Mary Schroeder took iconic photo of Kirk Gibson. He repaid the favor, 36 years later
She was always just “Mary” to us. “Who’s the photographer?” we’d ask. “Mary,” the answer came. “Good.” “Who’s editing the photos?” “Mary.” “Good.” The response was inevitably the same. “Good.” If Mary was shooting, you’d get first class work. If Mary was editing,...
Who makes the call on Michigan’s Jim Harbaugh? Likely, Jim Harbaugh
I have news for Paul Finebaum of ESPN, Urban Meyer and Brady Quinn of Fox Sports, every football talk show in America and every furiously typing social media hound in the Maize and Blue universe. Nobody is going to fire Jim Harbaugh except Jim Harbaugh...
Under Darrell Bevell, Detroit Lions show they’re not ready to quit
The cliché about football being a game of inches still rings true in the NFL. And an inch is pretty small. But one thing even smaller and infinitely harder to measure is the difference between quitting and not quitting. It’s as thin as a breath, as narrow as a muscle...
Annual radiothon will shift, adjust, but go on
The show will go on, December 10!
Detroit Lions mercifully abandon their Patriot Way experiment
Thanksgiving arrived two days late in Detroit. Today, Lions fans give thanks that the Bob Quinn/Matt Patricia era is, mercifully, over. Farewell, Patriot Way. Quinn and Patricia were going nowhere with this franchise. In truth, they were given a year longer...
Thanksgiving comfort from a fortunate feathered friend
“Maybe it’s not so bad,” the turkey says. Not so bad? I say. Are you kidding? Thanksgiving has been canceled! Not so bad? “I’m just saying,” the turkey replies, “there’s always an upside.” Well, I reply, I don’t know what the upside could be. COVID-19 has...
What if my Tuesdays with Morrie happened during COVID-19?
Morrie Schwartz died 25 years ago this month, ending Mitch Albom’s weekly Tuesday visits. Would those visits have happened in the age of COVID-19
Three games in, Michigan football’s horse has yet to leave the post
There’s an old song that describes the blahs as feeling “like a horse that never left the post.” So it goes for Michigan football in 2020. Fans keep waiting for the thoroughbred to run. Meanwhile, in most significant ways, this year’s race is already over....
Election will be meaningless if we don’t change our ways
My editors asked if I planned to write about the election this Sunday and I said yes. Perhaps they hoped I would pen something about the need to vote, a topic I’ve tackled before. But that seems unnecessary. Look at how many people have already voted. We all know the...Stay Connected
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