Category: Sports Stories
The Long Goodbye
The best of Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe novels is, in my opinion, his last, the title of which I’ve borrowed for this piece. In The Long Goodbye, Chandler shows us more of what makes Philip Marlowe tick than in any of the previous novels, and along the way, as observed by my old professor Thomas […]
Read MoreMotoGP Stories at the S.F. D-Store
The San Francisco Dainese D-Store welcomed me and Jensen Beeler last week to share some of our thoughts and experiences in MotoGP. For my part of the presentation, I showed some photographs on a projector and told the stories that went along with them.
Read MoreWhy Should You Sign Up For My Newsletter?
Facebook is a great way to keep in touch and share with those of you who are following my work in MotoGP, but it’s not a perfect way to communicate with you. It’s easy for you to miss updates and photos I post, since so many of you are around the world in different time […]
Read MoreFree Desktop Wallpaper #7: Casey Stoner at La Caixa
Here’s a little something for the holidays, Casey Stoner at the famous La Caixa curve at Catalunya. Please to download this file.
Read MoreMore Rossi Brotherhood, German Style
In 2009 I visited the famed Nordschleife, the German public racetrack, and posted about it here. Then in December last year I posted a little story about encountering a Valentino (Vale) Rossi fan in an unexpected place. A few months later I was pleased to receive an email from a German who had read both […]
Read MoreHelmet Art
I spent more time on the grid in 2011 than ever before and one of the interesting benefits of this was the level of details I started notching in some of the helmets. On TV, or even at trackside, it’s difficult to see exactly what the helmet designers have done to make each rider’s crash […]
Read MoreDid you see the Rich Lee Marco Tribute Illustration?
“Super Sic 1” A week or two ago I added this to the Buy Prints and More page, and if you missed it, please click to link to read the story on Rich Lee’s fantastic drawing.
Read More2012 Calendar Now Available for Order
The 2012 calendar is in production right now and I hope to be shipping them to customers by next week. US friends, please note that in order to best show the WSBK and MotoGP racing schedules, the monthly grid is arranged to start on Monday, not Sunday. To make this easier to manage for those […]
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