by Mitch Albom | Dec 3, 2005 | Detroit Free Press
He chose pinstripes, a New York thing, with a stiff white collar and a charcoal tie, and the moment he came onto the floor there were boos and photographers and more boos and more photographers. He strode to center court like a presidential debater and shook a firm...
by Mitch Albom | Dec 2, 2005 | Detroit Free Press
Did you hear? The circus is in town. Tonight’s the night Larry Brown comes back to Detroit.First, right off the bat, let’s say the Pistons and their fans owe Brown a nod of thanks. He did help bring the team a championship.But Larry’s with the Knicks...
by Mitch Albom | Nov 30, 2005 | Detroit Free Press
Dre’ Bly has the right to his opinion. But he just lost the right to complain.At his team’s lowest hour – the firing of its coach – Bly decided what the world needed was for him to mouth off, so he went on TV and talked to the Free Press and...
by Mitch Albom | Nov 29, 2005 | Detroit Free Press
Steve Mariucci had one look when he arrived nearly three years ago and another look by the time he was fired Monday. The first was the look of a pedigreed professional, striding with confidence. The second was the look of a man who’d just had an ax thrown at his...
by Mitch Albom | Nov 27, 2005 | Parade Magazine
They lost everything they owned, but in the end each of them truly learned…what makes a place a home. There was no calm before this storm. Earl Walker raced through the apartment complex he managed. He banged on doors. “We’ve got...
by Mitch Albom | Nov 27, 2005 | Detroit Free Press
He is only one man, as he’ll be the first to tell you, and he had a fine staff at the TV show “Nightline.” But at some point, 10 springtimes ago, Ted Koppel decided to devote a program to a dying old professor from Brandeis University, whose terrible...
by Mitch Albom | Nov 23, 2005 | Detroit Free Press
As he rests this morning in a Detroit hospital bed, Jiri Fischer must have many thoughts. The first, second and third should be he’s lucky to be alive. Forget career. Forget hockey. Life. He has it. This was no sure thing Monday night during the Red Wings’...
by Mitch Albom | Nov 22, 2005 | Detroit Free Press
When I heard that the Lions were asking Charles Rogers to give them back $10 million of his $14 million signing bonus, my reaction, like a lot of Lions fans, was one of sympathy and empathy, summed up by the sentence, “Yo, where’s MY money?”I mean,...
by Mitch Albom | Nov 22, 2005 | Detroit Free Press
So where were you when it happened? At the Red Wings game? Watching on TV? Or nowhere near it – buying late-night groceries or helping your kids with homework? It didn’t matter. This town spreads sports news faster than warriors used to spread word of...
by Mitch Albom | Nov 20, 2005 | Detroit Free Press
I’ll take Thanksgiving.You can have Halloween, New Year’s, Christmas, Fourth of July, Easter, Hanukkah and any day dedicated to presidents.You can stack them all up on one side, and the turkey and I will stand on the other.I’ll take Thanksgiving. It...
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