by Mitch Albom | Feb 12, 2023 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
The phone rang. I can’t tell you the day. I can’t tell you the month. I can only tell you it was around 25 years ago, and the whispery voice on the other end of the line said: “Hi, it’s Burt Bacharach.” That started a most unlikely friendship. Burt had read one of my...
by Mitch Albom | Feb 6, 2023 | Detroit Free Press
Great. Now it’s balloons. Like we didn’t have enough threats to worry about. Economic collapse. Killer pandemics. Global warming. And now a big white spy balloon that the Chinese say just “blew off course.” Right. And I took a DDOT bus and wound up...
by Mitch Albom | Feb 2, 2023 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
Hello, Tom Brady? It’s me, retirement. Let me start by saying: “You again?” Most people retire once. Oh, not everyone. Sinatra didn’t. Streisand. Garth Brooks. Lots of athletes; Michael Jordan, George Foreman, Brett Favre. Sometimes, it works out. Most of the...
by Mitch Albom | Jan 29, 2023 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
This is how ChatGPT works. You go to your device, you sign up, it prompts you to ask any question in the world, and you do so. Then you shiver. Because what spits back, instantly, is the answer to almost anything, in clear, basic language that sounds like someone is...
by Mitch Albom | Jan 22, 2023 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
Who deserves a second chance? I think most people would answer, “most people.” Last weekend, inside Nazarene Missionary Baptist Church in Detroit, a group of folks sat in a circle and put this theory to the test. Filling one chair was Michigan Supreme Court Justice...
by Mitch Albom | Jan 15, 2023 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
Maybe it’s a guy thing. Guys in America don’t grow up wanting to be princes. They don’t play with prince dolls. They don’t dress as princes for Halloween. So I guess it’s no surprise if, once they become adults, American men have little interest in princes. And I...
by Mitch Albom | Jan 10, 2023 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
I’m putting the Detroit Lions in the playoffs. Bleep it. If the NFL won’t, I will. I’ve watched every minute of every Lions game this season, and while they stunk up the joint early, from November onward, they’ve been a formidable team, one that grew...
by Mitch Albom | Jan 8, 2023 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
How’s this for a New Year? Matthew Stafford is definitely not going to the playoffs, but his old team might. Or this: By the stroke of midnight, the Detroit Lions could send Aaron Rodgers home for the winter, while they continue into the postseason. Or this: A team...
by Mitch Albom | Dec 25, 2022 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
‘Twas the day before Christmas And all through the house Not a creature was stirring They were all on the couch The children were nestled In front of the screen Their parents and relatives Squeezed in between As snow filled the air And winds blew by gusting...
by Mitch Albom | Dec 12, 2022 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
On his final third down pass of the day, Jared Goff threw to a 335-pound lineman named Penei Sewell, who rumbled and stumbled for a first down that sealed the game. Sewell was one of nine receivers that Goff completed a pass to Sunday, because, quite frankly, the way...
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