by Mitch Albom | Apr 29, 2012 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
There’s a scene in the play “Ernie” in which the actor playing Ernie Harwell re-enacts the way he broadcast minor-league baseball games in the 1940s, when there was no money to send him on the road.”We stayed in the studio and waited for the...
by Mitch Albom | Apr 27, 2012 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
They stayed put. They didn’t move. While it seemed like every team in the NFL was making draft-night trades, the Lions remained in the sandbox, watching the other kids jump on the swings and the monkey bars. This either makes them very slow, very smart or very...
by Mitch Albom | Apr 18, 2012 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
It was one of those movies where the heroes keep pulling out bigger and bigger guns, spraying bullets, launching missiles, firing rockets, until they finally stop and scratch their heads, because the monster doesn’t have a dent.The monster in this case is Pekka...
by Mitch Albom | Apr 18, 2012 | Detroit Free Press
It was one of those movies where the heroes keep pulling out bigger and bigger guns, spraying bullets, launching missiles, firing rockets, until they finally stop and scratch their heads, because the monster doesn’t have a dent.The monster in this case is Pekka...
by Mitch Albom | Apr 16, 2012 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
The best part of Game 3 was a Red Wings goal. Pavel Datsyuk came charging behind the Nashville net, chopped his stick like a Benihana chef – swick-swick – stole the puck from Roman Josi, then spun and tucked it in for a score. I think he made stir-fry as...
by Mitch Albom | Apr 15, 2012 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
Sometimes, when you live in Michigan, people from out of state ask you, “Why?”This is a story that answers that question.I was feeling a little blue this past week. Life’s worries. The usual stuff. I had a family dinner commitment, it was out in Ann...
by Mitch Albom | Apr 8, 2012 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
Don’t tempt me.Put it away.I have resisted “Pong,” “Space Invaders,” “Pac-Man” and “Super Mario Bros.”I have scoffed at “Asteroids,” “Donkey Kong” and entire generations of Game Boy.Put it...
by Mitch Albom | Apr 8, 2012 | Detroit Free Press
Don’t tempt me.Put it away.I have resisted “Pong,” “Space Invaders,” “Pac-Man” and “Super Mario Bros.”I have scoffed at “Asteroids,” “Donkey Kong” and entire generations of Game Boy.Put it...
by Mitch Albom | Apr 6, 2012 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
It was a great game, a terrific ending, an Opening Day victory nearly stolen away then returned in the bottom of the ninth. But for all the impressive pitches thrown by Justin Verlander and the dramatic winning hit from Austin Jackson, the day began and ended with...
by Mitch Albom | Apr 6, 2012 | Detroit Free Press
It was a great game, a terrific ending, an Opening Day victory nearly stolen away then returned in the bottom of the ninth. But for all the impressive pitches thrown by Justin Verlander and the dramatic winning hit from Austin Jackson, the day began and ended with...
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