PASADENA, Calif. -- It's New Year's Eve, and look what I found: All your heroes from the sports page, gathered together to toast 1992.Will you please rise and state your resolution:"I, Charles Barkley, resolve never to insult anyone again, especially those stupid reporters.""I, Andre Agassi, resolve to wear shirts that reach my waist.""I, Bryan Murray, resolve to get some help for goalie Tim Cheveldae.""I, Tim Cheveldae, (yawn) . . . zzzzzz . . .""I, Jack Morris, resolve to stay in Toronto . . . at least until the check clears."
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- For those of you who went out Christmas shopping Sunday afternoon, let me sum up what happened here in the tundra:The Lions fumbled the ball with less than three minutes left; missed a field goal with less than one minute left; missed another field goal with 12 seconds left; lost Bennie Blades to injury, Dennis Gibson to injury, George Jamison to injury; converted one third down all day; and spent most of the afternoon dodging snowballs thrown by the fans.And they won.And they set a franchise record for victories.
A lot of people are making a lot of fuss over "JFK," the new movie by Oliver Stone.It has been the cover story on Newsweek, Esquire and GQ. It's the hot issue on the chatty morning TV programs.You cannot find a newspaper this week without a photo of Kennedy, an article about the film or an in-depth feature on Stone, the angst-ridden Hollywood director who likes to create movies about his favorite decade, the '60s -- such as "Platoon" and "The Doors" -- then pass them off as truth, or semi-truth, and watch the money come pouring in.
Ho, ho, ho! Merry Christmas, son! Come sit on Santa's lap. What's your name?""Jack.""Jack what?""Jack Morris.""Ho, ho, ho! There's a famous baseball pitcher named Jack Morris.""I know, I'm him.""I'll be darned! Say, you're a little heavy.""That's my wallet.""Oh. Well, Jack. Have you been a good boy?""Good? I've been great. Didn't you watch the World Series, old man?""Well, I . . .""I was MVP. The big cheese in Minnesota. I just got a new contract. Over $5 million a year.""How nice. They appreciate you."
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.
