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Nightmare at the ‘Stick

Then the unthinkable … an onside kick bounced off 49er receiver Preston Riley and the Cowboys recovered. Less than a minute later Staubach tossed another TD pass and the Cowboys had won.

Growing up in San Bruno, then a middle-class suburb of San Francisco of almost impossible simplicity, San Bruno Park and its venerable rec center were the hub. The rec is where we went to shoot baskets and play pool and ping pong.

Sunday rider

I arrived unharmed and one of my first stops was the El Nayar Bakery on Orange Street. It’s a must-stop for tamales and the line was out the door.

Senior moment

I was approaching a concrete barrier and applying the brakes when I went off a curb I couldn’t see in the dark. Splat. I tumbled off the bike right onto my big senior citizen butt. Oh, the embarrassment.

Memory Lane, Berdoo style

Now the downtown area is a shadow of its former self. But it’s where I worked as a sportswriter for the San Bernardino Sun from 2000 to 2009. So I have fond memories of the area, my old boss Paul Oberjuerge and my former co-workers.

Fifteen minutes of fame

Back in the 1960s and the 70s, the Warriors practiced at San Bruno War Memorial Gym where I played as a kid. By John Murphy You’ve heard of “15 minutes of fame?” Well, this was mine. Back in 1975, when I was 19, the Golden State Warriors swept the Washington Bullets four games to zeroContinue reading “Fifteen minutes of fame”