by Mitch Albom | May 8, 2014 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
Tonight is the NFL draft, which makes a lot of people happy. Including me. Because that means we can stop talking about it.Now before you dash off angry tweets, I have no problem with coverage of the draft, analysis of the draft or even fascination with the draft...
by Mitch Albom | May 4, 2014 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
Now that Donald Sterling has been banned, fined and condemned – the proper, if ugly, conclusion, in my mind – we should discuss how it happened. Most of us don’t need to worry about angry mistresses, Department of Justice investigations,...
by Mitch Albom | Apr 30, 2014 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
“We stand together in condemning Mr. Sterling’s views. They simply have no place in the NBA.”Adam Silver, NBA commissionerDonald Sterling allegedly said black people smell and Mexicans only drink and smoke, and Asian women know how to provide sex the...
by Mitch Albom | Apr 27, 2014 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
It’s prom season, and that means one thing: finding a hot celebrity to go with you.No longer is it enough to ask the cute girl you have been looking at in chemistry class, or the boy who smiles at you every day in homeroom.Now it’s Kate Upton. Or Justin Bieber. Or...
by Mitch Albom | Apr 23, 2014 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
Well, that was a sorry homecoming. Bad enough the Red Wings spent most of the first period in their zone. But at one point, they left the ice altogether.Or should we say “all together”?In a line change that looked like a five-man beer run, the Wings headed...
by Mitch Albom | Apr 20, 2014 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
Denied U-M hopeful learns tough lessonFirst, we should remember that Brooke Kimbrough is still in high school. She is, as the Beatles once sang, just 17.So even if she ruffled feathers this past week claiming she should have been admitted to the University of Michigan...
by Mitch Albom | Apr 20, 2014 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
Remember Dumars for his best, not this Pistons messJoe Dumars, I’m told, might step down this week. There should be applause. Not the cynical applause of critics who think Dumars is why the Pistons have sunk in recent years. Applause for one of Detroit’s...
by Mitch Albom | Apr 13, 2014 | Comment, Detroit Free Press, Sports
Mets player right to be at baby’s opening dayAt some point, most kids ask their fathers, “Were you there when I was born?”I know my father was. I’ve heard the story many times. Dad drives Mom to the hospital. He sits in the waiting room. Doctor...
by Mitch Albom | Apr 1, 2014 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
The manager’s hair is no longer white. The starting lineup now includes an Ian, a Nick and a Rajai. The second baseman is new, the third baseman is new, the first baseman is no longer a bearded Prince (although he does have a contract fit for a king). And, until...
by Mitch Albom | Apr 1, 2014 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
NEW YORK -Keith Appling sat silently by his locker inside Madison Square Garden, his hands clasped over his eyes. He could have been praying, crying or hiding. He had reason to do all three.”I just feel like I let everybody down,” he whispered. “We...
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