by Mitch Albom | Oct 12, 2008 | Detroit Free Press
As the financial markets tumble and America stands on the brink of a depression, people want to know how on Earth we can fix this.I know the answer. But you may not like it.We’re gonna have to be nicer to each other.Yep. That’s what I said. Nicer to each...
by Mitch Albom | Oct 6, 2008 | Detroit Free Press
Hire Millen!Aw, come on, if you don’t laugh now, you’ll cry. It can’t get any worse, but it keeps getting worse. There’s no lower to go, but they keep going lower. The Lions fell behind by 31 points Sunday, didn’t score until the third...
by Mitch Albom | Oct 5, 2008 | Detroit Free Press
We never took off the ties. The athletes got flashier. The analysts got louder. It would have shocked no one if the host and the three panelists undid their Windsor knots, unbuttoned their collars, and got down and dirty with the rest of the sports business. But we...
by Mitch Albom | Oct 1, 2008 | Detroit Free Press
Jim Leyland wanted a vote of confidence. He didn’t get it. He had a talk with his boss, Dave Dombrowski, but when it was done, Leyland had the same one year left on his contract that he had when it started. After Monday’s loss in rainy Chicago, cementing a...
by Mitch Albom | Sep 28, 2008 | Detroit Free Press
You reach a point,” the expression goes, “where you just can’t take it anymore.”Apparently, a woman in Omaha, Neb., reached that point with her teenaged children this past week. Her 14-year-old son was, according to her, smoking pot, sneaking...
by Mitch Albom | Sep 28, 2008 | Detroit Free Press
The pass smacked off the Wisconsin receiver and shot into the air, and linebacker John Thompson held out his hands, praying for the rebound. Down came the ball, a gift from the heavens, and he squeezed it tight, turned toward the end zone and, with the crowd roaring,...
by Mitch Albom | Sep 25, 2008 | Detroit Free Press
And?I mean, I know people wanted Matt Millen gone. I know Millen deserved to be gone. I know now that Millen IS gone, some people are dancing around campfires singing, “Ding dong! The witch is dead.”But I still say this.And?Because unless more changes come...
by Mitch Albom | Sep 23, 2008 | Detroit Free Press
When the owner’s son says he thinks you should be canned, you might want to pull out your suitcase.Bill Ford Jr. is no stranger to the media. He oversees one of the largest car companies in the world. When he wants to say something, he does. And his remarks...
by Mitch Albom | Sep 22, 2008 | Detroit Free Press
SAN FRANCISCO – Get a pie.And get in line.The Lions are becoming the NFL’s answer to banana cream in the face, a clown at a carnival, the mule you kick, the man you dunk by throwing a baseball at a lever and – splash! – down he goes.Take a...
by Mitch Albom | Sep 21, 2008 | Detroit Free Press
I had a dollar.I put it in the bank.”Are you crazy?” someone said. “Banks barely pay interest. Put it in a CD. That’s where you make money.”So I put it in a CD. I made some money. And I put the new money into more CDs.”Are you...
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