by Mitch Albom | Feb 5, 2020 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
At one point late in what was suddenly his final hour as Michigan State’s football coach, Mark Dantonio winced at a question about a lawsuit. “We’re not talking about that here,’’ he snapped. “This is a celebration.” It didn’t feel like one. And he didn’t...
by Mitch Albom | Feb 3, 2020 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — I’m not certain what destiny looks like in person. But I think we just saw it in the Super Bowl. In the fourth quarter of a game that was clearly tilting to the San Francisco 49ers, on a night when he did not at all look like the superstar...
by Mitch Albom | Feb 2, 2020 | Detroit Free Press, Comment, Sports
Envy. Although it’s not the first emotion you’d associate with the Super Bowl, it will be there tonight in the minds of many football fans around the country — fans of teams who perennially do NOT make the big game. Like the Detroit Lions. “How come Kansas City...
by Mitch Albom | Jan 27, 2020 | Sports, Detroit Free Press
Man is not built to fly. Some still do. Kobe Bryant did. He flew through the air of suburban Philadelphia basketball courts and he flew over college altogether and landed in the NBA as a 17-year-old, where he flew through defenders, flew through the record...
by Mitch Albom | Jan 26, 2020 | Detroit Free Press, Comment
As a writer of books, I guess I should be happy that any book is getting attention in this TV- and movie-soaked world. I do wish it wasn’t for these reasons. A new novel by a writer named Jeanine Cummins is causing some to go crazy with praise and others to go...
by Mitch Albom | Jan 19, 2020 | Detroit Free Press, Comment
It’s only taken three weeks, but I think I know what 2020 will be the year of: Apologies. They’re coming fast and furious. Celebrities. Politicians. Teachers. Corporations. Countries. Even churches — which, ironically, is where you used to go to apologize. I base my...
by Mitch Albom | Jan 12, 2020 | Detroit Free Press, Comment, News
She would have turned 10 last week. We would have had a big party, a big cake, all her friends, all our relatives. There would have been presents and candles and a very loud Happy Birthday song, and too many people would have asked her, “How does it feel to be double...
by Mitch Albom | Dec 22, 2019 | Detroit Free Press, Comment
The morning after President Donald Trump was impeached, I got in a car to go to the airport. The driver was a man I have known for some time. His name is Walid. He is always upbeat when he greets me, in a navy sports coat, a tie and a vest, his brown eyes...
by Mitch Albom | Dec 15, 2019 | Detroit Free Press, Comment
There are two types of people in the world. Those who can’t wait for Christmas music, and those who dread it. The first group melts into happy smiles at the opening notes of “All I Want for Christmas is You” by Mariah Carey. They wave a conductor’s finger at “God Rest...
by Mitch Albom | Dec 8, 2019 | Detroit Free Press, Comment
DUBLIN, IRELAND — I am writing this from a Dublin hotel room. The weather is dark and dreary, thick clouds with a misty rain. It shouldn’t surprise me. Margaret Daly is no longer here to brighten the Irish sky. I’ve been coming to Ireland to promote my books since the...
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