by Mitch Albom | Apr 2, 2005 | Detroit Free Press
ST. LOUIS – Tom Izzo was sitting in his office, rubbing his eyebrows, shaking his head. This was a few days before March Madness and his team was still stinging from its early collapse in the Big Ten tournament. Nobody expected much from the Spartans then. And...
by Mitch Albom | Apr 1, 2005 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
Forgive me, Scott, for being a simpleminded Northerner, but
which ones are you again? The guys from Chapel Hill? The guys from Durham? Raleigh? No, wait.Winston-Salem?Honestly, how do you keep it all straight? I know we’re supposed to be afraid of any...
by Mitch Albom | Mar 31, 2005 | Detroit Free Press
Here are some things that make Paul Davis smile, in case you thought he never did: 1) Mexican food from room service. 2) Hitting a wedge shot on the golf course. 3) The movie “Dumb and Dumber,” when they say, “We have no money and our pets’...
by Mitch Albom | Mar 28, 2005 | Detroit Free Press
AUSTIN, Texas – They may not be great, but they’re awfully good. They’re may not be big, but they play huge. They may not be stars, but they command the spotlight. And they may not be where they’re supposed to be, but here they are anyhow, up...
by Mitch Albom | Mar 27, 2005 | Detroit Free Press
As a person of faith, I can speak to God, but I can’t speak for Him. I don’t know His desires for Terri Schiavo.But I bet He can spell her name.That’s more than you can say for certain politicians, who last week drafted a memo to jump on the Schiavo...
by Mitch Albom | Mar 26, 2005 | Detroit Free Press
AUSTIN, Texas – A dragon at their feet, a castle in their sights. Yes, that was Michigan State beating Duke Friday night, felling the No. 1 seed, standing over the Blue Devils’ mystique and saying, “Yeah? So? What are you gonna do about...
by Mitch Albom | Mar 25, 2005 | Detroit Free Press
He has become college basketball’s sensei, the master in “Kung Fu,” Yoda in “Star Wars,” the unlikely mentor, not very big or tough himself – heck, Mike Krzyzewski fainted on the sidelines this season – but nonetheless, you...
by Mitch Albom | Mar 21, 2005 | Detroit Free Press
WORCESTER, Mass. – When the ground is full of land mines, you don’t celebrate how you got across, you celebrate that you can celebrate.Which explains that whooping noise in East Lansing. This year, more than most, the NCAA men’s basketball tournament...
by Mitch Albom | Mar 20, 2005 | Detroit Free Press
If beakers were scales, we wouldn’t have a steroid problem.Baseball players get weighed all the time. So do football players and basketball players. If they are overweight, they can be fined. If they stay overweight, they may be cut.No athlete has ever...
by Mitch Albom | Mar 18, 2005 | Detroit Free Press
Disappoint: 1. To fail to fulfill the expectations or wishes of others.EAST LANSING – What a word to hang on a kid. And that was all Kelvin Torbert really was when he arrived at Michigan State four years ago, a kid – a big, strong kid from Flint getting...
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