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;

Talking Harbaugina

Posted on September 20, 2013 by markweiss86

The Guy: If you are here tonight for “The Harbaugina Monologue” you may be disappointed. “The Harbaugina Monologue” is taking a break, on injured reserve, if you will. Instead we have a new feature called “Talking Harbaugina.” Instead of actually … Continue reading →

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Gunn alum and dad leads softball surge

Posted on April 19, 2013 by markweiss86

I bumped into my Gunn classmate Matt Maltz and his son Andrew at Piazza’s market Sunday and was very impressed to learn that he is coaching the girls softball team at our Alma Mater. I checked out two games as … Continue reading →

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Yardley’s ‘Brave Dragons’ hits the mark

Posted on March 21, 2013 by markweiss86

CHINA CAGERS BOOK A ‘SWISH’ BUT NOT ‘SWISHY’ From Carolina Blue to ‘His ass is blue’ in reporter’s hoops odyssey Jim Yardley’s “Brave Dragons” can be read two ways, at least; one, as a basketball book that takes place in … Continue reading →

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From VTA to Vatican for former Gunn High journalist

Posted on March 14, 2013 by markweiss86

Jim Yardley reports in The New York Times today from Vatican City on the surprise choice of Jorge Mario Bergoglio as Pope Francis. In 1981 I edited his first byline, an article about Gunn High students who took what is now … Continue reading →

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Juana Alicia mural at Stanford ‘Chicano’ center

Posted on December 6, 2012 by markweiss86

“El Codex Estanfor” is a new interior mural at Stanford, in the ‘Chicano’ center, near the bookstore, by Bay Area legend muralist Juana Alicia, also known as Juana Alicia Araiza. I wandered into El Centro Chicano, a student center that … Continue reading →

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Danse Macabre with my former classmate

Posted on December 5, 2012 by markweiss86

Somehow I found myself searching for Martin Kryska, my Dartmouth classmate who died in a car accident in 1992. I didn’t remember that he was at Anderson Ranch arts center near Vail, CO in residency at the time of the … Continue reading →

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Eusebio

Posted on October 14, 2012 by markweiss86

Most people if they follow sports would say Pele is the best all time. I am talking soccer. I met a man from Cape Verde, a singer, who co-wrote one of the most famous songs of his genre — he … Continue reading →

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Sayles as Lardner

Posted on September 14, 2012 by markweiss86

I and I caught “Eight Men Out” on cable tv, and then captured this still of John Sayles, as Ring Lardner, singing a parody of “I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles” (by Burr and Campbell, 1919, Tin Pan Alley thing): I’m forever … Continue reading →

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John Schaefer soccer songs

Posted on August 21, 2012 by markweiss86

John Schaefer of WNYC has a great little post about the songs that British soccer fans sing during games. I would like to see him in a roundtable on this topic with Alan Black and Tony Williams of Meridian Gallery. And … Continue reading →

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Fighting words in their own dugout (Harbaugh monologue research)

Posted on August 6, 2012 by markweiss86

At the Gunn High of Palo Alto, Calif. Class of 1982 30th reunion, John Chovanec, the former all-league football and baseball star, gave me further comedic or psychic grist for the mill for the performance piece cum social sculpture I … Continue reading →

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