Date archive: July 2013

Singer Joey James Dean did the right thing, and continues to work MLB FanFest

Joey James dean By Terry Mosher Editor, Sports Paper It does pay to be honest and morally correct, as local singer/entertainer Joey James Dean found out years ago when he ...

The Blaze will hold tryouts Sunday at Fairgrounds

The Northwest Blaze Baseball Club will conduct tryouts for its series of 2014 teams on Sunday at the main baseball field at the Kitsap County Fairgrounds. Tryouts for ages 12-13 will be ...

The extravagance of it all should make us all sick

Bumming around town with Bill Bumerton Bumerton is a retired Navy fighter pilot who had been missing in action for several years while he traversed the globe looking for greener grass. He ...

Who are the 19 percent who would vote for Anthony Weiner?

Bumming around town with Bill Bumerton Bumerton is a retired Navy fighter pilot who had been missing in action for several years while he traversed the globe looking for greener grass. He ...

Will MLB put the handcuffs on A-Rod?

Bumming around town with Bill Bumerton Bumerton is a retired Navy fighter pilot who had been missing in action for several years while he traversed the globe looking for greener grass. He ...

What happened to the time, to the smile, the laughter, the risks, the starry, starry nights, and the freedom to roam?

My life has been backwards. It started out idyllic and that lasted until my mother died when I was about to turn 13, and since then I have done ...

Shock jocks, the NFL, the Brotherhood and Mossad all get thrown into the Boneyard

I’ve got to go back to the boneyard today to get rid of all the thoughts – some meaningless – that are giving me a headache. It’s sort of like a ...

Van Amen, Sincere do it again at JO Nationals in North Carolina

By Terry Mosher Editor, Sports Paper Nolan Van Amen and De’Andre Sincere did it again. The two young lads from Kitsap County each added a second national championship to their junior Olympic ...

‘Jackets’ Spenser Watkins puts on a perfect show, helps his goal of being a pro

Spenser Watkins By Terry Mosher Editor, Sports Paper It is the ambition of almost every player who puts on a baseball uniform to someday get paid for play. Spenser Watkins ...

Bremerton Jaguars’ De’Andre Sincere roars from behind to win the 200, making it two national titles for West Sound athletes

By Terry Mosher Editor, Sports Paper De’Andre Sincere of the Bremerton Jaguars made it two national championships for West Sound Saturday when he annexed the 200 title in the 13-14-age bracket ...

Oly’s Zach Smith reaches finals in the 100 at North Carolina

By Terry Mosher Editor, Sports Paper Olympic High School senior-to-be, Zach Smith, raced into the finals of the 17-18-age bracket in the 100 at the USATF National Junior Olympic Track and ...

Sincere putting on a show at the USATF Junior Nationals in North Carolina

By Terry Mosher Editor, Sports Paper De’ Andre Sincere, a young lad from Kitsap County, is putting on a show along with Nolan Van Amen at the USATF National Junior Olympic ...

Doug Smith will greet friends at the Cloverleaf in Bremerton

Former Olympic High School football coach Doug Smith and wife Pat will be at the Bremerton Cloverleaf Bar & Grill on Aug. 7 to meet and greet friends. The 5 p.m. no-host ...

Ken Wills’ player and longtime basketball coach Boyd McCaslin has died

BOYD MCCASLIN, 2009 Editor’s Note: The story below first ran in The Sports Paper in December of 2009. It is being reprinted because of the death of Boyd McCaslin on July ...

Nolan Van Amen wins shot put national championshlp

By Terry Mosher Editor, Sports Paper Port Orchard’s Nolan Van Amen won the age 13-14 shot put at the USATF National Junior Olympic Track and Field Championships held Wednesday at North ...

Charolette’s husband dies, triggering memories of her strong influence upon young women

Bumming around town with Bill Bumerton Bumerton is a retired Navy fighter pilot who had been missing in action for several years while he traversed the globe looking for greener grass. He ...

Major League Baseball strikes out Braun; A-Rod might be next

CLAY MOYLE I see Major League Baseball just announced the suspension of reigning National League MVP Ryan Braun for the rest of the season in the face of “overwhelming” evidence that ...

Emile Griffith’s death brings saddness to me for Griffith and for the man he killed

Wow, if you live long enough you see a lot of good people die. Today it was Emile Griffith, who I idolized as a young kid watching him fight on national TV. ...

Screwed again by the Big Cigars

Bumming around town with Bill Bumerton Bumerton is a retired Navy fighter pilot who had been missing in action for several years while he traversed the globe looking for greener grass. He ...

Bum is bummed out about Bedard

Bumming around town with Bill Bumerton Bumerton is a retired Navy fighter pilot who had been missing in action for several years while he traversed the globe looking for greener grass. He ...