Category: “I Tried It” Column

First-person column by John Marshall

A wild ride with an aerobatics pilot

by John Marshall • October 14, 2015 • 0 Comments

ELOY, Ariz. (AP) — Blank stares and belching were the only possibilities when it was over. Any movement, even raising my head to speak, was dangerous. The climbing and diving at 220 mph, slaloming the tips of cactus and mesquite…

Middle fingers, high fives and, yes, hugs in the Black Hole

by John Marshall • October 2, 2015 • 0 Comments

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Their reputation is notorious, these NFL versions of hooligans, the action on the field often a sidelight to more vicious violence in the stands. Some of them are downright scary looking, dressed in black, covered with…