Sports
When companies like Ektelon and Leach looked at just who was coming to tournaments, they found that the audience consisted mostly of players, their friends, and families — a limited market.
There is no more a problem of truth in wrestling than in the theatre. — Roland Barthes, Mythologies I threw the paper into the corner and turned on the TV set. After the society page …
So rabid for a stadium was Jack Murphy that several of his columns dealt with an idea, proffered by a local design firm, for building a floating stadium in newly developed Mission Bay.
The older skaters who survived the last era have left their marks on the sport, and if they sometimes seem angry and bitter, it is really just their way of warning the younger skaters.
On a recent afternoon, after the museums had closed and the daytime tourists had deserted Balboa Park, about a hundred people gathered in front of the newly rebuilt Electric Building. Among the crowd were business …
"Look, Steve, I didn't want any prima donnas in the press box. I don " want any guys up there in Calvin Klein jeans and plaid shins looking for special treatment. — Rick Smith, San …
Now that Jerry Coleman has left the broadcasting booth to manage the San Diego Padres, we're going to miss his wonderful malapropisms, which by themselves have rejuvenated radio in San Diego. Let's take a leak …
"Every now and then the public gets interested in violence. People get interested in that kind of action. I think it's an ideal time for boxing to make a comeback."
Roslyn Kind, Barbra Streisand's sister, sings the National Anthem. Afterwards, everyone sits down despite the sounding of ten bells for the late New York Post columnist Milton Gross and the late Joe Frazier manager Yank …
In the 1957 World Series, Lew Burdette pitched the Milwaukee Braves to victory over the New York Yankees with three complete game wins. At the 1973 San Diego Padres' Old-Timers' Day, he was the most …