by Mitch Albom | Oct 19, 2007 | Detroit Free Press
They hook their fingers and start to run, arms swaying in unison, feet thumping stride for stride. A short black man named Michael Holmes, a tall lanky white man named Bill Guisinger. They run inches apart, all but breathing on each other.
The funny thing is, Michael has never seen Bill. Wouldn’t know him if walked right past. Michael is blind. His world went dark in 1978, when he was in his early 20s, the result of cataracts and glaucoma.
by Mitch Albom | Oct 14, 2007 | Detroit Free Press
In Cleveland last week, a 14-year-old went on a shooting rampage at his school, wounding two teachers and two students, then turning the gun on himself. Grieving children and parents were left wondering: How on earth can something like this happen?Microsoft’s...
by Mitch Albom | Oct 8, 2007 | Detroit Free Press
LANDOVER, Md. – Egg, laid. Here it was Sunday, fresh from the wet hen of a Lions offense that didn’t click and a Lions defense that didn’t attack. No touchdowns. No sacks. No win. All feathers.Egg, laid.Or, as Jon Kitna put it, “Today...
by Mitch Albom | Oct 7, 2007 | Detroit Free Press
TO: All kidsFROM: A sportswriterIt wasn’t always like this. Once upon a time, the sports world didn’t have handcuffs, fingerprints and indictments. Once upon a time, we didn’t have steroids, HGH or dogfighting. Once upon a time, we really did just...
by Mitch Albom | Oct 3, 2007 | Detroit Free Press
Of all the no-brainer moves in sports, signing manager Jim Leyland to an extension tops the list. This was as easy as letting water run down a drain. As simple as picking vanilla at a Häagen-Dazs store. Leyland, from all accounts, made the decision even easier. On...
by Mitch Albom | Oct 1, 2007 | Detroit Free Press
Jon Kitna walked into the postgame news conference and made a declaration.”Last week,” he said, “was an aberration.”He paused. “Did I say that word right?”Right word. Wrong week. Sunday was the aberration – at least around...
by Mitch Albom | Sep 30, 2007 | Detroit Free Press
I was coming through an airport recently and found myself next to a tall young man who was smiling my way. Trying to be polite, I smiled back. He nodded his head. I nodded in turn.Had we had met before, I wondered? Had I forgotten his name? Where would I know him...
by Mitch Albom | Sep 27, 2007 | Detroit Free Press
It was a thick and showery September night, full of farewell hugs between vendors in the hallways and a promising baseball team looking out at October.A suddenly wide-open October.”I didn’t make any plans for next week, just in case,” Justin...
by Mitch Albom | Sep 24, 2007 | Detroit Free Press
PHILADELPHIA – They came looking for their future and found their past.Every bad game the Lions ever played, they relived – and outdid – in the first 30 minutes Sunday.Every grand idea ever squandered on the road, they squandered again in...
by Mitch Albom | Sep 23, 2007 | Detroit Free Press
Free speech is a vital issue. Civil rights is a vital issue. Police brutality is a vital issue.But when Andrew Meyer, a 21-year-old University of Florida student, was rude, disruptive and got dragged off and Tasered by police – after being warned and still...
