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How To Follow Your Dream (hint: don’t give up)

After you hear the words, “Follow your dream,” or, “Follow your bliss,” what’s next? Most hear that and decide to put dreams and bliss on the shelf for another day. They’ll get on it when they have more time, follow their bliss after they learn to identify it. An old New York City joke has a tourist asking a […]

Portland: A Really Big Shoe

Why Shoe Companies Fit The Rose City. Recruiters and head hunters define success by finding the best people. If one region produces more candidates than another, that’s where the focus belongs. For example, college football teams scour the nation for their talent. California and Texas are two of the top states. Not all players stay […]

The Wrong Oregon Duck Call

If you play enough sports, watch enough games, and live long enough, one thing becomes apparent. You finally understand things don’t always turn out the way you hope. You win some, lose some, and flip the nut-switch if it doesn’t go your way. When this happens you find too many sports fans with crazy ideas. […]

Portland: Track Town North Makes A Run For Hyatt Hotel And More

A stepping stone is a good thing for someone taking a step. Not so good for the stone. It’s never a win-win deal when the stepping stone is a person, place, or thing. Sports can be a great stepping stone. How many times have you heard a high school football player say, “If I wasn’t playing football I […]

The Boomer Bulldog Difference, 2053

Experts say you lay the tracks for the rest of your life early. Boomer NW says it happens in high school football. Nothing in early childhood prepares kids to deal with the success and failure of sports. You didn’t get the ‘right’ bike at Christmas? And you feel bad? Even cheated? Maybe got your feelings […]

Boomer NW, Oregon Ducks, And Autzen

Great art needs a great stage. The Mona Lisa runs 30″ X 21″. Small enough to hang on a bathroom wall. Or The Louvre. Faberge eggs are big-bird-egg-sized packed with huge detail. But still small. Too small if you like big. The jewel that is Oregon Duck football at Autzen Stadium is just the right […]

Boomerpdx On Momba’s Best Run

Are The Ducks Better Without De’Anthony? Come on, man. He’s been out of action, but Thomas’s game impact crosses all borders. Every sports fan watches harder when he touches the ball. Every defensive player knows their best isn’t good enough when he’s in the game. And every coach wants a player just like him. He […]

Marcus Mariota Loves Dogs

A Heisman For The Nice Man He’s from Hawaii, plays football for the University of Oregon. Mello Marcus sounds right? When it comes to Husky week, does he bring out the Mean Mariota? Does he scream at his teammates, hassle the refs, ignore his coach? No, because he’s a nice man. Boomer NW likes the […]

Boomer Beach Means College Football?

Not Oregon Duck Football. Lots of birds at Cannon Beach. Baby boomers love birds. Seagulls, puffins, cormorants, pelicans, crows, swallows, jays, a titmouse. The whole flock flew between Hemlock Street and Haystack Rock. Just no Ducks. Plenty of wind and rain, but no Ducks. What did Cannon Beach sports fan miss? The most engaging football being […]

Baby Boomer Adopts The Seattle Seahawks

Dave And A Sports Fan Family. The distance between Seattle and Portland shrinks every fall Sunday. So does the gap between big brother to the north and little brother during the NFL season. Sports do that. Harmony grows between the two cities with each win, whether the comeback on Houston that seemed ordained by football […]