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OREGON DUCK, DUCK, GOOSE

September 1, 2014 by

No matter how the Oregon Ducks’ football season turns out this year, I’m making a request for next year. It’s not too early, not after watching Duck quarterback Marcus Mariota’s 2014 debut where he showed us what to expect from a focus player. Mariota isn’t the only good Duck. The media makes it sound that […]

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THE TEAM NEEDS YOU, YOU NEED THE TEAM

August 27, 2014 by

A Follow Up On The Lake O Football Suspensions. The knock on baby boomer parents is we coddled our kids. We sent them to ‘time out’ instead of whipping a belt through our belt loops and giving a kid five lashes. Even if we whipped our kids, it wouldn’t have been enough. After the beat […]

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THE WEED MESSAGE TO LAKE OSWEGO FOOTBALL

August 26, 2014 by

Ten Lake Oswego Football Players Suspended For Early Season Games. One Quit. What happens in Vegas might stay in Vegas, but the same rules don’t apply to football camp. Imagine yourself as a high school sophomore good enough to play varsity in one of Oregon’s best football programs. It’s so good that players from other […]

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VISITING WASHINGTON COUNTY JAIL, pt. 2

August 25, 2014 by

To visit a prisoner in Hillsboro, you need to get on their visitor list. It’s not a drop-in deal. Then you need to provide your address and Oregon Drivers License number. No one wants a squirrely visitor raising hell on the block. They’ve got enough problems. I want to visit one of my son’s friends […]

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OREGON DUCKS NEAR THE TOP: TIME TO FLY

August 19, 2014 by

By the end of each college football season it’s easy to say the last team standing was the clear pick. Choose Alabama early and it’s hard to go wrong. Florida State? They’re the returning national champ and the returning Heisman Trophy winner. And here comes Oregon. Around here we’ve expected the Ducks to go all […]

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DEAR BOOMER, IT’S OKAY TO CHANGE TEAMS FOR CHIP KELLY

August 15, 2014 by

From Cowboys To Eagles It’s Okay To Change Football Teams. Other Teams Are Up To You. Off-season training works for players and fans. As a fourteen year old I met a few Dallas Cowboys with my brothers, my Dad, and my Granddad. We’ve all been Cowboy fans ever since, from the late Sixties until now. […]

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REMEMBER TO STRETCH BEFORE FOOTBALL SEASON

August 11, 2014 by

Are You Ready For The Pain? Across every sports spectrum, except soccer, you hear the same thing in August. “Are you ready for some football?” The fans are ready to go rabid, the ex-players, the has-beens, and the never was-ers. It’s the time of year when everyone is great, everyone’s a champion, and even people […]

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REJECTING THE MODERN MARKET, A BOOMER TRIUMPH

August 4, 2014 by

Feeling The Weight Of Years Everywhere. A fifty year old has earned the right to a few groans and moans in the morning. When a sixty eight year old takes a knee during a softball game, don’t be surprised. These are the boomer years my friends, with birthdays between 1946 and 1964. While we celebrate […]

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PRESS ROW AT THE PORTLAND THUNDER TABLE

July 29, 2014 by

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. […]

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OREGON’S GREATEST ATHLETE (ever)

July 7, 2014 by

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 […]

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