by Mitch Albom | Sep 10, 2012 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
An NFL football team, as a general rule, does not want its season opener to suggest a Britney Spears song (“Oops! … I Did It Again”). But here we were Sunday afternoon, in the first half, with Matthew Stafford throwing a bad interception to kill a...
by Mitch Albom | Sep 9, 2012 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
The funny thing about writing a book is that everyone asks you, “When’s it being published?” and then it’s published and you go on tour telling people it’s published and next thing you know, everyone is sick of you.If I already have...
by Mitch Albom | Sep 9, 2012 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
All eyes on the kid. Matthew Stafford filmed a “Monday Night Football” spot this summer, they shot it in one day, Matthew at a mall, at an amusement park, eating lobster, diving into an infinity pool. The premise: He’s going to be picked as the...
by Mitch Albom | Sep 6, 2012 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
You stand at the airport, waving them good-bye, like parents sending their kids off to college.”GOOD LUCK!” you yell to the Tigers as they head off on a long and crucial trip. “KNOCK ‘EM DEAD, BOYS!””What do you think?” your...
by Mitch Albom | Sep 2, 2012 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
When it comes to Mitch Albom, the Free Press columnist, WJR-AM (760) radio host and best-selling author, the thing everyone agrees on is that he’s a busy man who’s frequently time-challenged.In “The Time Keeper,” his first fictional work since...
by Mitch Albom | Sep 2, 2012 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – This is a story Nedal Tamer tells. When he was a kid in war-torn Lebanon, his neighbor had a kidney problem. The only medical attention was in Beirut. So the man and his brother had to travel two hours by taxi. On the way, the taxi was...
by Mitch Albom | Aug 31, 2012 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
You have high hopes for Michigan football. Why not? The Wolverines won 11 games last year, and it was coach Brady Hoke’s inaugural season. “Imagine,” you tell yourself, “what Hoke can do with his own recruits and a full year under his...
by Mitch Albom | Aug 26, 2012 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
She wears a tiara. She plays with a pig. She wiggles and shakes her hips and makes “come hither” movements. She pulls the fat from her tummy and squeezes it for the camera. She refers to herself in the third person. She squeals, she brags. And her mother...
by Mitch Albom | Aug 19, 2012 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
LOS ANGELES – In Hollywood, everyone wants to be a director. The actors. The shoe salesmen. You can stop a 5-year-old, ask him if he wants an ice cream, and he’ll say, “Yeah!… But I really want to direct.”I have no such desires. I write....
by Mitch Albom | Aug 12, 2012 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
He kneels in garden beds. He trims branches and lays mulch. Once upon a time, five months ago, he had an important position as a security official for Fidelity Bank, a place he’d worked for 38 years. He wore a suit and tie to work.Today, he wears shorts and a...
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