Where else would you rather be? It was a sentence that came to Lloyd Carr during the muggy heat of August, when the Michigan football team was sweating through a practice, panting like dogs. "Men," he yelled, "your friends are at the pool, or driving girls around campus, and you're here, working out for football. Where else would you rather be?"
BOSTON -- The worst part of dying this way, he said, was that he couldn't dance. Morrie loved to dance. For years he went to a church hall not far from Harvard Square, where once a week they would blast music and open the door to anyone, dance however you wanted, with whomever you wanted. Morrie danced by himself. He shimmied and fox-trotted, he did old dances to modern rock music. He closed his eyes and fell into the rhythm, twirling and spinning and clapping his hands.
* Lions 20, Tampa Bay 19: This is how it goes with these two: When you don't expect it, the Lions will win. And when you least expect it, the Bucs will win. All we have to figure out now is what to expect. The answer: I have no idea. Pick vs. spread: Tampa Bay.* Dallas 14, San Francisco 14: I don't know which hurts George Seifert more, falling to a .500 record, or having been outcoached by Wayne Fontes. Pick vs. spread: San Francisco.
THE YEAR 2025 -- The IBM Browns made headlines this week when they announced they were moving from Mexico City back to Cleveland.Once upon a time, longer than most football fans can remember, the Browns played in Cleveland, under the odd name "Cleveland Browns." This, of course, was back when teams were named after the cities they played in -- before corporations insisted that the teams be named after them.
He slammed the ball between his legs, then bounced up and down, then whacked himself in the helmet with both hands, then shook his fists at the crowd. I guess this is what you'd call a touchdown dance. That, or he ate some really bad Mexican food before the game.
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.
