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Note To Starbucks Baristas Everywhere: If You Find Yourself Serving Coffee To Mitch Albom, Spill It On HimMitch Albom, America's favorite fun-sized poetastering fabulist, decided to use his Sunday column space in the shrinking Detroit Free Press to whine about America's service workers in the haughtiest fashion possible....

I-Team: Help Us Solve The Mystery Of Mitch Albom's EarsTipster Chad D. (or Chadd?) writes in, [sic]s and all:...

The Five Geniuses You Meet In Heaven: Mitch Albom Discovers The Apple StoreAfter that whole thing about him winning a Red Smith Award that he probably shouldn't have won, Albom's stayed out of the spotlight. Or, wait, no: He's written a play and developed a TNT show. And, somewhere along the way, he found time to visit the Apple Store and write about it....

Mitch Albom Threatens America With Another Book

He has apparently moved on from bumper-bowling theology and returned his attention to sportswriting: "Albom said he might one day write a book tracing the arc of sports journalism from daily newspapers to the Internet and instant updates." [Salt Lake Tribune]...

Two Sportswriters You Meet In Hell

Yesterday, we shared with you one delightful tale about Phil Mickelson and everyone's favorite deadline Napoleon, Mike Lupica. To this, a SportsJournalists.com anonym has added another — one in which Mitch Albom makes a cameo, and Loopy gets his comeuppance....

Revenge Of The Duke Hobbits

Jonah Keri writes the college basketball closer (more or less) daily. E-mail your questions, comments or Clarence Ceasar-related memories to [email protected]....

About Last Night ...

What you missed while washing your hand jammies ... • NBA: Do not jostle Steve Nash! Suns 104, Spurs 98. • MLB: What in the world has gotten into the Washington Nationals? • NHL: Live by the Sabre, die by the Sabre ... Senators take 3-0 series lead....