Forgiveness is in need of forgiveness today, especially in America
Truth is, we don’t forgive much anymore. We scold. We scream. We obliterate. We wipe you from existence.
Detroit Lions start with a thud, end with a bang, still lose season opener
And they’re off! And they’re… off. The work in progress that is the new Detroit Lions was, well, a work in progress in Sunday’s opener, falling into a four-touchdown hole, whiffing frequently on offense and defense, bobbling passes, overthrowing receivers, taking...
Chris Webber finally gets the gold star, but remains a mercurial figure
The Basketball Hall of Fame waited eight years to admit Chris Webber. Can you blame them? Even those who have watched him forever aren’t sure what to make of him. Here is a 15-year NBA veteran who is still best known as a college player, an athlete with...
As death tightens around us, don’t hesitate to tell loved one how you feel
As he lay dying, slowly, from ALS, I once asked my old college professor, Morrie Schwartz, what he thought about people wanting to leave the world with famous last words. “I think,” he said, his voice raspy and weak, “you need really good timing.” He was right. None...
Girls with guitars silenced in Afghanistan; their teacher can’t help them
Many American men have entered Afghanistan with a weapon. Lanny Cordola entered with a guitar. A self-described “studio guy,” Lanny had several of his own bands and also played with Slash, Ransom, the Beach Boys and even Nancy Sinatra, Cordola eventually grew...
Young Haitians get a chance to change their disaster-ravaged world with college degrees
It began on the airplane. The two young men stared out the windows as the island slowly disappeared from view. Neither one had ever left Haiti. Neither had ever slept a night away from home. One of the them, a slender, serious soul named Jhonas, had spent years in a...
Calvin Johnson’s Hall of Fame shine shouldn’t be clouded by Detroit Lions spat
Calvin Johnson heads into the sunset like other great players who toiled for the Detroit Lions. Unsatisfied. On the morning of his induction to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, he still hasn’t committed to even mentioning the team he played for his entire...
Only Simone Biles knows what made her step aside at Tokyo Olympics
I knew Simone Biles was done when she said, “There’s more to life than gymnastics.” That is a true sentence. Maybe, under certain circumstances, a noble one. But it’s not something an athlete says in the middle of a competition — in the middle of the Olympic...
COVID-19 vaccination hesitation won’t be fixed with anger or insults
You’re in line at the bank. The person ahead of you is talking to the cashier. Minutes pass. “What’s taking so long?” you wonder. You’re in traffic. You switch to the left lane. The person in front of you is going under the speed limit. “Why so slow?” you grouse....
There’s nothing wrong with the Olympics, but hosting them now is a bad idea
The first Olympic Games I covered were in an alpine village in a country that no longer exists. Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, was a cheery place in 1984, despite limited resources, a town where you drank with the locals late at night and where, during the opening...Stay Connected
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