Obsession with filming life — and even a death. Where will it all end?
She lost her kid sister, but not her phone. She kept on filming, before the accident and after the accident, in which her 14-year-old sibling was ejected out a car window and lay bloody in a field. “My sister is f—ing dying,” 18-year-old Obdulia Sanchez narrated...
Were Calvin Johnson’s comments a mega-contradiction?
The way Calvin Johnson sees it, I’m surprised any of the Detroit Lions are showing up this season. Johnson pretty much trashed his former team during a news conference in Italy last week. From a guy who’s usually reserved and classy, it felt awkward. “I was stuck in...
Brad Ausmus believes in letting Detroit Tigers’ season play out
Once, when his job was supposedly on the line, Brad Ausmus surprised his family by coming home on an off day. He walked through the door and his youngest daughter looked up. “Well, I guess Dad got fired,” she said. Ausmus laughed. No, he told her, he hadn’t gotten...
Purging our immigrants at what price to families?
This is half a story. Let’s be clear. The missing half lies with the government, and at this point, the government is not very forthcoming with details. So what you’ll hear is the side of the family, and the morning of June 11, when they heard banging on their condo...
Dad, over time, inspires a rhyme
Your father is old now, He’ll tell you himself, “Getting up there,” he’ll tease, As he grins like an elf. You notice the lines That now crease his face, And a new sagging neck In the old neck’s place. His shoulders, once broad Have thinned now and drooped His belly...
Chika’s Story
A fight to cure the incurable: A Haitian child’s struggle with rare brain cancer inspires strangers, teaches doctors, and creates an unlikely family.
End of ESPN’s ‘The Sports Reporters’ today a farewell to an original
Today, for the last time, I will rise early, put on a suit and tie, and sit with colleagues as a TV host says, “Welcome to the Sports Reporters … .” Different people have said this over the decades. A guy named Gary Thorne said it first, back in 1988. Dick Schaap said...
40 years after burning bed, domestic violence issue still smolders
Francine Hughes Wilson, who inspired ‘The Burning Bed,’ dies at 69. A woman named Francine Wilson was laid to rest in Alabama last week. She was 69. She died, according to those close to her, of complications from pneumonia. Forty years ago, when she was...
20 years later, ‘Tuesdays with Morrie’ still teaching
Twenty-two years ago, I flipped on the TV and my life changed forever. An old professor of mine, Morrie Schwartz, was on the “Nightline” program, talking to Ted Koppel. About dying. My mouth dropped. Morrie was more than a former teacher. He was closer to a favorite...Stay Connected
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