Historical Marker Ahead

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Directed by Superman’s Richard Donner and written by Michael Pertwee, whose brother Jon was Doctor No. 3 in “Doctor Who”

"International Hoops Terms With Cleanthony Early" has to be the wildest sports category in Jeopardy! history.

Breaking news (to me): Beth Macy, the author of Dopesick, one of the definitive books (and fictionalized TV series) about America’s opioid epidemic, is running for a U.S. House seat in Virginia.

I’ve shared examples of park benches as historical markers for everyday people but this one is more ornate and has a more pointed message

View of the John Ward ranch historical marker, the Hermelinda Mendoza Zuniga shrine at the front of the steps, and the steps up to the Telles family shrine, all near Nogales, Arizona.

Historical marker for John Ward’s Ranch. It reads: Arizona Pioneer Johnny Ward established a ranch here in 1858. In 1861 Indians kidnapped his Mexican stepson Felix Ward. Army officers assumed that local eastern Chiracahua Apaches were responsible, leading to the infamous conflict between Lt. Bascom and Cochise. In fact, the Pinal Band of the Western Apaches took Felix. John Ward died in 1867. The ranch was also the site of a blacksmith and wheelwright shop, a mining headquarters, a store, finally, a produce farm before it was abandoned in 1903. Erected 1991 by Interested Residents of the Region and Arizona Historical Society. (Also, it appears there are bullet holes in the marker.)

Built into the side of a cliff is the Telles Family Shrine. Behind bars is a cave full of Catholic candles and statues. The marker over the entry reads: Telles Family Shrine Begun 1941 Erected by Juanita and Juan Telles Based on a vow to God for the safety of their sons in war Re-dedicated November 18, 1988 The Pimeria Alta Historical Society

Detail of the shrine for Hermelinda Mendoza Zuniga, with her initials HMZ over a small, covered altar. A marker in the shrine says she lived from 1936 to 2020 and is “always in our heart.”

About 15 miles NE of Nogales, Ariz., on the side of a mountain cliff, sits a marker for an old ranch. But more interesting are the Telles Family Shrine, begun in 1941 “based on a vow to God for the safety of their sons in war,” and another shrine begun in 2020 for a beloved mother named Hermelinda.

I’m gonna spitball it here and answer, “Well, yeah”

YouTube video by UC Berkeley Cal Bears Football 82: The Play

Happy "The Play" Day to those who observe.

#BearTerritory
#RollOnYouBears
#TIMMMBERRR!!!!

And throw it

Where Are They Now? Rams Legend QB Jeff Kemp While growing up, Jeff Kemp would look across the dining room table and know that he’d someday want to be in the family business. The son of former two-time AFL champion quarterback and the league’s 1...

You could always go with his very alive son, Rams “legend” Jeff Kemp. www.therams.com/news/jeff-ke...

Two bronze plaques with gold borders and an engraved round medallion of each Pope hang on a gray wall at Yankee Stadium’s Monument Park. The top one reads: IN COMMEMORATION OF THE SOLEMN MASS FOR PEACE OFFERED BY HIS HOLINESS POPE PAUL VI OCTOBER 4, 1965 HERE IN YANKEE STADIUM GIFT OF KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS The bottom one reads: IN COMMEMORATION OF THE MASS FOR WORLD JUSTICE AND PEACE OFFERED BY HIS HOLINESS POPE JOHN PAUL II OCTOBER 2, 1979 HERE IN YANKEE STADIUM GIFT OF KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS

Old Yankee Stadium was likely also blessed (or cursed) by multiple popes.

Everybody (except the Oklahoma City Thunder) wants to be the 2024-25 Indiana Pacers

The former site of Pumpkin Studios in Oak Lawn, Illinois, where Styx recorded, is now a physical therapy clinic

Ok not legendary but the studio in Oak Lawn, Ill., near Chicago Ridge Mall where Styx recorded their most popular albums (and where Liza Minnelli recorded as well) is now a clinic. They speak Polish.

This is the lowest-effort “marker,” especially for a person of such cultural importance, I’ve ever seen

In my early journalism days “Strokin’” was our go-to after-work play on the jukebox at the late, great Lockerbie Pub yelp.to/j7WDTxYr58

I love this kind of stuff so much

For today’s Trans Day of Remembrance we go to the only U.S. National Cemetery with an LGBTQ+ memorial for those who fought and died for a country that didn’t always want them to do that, or want them at all. A sad update from below is the trans military ban is back. www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

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One of the best baselines ever. So simple but huge. RIP Mani.
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Seen in Boston, Massachusetts in 1854.

Between the Equal Justice Initiative and other sponsors (but mostly the EJI) there has to be at least 100 historical markers
at the site of racially motivated lynchings of Black Americans between 1865 and 1950. Alas, there’s 6,000 or so markers to go.

Back in my day the only way to get bad advice from a bear is to make a skeevy cassette tape and jam it in into a Teddy Ruxpin

The true Ascension St Vincent Heart Pounding Moment

a boy in a yellow indiana jersey sits in front of a poster that says prime time play of the game Alt: a boy in a yellow indiana jersey sits in front of a poster that says prime time play of the game

Pacers hold on. 2-13. Yes ‘Cers.

It’s actually J-Huff, short for his birth name, Jonathan Huffington

Here’s some pics from my 2021 visit to Sand Creek. According to @hmdb.org the first marker you see is no longer there bsky.app/profile/hist...

Maybe not exactly what you’re looking for, but Ari Kelman’s “A Misplaced Massacre,” about how the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site came to be, is a fascinating read about how one question — where did it happen — was enough to nearly derail the site from coming into being.

YouTube video by Netflix UNTOLD Vol 1: Malice at the Palace | Netflix

Not-so-happy 21st to Malice at the Palace. Part of the fan emotion for last year’s Pacers playoffs was being able to finally put aside how the brawl crushed the last Indiana team that may well have had a chance to be NBA champs. (I recommend this doc) youth.be/EP7xRieiZm0?...

I just finished reading Ron Jaworski's The Games That Changed The Game (I highly recommend it if you have any interest in the history of football strategy). In it, Jaworski tells a story about a time he visited Colts practice prior to a Monday Night Football game: As we watched, we were surprised to see Manning taking virtually all the reps in the session. Jon [Gruden] asked Tom [Moore, the Colts offensive coordinator,] why he wasn’t giving some snaps to Peyton’s backups…He looked at us both in the eye, paused for a moment, then said in that gravelly voice of his, “Fellas, if ‘18’ goes down, we’re fucked. And we don’t practice fucked.”

The current Bucks situation reminds me of Colts offensive coordinator Tom Moore talking about Peyton Manning’s backups. “And we don’t practice fucked.”

As a Pacers fan, this confirms all the reasons it was smart not to go overboard to pay Myles Turner as we wait for Haliburton Era 2.0, even with the current tire fire at center. Which, by the way, outplayed Turner in their one matchup.