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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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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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BABY BOOMER LIFE COACH: CHIP KELLY

August 18, 2014 by

Eat Right And Get Enough Sleep? Kelly Would Have Said The Same To Rocky. Does it get any easier than this? Don’t load up your plate three times at dinner and drop into a food coma in front of the television. You don’t need a coach to tell you that. Or do you? Be a […]

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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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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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BABY BOOMER ON MODA CENTER PRESS ROW

July 28, 2014 by

Imagine, if you will, a humble boomer blogger achieving one of their dreams. From the sounds coming from our aging demographic, we’re all doing super. In a world of smoke and mirrors the truth is more elusive than ever. Whatever you write or claim needs documentation, research, and proof, or else it’s in the same […]

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JULY, THE MAJOR MONTH FOR KEVIN LOVE

July 23, 2014 by

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. […]

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THE LOMBARDI TROPHY, BRANDING EXCELLENCE

July 11, 2014 by

The Oregon Historical Society And The NFL. The most important rule of success is finding the right formula and repeating it. No need to follow failure. You’ve got that covered. If branding is your goal with either a product or a name, learn from the best. Take a lesson from the National Football League, the […]

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THE GUY YOU HOPE THEY’D BE

July 9, 2014 by

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 […]

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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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