by Mitch Albom | May 10, 2015 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
The tassels hung from the top of her bedroom lamp. Four of them belonged to her children. One of them was hers.Alice Faye Mahorn dropped out of high school when she was 16 to give birth to a son. Three more children kept her from returning. But she vowed she would...
by Mitch Albom | May 1, 2015 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
Well, it wasn’t boring.First the Lions traded the No. 23 pick for a guy they once cut. NFL teams rarely trade to get players back, but when they do, it’s usually because they hated letting them go.Manny Ramirez wasn’t that guy.He was cut from...
by Mitch Albom | Apr 28, 2015 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
First off, anyone who says they know what’s going to happen in Game 7 should sit down and shut up. There are no patterns here. No predicting. The Red Wings stole a road win in Game 1 of this series and the Lightning stole a road win in Game 4. The Lightning...
by Mitch Albom | Apr 26, 2015 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
You never think about it until it happens to you. Then a car crashes, and your 4-year-old is on a ventilator. Your teenaged daughter is paralyzed. Your husband has permanent brain damage.Suddenly, the issue of how you care for these loved ones is very real. And how...
by Mitch Albom | Apr 24, 2015 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
All of sudden, it was a terrible turn of events that tied the seriesThey were six minutes from a stranglehold grip and then, like one of those movies where the hero gets distracted by someone screaming, the Red Wings loosened their hold just for a moment.And got...
by Mitch Albom | Apr 22, 2015 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
The former MSU star proved to be the catalyst for the 3-0 win for the Red Wings Tuesday to take a 2-1 series leadAbby’s road was long and winding. Six games. Seventeen days. Could only skate. Couldn’t play. A slap shot off his hand left him injured and...
by Mitch Albom | Apr 19, 2015 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
When I first heard the phrase “free-range kids” I thought it was a joke. I kept thinking about chickens.It was no joke, however, when a 10-year-old boy and his 6-year-old sister were picked up by Maryland police after a 911 call, held for 51/2 hours...
by Mitch Albom | Apr 7, 2015 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
The manager, Brad Ausmus, trotted out to the mound, and the Tigers’ fans booed. It was Opening Day, and they were witnessing a pitching masterpiece by David Price. It was one out from completion, and the last thing they wanted was to see Price lifted —...
by Mitch Albom | Apr 5, 2015 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
INDIANAPOLIS – In the hyperdrive world of the NCAA tournament, it takes six days to go from overjoyed to overwhelmed. The Michigan State team that fanned crazy flames these last few weeks, flamed out badly in the national semifinals Saturday night....
by Mitch Albom | Apr 3, 2015 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
“I don’t think I would be who I am today if it weren’t for going through four years of college.”— Travis TriceBehold the senior.He is a dinosaur. A relic. A thing of the past. Four years in college basketball today suggests a failure of...
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