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.
Gather round, Lions. Everybody grab a Coke. We're gonna give out a sack of game balls for Sunday's efforts against Minnesota.Get comfortable. It's a big sack.But then, this was a big game, at least if massacre is your thing. Detroit was to Minnesota on Sunday what a Cusinart is to a potato masher. They pureed the visitors, 41-21, proving once again, that Dorothy knew what she was talking about. There's no place like home.
NEW YORK -- She was flat on her back in the middle of center court, her eyes squeezed shut in glory, as if she had to lie down to absorb what she'd just accomplished.7-6, 1-6, 7-6.Mandlikova beats Navratilova.Incredible.What a match! What a spectacular match! A showdown that was never supposed to be. Everyone knows that just as dessert comes at the end of the meal, Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert Lloyd come at the end of a women's tennis tournament.Chris vs. Martina, punch after punch, rematch after rematch, Ali and Frazier in tennis dress.
Gather round, Lions. Everybody grab a Coke. We're gonna give out a sack of game balls for Sunday's efforts against Minnesota.Get comfortable. It's a big sack.But then, this was a big game, at least if massacre is your thing. Detroit was to Minnesota on Sunday what a Cusinart is to a potato masher. They pureed the visitors, 41-21, proving once again, that Dorothy knew what she was talking about. There's no place like home.
NEW YORK -- She was flat on her back in the middle of center court, her eyes squeezed shut in glory, as if she had to lie down to absorb what she'd just accomplished.7-6, 1-6, 7-6.Mandlikova beats Navratilova.Incredible.What a match! What a spectacular match! A showdown that was never supposed to be. Everyone knows that just as dessert comes at the end of the meal, Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert Lloyd come at the end of a women's tennis tournament.Chris vs. Martina, punch after punch, rematch after rematch, Ali and Frazier in tennis dress.
This is the second of five excerpts from "Bo" by Michigan football coach Bo Schembechler, co-authored with Free Press columnist Mitch Albom. Today's excerpt, "Woody and Me," deals with Bo's relationship with Woody Hayes.I loved Woody Hayes. I am not ashamed to say it. In the 37 years I knew him, he coached me, humbled me, employed me, angered me and taught me more about the game than anyone could. I guess I was about as close to him as anyone, but to the day he died, I never considered myself his equal.
This is the second of five excerpts from "Bo" by Michigan football coach Bo Schembechler, co-authored with Free Press columnist Mitch Albom. Today's excerpt, "Woody and Me," deals with Bo's relationship with Woody Hayes.I loved Woody Hayes. I am not ashamed to say it. In the 37 years I knew him, he coached me, humbled me, employed me, angered me and taught me more about the game than anyone could. I guess I was about as close to him as anyone, but to the day he died, I never considered myself his equal.
The fans got up early. They drove for miles in the snow. They marched through the stadium turnstiles.They had come for a brush with greatness.Members of the media loaded their tape recorders. They sharpened their pencils. They filled the press box with excited whispers.They had come for a brush with greatness.The Lions pulled on their helmets. They tucked in their blue and silver jerseys. They trotted out through the Silverdome tunnel.They had come for a brush with greatness.
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.
