About Us

In its eleven years of business, YES I CAN has turned into the largest seller of Pistol Pete Maravich collectibles in the world. YES I CAN started out selling Seattle sports memorabilia. While we wanted to set ourselves apart from the rest, owner Norm Vener felt a special afiliation to Pete Maravich as he was his hero while in junior high and high school. While Pete's career had its share of ups and downs there was also the element of electricity in the crowd. The show was always on and Pistol Pete never failed to dissapoint. This is the same philosophy of YES I CAN and our new website www.thepistol.net.  We want you the customer to feel like Pistol Pete did, namely a winner.

About the Founder

Norm Vener, founder of ThePistol.net, has a passion for sports, having been a serious athlete himself. Norm is originally from Albany, New York where he graduated from The Milne School and played varsity basketball, track and tennis. From there he went on to Adirondack C.C. (Glens Falls, NY) and played #1 on the tennis team.

Upon graduation Norm headed west to Oregon State University where he graduated with a B.S. in Physical Education and played #1 singles on the tennis team.

Upon moving to Seattle, Norm became a teacher and coach on the jr. high and high school levels. While coaching, Norm had the opportunity to coach long time NBA player Jon Barry. Seattle is where he started his Tennis One Tennis Camp which is now in its 27th season.

In 1983 Norm had the opportunity to try out for the Seattle Seahawks as a place-kicker.In 1984 as well as November 2007 Norm was named to the United States Davis Cup Media committee. An avid golfer, Norm has three holes in one to his credit. In 2005 he finished writing his first children’s book, BUCKY AND DUCKY GO TO TOWN.

For the last 11 years Norm has been running YES I CAN, prime time sports collectibles in Kirkland, Washington which specializes in Seattle sports teams (Seahawks, Mariners and Sonics) as well as Pistol Pete Maravich.

Please be sure to look for Norm and THEPISTOL.NET to be featured this fall in TUFF STUFF and SPORTS COLLECTORS DIGEST.