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Good Sports

Thank you, thank you for your December issue and the Chargers’ 50th-anniversary flashbacks [“History, Highlights and Heroes”]. So much fun to relive all the high points, including the heart-stopping game in Miami. That game was the quintessential Don Coryell experience.

The best part was finding some of my favorite sportswriters back in print: Rick Smith, Jerry Magee, Tom Cushman and Tom Krasovic. I guess it’s a reminder of how much we’ve lost with the general shrinking of our newspapers.

The second-best part was finding the magazine in my mailbox the day after the Chargers beat the Broncos to gain sole possession of first place in the AFC West.

Life is good.

Willie Amsterdam
La Mesa

Bad Egg

Just saw the December San Diego Magazine, and it reminded me I’m still mad that the Volvo dealer [former Chargers owner Gene Klein] got rid of John Jefferson and banished him to Green Bay. He was one of my all-time favorite receivers. I wonder where he is today. Wes Chandler was amazing, but not nearly as talented or exciting. I dropped my Chargers season tickets after that.

Steve Gaffen
Kansas City

Jefferson, one of the more talented wide receivers in NFL history, went to the Packers in 1981 and ended his career in 1985 with the Cleveland Browns. He then returned to his alma mater, Arizona State, graduating in 1989 with a B.A. in history. He went on to become an assistant coach at the University of Kansas and was director of player development for the Washington Redskins through the end of the 2008-2009 season.—Editor

In a Good Way

I was a bit let down by a sentence in the article that quotes me as encouraging gentrification of San Diego’s barrio [“La Vida Latina” by Lola Sherman, November]. As barrio advocates and residents, we struggle daily to keep the Latino culture alive and thriving in our neighborhoods. We work hard to think of creative businesses and projects that are culturally relevant yet progressive (this way we don’t have to go outside of our community on a daily basis).

Diversity is a must in thriving urban communities, but it is a priority to educate incoming barrio residents about our past, present and goals for the future. I don’t encourage gentrification but encourage change that will benefit our community, our culture and our gente.

So it is with open arms that I say all are welcome to enjoy our neighborhoods and culture—especially the things we’ve worked so hard for to make this community more walkable and livable.

Jerry Guzman-Vergara
Barrio Logan

A Reader’s Write

I am writing to tell you how much I enjoyed the article “Top Gun: 40 Years of Higher Learning” [by Adam Elder] in your October issue. It prompted me to read the book Screaming Eagles by Robert Wilcox.

I lived in La Mesa from 1954 to 1970, but have subscribed to San Diego Magazine all this time—I just enjoy the magazine so much

Mary Ann Knight
Marion, TX

History Lesson

Just a quick note to say I thoroughly enjoyed your October issue. The history of our fair city is amazing, and your stories covering the Top Gun school and Ellen Revelle [“Star Witness to a San Diego Century” by Judith Morgan] were truly well done.

Thank you from a third-generation San Diegan. Keep up the good work.

Sharon Considine
Coronado

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