It was a gutsy play, if not a smart one. The Spartans lined up for fourth and one on the Michigan 21. There were less than five minutes left; they had a one touchdown lead. One touchdown? Normally you kick a field goal. Normally, it's a no-brainer. But Saturday was not about normal."I looked over to Coach D," quarterback Brian Hoyer would later tell the media, "and I could see him saying to himself, We're going for it.' "
Moses parts the water, but Kenny Rogers turns the tide.On a night when the weather said it's time to stop playing baseball, Rogers took the mound and said no, we play on, we play like Game 1 never happened, we play like this magical Detroit year is still, well, magical. For the third time in this postseason, Rogers lifted his teammates' chins, said, "Watch the old man do it," went out there and hurled a masterpiece.
CLEVELAND - Jeff Garcia got behind the wheel and floored the gas, and we all sat up to watch him drive. There were two games going on Sunday, the football game recorded for history and the game Lions fans were playing at home, called "What Did Garcia Do That Joey Harrington Wouldn't?"
Moses parts the water, but Kenny Rogers turns the tide.On a night when the weather said it's time to stop playing baseball, Rogers took the mound Sunday night and said no, we play on, we play like Game 1 never happened, we play like this magical Detroit year is still, well, magical. For the third time in this postseason, Rogers lifted his teammates' chins, said, "Watch the old man do it," and went out there and hurled a masterpiece.
The game was about over, the Lions had won, and here came the ice water, over Rod Marinelli's neck and shoulders."How many times," someone asked him after the game, "have you had one of those buckets dumped on you?""This was the first one," he said.
Like a lot of guys, I don't get the whole Martha Stewart thing. To me, sheets are sheets, artichokes are artichokes, and as long as the quarterback doesn't throw any interceptions, I'm happy.Then last week, I interviewed Martha Stewart, on radio, for her new book about building a business.When I came home, I told my wife and a female friend the news. And both of them gushed, almost in unison, "You were nice to her, weren't you?"Well, I said, she did go to jail."You were nice to her, weren't you?"
Somewhere, as you read this, cables are being laid and cameras are being hoisted. Somewhere, as you read this, tickets are being enveloped or moved across cyberspace. Somewhere, as you read this, a field is being groomed, logos are being repainted, and merchandise is being unpacked and displayed, caps and shirts and jackets with official tags emblazoned with a single phrase that pulls this crazy movable feast from one October to the next:World Series.In Detroit?To paraphrase "Field Of Dreams," if you wait long enough, it will come.
This should make you angrier than you have been over almost anything since Sept. 11 - and that includes the war in Iraq.A recent report showed that 75% of fake bombs or bomb parts got past Transportation Security Administration security at Los Angeles International Airport and 60% got past TSA screeners at Chicago's O'Hare.Those are two of the busiest airports in the world. Those are two of the juiciest targets a terrorist could desire.
Mitch Albom writes about running an orphanage in impoverished Port-au-Prince, Haiti, his kids, their hardships, laughs and challenges, and the life lessons he’s learned there every day.
