Category Archives: sports

has a ball or stick and is not murder or war; their were or are bubblegum cards or tobacco cards to exploit it; was cool when i was young but is now increasingly sadly undermined by greed;

Beck strikes out 11 in season bow

Posted on February 20, 2019 by markweiss86

Stanford right hander Brendan Beck sophomore is one of the nations top hurlers.

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Bob Cousy v Hamidou Diallo

Posted on February 19, 2019 by markweiss86

  And this one, maybe I printed it previously is related to an even earlier six or eight part drawing of Boston Celtics Bob Cousy, him demonstrating the novel dribbling technique. Diallo plays for Oklahoma Thunder and won the All … Continue reading →

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Memoir of a crooked ref

Posted on February 19, 2019 by markweiss86

I love basketball and I love memoir — I’m taking Lynn Stegner’s famous course — so I cannot resist a quick cut and paste, based on something in the Yahoo feed, about a crooked referee NBA and his memoir from … Continue reading →

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By magic I show you Earvin Johnson’s high school team

Posted on February 11, 2019 by markweiss86

Bw I ran into a college classmate who owned $400m worth of Fusion-IO, my brother’s employer, then and now, I think: edit to add: It’s kind of random to go from Magic Johnson to Scott Sandell when the thing should … Continue reading →

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My mother is a fish, but Cousins is not a monkey

Posted on January 31, 2019 by markweiss86

This bit, a new prologue three weeks later, is lifted from the wikipedia entry on David Shields’ “Reality Hunger” my manifesto: Shields also discusses, at length, the distinction between memoir and fiction–a distinction that, Shields argues, is mostly imaginary. Because … Continue reading →

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Cormac Ryan, KZ Okpala, Ugonna Onkeywe, Kent Lockhart, Marvin Gaye, Marlinda Fitzgerald, Hans Delannoy, Mick Jagger, Jared Goff, Todd Gurley, Tom Brady, Lynn Swann, Barry Bonds, Pete Broberg, Dr. J and me

Posted on January 25, 2019 by markweiss86

Dear (Friend of mine, former Sports Editor of The D, Sports Ilustrated Summer Reporter, UPI baseball stats desk jockey, of counsel to Office of Commish and basketball nut): (Re Cormac Ryan, Stanford’s new #23, from Milton Academy and Collegiate of … Continue reading →

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Rollie Fingers v Gregg Rolie’s fingers

Posted on January 25, 2019 by markweiss86

Rollie Fingers, Hall of Fame Oakland A’s reliever I saw play in his prime and thought of just yesterday when the current HOFs including the fairly mediocre former Stanford hurler Mike Mussina were announced. I was originally going to write … Continue reading →

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Winks

Posted on January 20, 2019 by markweiss86

  If you follow soccer there is a hero for Tottenham today named Harry Winks. He scored the winning goal to 2-1 over Fulham. Long cross in extra stoppage time like minute 92 or 93. I took five photos here: … Continue reading →

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Hi, Jamie

Posted on January 11, 2019 by markweiss86

b/w Jack Kerouac Lowell High Football #35 2013 bobble-head doll spotted above the bar at Old Pro sports bar in Palo Alto, the home town of Beat poet Lew Welch edit to add: Jamie Stewart as a duo called Xiu … Continue reading →

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Dan Mountain, Dan the Mountain, Dan the Mountain Man, Dan Deacon and Dan Auerbach

Posted on January 9, 2019 by markweiss86

Dan Mountain is an advertising writer who won the Howard Gossage Award the year I wanted to be a copywriter; I met him 30 years later and we watched Clay Kershaw pitch; Dan is also a mountain, somewhere pictuaresque. Seeking … Continue reading →

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