by Mitch Albom | Dec 27, 2000 | Detroit Free Press
Let’s start with the act that got her in trouble, then we can deal with what made her do it. It was just after 7 a.m., and she had been driving aimlessly for hours. At one point, she had parked outside her high school, where she was due to graduate in a few...
by Mitch Albom | Dec 31, 1997 | Detroit Free Press, Comment
Last in a series on the heartbreaks and hopes of unsung Detroit area athletes.
A thin drizzle fell that night, giving the streets an oily sheen under the lights. It was just past midnight, Monday turning to Tuesday, and a teenager named Tim Doil was driving through Troy with two friends, coming home from a high school graduation party. It was warm. Early June. They had Puff Daddy on the radio, singing “I’ll Be Missing You.” They were heading east.
by Mitch Albom | Mar 18, 1990 | Detroit Free Press
LONG BEACH, Calif. — “Are you dumb?”Rumeal Robinson looked at the kid in disbelief. It was the summer of his freshman year, on a visit home to Boston, and this was the first time he had ever heard that question. At least to his face. It startled him,...