by Mitch Albom | Dec 9, 1991 | Detroit Free Press
Jerry Ball wanted somebody dead. He knew what had happened, he’d seen it a million times, only this time it had happened to him, this nasty football trick, one guy holds you up, the other chops you low, and now it was his knee that was throbbing and his turn to sit on the motorized cart that would drive him off the field and into his street clothes and damn it, he wanted no part of this. Better a crane should lift him through the roof than to ride off like some wounded soldier in front of the enemy with its cheap trick garbage.
by Mitch Albom | Dec 9, 1991 | Detroit Free Press
Jerry Ball wanted somebody dead. He knew what had happened. He’d seen it a thousand times. Only this time it had happened to him, this nasty football trick: One guy holds you up, the other chops you low. And now it was his knee that was throbbing and his turn to sit on the motorized cart that would drive him off the field and into his street clothes, and, damn it, he wanted no part of this. Better a crane should lift him through the roof than to ride off like some wounded soldier in front of the enemy with their cheap trick garbage.
by Mitch Albom | Dec 8, 1991 | Detroit Free Press, Comment
My grandmother used to watch soap operas; she called them her “stories.” On any weekday afternoon, you could find her in her rocking chair, talking to the TV screen, saying things such as “Oooh, that rat!” and “She’s just after his...
by Mitch Albom | Dec 7, 1991 | Detroit Free Press
LIONS 23, JETS 16: Personally, I don’t have any problem with Wayne Fontes saying he wants to go to the Super Bowl this year. I wouldn’t want to be his travel agent, but I don’t have any problem with him saying it.
CHICAGO 21, GREEN BAY 14: Although the Bears have lost two in a row, Mike Ditka did not yell at them this week. That’s because he chewed off his tongue last week, thinking it was gum.
by Mitch Albom | Dec 6, 1991 | Detroit Free Press
THE LIVE ALBOM:* I’ve been doing a little math, and here’s what I figure: if you give Bobby Bonilla $29 million, you have to give Cecil Fielder the whole country. * After all, Bonilla’s new deal, based on last year’s stats, averages more than...
by Mitch Albom | Dec 4, 1991 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
The worst part is, Paul Ysebaert isn’t even rooting for the American Olympic team. “I’m Canadian!” he said, shaking his head. “I could give two hoots if they win.”He glanced at his left knee, which stuck out from his shorts. It...
by Mitch Albom | Nov 28, 1991 | Detroit Free Press
* DETROIT 20, CHICAGO 10: Everything the Bears did to the Lions a few weeks ago, the Lions do back today. You wanted something to be thankful for on Thanksgiving? You got it.
* DALLAS 28, PITTSBURGH 17: Cheer up, Troy. One of these years you’ll actually finish the season.
by Mitch Albom | Nov 25, 1991 | Detroit Free Press
MINNEAPOLIS — When they build the monument to Barry Sanders, this is what it should look like: a trail of defensive linemen grasping at air and looking over their shoulders. Here’s the caption: “Where’d he go?”He went that-a-way, into the...
by Mitch Albom | Nov 24, 1991 | Detroit Free Press
It was late at night and snow was falling. I was driving home over the bridge. Suddenly, I spotted an old man standing on a girder, staring down into the icy water. He was wearing a T-shirt with the sleeves rolled up, his hair greased back in a James Dean style. There was a tattoo on his arm and a cigarette dangling from his lips. I recognized him as a character I hadn’t seen in a while, Mr. Macho.
He squatted as if to jump.
“DON’T DO IT!” I screamed.
He glared at me. “Why the hell not?’
“Because you have plenty to live for.”
by Mitch Albom | Nov 23, 1991 | Detroit Free Press
* VIKINGS 23, LIONS 20: I know what you’re saying. “It’s indoors! The Lions play well indoors!” I know what you’re saying. “Mike Utley! They’ll dedicate the game to Mike Utley!’ I know what you’re saying....
