by Mitch Albom | Oct 3, 2004 | Detroit Free Press
We’re all adults here, right? So you don’t mind if I bring up the f-word?
You know. Filming.
Last week, new footage was circulating showing sexual exploits of blond socialite Paris Hilton, whose job I can’t quite discern, other than to be on television and, every few months, lose a videotape.
by Mitch Albom | Sep 28, 2004 | Detroit Free Press
Every now and then, we learn a lesson about ex-players in front of TV microphones. Usually the lesson is this: Why?Such a lesson came Sunday, during the Lions-Eagles broadcast, when Tony Siragusa, the beefy, ex-NFL lineman, was asked by his Fox colleagues what he...
by Mitch Albom | Sep 27, 2004 | Detroit Free Press
It was like asking Britney Spears to dance with the Bolshoi, like watching Nelly try to sing “La Boheme,” like seeing if the cashier at the 7-Eleven can crunch numbers with Alan Greenspan. The Lions and Eagles may have shared the same record coming into Sunday afternoon’s showdown at Ford Field, but that was where the similarity ended. Coach Steve Mariucci had predicted this game would be “a reality check” for his young team.
Guess what?
Reality stinks.
by Mitch Albom | Sep 26, 2004 | Detroit Free Press
Like most of us, I was taught that being stubborn was a fault. When I was stubborn as a child, my parents scolded me. When I was stubborn as a student, my teachers chided me. “Don’t be stubborn,” they all said. “You’ve got to see the...
by Mitch Albom | Sep 21, 2004 | Detroit Free Press
Let me get this straight. We lost the Ryder Cup because we didn’t hug enough? We lost because we didn’t laugh enough? We lost because there wasn’t enough charisma among the American players, because our guys didn’t hoist brewskis or sit around...
by Mitch Albom | Sep 20, 2004 | Detroit Free Press
First, to answer the question, why did I go to the Lions’ victory instead of the final day of the Ryder Cup? That’s easy. Why should I watch my country get its butt kicked when I can witness a minor miracle?I mean, it’s not like a 2-0 start happens a...
by Mitch Albom | Sep 18, 2004 | Detroit Free Press
So I’m going to see Tiger and Phil. Playing together. That’s like Elvis and Mick sharing the mike. Tiger and Phil? Together? Against Colin and Padraig? And, here’s the best part. I’m walking to the job.
I have never walked to the job, not in 20-plus years in this business. But the Ryder Cup, at Oakland Hills Country Club, is just up the road from my home. I breathe the healthy bus fumes as I approach the entrance. “Ahhh, like the old country,” I think, as I approach the security gate, “walking to work. Isn’t it grand? Isn’t it–“
“You can’t bring that in,” the guard says.
by Mitch Albom | Sep 18, 2004 | Detroit Free Press
So I’m going to see Tiger and Phil. Playing together. That’s like Elvis and Mick sharing the mike. Tiger and Phil? Together? Against Colin and Padraig? And, here’s the best part. I’m walking to the job.I have never walked to the job, not in...
by Mitch Albom | Sep 15, 2004 | Detroit Free Press
So we have a Harrington and they have a Harrington. Ours throws a big ol’ football. Theirs hits a tiny little golf ball. Ours gets tackled by huge defensive linemen. Theirs has someone carry his bag. Ours has to holler signals as 80,000 bloodthirsty fans scream...
by Mitch Albom | Sep 14, 2004 | Detroit Free Press
We’d like to welcome the 100,000 or so visitors for the Ryder Cup by giving a huge shout out to all the Americans — whoo-hoo! USA! — and by saying to our European friends: Please line up for fingerprints.Ha! No. That’s a joke. One of those...
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