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Stephen H. Provost is an author of paranormal adventures and historical non-fiction. “Memortality” is his debut novel on Pace Press, set for release Feb. 1, 2017.
An editor and columnist with more than 30 years of experience as a journalist, he has written on subjects as diverse as history, religion, politics and language and has served as an editor for fiction and non-fiction projects. His book “Fresno Growing Up,” a history of Fresno, California, during the postwar years, is available on Craven Street Books. His next non-fiction work, “Highway 99: The History of California’s Main Street,” is scheduled for release in June.
For the past two years, the editor has served as managing editor for an award-winning weekly, The Cambrian, and is also a columnist for The Tribune in San Luis Obispo.
He lives on the California coast with his wife, stepson and cats Tyrion Fluffybutt and Allie Twinkletail.
Ruminations and provocations.
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It might be a stretch to argue that Fresno should have, say, an NBA team. But that’s not the issue. The problem is, the city doesn’t even have a top-tier minor-league team anymore. That’s the situation as of today, with the Fresno Grizzlies baseball team being bumped all the way back from Triple-A status to the Class-A California League.
Read MoreAnalytics don’t account for intangibles, but guess what? The intangibles don’t care about analytics. The Dodgers didn’t, either. That’s why they won the series.
Read MoreI admire the LeBron James who gives of himself and fights for his fellow human beings off the court. Not so much: the LeBron James who complains about every call that doesn’t go his way, flexes his muscles like a WWE caricature, and demands respect he’s already getting.
Read MoreYou saying you could kick LeBron’s ass in a UFC fight is kind of like him saying he could kick your ass in a game of one-on-one. Or Beyoncé saying she could kick your ass in a singing contest. Or Neil deGrasse Tyson saying he could kick your ass on a physics test. Or, if you insist on talking about fighting, Tyson Fury saying he could kick your ass in a boxing match. All these things are undoubtedly true, but they’re so patently obvious that none of these people would bother saying them.
Read MoreIn light of the Washington team’s new name, I thought it would be fun to come up with a list of the silliest, most absurd nicknames in professional sports.
Read MoreIn 2020, the XFL pursued a strategy of placing teams in major cities, unlike the Alliance of American Football, which had several franchises in smaller markets. Which approach worked better? It’s a mixed bag, which just shows that a city-by-city analysis makes more sense.
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