by Mitch Albom | Mar 25, 1992 | Detroit Free Press
Who is that guy? What’s keeping him up there, floating toward the — look there he goes again, up and slam! — he’s gotta be jet-propelled or something. He comes out of nowhere, and then — wait, there he goes again uuuuuppppp annnnnd slam! Whooee! Those long arms, the grip, the way he sucks the ball in then floats toward the hoop. He just hangs there, waiting, living in the breeze. He looks so natural, so right.
by Mitch Albom | Mar 23, 1992 | Detroit Free Press
ATLANTA — I don’t want to sound psychic, but the moment I saw East Tennessee State come out for warm-ups, I knew this game was over. I was eye-to-eye with the players, for pete’s sake! I haven’t been eye-to-eye with a basketball player since I...
by Mitch Albom | Mar 22, 1992 | Detroit Free Press
ATLANTA — Every year about this time — and by that I don’t mean spring, I mean the NCAA basketball tournament — I get the same crazy idea: I want to go back to college.Usually this idea passes as soon as I realize I would have to take the SAT...
by Mitch Albom | Mar 21, 1992 | Detroit Free Press
ATLANTA — In the big room where the media gather in the basement of the Omni, they have tables full of information on each of the teams in this tournament. Pile after pile. School after school. Media guides. Statistics. By Friday afternoon, there was a big empty...
by Mitch Albom | Mar 20, 1992 | Detroit Free Press
ATLANTA — The phone never stopped ringing. Not during breakfast. Not during lunch. Not during a quiet evening at home, because there were no quiet evenings at home. There was always noise, always doorbells, always mailmen with stacks of recruiting letters that...
by Mitch Albom | Mar 16, 1992 | Detroit Free Press
* Green Bay 21, Detroit 20: I picked the Lions to beat the Redskins. I was wrong. I picked the Lions to beat the Cardinals. I was wrong. I picked the 49ers to beat the Lions. I was wrong. Maybe I’ll be wrong again. Pick vs. spread: Green Bay.
* Pittsburgh 15, Jacksonville 9: Question: What’s the difference between a broken egg and this year’s Steelers? Answer: You can explain a broken egg. Pick vs. spread: Jacksonville.
by Mitch Albom | Mar 15, 1992 | Detroit Free Press
I guess getting away from it all just ain’t what it used to be.
I have just returned from five weeks in Europe, and here is the thing I remember most: It was not a French schoolboy skipping down a cobblestone street; it was not a lovely serenade on a canal boat in Venice.
It was CNN.
by Mitch Albom | Mar 13, 1992 | Detroit Free Press
CHAPTER 5: Finito.ROME — There are two moments of truth for the American basketball player who crosses the sea to find fame, glory and a paycheck in The Land of Pasta. Here are those moments of truth:1) The first time he goes to a public bathroom and discovers...
by Mitch Albom | Mar 12, 1992 | Detroit Free Press
CHAPTER 4: Leggenda. 1.A legend.
FORLI, Italy- They all wanted a piece of Bob McAdoo, all those people outside the bus, screaming and waving and cheering in Italian. Through the window he saw them, and thought to himself, “I better watch my wallet.” So he slipped it in the pocket of his gym bag and…
“BOB!” They were all over him. Hugging him. Slapping his shoulders.
“SI, BOB!” “CIAO, BOB!”
by Mitch Albom | Mar 11, 1992 | Detroit Free Press
CHAPTER 3. Sopportare. 1. To endure.MILAN, Italy — With Rick Mahorn’s farewell words ringing in my ears — “Have a nice trip, bleepface!” — I journey up the autostrasse to Milan. I am thinking about potato chips.I can’t imagine...
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