I remember playing Bill Maki. Mackey? Childhood chum of Pete Wilhoit, who now drums for Plane Fiction. Or Piain Fiction? Maybe I played a bit with Pete, too? And some other Bryan Park buddies, like Jake Smith...yeah...
Is that how you spell his name? 10 year participant of the Bloomington rock group "the Cutters".
We played once or twice at Bryan Park.
As a child, I would play against my sisters and Jenny and Monique. And my farther a few select evenings.
I had some good games in the late nineties with Chad Card, and my doubles partener Paul Schumann. We won a few games. That was back in Indiana.
I played my wife in West LA at the city park...And against my neighbor, the UCLA med student Kevin Kunz. Kevin? He was good. He would whip me.
I played some games with my uncle Bill and my cousins in Massachusetts, out in Cape Cod.
And down in Inglewood, Florida I had tremendous doubles matches with the old gys down there. That was back in the eighties. 20th century. Those guys were so old they are probably not around now.
Did I ever play my buddies in Ashburn, Virginia? Only table tennis, but that was fun. I need to get on the tennis court with them...
High school had some matches...Mostly forgettble.
I played Elder David Newton down in Santa Juana, Chile.
I think I played a few times in Utah...
Not too often, really.
But overall...
Oh, yes! San Bernardino and Redlands! Fun matches against Mitch Hayden and the young science teacher...And the tennis coach who was fired...
In honor of comedian George Carlin, who passed away last month at the age of 71, here's my favorite line of all time that came from his slightly off kilter mind. He's a sportscaster in this bit ... "Here are some football scores ... William and Mary 7, Nick and Tony, 105 ..."
Think about it for a second.
• Daily Herald Sports Editor Darnell Dickson can be reached at 344-2555 or by e-mail at ddickson@heraldextra.com
I have lived in a few different sports areas and I am faithful to these places and their passions, give or take. I was born and raised in Bloomington, Indiana (1970-1989). Bob Knight was a central figure. I then lived in Chile for two years, where soccer became more of a presence on my global map. After returning to the Hoosier state one year, 1992, I became more aware of college football for a five year stint in Provo, Utah (1993-1997). BYU Cougar football! I made another return to Indiana from 1997 to 1999, and then spent the last six years in southern California, minus the last six months of 2005, in southern Chile again. And I got back yesterday, UPDATE:Now in Loudoun Cty, Northern VA! I am in the South! I love sports enough to think that they matter...Some how.