Archive: gene-mako
Where have all the heroes gone? Some have gone to higher ground, others are still here. Do we care? Some do and some don't. I care. I care because all those long forgotten heroes still live inside of me and bring back unforgettable memories of days gone by.
Late on a Thursday afternoon some thirteen years ago I sat down to talk with then 84-year-old Southland ( Southern California ) tennis great Gene Mako in the café of the historic Los Angeles Tennis Club where he was a living legend and had been for many, many years. We chatted a whopping six hours.