by Mitch Albom | Nov 18, 2013 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
Let’s practice saying the sentence.“We don’t know.”We will need to say it an awful lot in the coming months, because we may have our own Trayvon Martin case brewing.The shooting death of a young woman, Renisha McBride, has sides lining up. And after the shooter was...
by Mitch Albom | Nov 10, 2013 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
Every New Year’s Eve, Jim Leyland’s family gathers in his childhood home and participates in a tradition. The males in the family, from grandparents down to grandkids, take a piece of bread and a piece of coal, go out the back door – “which...
by Mitch Albom | Nov 9, 2013 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
Book excerpt’The First Phone Call from Heaven’The new novel from best-selling author and Free Press columnist Mitch Albom arrives in stores Tuesday. “The First Phone Call from Heaven” tells the story of a small town on Lake Michigan that gets...
by Mitch Albom | Nov 9, 2013 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
See Detroit celebs at Legacies in Black and WhiteWhat can attendees expect at the Detroit Legacies in Black and White event at the Fox Theatre on Monday?A whole lot of a whole lot – with a vibe that might resemble a mix of a living-room conversation and a...
by Mitch Albom | Nov 4, 2013 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
Several times a week, she drives to her mother’s house, trudges down to the basement and carries up drums, violins, a trumpet, easels, paints, brushes and art supplies. Then she loads them in her subcompact and heads off to a Detroit school— where she unpacks the...
by Mitch Albom | Nov 4, 2013 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
TIGERS PIN CHAMPIONSHIP HOPES ON YOUNG, FIRST-TIME MANAGER BRAD AUSMUSHe kept hearing the name. Everywhere he went. BradAusmus.How about Brad Ausmus? Dave Dombrowski “had shaken Brad’s hand maybe twice in my life” but suddenly, by everyone’s...
by Mitch Albom | Nov 3, 2013 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
EAST LANSING Here, at last, was where it got dramatic. Late third quarter, darkness falling, Michigan State’s Connor Cook throws an interception, the first turnover by either team.”Finally!” Michigan fans scream. U-M takes over inside MSU territory,...
by Mitch Albom | Oct 29, 2013 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
Matthew Stafford was running and screaming as if his uniform were on fire, imploring teammates to get up to the line, including left tackle Riley Reiff, who was prematurely celebrating halfway down the field. “Get up!” Stafford hollered. “Clock it! Clock it!” Less...
by Mitch Albom | Oct 29, 2013 | Detroit Free Press
Matthew Stafford was running and screaming as if his uniform were on fire, imploring teammates to get up to the line, including left tackle Riley Reiff, who was prematurely celebrating halfway down the field. “Get up!” Stafford hollered. “Clock it! Clock it!” Less...
by Mitch Albom | Oct 28, 2013 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
BOSTON — And then you stop playing. The heat escapes. The schedule empties. There is nothing left to battle but your thoughts.You saw it in the players’ postures after the final game Saturday night. The Tigers slumped on stools inside the Fenway Park clubhouse or...
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