by Mitch Albom | Oct 15, 2016 | Detroit Free Press, Comment
PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI – They cowered inside the tent, the rain pounding like a million drumsticks, the wind a dragon’s howl. And then, suddenly, the night sky was stark above them. “The roof just blew away,” says a 16 year-old girl, pointing where it used to be,...
by Mitch Albom | Oct 13, 2016 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
Hank Zetterberg is seeing ghosts. He sits in an empty Joe Louis Arena locker room and actually nods in their direction as he praises them — Steve Yzerman, who used to sit on his left, Nick Lidstrom, who sat a few stalls down on his right. “You do know they’re gone,” I...
by Mitch Albom | Oct 10, 2016 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
The football came loose, the bodies flew, and as the pile of massive humans tumbled toward the sideline, trying to grab that pigskin before it went out of bounds, one man was wildly signaling “Lions ball!” as if his life depended on it. Jim Caldwell, the coach. He was...
by Mitch Albom | Oct 9, 2016 | Detroit Free Press, Comment
It was built to play music behind silent movie stars like Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin. But by the time the massive machine was installed, “talkies” were the new rage. Thus began the long, lonely journey of the 4/34 Wurlitzer Theater Pipe Organ opus No. 1953,...
by Mitch Albom | Oct 4, 2016 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
I walk along the street of sorrow, the Boulevard of Broken Dreams. I see a giant van pull up. “You moving in?” I ask a large Tiger. “Yeah. Want to help unload?” I take out boxes. There’s one with Miguel Cabrera bobbleheads, and another with Justin Verlander T-shirts....
by Mitch Albom | Oct 2, 2016 | Detroit Free Press, Comment
We stood in a hallway of a Tel Aviv hotel, and an official said, “He is coming now.” I straightened up. From the middle of an approaching group stepped a gray-haired man with his hand extended. The president of Israel. He smiled like a grandfather. “But you are so...
by Mitch Albom | Oct 2, 2016 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
They were a big, tough team with its shoelaces tied together. The power of the Wolverines’ running game would carry them so far, then they would stumble, the field-goal kicker would come out – and down they would crash. Not once, not twice, but three times they...
by Mitch Albom | Sep 29, 2016 | News
Not Super next week. Not Super Sunday. Super All Year. We’ve been invited to participate in the #GiveDetroitChallenge, a friendly fundraising competition that begins Thursday, September 29th. Will you join us? S.A.Y. Detroit and Say Something Amazing with just...
by Mitch Albom | Sep 25, 2016 | Detroit Free Press, Comment
How well do we know anybody? Not well, it seems. Each week brings another horrific headline and, with it, descriptions of those involved that often conflict with the facts. Last Wednesday, Detroit was rocked by the news of a gruesome quadruple murder. Gregory Green,...
by Mitch Albom | Sep 11, 2016 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
He’s the Last Big Name standing. Matthew Stafford was once one of three famous Detroit Lions players that any NFL fan could recite: Ndamukong Suh. Calvin Johnson. Matthew Stafford. Suh walked away for more money. Johnson just walked away. This afternoon in...
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