That Fine Line
Mon, 16 Apr 2012 07:21:43 -0400
Brian Wilson joked Sunday about going up to the broadcast booth during his time away from the field and winning an Emmy. Forget that. I’d give him an Oscar right now. He is one our finest actors. Sunday, he acted upbeat about possibly fading away into the background for a year, maybe more. He regarded the [...]
FanFest
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:11:38 -0500
February 5 Aubrey Huff’s quick wit is always at the ready, and after 2011, it’s gallows humor. At a Q & A session during Saturday’s Giants FanFest, a little girl asked Tim Lincecum how he felt when Buster Posey was injured by Florida’s Scott Cousins in a home plate collision. That drew an “awwwww” from [...]
A Legendary Day
Sun, 15 Jan 2012 04:27:57 -0500
January 14 All week long, KNBR personalities recounted their memories of “The Catch” game on its 30th anniversary. For my part, when Dwight Clark caught Joe Montana’s pass, I damaged hotel property at the Sheraton Waikiki. I jumped so high that it took a few minutes to dislodge my head from the ceiling. I have [...]
Damn You, Mayan Calendar
Mon, 02 Jan 2012 23:57:58 -0500
January 2, 2012 So, they say it’ll be curtains this year, if you believe the Mayan calendar. Sudden death, but no overtime. Does that mean I’ll not post a blog to begin the new year ? Just give up, like Billy Beane and the A’s, until we reach our next destination ? Hell no. The blogosphere is [...]
Sports Story Of 2011
Tue, 27 Dec 2011 06:54:39 -0500
December 27 Remember back in the good old days, when the Nevin Shapiro booster scandal at the University of Miami, rocked the college football world ? When Jim Tressel got the boot because players were trading “golden pants” for tattoos and he didn’t tell anyone until it was too late ? Ah, the halcyon days [...]
Candlestick Blowout
Tue, 20 Dec 2011 06:52:25 -0500
December 20 In the wake of two power outages at Candlestick Park last night, the 49ers released a statement saying “there are more questions than answers.” That’s for darn sure. Like, can the 49ers ever play at that dump again ? It was a great night for the football team, a 20-3 smothering of the [...]
Pagan, Part Two
Wed, 07 Dec 2011 06:58:00 -0500
December 6 The Giants did pretty well the last time they had a guy named Pagan in the lineup. Granted, it was 50 years ago when Jose Pagan was their shortstop and they pushed the Yankees to the final out of the 1962 World Series. Now, they have spirited away outfielder Angel Pagan from the [...]
A Red ( And Gold ) Letter Day
Mon, 05 Dec 2011 07:47:10 -0500
December 5 Back in the dark days of 49ers football — you know, way back in the mid-oughts — none of this seemed even remotely possible. You remember the days of Dennis Erickson, then Mike Nolan, then Mike Singletary. The days of “salary cap hell” with the in absentia GM Terry Donahue. Days when fans [...]
The Good, The Bad, and The Really Ugly
Mon, 28 Nov 2011 04:09:26 -0500
November 28 Now the story takes a quantum leap. Bernie Fine is fired as Syracuse University associate basketball coach amid child sexual abuse allegations, as evidence mounts against him. There are now three accusers, but it’s important to emphasize that unlike the Penn State case no charges have been filed yet. Head coach Jim Boeheim [...]
Awards Week (Or, The Raybucks)
Mon, 14 Nov 2011 07:28:46 -0500
November 13 And now, we take a welcome break from talk of grand juries, witnesses, boards of trustees, and worse. That story in Happy Valley will certainly not go away, but to be honest I am simply spent talking about it. We will revisit in the very near future, but right now, a much more [...]