by Mitch Albom | Apr 3, 2015 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
“I don’t think I would be who I am today if it weren’t for going through four years of college.”— Travis TriceBehold the senior.He is a dinosaur. A relic. A thing of the past. Four years in college basketball today suggests a failure of...
by Mitch Albom | Nov 21, 2014 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
The Doctor is in. Grab a turkey leg.Hey, Doc. Let’s get right to it. Pats-Lions!OK. You driving?No. Who’s going to win?Oh. Well, we all want the Lions, if only to prove that last week was a mirage. But their receivers aren’t getting enough...
by Mitch Albom | Nov 9, 2014 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
EAST LANSING – Bombs away. A dream exploded once again Saturday night when Michigan State faced Ohio State, but this time — unlike last year’s Big Ten title game — it was the green hopes that turned to vapor. No national title. Likely no conference title....
by Mitch Albom | Oct 26, 2014 | Detroit Free Press
EAST LANSING – Devin Gardner was splayed on his back, as stiff as a scarecrow knocked off its stick. Behind him, the Michigan State Spartans were celebrating in the end zone with another of his ill-advised passes, this one taken back for a touchdown and an...
by Mitch Albom | Apr 1, 2014 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
NEW YORK -Keith Appling sat silently by his locker inside Madison Square Garden, his hands clasped over his eyes. He could have been praying, crying or hiding. He had reason to do all three.”I just feel like I let everybody down,” he whispered. “We...
by Mitch Albom | Mar 31, 2014 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
The Blues have it. No. Wait. The Greens. The Greens have it, don’t they? Or is it the Blues? Well, the beauty of today’s basketball feast is that we don’t have to pick. Michigan can win. Michigan State can win. There is no “either.” There...
by Mitch Albom | Mar 17, 2014 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
Here’s what you’ve been missing. That’s what Branden Dawson seemed to be saying with every straining muscle behind his tomahawk dunk Sunday in Indianapolis, one that put the Spartans deeply ahead of the Wolverines and deeply into the worry zone of every team in this...
by Mitch Albom | Mar 29, 2013 | Detroit Free Press
It’s the next-best thing to being there and, let’s be honest, we got to be there last weekend. The Palace was wild. The Palace was the wish-you-luck-out-there party. Now our two ambassadors to college basketball’s Big Dance have left the nest, off to...
by Mitch Albom | Mar 22, 2013 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
They both won. They both advanced. And nobody will confuse them with each other.On a red-letter day in our state’s college basketball history, Michigan and Michigan State played within hours of each other on the same court in the same building in the same round...
by Mitch Albom | Mar 21, 2013 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
Basketball for lunch. Basketball for dinner. Michigan State with soup and chips. Michigan with veggies and dessert. Never before in the history of March Madness have the Spartans and Wolverines been so close – and so close at hand. A No. 3 seed. A No. 4 seed....
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