Coaching twins have another chance — read the script.
January 16, 2013
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Stories by Patrick Daugherty (RIP)
The Harbaugh brothers get another chance at the Super Bowl
Full GFE
Suzy Favor-Hamilton, one-time track star, now the third-most popular prostitute in Las Vegas.
January 2, 2013
The history of sports, abridged
End-of-the-world sports wrap-up, giving a final tip of the hat to the biggest sports stories Earth has ever known.
December 26, 2012
Christmas, island style
At my desktop computer, I have clicked over to YouTube and typed in “Christmas music.” First up is, “Christmas Music Playlist Part Two For Your Christmas Party.” I click again. The party begins with Elvis …
December 19, 2012
Oprah or O.J., just not Norv
Now that Chargers coach Norv Turner and manager A.J. Smith will be shown the door at the end of the season, who will be the next coach?
December 12, 2012
Concussions trump guns in the NFL
Sympathy for Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher; minimal thoughts for his 22-year-old girlfriend Kasandra Perkins after Belcher’s act of murder-suicide.
December 5, 2012
Lane Kiffin's new job
Chargers head coach Norv Turner’s history of poor performance.
November 28, 2012
Waiting for Lightning
About Danny Way, the North County resident who jumped the Great Wall of China on a skateboard.
November 20, 2012
NFL Gambling Edition
New Jersey moves to legalize betting on football. Will they be stopped?
November 14, 2012
Guns and Ammo Part 2
Okay, I completed my Handgun Safety Certification exam and fired 20 rounds out the front end of a Beretta M9 without injury to any living thing. Guiding me all the while was an entity I’ll …
October 31, 2012
Guns & Ammo Edition
The columnist attends a California handgun certification course.
October 24, 2012
The Jouster
Jouster Jeffrey Hedgecock of Ramona is one of three Medieval armourers in the U.S.
October 17, 2012
The Armourer of Ramona
Jeffrey Hedgecock, 43, of Ramona, makes armour. Think knights, Middle Ages, helmets, sallets, breastplates, gauntlets, faulds, greaves, poleyns, spaundlers, the whole deal, tip to toe. Making Medieval armour puts you in an exceedingly select guild. …
October 10, 2012
Mounted Martial Arts
An interview with Katie Stearns, mounted martial artist (she does archery while riding a horse).
September 26, 2012
Big man. Part 2
Part 2 of an interview with 400-lb Idahoan sumo wrestler Kelly Gneiting.
September 19, 2012
Big Man. Part 1
Interview with Kelly Gneiting, the 42-year-old sumo wrestler from Idaho.
September 12, 2012
NFL Detention Hall
The NFL institutes disciplinary coursework for fans who get ejected from games.
August 22, 2012
San Diego–Barona Stars
When the Field of Dreams gets cut short, there’s always the San Diego–Barona Stars.
August 15, 2012
Becalmed, Sports Fan
Poring over magazines for sports news during the annual sports slowdown.
July 11, 2012
24 Hours of LeMons. Part 2
We were talking to Escondido homeboy, San Marcos State alumnus, and San Marcos High School English teacher repurposed into a stay-at-home dad, Mike “Spank” Spangler, 42. Spank drives the 24 Hours of LeMons. Said 24 …
June 27, 2012
Return of the Cart People
Golf pro and golf-cart driver Casey Martin won his U.S. Supreme Court case against PGA Tour, Inc.
June 13, 2012
Tiddlywinks...a Sport? (No Headband Required.)
Man versus horse, man versus tiddlywinks.
June 6, 2012
Tour Divide: Nothing to Win or Lose But Honor
You think the Tour De France is crazy? Try the Tour Divide.
May 30, 2012
Bowling as a Bottom of the Barrel Sporting Experience
A big hole in your television sports experience is about to be filled.
May 23, 2012
WNBA as Advertising Agency
WNBA president Laurel J. Richie made her career in advertising.
May 9, 2012
This Is A Wickedly Unfair World. Just ask Floyd Landis.
