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;

Nina on Bob or Cultural Red Dog

Posted on December 15, 2014 by markweiss86

BLUF, and I got this from Michael McFaul my long-ago Deadhead buddy although he is not in McNally but George McGovern is, BOTTOM LINE UP FRONT, as I was packing up to zip off to the movies — either “Gone … Continue reading →

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Near-pin of a Mayoral Proclamation for Chris Horpel and Gunn wrestling, circa 2012

Posted on December 15, 2014 by markweiss86

I wrote this, Palo Alto Mayor and Gunn grad Yiaway Yeh approved it, yet it somehow never found its way from electronic media to official parchment and presentation. (And thanks to Emmie and Julie for their comments and commitments: their … Continue reading →

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Ed Marinero Talking Blues I mean Bruise

Posted on December 12, 2014 by markweiss86

The supposition is that if I call Murry Bowden the developer, Hanover Industries, in Houston Texas and ask the receptionist “I’m a Dartmouth guy and I want to ask Murry Bowden about ‘Ed Marinero’” would she put me through, would … Continue reading →

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Leonard Frey of 201 Streeter

Posted on December 11, 2014 by markweiss86

Leonard Frey, Dartmouth class of 1949, lived at 201 Streeter, one of the older dorms, in the so-called Gold Coast, west campus, closer to the river, by my sense. When Harry Hillman died, Frey contributed $5 to a memorial fund. … Continue reading →

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Should Palo Alto pardon Jeremy Lin?

Posted on December 5, 2014 by markweiss86

prologue, from February 10, 2012: Lin had the most astounding performance of his remarkable week, scoring a career-high 38 points and outdueling Bryant as the New York Knicks held off the Los Angeles Lakers 92-85. Later I will read this … Continue reading →

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Gunn up 13-0 to start hoops campaign

Posted on December 4, 2014 by markweiss86

Part Two: Gunn routs Summit by 40 in cage opener This being “Silicon Valley”, well, I tend to call it “Santa Clara Valley” and in, “I played for the 1980-81 Titans, champions of the SANTA CLARA VALLEY Athletic League”, I … Continue reading →

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Gunn falls to Homestead 42-7 yet flyers flawless

Posted on October 26, 2014 by markweiss86

I spent much of the first half of Gunn at Homestead talking to a white ex-pat Jamaican named Linval DePass whose daughter is a “flyer” for the GHS (formerly GSH or HMG) spirit squad (what we called Cheer Leaders). You … Continue reading →

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Why Gunn Titans are better than Paly Vikings in football

Posted on September 19, 2014 by markweiss86

Paly is 1 and 1 with an aggregate score of 30 for and 61 against. Gunn is 0 and 2 with an aggregate score of 39 for and 42 against. Gunn’s 39 points is 30 percent better than Paly’s 30. … Continue reading →

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Coverage of Gunn football by Sphinx Fitzwater II in the Palo Alto Weekly

Posted on September 8, 2014 by markweiss86

Despite forging a tie in the fourth quarter, the Titans gave up a late touchdown and dropped a season-opening decision to San Mateo on Friday. The game was moved from the Bearcats’ field, which wasn’t ready to host due to … Continue reading →

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My 12 picks: Stanford, Northwestern, Army, Missouri, Vanderbilt, Michigan State, Schauer, New Mexico, Michigan, Texas, UCLA and UTEP

Posted on September 6, 2014 by markweiss86

I am not actually a gambler nor do I advocate such. I picked 11 teams plus the Democratic challenger for the gubernatorial seat of Michigan, Mark Schauer just as an experiment. It is more like Rosencrantz and Guildenstern picking a … Continue reading →

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