“I never have really become accustomed to the ‘John.’ Nobody ever really calls me John… I’ve always been Duke or Marion or John Wayne. It’s a name that goes well together, and it’s like one word—John Wayne.” — John Wayne …

As I write, the San Francisco Giants are a day away from their home opener at the now, yet again, renamed stadium at Mission Bay. Oracle, is it? There is no irony in noticing that opening day might be a …

How do I shut my brother up? Every time I go to a ball game with my brother Michael, I have to sit with the biggest heckler in the stands. It’s hard for me. One of the reasons I like …