Bicyclist Floyd Landis retires in shame and Lance Armstrong rides rich into the sunset? Is that fair?
May 2, 2012
Wives, Mothers, and Sluts
Very little honor among certain sportsmen – looking at you (again), Tiger.
April 25, 2012
The Valhalla & Great Western Fantasy Baseball League: Now In Its 29th Year
Wives come and go, fantasy baseball endures.
April 18, 2012
Sports Inflation Comes Home
"That’s nuts." I’m on the phone with an old friend in Phoenix. We’ve been talking about her son who’s playing junior varsity baseball at a suburban high school. He wants to get (have Mom buy), …
April 11, 2012
Tiger’s Back on Top, or So They Say
Here it is, Thursday, D-Day for the 2012 Masters. And here is Tiger Woods stepping up to the tee for his first drive. The man does have a hold on us. Only Tiger Woods could …
April 4, 2012
Iron Mike Is Back!
Mike Tyson is opening his one-man Vegas act, Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth — Live on Stage, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on April 13. It’s the same arena where he had an intimate encounter …
March 28, 2012
The East Coast Sports Industrial Complex was right, the West Coast sucks
By Saturday afternoon it was over. Gonzaga lost to Ohio State and there was not a single West Coast team left in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. Before we go on, I should tell you …
March 21, 2012
Piano Found
To recap: the NFL released the following statement Friday afternoon, a traditional dump day for embarrassing news. “A lengthy investigation by the NFL’s security department has disclosed that between 22 and 27 defensive players on …
March 7, 2012
San Diego Spartans
The sporting world awaits, on edge, for March 2 and the first public exhibition of Ultimate Tazer Ball (UTB). The contest will be held in Thailand. Our hometown San Diego Spartans will be tasering the …
February 29, 2012
We Speak of Jeremy Lin
He’s been so everywhere, it’s hard to remember the lad has been under the big top for, as I write this, only 15 days. His first NBA game as a starter occurred on February 4, …
February 22, 2012
Baseball Injury Report
And so, baseball. Padres pitchers and catchers report to Peoria on Sunday. Once again I have been suckered into a fantasy baseball league by quaffing one drink too many in the company of bad men. …
February 15, 2012
Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent
I have Dewey Not-His-Real-Name Pienkey on the phone. He’s a Nevada friend from olden days. Third generation, born and raised in Searchlight, a town of 550, an hour’s drive south of Vegas, known for the …
February 8, 2012
The Over/Under on Mid-Riff
Super Bowl Sunday is upon us. It’s the one time every year when gamblers come out of their closets, fling open their bedroom windows, and shout out, “Yes, neighbor. Yes, Mr. Policeman. Yes, Mr. Employer. …
February 1, 2012
Fade In
EXT. A TELEPHONE BOOTH. BALTIMORE ALLEY. RAINY. LATE NIGHT. Baltimore head coach John Harbaugh is drunk, drool and spittle ooze from his mouth, flows down his chin and cheeks, then gathers itself and drips onto …
January 25, 2012
Will Indianapolis Heal Madonna?
The 49ers beat New Orleans, and Alex Smith is redeemed. The San Francisco QB, in crunch-chomp time, game on the line, threw a touchdown pass, a 14-yarder to Vernon Davis, with nine seconds left in …
January 18, 2012
Postseason Mashup
If you look you can find some San Diego in Saturday’s 49ers/New Orleans playoff game. This, by the way, is as close to the NFL playoffs as we’re likely to get as long as Norv, …
January 11, 2012
Top Sports Stories of 2011
Depends where you live. If you live in Huntsville, Texas, the big story of 2011 is Sam Houston State University winning a championship at the College Finals Rodeo for the first time in 43 years. …
December 28, 2011
College Football Has Become a Busy Brothel
Greed until somebody makes you stop. You see it in banking, drug cartels, and politics. It’s especially raw in college football. Big-league college football has become a busy brothel. University presidents glide into the front …
December 21, 2011