Political Quotes

“25 years ago, an article appeared in the Detroit Free Press sports section headlined, ``Give Me a Sporting Chance, And I'll Give It Right Back.'' It was the debut column from a young writer just arrived from Florida, and he admitted to some nerves about writing for his new audience. ``Starting tomorrow, I ask your attention, your reaction, your letters, your laughter and, once in a while, the benefit of the doubt,'' he wrote. I doubt many Free Press readers knew that morning that they held the beginning of a journalistic legend in their hands. And the writer himself surely didn't know what he was starting. But thousands of columns, millions of laughs, more than a few tears, 28 million books, and dozens of awards later, Free Press sports columnist Mitch Albom has become a Detroit institution right alongside the beloved athletes he has covered. Recently, it was announced that Mitch Albom will receive the ultimate award for a sportswriter, the Red Smith Award from the Associated Press Sports Editors.”