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;

SHP-shooter makes 39 straight in practice but only 5 of 6 with season on the line; Crusaders slay Gators in OT

Posted on February 24, 2022 by markweiss86
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Slopestyle, freeski or just peoples

Posted on February 20, 2022 by markweiss86

I met FoxFace from “Hunger Games” at Coupa Cafe in Palo Alto – – three feet where I am sitting right now as I write this. I had no idea who she was — a movie star — I only … Continue reading →

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Jesus Shuttleworth at CCS

Posted on February 17, 2022 by markweiss86

Jesus Shuttlesworth at CCS Rather than a CCS basketball tourney, like the one my team played so many years ago, the powers that be have declared the Catholics League the winner of CCS title; they will celebrate such with a … Continue reading →

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CCS Top 20 teams, ranked by wins

Posted on February 12, 2022 by markweiss86

  SIXTEEN WINS Christopher (Gilroy) ^ Fremont (Sunnyvale) ^ Lynbrook (San Jose) ^ Pioneer (San Jose) ^ Sobrato (Morgan Hill) ^ SEVENTEEN WINS Burlingame ^ Gunn (Palo Alto)^ Menlo-Atherton ^ Palma (Salinas) St. Ignatius (San Francisco) San Lorenzo Valley (Felton) … Continue reading →

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Hot Rog Gibbons

Posted on February 6, 2022 by markweiss86

  Gunn beat Paly in basketball last night because in the final possession, on the last touch of the game, in the final two seconds, Gunn senior Rogan Gibbons blew by three Vikings, numbers 22, 23 AND 24, to score … Continue reading →

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Titans beat Vikings

Posted on February 5, 2022 by markweiss86

      Clutch free-throw by number 51 who was also a stalwart on defense. I don’t know his name but if the titans win out their final three they have an outside chance to reach 20 wins only the … Continue reading →

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Paly routs Tino

Posted on January 25, 2022 by markweiss86
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John Arrillaga, 1937-2022

Posted on January 24, 2022 by markweiss86
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B-E-R-G-W-I-J-N!!!

Posted on January 19, 2022 by markweiss86
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Forty-four years on, I can still name the college attended by 20 Raiders from 1977

Posted on December 23, 2021 by markweiss86

George Buhler, Stanford, Dave Dalby UCLA, et cetera. 

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