by Mitch Albom | Jul 8, 2012 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
Hang on. Hockeytown is not dead yet. Reports of its demise have been premature and, in some cases, pretty silly. Ryan Suter, a fine player, isn’t worth this much hand-wringing. He has never won a Stanley Cup. He won’t win one on his own. His spurning...
by Mitch Albom | Jul 1, 2012 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
The band broke up.We hit the final chord. We heard sweet applause. And then, after 20 years together, we walked away.There was no fighting. No “musical differences.” You need to be musical to have musical differences.We were not really musical.We were...
by Mitch Albom | Jul 1, 2012 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
So let me get this straight, I say to Andre Drummond. You were just hanging out in Manhattan on Tuesday night?”Yeah,” he says. “With my mom.”Watching TV?”Watching TV.”And your agent calls?”Yeah. And he said, ÃÂYou got a...
by Mitch Albom | Jul 1, 2012 | Detroit Free Press
So let me get this straight, I say to Andre Drummond. You were just hanging out in Manhattan on Tuesday night?”Yeah,” he says. “With my mom.”Watching TV?”Watching TV.”And your agent calls?”Yeah. And he said, ÃÂYou got a...
by Mitch Albom | Jun 24, 2012 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
It’s official.I’ve become a prude.I thought this happened only in adolescence. I thought once you got past those awkward teenage years, everyone grew up about sex.I thought we were supposed to laugh about how red-faced sex made us feel in high school.But...
by Mitch Albom | Jun 24, 2012 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
He won. That’s all that matters. The debate over LeBron James may go on. But sports is a did-or-didn’t business, and when Miami captured the NBA title Thursday, LeBron stepped over.This explains why the same fans, critics and sports media who just TWO...
by Mitch Albom | Jun 21, 2012 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
We meet in a Starbucks near his Northville home. He comes alone, in a T-shirt and jeans, sits for nearly 2 hours, and never looks at his watch. You are tempted to say this is the new, relaxed, retired Nicklas Lidstrom, but he was pretty much always this way. He had as...
by Mitch Albom | Jun 21, 2012 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
The flight attendant smiles. “Something to drink?” “Water, please,” I say. She asks the next guy over, then turns to me again. “Did you say orange juice?” she asks. The ticket woman smiles. “Which movie?”...
by Mitch Albom | Jun 11, 2012 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
Rob Rubick used to play pro football. He took a lot of hits. He is 51 now, and says he has a hard time focusing. “If I head to the refrigerator and somebody stops me to talk for 10 seconds,” he says, “I end up sitting back on the couch. I forget what...
by Mitch Albom | Jun 8, 2012 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
The bases were loaded, two men out, and Jose Lopez smacked the ball to deep centerfield. Quintin Berry backed up, then speeded up, then turned his body forward, then kept turning, until he finally snagged the ball as if swatting a giant mosquito.Tigers defense....
The only newsletter dedicated to updates, exclusive content, and giveaways of Mitch's books!