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OSU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: TWO DOG DAYS AWAY

March 29, 2016 by

BoomerPDX Poll: What will be the legacy of OSU Women’s Basketball after their first Final Four? If everything works out right the Beavers leave two dogs in the yard and bring the national championship to Corvallis. Only teams of Huskies from Washington and Connecticut stand in their way. Will a national title for OSU Women’s […]

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BOOMERPDX CASE STUDY: SHUNNING A SHUNNER

March 8, 2016 by

If you’ve been shunning, or been shunned, how’s that working out? What’s the difference between time and distance, and not giving a damn? Shunning. You’ve seen the nice meme explaining how old friends who haven’t seen each other in years take up right where they left off. It’s what happens with old friends. But what […]

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STEPH YOUR GAME UP

January 26, 2016 by

Anything is possible when you Steph Your Game Up. Step back a moment and consider the history of the long range bomber in basketball. Baby boomers had Pistol Pete Maravich in his baggy gray socks launching forty footers. They went in often enough for Pete to avoid the tag of, “afraid of the paint,” which […]

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MMA REPUBLICANS IN THE OCTAGON

December 22, 2015 by

Who can take a hit best? Read MMA Republicans in the Octagon. The Sunday Oregonian ran a column by E.J. Dionne of the Washington Post titled ‘GOP plays at being television tough guys.’ Not to pick to closely but that’s the only place most of us will ever hear them. On television. Maybe you’ve heard […]

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OREGON DUCK FOOTBALL MISSION

October 30, 2015 by

Win The Game And Win The Hearts And Minds. Mostly The Minds. Oregon Duck football left Arizona with a triple overtime win last night. This is a team recognized in the past five years as a fashion trendsetter. Add two appearances in the college football finals, BCS and otherwise, and the Ducks come away looking […]

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TOM HANKS’ SPY TRAIN

October 26, 2015 by

The Bridge Of Spies Waits For Tom Hanks. Who doesn’t like a nice train ride. It’s a different view than the highway and you don’t have to drive. From a highway we even stop and watch trains as they pull a long line of cars. Trains unified America with that Golden Spike. You could travel […]

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PODUNK TOWN, OR YOUR HOMETOWN

August 22, 2015 by

Nothing Explains Feelings For A Hometown, Your Hometown, Than Traveling Though Others. Drive down I-5, Highway 99, 101 down the coast, or 97 east of the Cascades, and you roll through one podunk town after another. You don’t even have to go far off the road to see them. Just drive by, take a look, […]

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HOW TO RAISE SPORTS FANS

August 12, 2015 by

Is It Nature Or Nurture For Sports Fans? A friend of mine left town recently. Not a huge sports fan, but he knows the meaning of team. He’d never say he’s taking one for the team, but he might be. He’s moving to be closer to his grandchildren. That’s an important step many take, but […]

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HOW TO PORTLAND RIGHT

August 10, 2015 by

New Arrivals Need To Portland Right Or Else Why Move Here? You’ve met the new neighbor, the new kid on the block, the one who can’t stop talking about where they came from. Maybe it’s Boston they talk about, the loser in the Portland name coin flip. They love Boston and everything about it. With […]

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TOM BRADY RANKS 10 TOP SPORTS SCANDALS

July 29, 2015 by

The heat Tom Brady feels today is the same heat applied to sports history and the scandals of yesteryear without Facebook and twitter. The way he responded to the appeal of his four game suspension would have worked for others? Maybe not, but it probably won’t work for him either. – Let’s start with Jim […]

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