Date archive: June 2014
The man who comes out of the woods
By Terry Mosher Editor, Sports Paper Former Central Kitsap fastpitch softball coach, now ensconced in retirement, lives on BainbridgeIsland where he coaches two Little League softball teams, one of which has ...
Sportsmanship, flopping and power
By Terry Mosher Editor, Sports Paper There are three things I have noticed while watching the World Cup, one of which pertains to almost any sport. The first thing is that ...
We’re in better shape for Hoopfest this time around
CLAY MOYLE AND SON CALEB My former BainbridgeHigh School teammate, Dave Campbell, and I are heading for Spokane this Friday. Once we arrive we’ll join forces with another former ...
Duncan will return; good for him.
By Terry Mosher Editor, Sports Paper Yahoo Sports has announced that Tim Duncan has decided to stay another year with the San Antonio Spurs, reportedly picking up his player option for ...
Bird watching at Storm games is where it’s all at
CLAY MOYLE AND SON CALEB I attended a Seattle Storm game this past Sunday with my friend Tom. He and his wife are season ticket holders and she wasn’t going to be ...
USC takes a giant step forward; hopefully the rest will follow suit
By Terry Mosher Editor, Sports Paper Pat Haden, USC athletic director, said today that beginning on July 1 the Trojans will offer four-year scholarships in football and men’s and women’s basketball ...
Kings and alien-like things called Pelagic Goosenecks
The Chinook sport fishing season opened at Westport on May 31st this year for two hatchery kings per day until June 13th. Steve Thorniley and I have fished this early season three years ...
Denied!
By Terry Mosher Editor, Sports Paper The United States soccer team was just seconds away from advancing to the final 16 in the 2014 world Cup, and then it all blew up. ...
What is wrong with us?
TERRY MOSHER One of the main headlines in the Huffington Post read, “Officials Shocked by ISIS Atrocities.” C’mon, how can anybody be shocked by what we humans do to each ...
What!
TERRY MOSHER What! Yeah, what! You got to read Ken Levine’s blog, which is one of the best in the business. Levine, as you probably know has done radio play-by-play ...
Is Barber another victim of the NFL violence?
TERRY MOSHER Marion Barber is taken to a hospital for mental evaluation by police in Texas. We don’t have to guess why, do we? He’s another NFL football player who may ...
Soccer, Smucker, it doesn’t turn me on, unless of course the game-winner is headed into goal on the bounce.
TERRY MOSHER I’m not a big soccer fan. Ok, ok, I don’t like soccer. But I do understand it. Like other sports, I can go to a soccer match ...
Gwynn is latest victim of tobacco use
TERRY MOSHER Tony Gwynn dies at 54 from cancer and, boy, I am angry. Not at Tony, but at tobacco. Tobacco kills, and I don’t care what you say to the ...
Spurs are King, LeBron still a mental mystery
TERRY MOSHER I’ve been around basketball for over 60 years and I’ve never seen the game played the way the San Antonio Spurs play it. Their offensive execution in ...
Is the end near or are the doctors right that I have a long way to go?
TERRY MOSHER At the risk of sounding morbid, I am heading down the path of life as I think it is in the natural progression of things. I’m a person who ...
Parks department targeting new women softball players, and Dean Scherer to be honored at Bainbridge
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 ...
I’d like to put a forearm to the new defensive strategy of putting a forearm to the chest
CLAY MOYLE AND SON CALEB As a couple of former high school teammates and I prepare to participate in Hoopfest over in Spokane later this month it occurs to me at age ...
The unfairness of the Belmont deals blow to California Chrome
By Terry Mosher Editor, Sports Paper Steve Coburn is right. Only those horses that have enough points to qualify for the Kentucky Derby should be allowed to compete in all three ...
Lack of fortitude continues to plague LeBron
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. ...
LeBron is no sissy, cramps can lay the best athlete low
CLAY MOYLE AND SON CALEB I haven’t been following the NBA playoffs much so far. I just haven’t had as much interest in the NBA since Howard Schmuck sold the Sonics ...