by Mitch Albom | Mar 18, 2010 | Sports
SYDNEY, Australia – Tell me if you’ve heard this one.A blond swimsuit model gets involved with a sports superstar. They are photographed everywhere – two stunning, physically fit young specimens. In time, they announce their engagement. Then a...
by Mitch Albom | Feb 21, 2010 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
Last of three parts Part 1: Children in Haiti cling to way of life at mission Part 2: Amid Devastation in Haiti, Gratitude Fills Their Hearts PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – His body jerks uncontrollably. His right arm pounds against his chest. His eyes are rolled back....
by Mitch Albom | Feb 21, 2010 | Parade Magazine
His feet, he says, were numb. His hands were shaking. His wife was petrified. He stepped forward and rolled the ball. This is a story about doing what you have to do—to survive, to endure, to thrive. Tom Smallwood comes from a place and a life as Middle American as...
by Mitch Albom | Feb 21, 2010 | Detroit Free Press
Last of three parts Part 1: Children in Haiti cling to way of life at mission Part 2: Amid Devastation in Haiti, Gratitude Fills Their Hearts PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – His body jerks uncontrollably. His right arm pounds against his chest. His eyes are...
by Mitch Albom | Feb 19, 2010 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
SECOND OF THREE IN SERIES • Part 1: Children in Haiti cling to way of life at mission • Part 3: Heartache Over Haiti Lingers PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — She is 16 and she comes from a large family, but the large family is gone now. All of them. Eleven died when the...
by Mitch Albom | Feb 18, 2010 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
FIRST OF THREE IN A SERIES Part 2: Amid Devastation in Haiti, Gratitude Fills Their Hearts Part 3: Heartache Over Haiti Lingers PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — They are just children. Some arrived as babies. Some lost their parents. Others were turned over because no...
by Mitch Albom | Feb 14, 2010 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
I’ve been on a luge sled. And I’ve crashed.I’ve felt my jaw vibrate as my helmet dribbled on the ice. Felt my shoulders smack against the walls of a straightaway. Felt the discombobulation of looking down over your feet as you try desperately to...
by Mitch Albom | Feb 8, 2010 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
MIAMI – All game long they clanked swords from opposite sides, the stakes getting higher, the ground rising, from sand to rocks to mountains to a narrow cliff. One mistake. That’s all it would take. You knew that by the fourth quarter Sunday night, because...
by Mitch Albom | Feb 7, 2010 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla. – If Peyton Manning goes down as the greatest quarterback of all time, I’d have no objections. He’s an incredible player. Incomparable statistics. Stays out of trouble. And doesn’t take himself too seriously – except...
by Mitch Albom | Feb 6, 2010 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
When someone told me J.D. Salinger had died, I jokingly asked, “How do they know?”It was dark humor and a tad disrespectful. But I was trying to be complimentary. Salinger, who was even more passionate about his privacy than his writing, had managed, at...
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