Date archive: September 2013

Wedge’s departure should make prospective Mariner manager candidates take pause

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 ...

Kingston finally subdues stubborn Klahowya to stay unbeaten in Olympic League football

By Terry Mosher Editor, Sports Paper BREMERTON ‑ Visiting Kingston wore down Klahowya Friday night at Silverdale Stadium 28-7 in a battle of defenses to continue unbeaten in the early ...

Southpaws have a lefty advantage in just about everything except desks

Clay Moyle and son Caleb I wasn’t sure if Raul Ibanez was going to be able to do it but he recently managed to tie Ted Williams’ mark of 29 ...

If there is nothing out there in nothingness, does it mean there could be something if nothingness does not exist?

Comedian Jerry Seinfeld’s last show (Seinfeld) summed up the show’s previous nine years; It was much ado about nothing. It was a great nine-years of shows, and they are the ...

Ink Spots, Platters swirl me back into a time of innocence

I hate to say this because it dates me and is a reminder of how people when they get to a certain age are fond of saying (much to the ...

Ah, the wonderful smell and taste of chanterelles

Earl Sande For me, the end of summer means I’ll soon smell the wonderful aroma of chanterelle mushrooms cooking in the frying pan. My first memory of that delicious odor ...

The thugs in Nairobi (and elsewhere) can’t be humans, can they?

Tell me how a group of people can be so proud of killing innocent and defenseless people – men, women and children – and then broadcast to the world that it ...

Bone-crushing losses on the gridiron, the Milt Romney complex, and our comfort zones

It’s back to the Boneyard today as I rid myself of all this mind-pressure, thoughts that are filling up my brain with nowhere to go, except here where irreverent feelings ...

White and Pharr get tangled in a little bit of East High history

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 ...

In a historical 1965 season the East High Knights finally turn away West

By Terry Mosher Editor, Sports Paper The year was 1965 and the New York Jets signed Joe Namath, Cassius Clay changed his name to Muhammad Ali, Temptations’ “My Girl” reached No ...

Making those short putts brings home the dough

Mark Knowles, PGA Head Golf Professional Gold Mountain Golf Club The University of Washington golf team is currently ranked No. 5 in the country. The Huskies have been one of the ...

I fearlessly forecast that I’m a terrible fearless football forecaster

Wow, I used to be good about picking the results of football games. But no more. I’ve been terrible the first two weeks of fearless forecasting. My son Michael says ...

Physical Newport runs the ‘bone to near perfection to pound South Kitsap

By Terry Mosher Editor, Sports Paper PORT ORCHARD – For a brief moment Friday night at Joe Knowles Stadium it looked like South Kitsap was ready for a comeback against non-league ...

What is Putin up to?

I can’t understand why Putin is so adamant to have Syria hand over its chemical weapons to an international body and have that body dispose of them. I smell a rat. Writers ...

KAR announces Kitsap Sports Hall of Fame inductees

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 ...

The “Ancient Mariner” did it his way, and did it well

Diego Segui, 1977 By Terry Mosher Editor, Sports Paper For several years, Diego Segui was mad at the Seattle Mariners and refused to come to the Emerald City from his ...

Is it too late to do anything in Syria?

I have to say something again about our President. This Syria thing has gotten ridiculous. When the gassing first occurred, that is when the President should have acted. But he ...

Young knights turn out the lights on visiting Foster, 51-6

By Terry Mosher Editor, Sports Paper BREMERTON ‑ Bremerton High School football coach Nate Gillam wasn’t sure how his new group of players (29 seniors graduated from last year’s team) would ...

Vetters finds the perfect job for him with Nike in Part II

Travis Vetters By Terry Mosher Editor, Sports Paper Part II of II Travis Vetters graduated from South Kitsap in 2002, played baseball four years at the University of Portland ...

The President can’t pull the trigger, big George couldn’t either. Man, Big Dawg, we need to take the Green Hornet and get out of here

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 ...