by Mitch Albom | Sep 7, 2023 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
Tonight, we learn how stupid we are. Or how smart. Tonight, hype meets hit. Giddiness meets gridiron. Tonight, once again, Detroit is Charlie Brown running to the football, staring at Lucy’s fingers, wondering if she yanks it away at the last moment. Tonight, NFL...
by Mitch Albom | Jan 10, 2023 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
I’m putting the Detroit Lions in the playoffs. Bleep it. If the NFL won’t, I will. I’ve watched every minute of every Lions game this season, and while they stunk up the joint early, from November onward, they’ve been a formidable team, one that grew...
by Mitch Albom | Jan 8, 2023 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
How’s this for a New Year? Matthew Stafford is definitely not going to the playoffs, but his old team might. Or this: By the stroke of midnight, the Detroit Lions could send Aaron Rodgers home for the winter, while they continue into the postseason. Or this: A team...
by Mitch Albom | Dec 25, 2022 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
‘Twas the day before Christmas And all through the house Not a creature was stirring They were all on the couch The children were nestled In front of the screen Their parents and relatives Squeezed in between As snow filled the air And winds blew by gusting...
by Mitch Albom | Dec 12, 2022 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
On his final third down pass of the day, Jared Goff threw to a 335-pound lineman named Penei Sewell, who rumbled and stumbled for a first down that sealed the game. Sewell was one of nine receivers that Goff completed a pass to Sunday, because, quite frankly, the way...
by Mitch Albom | Oct 3, 2022 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
T.J. Hockenson, with his tortilla-colored beard and long, flowing locks, looks like he could be playing the lute at the Renaissance Festival. And since that annual event was closing this weekend, maybe Sunday was destined to be his shining armor moment. Alas (as they...
by Mitch Albom | Sep 19, 2022 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
This is the story of two Detroit Lions players on Sunday, one smaller, one huge, one you can’t stop talking about, the other you probably didn’t know existed. The first Lion is the smaller guy who is currently the biggest buzz on the roster. After...
by Mitch Albom | Sep 12, 2022 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
There’s this little detail fans forget about in the excitement of an NFL preseason, but it makes itself obvious every opening Sunday. The other team. Oh, yeah. Those guys. HBO has left the building. Their cameras are probably filming a “Game of Thrones” episode in...
by Mitch Albom | Sep 11, 2022 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
And it’s September. And it’s Sunday. And here comes Lucy from the “Peanuts” cartoon, once again putting down the football and telling us, “Come on, kick it.” Detroit Lions season is upon us. Some of you have seen more of these than me. Some of you...
by Mitch Albom | Jul 12, 2022 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
He was private soul with a booming public voice, a soft heart beneath a hard, gritty exterior, a good man who had a bad hour in a Southfield restaurant 27 years ago and never really stopped paying for it. Many a football coach has issued this warning to his players:...