sports

You missed the deadline for competing in the 2017 Bay Area Senior Games but there’s non-stop spectating to enjoy at this celebration of geriatric jocks over the next month. From May 7- 20 there will be 15 sports events with 1700 over-50 athletes taking place across the Peninsula. Everything from sports and field to archery, […]

The past is over. The present is a bad joke. Why not dive fearlessly into the future which conveniently is waiting for you at the 13th annual Robo Games this Friday to Sunday in Pleasanton. Some of the “athletes” include soccer, hockey, sumo, kung fu and even android bots. Not all of the robotic players […]

Suffering a little from baseball and basketball fatigue? This Saturday you’ll have a chance to try out newly minted athletic endeavors at the Tournament of Games in the Jackson Park Playground on Potrero hill. The fresh sports include New Games and new New Games such as Earthball, Slaughter, Parachute, Gig Economy and Containerization Tag. The […]

Bay seniors who have not cancelled their subscriptions to the Chronicle are being frequently treated to fascinating servings of SF history by Gary Kamiya, like a recent dispatch on the vast, dry valley that once stretched from the Bay to the Farallones. On Sunday Feb 7 the author, who specializes in offbeat research, will be […]

 Bay seniors who resist being classified as mature might want to consider joining an adult dodgeball game. On the last two Thursdays this June from 7 -9 at Claremont Middle School in Oakland you can replay the harmlessly aggressive game you last mastered 50 years ago. Two hours for $5.

Bay seniors whose love of tennis is stronger than their knee replacements have public courts all over the area to play on. Near the top of the list of loveliest sites are the ones in Golden Gate Park. Surrounded by lush landscaping that cuts down on winds wreaking havoc with your returns, the 21 courts […]