by Mitch Albom | Jun 3, 2008 | Detroit Free Press
You wait. You sweat. You die a little to live a lot. And finally, if it is meant to happen, if it is really your destiny, it will happen. You must believe this if you play NHL hockey.The Red Wings seemed to play an entire season in a single game Monday night and into...
by Mitch Albom | Jun 2, 2008 | Detroit Free Press
This was near midnight Saturday, in the tunnel of Pittsburgh’s Mellon Arena, as a pair of reporters spoke to Nicklas Lidstrom quietly, while people passed in all directions. At first, this might seem odd, the captain and biggest star on the best team in hockey,...
by Mitch Albom | Jun 1, 2008 | Detroit Free Press
PITTSBURGH – The first whistle was bad enough, a penalty in the third period, four men against five. But the second whistle was like a gauntlet smash from the gods. “You want the Stanley Cup?” it seemed to screech. “Go through this fire and...
by Mitch Albom | Jun 1, 2008 | Detroit Free Press
Don’t kick ’em when they’re down. There’s no need. The Pistons know they’re finished. Finished for the season. Finished as a concept. When Rasheed Wallace told the media around his locker Friday night, “That’s the end,...
by Mitch Albom | Jun 1, 2008 | Detroit Free Press
Don’t kick ’em when they’re down. There’s no need. The Pistons know they’re finished. Finished for the season. Finished as a concept. When Rasheed Wallace told the media around his locker Friday night, “That’s the end,...
by Mitch Albom | Jun 1, 2008 | Detroit Free Press
Don’t kick ’em when they’re down. There’s no need. The Pistons know they’re finished. Finished for the season. Finished as a concept. When Rasheed Wallace told the media around his locker Friday night, “That’s the end,...
by Mitch Albom | May 30, 2008 | Detroit Free Press
Tonight, they pull out the old armor, they tug on the rusty helmets, they lift the familiar swords. But if they fall, it is over. Know that. This annual drama, this thrilling but maddening Pistons attitude ends tonight if the Celtics win. All good theatre runs its...
by Mitch Albom | May 29, 2008 | Detroit Free Press
BOSTON – Missing big. Bigs, missing. The Pistons can point to many stinging plays in this heartbreaking playoff loss, many moments where Celtics karma seemed to overwhelm them. But for all the histrionics of the final minutes, remember: When Kendrick Perkins is...
by Mitch Albom | May 29, 2008 | Detroit Free Press
BOSTON – Missing big. Bigs, missing. The Pistons can point to many stinging plays in this heartbreaking playoff loss, many moments where Celtics karma seemed to overwhelm them. But for all the histrionics of the final minutes, remember: When Kendrick Perkins is...
by Mitch Albom | May 28, 2008 | Detroit Free Press
There’s a rusting steamship aground in a harbor, and draped across that ship today is a banner that reads “Go Red Wings Go.” The harbor is not in Detroit. It is in Riverhead, Newfoundland, a small town in Canada – way, way north and way, way...
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