by Mitch Albom | Sep 17, 2013 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
The way the day was going, you thought they were going to take away your car keys and make you earn them back.There have been crazy Lions season openers, but this one Sunday wins the prize. It was like a magician’s rehearsal: Now you have it, now you...
by Mitch Albom | Sep 17, 2013 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
Mitch Albom analyzes a sweet win for the WolverinesA perfect night for U-M under the lightsThey draped him in history, then asked him to make some. Devin Gardner, wearing the revered No. 98 that once belonged to Tom Harmon, was handed the football in what, for now,...
by Mitch Albom | Sep 17, 2013 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
Like any kid who grew up in the ’60s and ’70s, I have an uneasy relationship with dancing. I try to explain this to teenagers in my life, but it falls on deaf ears or, more precisely, shaking heads, shimmying shoulders, gyrating hips and deaf ears.Kids...
by Mitch Albom | Aug 18, 2013 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
What do we, the public, have the right to know about celebrities?Last week, Prince Fielder, the Tigers superstar, was defended by a teammate, Torii Hunter, during a radio interview. Hunter suggested that Fielder, who has struggled at the plate, was dealing bravely...
by Mitch Albom | Aug 11, 2013 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
Greek mythology says that Narcissus was so in love with his own reflection, he died staring at it. I wonder sometimes, when I see people on their cell phones or PDAs, if we’re not in danger of a similar fate.Last week, a man allegedly shot and killed his wife,...
by Mitch Albom | Aug 6, 2013 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
“Fans don’t care about drugs, they care about wins.” That’s the common refrain. You heard it again Monday, after the latest deluge of bad baseball news. Thirteen major league players were suspended, most for 50 games, for their involvement with...
by Mitch Albom | Aug 6, 2013 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
Stop the laughter. Lower the smiles. Shawn Burr is dead. It doesn’t seem possible. He was here just a minute ago, laughing in the Red Wings’ locker room. He was here just a minute ago, cracking wise about his big butt, saying things like “I have the...
by Mitch Albom | Jul 28, 2013 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
The idea was simple. Hide a camera. Film someone in an embarrassing situation. At the end, have a nice guy come out and say, “Smile!” and tell the victim it was a setup.They called it “Candid Camera,” and it was so successful as a TV show that...
by Mitch Albom | Jul 22, 2013 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
Dear America,Yeah, we’re broke.But we got up this morning.Yeah, we’re broke.But we woke the kids. We went to church.Yeah, we’re broke.But we ate breakfast. We cleaned the plates. We called friends. We lit the grill.Yeah, we’re broke.But we...
by Mitch Albom | Jul 17, 2013 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
He played to more than 50,000 fans twice in one weekend – in the same building! He sold out Madison Square Garden in a day. There was such madness for his concerts in Australia, that some wanted him deported. Girls screamed with every smile. Fans trampled one...
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