Running for My Life
I laced up my running shoes, stretched my legs, arms, calves, neck, and my back while Dierks Bentley’s “Gold” played loudly in my Apple AirPods Pro. I opened the door to the yellow, 2-story house where the smell of the ocean a block away touched my nose and the 81-degree humid heat sank into my […]
Miracle on Ice 2: The Story of the Detroit Moose
Few people know about Miracle on Ice 2. Everyone remembers Miracle on Ice number 1 in 1980 where the U.S. men’s Olympic hockey team defeated the Soviet Union 4-3 in Lake Placid, NY. Mike Eruzione scored the game-winning goal and broadcaster Al Michaels wailed one of the most iconic lines in sports history, “Do you […]
The Race of a Lifetime
I ran my ass off that day. It was in the fall of 1982 when I was a scrawny, 94-pound freshman at Farmington Harrison High School in Farmington Hills, MI. I was 5’6” tall and I was really scrawny, but probably because I was on the Boy’s Cross Country team running 10 miles per day […]