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Longtime Bay Area sports columnist Mark Purdy

Moving to San Jose from the Midwest in 1984, Mark Purdy planted roots in the Bay Area and seeds in the minds of up-and-coming journalists. Following a 33-year career with the San Jose Mercury News that ended in 2017, Purdy will be inductedd into the San Jose Sports Hall of Fame in the 2021 class that includes Olympic swimmer Summer Sanders, Super Bowl winning coach George Seiffert and Super Bowl champion wide receiver James jones. Purdy and Dave discuss the inspirations for some of his most memorable stories, including being kicked out of his seat by Fidel Castro at the Pan Am Games, lunch with Muhammad Ali and how the San Jose Sharks almost became the San Jose Americans. Humbled by the honor, shares his writing role models, dealing with critics and living with the consequences of asking the tough question.

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Mercury News columnist Mark Purdy humbled by San Jose Sports Hall of Fame honor

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October 25, 2021

Published by Dave Lewis at October 25, 2021

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Mercury News columnist Mark Purdy humbled by San Jose Sports Hall of Fame honor

"Honestly, if you have your brain in a place where 'I'm not sure I should ask this question', that means you should ask the question. Because what's the worst that can happen? They're going to get mad at you.....Candy Maldonado came at me once in the Giants' locker room and Roger Craig, the manager, kind of stepped in and saved my life."

October 13, 2021

Published by Dave Lewis at October 13, 2021

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KHTK’s Jason Ross on Gruden’s future, Giants-Dodgers Game 5, Social Media, Kings and Sac State Football

"I think this is the NFL's pound of flesh--they got Gruden...What Gruden did there's no excuse for. I totally understand it....I agree 100 percent with Shannon Sharpe. You wonder what else have they found. This all originated about the Washington Football Team and Dan Snyder. We know the owners are out to protect themselves so if it's 'Hey, look over here. Jon Gruden was a bad guy.' I think he's just one tree in the forest.

September 15, 2021

Published by Dave Lewis at September 15, 2021

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Bay Area singer Angie Maserati on the inspiration to go for it in life without turning back

"I was in bands where I was doing 100 shows a year. Cover bands--singing other peoples music and stories which I love. I make them all my own. I forget that Steve Perry sings 'Don't stop Believing' and I feel like it's my song at this point. But that wasn't the dream. It was cutting it short to be safe to make sure everyone was happy. And then when I remembered what it was I really dreamt of my whole life--what I really, really wanted. I had to do it."

July 30, 2021

Published by Dave Lewis at July 30, 2021

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Filmmaker Michael Scordakis on Charlie and creating opportunities for actors

"In doing these movies, a lot of it is getting to know these people and their backgrounds. There are some fantastic people out there who just love acting, either as a passion or a side job or they're following a dream. We're just happy to part of their career, whatever that may be. "

July 23, 2021

Published by Dave Lewis at July 23, 2021

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Bay Area Musician and Acting Coach Bobby Weinapple Debuts Post-Pandemic Inspirational Song

"It's really interesting if we don't chose where we place our focus, we tend to focus on negative things. If there are 100 people in the audience and 99 of them are our friends, our family and loved ones and one of them is a critic from The Chronicle, where's your focus going to be?....We all were cavemen thousands of years ago and the way we survived: we cam out of cave and we'd look around and and we'd say is there anything out there that's gonna eat us?"

July 13, 2021

Published by Dave Lewis at July 13, 2021

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“Showtime” Taylor’s Story of Redemption Still has Chapters to be Written

"It's never too late. My mind is set here. When I found out I was going to the (parole) board, I automatically said okay, you're going to get out the first time you go so let's start looking at your options. Okay, when you get out, you'll be 54. It's going to be a month before you're 55th birthday. That means you're going to have an opportunity to have a career in sports broadcasting. If you can make it happen, you can start at 55 and possibly go to 80-years-old, maybe 85.... so as long as your vision is good and your mind is sharp, you can have a job in sports broadcasting."