by Mitch Albom | Aug 13, 2006 | Detroit Free Press
Once again, I am late getting around to Susan Butcher. It has happened before. The first time was 15 years ago in Alaska. I was there to cover the Iditarod dogsled race, the only reporter from the continental states to do so. Butcher was about the only name anyone had...
by Mitch Albom | Aug 9, 2006 | Detroit Free Press
You hear maybe a half a dozen theories as to why the Tigers won’t keep up their amazing performance this year. The Tigers love those theories, the way that Johnny Depp in the latest “Pirates” movie says he loves moments that test his character...
by Mitch Albom | Aug 8, 2006 | Detroit Free Press
Francisco Liriano started Monday morning as a sports cover story on the national edition of the New York Times. That’s pretty heady stuff for a 22 year-old. Most athletes go their entire lives and never get that treatment. The Times cooed over Liriano’s...
by Mitch Albom | Aug 6, 2006 | Detroit Free Press
Despite what you might have heard last week, Mel Gibson is not Satan. He also is not God. Forgetting such simple truths is what causes the trouble in the first place. It would help to recall that Gibson got his first movie break after a bar fight, which bruised his...
by Mitch Albom | Aug 1, 2006 | Detroit Free Press
I unroll my Joe Namath poster. I dig out my Mickey Lolich trading cards.”What are you doing?” my coworker asks.”Didn’t you hear?” I say. “Dominik Hasek is back. He’s the Red Wings’ goalie again.””So?”...
by Mitch Albom | Jul 30, 2006 | Parade Magazine
A woman steps up to the table at an Italian restaurant. She is elderly, but as she smiles at Tony Bennett, her eyes widen like a teenager’s. “I heard you perform once in a place near here after the war. Oh, you sang wonderfully. I was with a fella that...
by Mitch Albom | Jul 27, 2006 | Detroit Free Press
I was speaking with Mike Ilitch this week, and the subject of goaltending came up. I asked what free-agent goalie he might like for his Red Wings.He answered with a story.”After we won our first Stanley Cup,” he said, “a little blond-haired guy...
by Mitch Albom | Jul 23, 2006 | Detroit Free Press
Consider this scenario: Many years from now, some great-granddaughter of President George W. Bush is crippled in a car accident. There are treatments available that will heal her wounded spinal cord. But the doctor shakes his head and says, “I’m sorry,...
by Mitch Albom | Jul 21, 2006 | Detroit Free Press
First game, they were in awe. Second game, they got moving. Third game, they knocked guys over. If there was a story line to this hugely-important-even-if-it’s-not-hugely-important series against the White Sox, you could characterize it that way. The Tigers...
by Mitch Albom | Jul 19, 2006 | Detroit Free Press
As any chased rabbit can tell you, running from in front is not much fun. You can hurt yourself looking over your shoulder. And no doubt there are a few sore necks this morning, after the White Sox pounded the Tigers on Tuesday night to gain a game in their chase. But...
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