Tears on a baseball diamond only prove that players are humanJune 29, 2025 | Comment, Detroit Free PressThey say there’s no crying in baseball, but there was some crying last week. An Arizona Diamondbacks player named ...Read More
Brian Wilson’s greatest work was turning sadness into beautiful musicJune 15, 2025 | Comment, Detroit Free PressI made Brian Wilson sad once. I didn’t mean to. We were doing a radio interview, the first time I’d ever spoken to ...Read More
Breaking up is hard to do. Could a go-between salvage Trump-Musk?June 8, 2025 | Comment, Detroit Free PressLast week, President Donald Trump and Elon Musk had a spectacular falling-out. I hate to see two grown men ...Read More
Adulting 101? Didn’t we use to take that course at home?June 1, 2025 | Comment, Detroit Free PressI took a lot of classes at college, but never one in how to become an adult. That I had to learn on my ...Read More
Don’t forget the many who cross the border for all the right reasonsMay 18, 2025 | Comment, Detroit Free PressThis is an immigrant story. It is not about a threat. It is not about an illegal crossing or an arrest. It’s about ...Read More
Without his frayed friend, Tigers’ Chet Lemon feels lostMay 11, 2025 | Detroit Free Press, SportsEditor's note: This column originally ran in the Detroit Free Press on April 11, 1986. Chet Lemon died on May 8, ...Read More
Is college worth it anymore? Maybe it depends on the reason you’re goingMay 5, 2025 | Comment, Detroit Free PressThe car door opened and I felt a lump in my throat. This was college. The strange land I’d been hearing about ...Read More
Pistons elimination hurts like hell – and that’s what will make them betterMay 2, 2025 | Detroit Free Press, SportsJalen Brunson, the thumping aorta of the New York Knicks, took the ball and went to work on Ausar Thompson. The ...Read More