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U-M GETS ITS BIG SHOTMICHIGAN’S DREAM TEAM CRASHES INTO FINAL CHAPTER

U-M GETS ITS BIG SHOTMICHIGAN’S DREAM TEAM CRASHES INTO FINAL CHAPTER

SEATTLE -- He was racing down the court, his arms wide open, looking for someone to hug, someone to squeeze, someone to celebrate this unbelievable moment. Oh God, what had Sean Higgins done? Grabbed a rebound off a missed baseline jumper, tossed it back through the hoop like honey down a funnel, and sent the Michigan Wolverines to the national championship game in the most fairy tale-ish season we could ever imagine.A-maizing.
WELL, WORDS OR NO WORDS COLES HAS THE JOB AT THIRD

WELL, WORDS OR NO WORDS COLES HAS THE JOB AT THIRD

LAKELAND, Fla. -- Maybe they're just waiting for the right moment. Some night next week, Darnell Coles will walk into the clubhouse and it will be dark. He'll grope for the light switch. And when he flicks it on, all the Tigers will pop out with little party hats on and scream "Surprise!" and blow horns and then Coles will know he's the third baseman, for sure.
WELL, WORDS OR NO WORDS COLES HAS THE JOB AT THIRD

WELL, WORDS OR NO WORDS COLES HAS THE JOB AT THIRD

LAKELAND, Fla. -- Maybe they're just waiting for the right moment. Some night next week, Darnell Coles will walk into the clubhouse and it will be dark. He'll grope for the light switch. And when he flicks it on, all the Tigers will pop out with little party hats on and scream "Surprise!" and blow horns and then Coles will know he's the third baseman, for sure.
KRICKSTEIN STILL STRUGGLES TO MATCH HIS PROMISE

KRICKSTEIN STILL STRUGGLES TO MATCH HIS PROMISE

NEW YORK -- So much promise. That has always been the rock around Aaron Krickstein's neck. When he first showed those powerful ground strokes, when he turned pro at age 16, when he started losing and his ranking dropped like an anchor. "So much promise," the people sighed. No wonder he used to speak with his head down in his chest. Have three words ever weighed so heavily? Do you remember 1983? It was here, at the U.S. Open, that Krickstein, then an amateur, showed the world that promise.
COLOR LOS ANGELES THE CITY OF CHAMPIONS

COLOR LOS ANGELES THE CITY OF CHAMPIONS

OAKLAND, Calif. -- It was the biggest moment of his baseball life, he was about to pitch the bottom of the ninth, lead his teammates to the promised land of the World Series, and there he was -- sitting in the dugout, his head back, his eyes closed."What were you doing?" someone asked Orel Hershiser."I was singing hymns," he said.Oh.

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.

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