by Mitch Albom | Jan 14, 2024 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
“For one thrilling Sunday, it was perfect chaos, all these inspired men doing things they weren’t supposed to do, exploding like a silver-and-blue volcano after years of bubbling frustration. They took the ball and scored, they took it and scored again, and again, and...
by Mitch Albom | Jan 12, 2024 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
The last game he played in Ford Field, he threw for three touchdowns and nearly 300 yards — and lost by two points. That’s a microcosm of the bittersweet career Matthew Stafford put in during his long tenure as the Detroit Lions’ starting quarterback. With...
by Mitch Albom | Jan 9, 2024 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
HOUSTON — And then, all Hail broke loose. Mikey Sainristil intercepted a fourth-down pass, a desperate heave by Washington quarterback Michael Penix Jr. that landed right in Sainristil’s gut. He took off the other way, eyes widening. Ten yards. Twenty yards. Thirty...
by Mitch Albom | Jan 8, 2024 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
The last four plays of the Detroit Lions’ regular season were four straight passes to receiver Josh Reynolds. In most ways, since the game was already won, the plays were insignificant. Except that Reynolds needed 36 yards on the day to earn a chunky incentive...
by Mitch Albom | Jan 7, 2024 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
It’s not too late for a New Year’s resolution, is it? I am making one that you may want to adopt. This year, I will not — NOT — search the internet for medical information. I will no longer visit Dr. Google. I will break up with WebMD. I will cancel all appointments...
by Mitch Albom | Dec 25, 2023 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
How’s this for a Christmas morning stocking stuffer? The Detroit Lions will win their division. The Lions will host a playoff game. Manna will fall from heaven. OK, maybe not the last one. But the occasion calls for hyperbole, right? In a game that went...
by Mitch Albom | Dec 17, 2023 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
Amon-Ra St. Brown darted across the middle, split the defenders, took a perfect pass from Jared Goff and zoomed to the end zone, flipping over an opposing player and landing with a boink, as if putting the dot on an “i.” An “i” as in “winning again.”...
by Mitch Albom | Dec 17, 2023 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the nation America was fighting And filled with frustration Left against right, You versus me Old against young Fox versus MSNBC Gas! No, electric! Open borders! No, closed! Woke! No, tradition! Donald! No, Joe!...
by Mitch Albom | Dec 10, 2023 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
You need a good vocabulary to get into college, and an even better vocabulary to run one. So how did college presidents last week suddenly have so much trouble saying a single word? During a hearing on antisemitism, in front of Congress and TV cameras, the presidents...
by Mitch Albom | Dec 3, 2023 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
In their hysterical comedy routine from many years ago, Carl Reiner asks Mel Brooks — who is playing the part of a 2,000-year-old man — the secret to his long life. “Will to live,” Brooks answers. “Ah, yes,” Reiner replies. “The will to live —” “Not THE will to live,”...
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