On the tape, it looks like any other high school gymnasium. The stands are packed, a crowd of students, parents, cheerleaders. The beefy young football player addresses the assembly, a shirt and tie chosen for the momentous occasion. Into a microphone, he thanks his family and his school. He makes his big announcement."It was Oregon and Cal," says Kevin Hart, looking at the two caps on a table in front of him, "and I decided I'll be playing football at the University of California."
GLENDALE, Ariz. - No more predictions.If the Giants stunning the perfect Patriots in Super Bowl XLII didn't prove, once and for all, the folly of predicting sporting events, nothing will. All the TV panels, all the radio call-ins, all the "picks" columns in newspaper sports sections - what's the point? All we do is give fodder to the winning team to declare "nobody believed in us."
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.