by Mitch Albom | Oct 30, 2022 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
The game was barely history before it became secondary. Moments after Michigan thumped Michigan State on the football field, a group of Spartan players assaulted a Wolverine player in the Michigan Stadium tunnel, roughing him up and shoving...
by Mitch Albom | Oct 30, 2022 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
On a recent visit to the cemetery where my parents are buried, I was reminded of a bothersome fact: I have yet to choose my final resting place. I’ve given it thought. I know I should deal with it. But as that old song says: I just don’t know what to do with myself. I...
by Mitch Albom | Oct 28, 2022 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
Here is Blake Corum at 6 years old, walking barefoot in the morning through thick Virginia grass, wandering lazily to a nearby creek. He picks up rocks, looking for crawfish. In the afternoon, he drops a piece of charcoal into a bucket of water, then dips a stick...
by Mitch Albom | Oct 23, 2022 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti − “It’s unbelievable.” We say that all the time. These gas prices? They’re unbelievable. This inflation? It’s unbelievable. The divisiveness between political factions? It’s unbelievable. The word itself suggests the situation has reached its...
by Mitch Albom | Oct 16, 2022 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
Good news, Mom and Dad. They passed their midterms! In their first true test of this 2022 football season, the Michigan Wolverines aced the run section, aced the pass section, aced the tackling section and finally — though not without some struggle — aced...
by Mitch Albom | Oct 9, 2022 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
This past week, Jews across the world commemorated their most holy day, Yom Kippur, in which they asked for forgiveness from God and their fellow human beings. They might have asked for protection, too. On that same day, plastic bags filled with rocks and...
by Mitch Albom | Oct 3, 2022 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
T.J. Hockenson, with his tortilla-colored beard and long, flowing locks, looks like he could be playing the lute at the Renaissance Festival. And since that annual event was closing this weekend, maybe Sunday was destined to be his shining armor moment. Alas (as they...
by Mitch Albom | Oct 2, 2022 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
The old quote claims that “90% of life is showing up.” I wonder if the other 10% is geography. Hurricane Ian didn’t just strike Florida last week, it ravaged it. Entire coastlines were rearranged. Hotels leveled. Houses destroyed. Concrete streets were lifted and...
by Mitch Albom | Sep 25, 2022 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
DANA POINT, Calif. − What does courage look like? Does it have a face? A style? A barking loud voice? Or is it rather, as I believe, a sort of quiet deep within that lets you fight when others would flee? I had a chance to see courage up close Friday night, at an...
by Mitch Albom | Sep 19, 2022 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
This is the story of two Detroit Lions players on Sunday, one smaller, one huge, one you can’t stop talking about, the other you probably didn’t know existed. The first Lion is the smaller guy who is currently the biggest buzz on the roster. After...
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