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OREGON COACHING SCANDALS

If the old shower whizzer could do it right, what’s wrong with the rest of the coaches? When athletes get paid huge sums to play their game, people pay attention. The money draws eyes to see if a player is worth the investment. It’s the opposite of rec-league friends and parents in the stands. The […]

PRESS ROW AT THE PORTLAND THUNDER TABLE

From The 300 Level To Talking Heads. Arena Football? Have you seen a game on television? Been to one in person? Saturday night I did both. It started weeks earlier with an announcement. Free tickets for sports writers to the Portland Thunder. So far, so good. Oregon Sports News anchor Brad Stein made it happen. […]

JULY, THE MAJOR MONTH FOR KEVIN LOVE

Major fans of major league sports hate July in Oregon. It means waiting for NFL training camps, waiting for college football to explode. Again. If you’re not waiting, you probably checked on the NBA Summer League. The players make you believe greatness is in them until you notice third year players on the Blazer roster. […]

MILLENNIAL LeBRON, APPLE PIE, AND GOING HOME

He Called Four Years In Miami His College, And He Graduated With No Debt? Score! When the ground moves beneath your feet, you know what to do. 1. Avoid falling objects. 2. Stand in a doorway. The foundation’s been shifting ever since the Sixties. We’re used to it, but it’s still a surprise when it […]

THE GUY YOU HOPE THEY’D BE

The recent death of Baseball Hall of Fame member Tony Gwynn proved one thing: good men are remembered well. His San Diego teammates, fans, and former foes brought out the accolades for a great player and a greater man. None was more touching than the dad who said he asked Tony to sign for his […]

OREGON’S GREATEST ATHLETE (ever)

Do you open the Oregonian’s sports page and find soccer? If it’s not the World Cup, it’s the Timber or Thorns’ players flinging around. Isn’t it still baseball season? We expect to see diving catches in the out field, runners breaking up double plays, the stretch on first, not wild soccer players kneeing the vertebrae […]

HOW TO WORLD CUP

Look At Your Foot. Just Look At It. If all you do is walk around on your feet, you’re missing out. They can do so much more. Like kick something. Once you get the idea that kicking something is good, you’re a soccer fan. But, you say, football is your sport. Soccer isn’t even close. […]

@ JAY MOHR SPORTS, A WRESTLER’S TAKE ON THE WORLD CUP

The Fox Sports Talk Radio Host Says He’s A Wrestler? Yes, the sports world stands still for World Cup soccer. Most of the world. America joins in as long as the U.S. team keeps winning. Everybody loves a winner, even radio host Jay Mohr on Portland, Oregon’s 620 AM. On a recent show he asked […]

HOW NATIONAL CHAMPIONS HAPPEN

Always start with kids. None of that ‘I just picked up a ball last year’ stuff. No one wants to see the Hakeem Olajuwon story repeated, the one where he plays soccer one day, picks up a basketball the next, then goes into the National Basketball Hall of Fame. That’s career shorthand for ‘don’t make […]

WHY THE RAGE AGAINST GREATNESS?

Find a map that shows Miami Heat fans. It looks like one spot in Florida like the Heat. The rest of the nation pulls for San Antonio. Why? Could be everyone hates on LeBron. Or Miami. Or The Decision. For one group of fans, it’s none of the above. Older fans don’t want to hear […]