talking about how hard South...
GOLDEN THRILL
SOUTH BEND, Ind. – One day soon, this is going to bite them. One day soon, some team will figure this kid out and hang a stinging loss on a very incomplete Wolverines team. One day soon. But in the meantime Â
HE’S THE MAN
SOUTH BEND, Ind. – One day soon, this is going to bite them. One day soon, a team will figure out Denard Robinson and hang a stinging loss on these incomplete Wolverines. One day soon. But in the meantime  Give this kid the game ball. Give him ALL the game...Stay Connected
The only newsletter dedicated to updates, exclusive content, and giveaways of Mitch's books!