by Mitch Albom | Jun 15, 2025 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
I made Brian Wilson sad once. I didn’t mean to. We were doing a radio interview, the first time I’d ever spoken to him, and I was so excited that I’d spent the entire morning organizing nearly every song he wrote, so I could play them instantly should he bring them...
by Mitch Albom | Jun 8, 2025 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
Last week, President Donald Trump and Elon Musk had a spectacular falling-out. I hate to see two grown men fighting. So I went to the White House to offer myself as mediator. Or I would have. If they’d asked. But if I had, it definitely would have happened like...
by Mitch Albom | Jun 1, 2025 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
I took a lot of classes at college, but never one in how to become an adult. That I had to learn on my own. Apparently, I was born at the wrong time. Several universities, including Michigan State, are responding to an apparent lack of basic life skills by...
by Mitch Albom | May 18, 2025 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
This is an immigrant story. It is not about a threat. It is not about an illegal crossing or an arrest. It’s about hope. Most immigrant stories are. Jhonas Nelus was born in Haiti 23 years ago. When he was 9, a massive earthquake hit his country and left his...
by Mitch Albom | May 11, 2025 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
Editor’s note: This column originally ran in the Detroit Free Press on April 11, 1986. Chet Lemon died on May 8, 2025. A note from Mitch: I was deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Chet Lemon. He was a joy to cover with the Tigers in the 80’s, always...
by Mitch Albom | May 2, 2025 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
Jalen Brunson, the thumping aorta of the New York Knicks, took the ball and went to work on Ausar Thompson. The score was tied. The clock was dying. The series was on the line. And the crowd was on its feet, roaring like the inside of a jet engine. Dribble. Dribble....
by Mitch Albom | Apr 28, 2025 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
Here’s the crazy thing about NBA basketball: for all that comes before the final seconds of a tight playoff game, all the hacking, clawing, headbutting, arms flailing, wild shots, incredible putbacks, eye-blinking drives and fallaway jumpers, all anyone remembers is...
by Mitch Albom | Apr 25, 2025 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
With 90 seconds left on a milestone night, Cade Cunningham had the ball, and the Pistons were feeling the comeback. After trailing most of the contest, they had pulled within three and the sellout crowd was on its feet, going bananas. Cade dribbled, spun and...
by Mitch Albom | Apr 20, 2025 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
Today is Easter Sunday. For many churches, it’s the most attended service of the year. Traditionally, it means attendees dressing in their finest outfits, longer, more festive rituals, and restaurants and kitchen tables stuffed with families marking the occasion. So...
by Mitch Albom | Apr 18, 2025 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
Scary? The NBA playoffs aren’t scary. Scary is getting a call, when your name is Cade Cunnigham and you’re 16 years old, that you are going to be a father. Scary is having just moved away from your family, halfway across the country, to play elite high school...
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