by Mitch Albom | Jan 19, 2025 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
Dreams, the poets warn, are fragile things, torn apart like butterfly wings. You could hear the first cries of those wings being plucked early Saturday night at Ford Field, when Amik Robertson lay flat on the turf, wincing in pain with a broken arm. An unexpected...
by Mitch Albom | Jan 17, 2025 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
This is a story about the biggest athlete in town, yet the most personal thing most people know about him is his name. “JA-RED GOFF! JA-RED GOFF!” But JA-RED GOFF IS…what? The Detroit Lions’ star quarterback? A stunningly accurate NFL passer? Two words that are now...
by Mitch Albom | Jan 12, 2025 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
What devastation looks like. Cinder. Ash. Choking air. Burnt and lonely beams where houses used to stand. Scattered bricks that are hot to the touch. People lined up at shelters. People staring in disbelief. Fire. Los Angeles. Last week. What devastation looks like....
by Mitch Albom | Jan 6, 2025 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
They protected the end zone as if their wives and children were hiding beneath it. Time after time, the Vikings slammed a battering ram into the Detroit Lions’ red-zone door, and time after time the Lions repelled them. They knocked away passes. They dragged down...
by Mitch Albom | Jan 5, 2025 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
The fire inside began in grade school, when his little Texas town organized a basketball tournament. Teams of kids competed for eight minutes. The winners played on. The losers sat. On a buzzer beater, young Dan Campbell’s team lost. “I’m bawling, I’m angry,” he...
by Mitch Albom | Dec 22, 2024 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
One wanted to brag about his grades. One wanted to talk about his soccer team. One, if we’re being honest, wanted to see what presents she would get. All of them wanted to lift up and hug their baby sisters and brothers and see how big they’ve grown. None of them will...
by Mitch Albom | Dec 15, 2024 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
No one messes up a fine idea worse than the government. Prohibition. The War on Drugs. Welfare. COVID payments. Countless government programs begin with a noble concept, but wind up so bloated, convoluted, mismanaged or corrupted, that they do as much harm as good....
by Mitch Albom | Dec 15, 2024 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
The best player in the NFL right now is Buffalo quarterback Josh Allen. It’s not even close. And the cardinal sin when playing against Josh Allen is letting him escape the pocket. On Sunday at Ford Field, Allen left the pocket more than a man’s wallet at a Christmas...
by Mitch Albom | Dec 8, 2024 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
When the CEO of one of the nation’s largest health insurers was shot to death last week, you expected a reaction. You didn’t expect laughing emojis, gleeful posts and cynical comments about the bullets that killed him not being covered by his policy. “I just hope his...
by Mitch Albom | Dec 6, 2024 | Detroit Free Press
The train keeps chugging. Doesn’t matter who’s on it, or who isn’t. By the time the Lions’ 12th win in 13 games ended late Thursday night, Brian Branch was missing, Alim McNeill was missing … heck, half the starting defense was missing, and guys who...
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