by Mitch Albom | Jun 30, 2013 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
One week ago, I got into a taxi. It was a hot and humid Sunday morning in Bristol, Conn. I was heading to the airport.”How you doing?” I said, sliding in.The man behind the wheel only nodded. He was foreign looking with balding black hair and heavy...
by Mitch Albom | Jun 23, 2013 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
Here’s to the lunatics. The dreamers. The yellers. The people who see life as a crazy fun-house ride. Steve Nickerson was one of those people. You knew it the moment you met him – whether it was 20 years ago, when he looked like Meat Loaf, shooting photos...
by Mitch Albom | Jun 20, 2013 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
Because they could not do the simplest of things, the San Antonio Spurs must now do the most difficult: overcome themselves. If they succeed tonight, in Game 7, on the road, against the mighty Miami Heat, you will have witnessed one of the greatest displays of mental...
by Mitch Albom | Jun 16, 2013 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
Fathers are often bad at good-byes. Some find them awkward. Some find them silly. Some just figure, in their work-focused way, that there will always be time for one later.Mark Weber was an exception. He had a long chance to say good-bye. He was a career soldier, a...
by Mitch Albom | Jun 9, 2013 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
He walks in the room with a plastic helmet over his head. He sits. He takes off the helmet. You can see the damage on the right side of his head. Sixty days earlier, he had gone to a best friend’s party, things got out of hand, and as the party was breaking up...
by Mitch Albom | May 30, 2013 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
CHICAGO – In the closing moments of “Rocky,” the gutsy fighter and his slick rival clench together at the bell, their epic battle now complete.”Ain’t gonna be no rematch,” one gasps.”Don’t want one,” gasps the...
by Mitch Albom | May 28, 2013 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
After all the bodies, all the traffic, all the smacking sticks and human shot blocking and forechecks and pile-ups and take-downs and gloves to the face, here was the lonely showdown:One skater and one goalie.Everyone else watching.And the night hanging in the...
by Mitch Albom | May 23, 2013 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
The Most Important Game was the last game of the regular season. If the Red Wings didn’t win that one, they might not have made the playoffs. But they did – and they did.So The Most Important Game was behind them, right?Then came the playoffs, and the...
by Mitch Albom | May 21, 2013 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
Up and down. Quick as a minute. The compass was broken at Joe Louis Arena, and the game had only two directions: north and south. It was a track meet, a caffeinated pogo stick, all breathless goals and breathless chances. Fortunately, the Red Wings had three of the...
by Mitch Albom | May 19, 2013 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
Detroit mayor not exactly dream jobYou get to be in charge, except for the guy who is really in charge. You get to spend the money, but only if the other guy says OK. You get to state your platform, but you may never be able to implement one bit of it.Why would anyone...
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