by Mitch Albom | May 16, 2010 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – It was a small thing. A slight move of the hand. I gently pulled some money from my pocket and suddenly – "ME! ME! MISTER! I HELPED YOU! HEY! ME! MISTER! -" Dozens of men crashed like sea waves, arms...
by Mitch Albom | May 11, 2010 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
In Hockeytown, when the team wins, it feels like destiny, and when it loses, destiny took a breather, sure to be back next year, ready for a kiss, right? Well, at the risk of having my head taken off, don’t be so sure. In the aftermath of the Red Wings’...
by Mitch Albom | May 5, 2010 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
Detroit Free Press | May 5, 2010 The Voice of Summer died in the spring, shortly before the Tigers’ first pitch of the evening. That was fitting. Ernie Harwell would never want to interrupt the game. Gone now. Like the home run that lands in the seats, like...
by Mitch Albom | May 2, 2010 | Parade Magazine
William Kamkwamba of Malawi built a windmill from trash. The kid had an idea. He didn’t have money. He didn’t have supplies. All he had was a book with pictures. He went to a junkyard, found a bicycle rim, PVC pipe, an old tractor fan. And he did something many of us...
by Mitch Albom | Apr 26, 2010 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
Sunday, crummy Sunday. The Red Wings could not defend their net, their home ice or their series lead in Game 6.Now we see if they can defend their legacy.The Wings are one of the great franchises in sports, a perennial playoff team and an occupant of the past two...
by Mitch Albom | Apr 25, 2010 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
They are all over the Internet, short video clips with titles out of a boxing poster. "Raul vs. Pedro.""Red vs. Robert.""Twinkie vs. Saylor." But these are not professional fighters. These are kids. High school kids, middle school kids....
by Mitch Albom | Apr 23, 2010 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
What’s not to like?He’s big. He’s strong. He’s admired by the scouts. He pledged $2.6 million to his alma mater before he even signed a contract, so we know he has incentive to work.And now he’s a Lion.In fact, about the only thing...
by Mitch Albom | Apr 18, 2010 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
What makes us so angry behind the wheel? What makes us yell at a person who cuts us off? What makes us flip a finger if they yell back? What makes us slam on the horn and scream through glass, as if the other driver insulted our family name? What makes us speed up,...
by Mitch Albom | Apr 16, 2010 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
Let’s talk about that commercial. You know the one. Tiger Woods staring into the camera, looking forlorn, as his dead father’s voice talks about being “inquisitive” and “prone to discussion” and ends with the words, “Did you...
by Mitch Albom | Apr 11, 2010 | Comment, Detroit Free Press, Sports
Matt James fell off a balcony. He died. He was 17, four years under the legal drinking age. Police say he was drunk. This would be a tragic story if it were an isolated story.It’s more tragic because it is not. James was not the first underage kid to die during...
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