Sports writer Mark Purdy reflects on five decades in the business
Mercury News sports writer Mark Purdy shares his journalism career journey with Peninsula Press.
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Bay Area’s underwater rugby team makes a splash, heading to North American tournament
Underwater rugby is played in the deep end of a pool, with two teams of six players and six substitutes.
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One of the guys: How Bay Area writer Joan Ryan ‘made it’ in sports journalism
Joan Ryan is currently a media consultant for the San Francisco Giants and has written four books. We share her journey in sports journalism.
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Special Olympics athletes overcome obstacles through basketball
Meet the Ravens, a Special Olympics basketball team in Northern California.
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Special Olympics basketball team builds family bonds
The Ravens, who practice at Gunn High School in Palo Alto, are one of eight Special Olympic basketball teams in Santa Clara County.
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Sportswriter Jessica Luther investigates the troubling pattern of sexual assault in sports
Though Austin-based freelance investigative journalist Jessica Luther focuses on sports, she writes not at all about home runs or touchdowns; rather, she investigates sexual assaults committed by athletes.
The people behind the scenes: Stanford Athletics equipment managers
In a job that usually goes unnoticed, equipment managers often work tirelessly to equip athletes with gear.
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Sportswriter Eric Sondheimer cuts teeth on prep sports, sticks with it for decades
Los Angeles Times sportswriter Eric Sondheimer has spent more than forty years covering high school sports, and he doesn’t plan on quitting anytime soon.
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Redwood City’s Peninsula Roller Girls roller derby league empowers women, both on and off the rink
Roller derby is surging in a period of rebirth: its reputation as a feminist sport holds new prominence in an age of mixed emotions towards feminism and the struggle to achieve equal opportunity for women.
Power in every stroke – A rowing practice in 360
Rowing can be a seemingly calm sport on the outside. But on the inside, rowers pay meticulous attention to every stroke, their minds acting as the shutter of a camera, examining each miniscule movement individually. Experience this in 360 video.
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Brooms up: Quidditch in Northern California
For the past twelve years, the sport imagined by J.K. Rowling — quidditch — has been evolving and is now a global phenomenon in the Muggle world.
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Silicon Valley quidditch team provides community, competition
Well-known to Harry Potter fans as the magical game played on flying broomsticks, the land version of quidditch was first played by Muggles in 2005, and has grown steadily since.
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