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;

Crypto / Egypto

Posted on January 7, 2019 by markweiss86

Am I the only person on the () who thinks like this? B/w (more people likely noted this:

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Seventy years of behind-the-back

Posted on January 6, 2019 by markweiss86

  It says here, sports illustrated January 1956 that Bob Cousy invented the behind the back dribble in a particular game in 1949 so we’re celebrating 70 years of behind the back. If you were accused let me draw you … Continue reading →

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Oakland Raiders: the good guys

Posted on January 6, 2019 by markweiss86

I saw something in the paper about a new documentary about the former Raiders receiver Warren Wells, a hardluck case.  I never saw him play but I saw Fred Biletnikoff and cliff branch catching balls thrown by Ken Stabler. Here … Continue reading →

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Fantasy football

Posted on January 6, 2019 by markweiss86

My fantasy football team this year was renamed The Duffy Daughertys after the former Michigan State coach, although I pronounced it with the word “dog” and abbreviated for clarity to The DuffyDogs. The real Duffy won two national championships in … Continue reading →

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Female athletes posed, 1948 and 2018

Posted on January 2, 2019 by markweiss86

The first image is from an AP Wire Photo of Oakland High School athlete Zoe Ann Olsen, who won the AAU Diving Championships and went on to medal twice for the U.S. in Olympic competition. The photo is from Wikipedia … Continue reading →

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Baby’s on fire!

Posted on December 21, 2018 by markweiss86

Today is my 20,000th day on earth celebration — i’m actually from the Sun. I’m going to go to gym, then walk the dog, then go catch the very first showing of the long awaited “Aquaman” starring my favorite of … Continue reading →

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Kevins Mitchell

Posted on December 19, 2018 by markweiss86

Batted third

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Shaquille O’Neal interviews Norzin Lama on his social media, 90,000 likes

Posted on December 14, 2018 by markweiss86

Norzin has a Tibetan clothing and jewelry shop on University Avenue in Palo Alto, although it will close after Christmas, after nearly 25 years here. She seems optimistic about the future, the next chapter. Who knows, maybe she will be … Continue reading →

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RedVette Band, 1981

Posted on December 10, 2018 by markweiss86

This will take a bit more sussin’. I post this here because Mesha Spivey, a former CCS high jump champ from Woodside, who grew up 12 years younger and across the street from CCS champ (and NBA Champ) Charles CJ … Continue reading →

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A classmate’s tribute to one of this area’s all-time greats: Charles ‘C.J.’ Johnson, of Sequoia High, Cal and the world champion Golden State Warriors

Posted on December 10, 2018 by markweiss86

By Mark Meltzer: I was a classmate of CJ’s from elementary school (Washington School) all the way through UC Berkeley. In elementary school he was just known as Charley, CJ was to come later. We weren’t close friends but I … Continue reading →

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