by Mitch Albom | Dec 13, 1992 | Detroit Free Press
Oh, say, can you see
My eyes? If you can — Then my hair’s too short.
— from the musical ‘Hair’
I used to sing that song. I used to sing it in junior high, when I came out of the gym class shower. I used to sing it as I defiantly held my hair flat against my forehead, for 20 minutes, so that, when it dried, it would indeed hang over my eyes. And then I could perform the coolest, grooviest move on the planet: flicking my head to get my bangs out of my eyes.
by Mitch Albom | Dec 12, 1992 | Detroit Free Press
Here’s the part that makes you feel better:
The Denver Broncos won the last Super Bowl. They lost their star player and missed this year’s playoffs.
The Atlanta Falcons were in that same Super Bowl. They lost their star player and missed this year’s playoffs.
The New York Jets went to last season’s AFC championship game. They lost their star player and missed this year’s playoffs.
And the Green Bay Packers, a perennial playoff team? They lost only a coach. And they missed this year’s playoffs, too.
by Mitch Albom | Dec 12, 1992 | Detroit Free Press
* BROWNS 23, LIONS 14: Ware-fore art thou, victory?* PHOENIX 1/2, NY GIANTS 0: Hey, neither team has won a game in the last four weeks. Why expect anything?* BUFFALO 20, DENVER 7: Last week, Dan Reeves used the tag team of Tommy Maddox and Shawn Moore. Against...
by Mitch Albom | Dec 11, 1992 | Detroit Free Press
There was a knock on the door. Dennis Rodman, who was not answering knocks or phones, peeked out the window. He did not recognize the man, or the little boy, or the pickup truck.
He cracked the door open.
“This is from the Pistons,” the man said, holding out an envelope. Rodman took it. Inside was a neatly typed notice saying he had been suspended, without pay, effective immediately. After six years of a storybook NBA career, he was off the team. Rodman stared at the paper.
“Uh, Dennis?” the delivery man said.
“Huh?”
by Mitch Albom | Dec 10, 1992 | Detroit Free Press
I went to see Shaq.Watch him attaq. He’s got the knaq.And then we went smaq!Hey, I’m not kidding here. There we were, Corky Meinecke and I, at the Palace to cover the arrival of Shaquille O’Neal, check the kid out, see whether he’s all...
by Mitch Albom | Dec 9, 1992 | Detroit Free Press
A Day in The Life Of Baseball’s Winter Meetings:
7 a.m. Owners rise, call stockbrokers.
by Mitch Albom | Dec 6, 1992 | Detroit Free Press
Why should we?
What compels us to go marching into Somalia now? Who do we think we are?
Why must our sons and daughters, most of whom have never been anywhere near Somalia, now risk their lives to help straighten out its mess?
Why should even one of them take a bullet? And we all know more than one of them will.
Why should we?
Why does America pour countless millions into trying to feed some distant African nation, when people here at home are sleeping in the streets and begging pennies for food?
by Mitch Albom | Dec 5, 1992 | Detroit Free Press
* GREEN BAY 21, LIONS 9: The Pack is back; the Lions are backward.
* CLEVELAND 28, CINCINNATI 6: The battle for Ohio. Winner gets to take Marge Schott to her favorite ethnic restaurant.
by Mitch Albom | Dec 4, 1992 | Detroit Free Press
Here’s a tale to make a sports agent weep, and what could be more fun than that? Alan Trammell signed a contract the other day. After he negotiated it.Trammell was down at Tiger Stadium, working out, and one morning, after showering, he wandered up to general...
by Mitch Albom | Dec 2, 1992 | Detroit Free Press
HOUSTON — They came out like a famous rock group on opening night of the tour. Chris Webber was first man called, and to a roar of applause sauntered to mid-court, looking mean, ready to roll. Next was Ray Jackson, who slapped his arms around Webber as if they hadn’t seen each other in years.
