by Mitch Albom | Feb 9, 1992 | Detroit Free Press
ALBERTVILLE, France — I am retiring from the Olympics.This will be my last Games as a competitor. It’s been a wonderful career, but it’s time to let the kids have a chance.I will never forget my first medal, in 1964, when, at age six, I became the...
by Mitch Albom | Oct 2, 1988 | Detroit Free Press
SEOUL, South Korea — The gloves are unlaced, the shoes are removed, the water in the pool is still. The Games of Summer will close today, amid a splash of color and ceremony. It will take days to pack up and weeks to clean up and years, perhaps, to pay up, but...
by Mitch Albom | Feb 29, 1988 | Detroit Free Press
CALGARY, Alberta — We lost.The Soviets won.Everybody wore cowboy hats.That’s a wrap, folks. Thanks for coming. The XV Winter Olympics may not have been fun, but they were long. And how about those Finns? Hell of a team, huh? Don’t laugh. They got...
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