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OLD WRESTLERS NEVER DIE

January 6, 2024 by

Old wresters, new wrestlers, parents, coaches, and Team Moms, over 8500 of them, packed Oregon State’s Gil Coliseum Friday evening. The locals said it was the biggest crowd in years, that the only fanbase comparable show up for women’s basketball. Why did so many come out for a sport with low attendance in most parts […]

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WEIGHT LOSS: DOES MY MAN MUU MUU MAKE ME LOOK FAT?

December 23, 2022 by

Weight loss is a cruel joke on December 23rd. Christmas cookies, Christmas candy, Christmas cake and pie? Yes, yes, yes, and yes. Eat it or risk hurting someone’s feelings. Eat it and say you liked it.

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LEAVING PORTLAND IN 1974

September 8, 2022 by

Leaving Portland in 1974 was quite memorable. Memorable departures usually have a location in mind. I was headed to Fort Ord, California and the All-Volunteer Army on September 6, 1974. What was I thinking?

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OREGON’S WRESTLING WEEKEND

February 26, 2015 by

Putting Pride On The Line. The sound you hear in Oregon, all up and down the west coast, comes from wrestling families. It’s championship weekend. Oregon high school wrestlers meet on the mats inside Memorial Coliseum starting Friday. By Saturday night every place on the podium will be filled, all medals hung. Sunday the big […]

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COMPETITION LIFESTYLE

April 9, 2013 by

WHERE SPORTS AND ACADEMICS MEET IN HARMONY When you join a local gym in Oregon, the first thing you notice are shirts and sweats bearing college names. There’s always a USC t-shirt, or Husky hoodie, besides every variation on Oregon Duck gear and Oregon State Beaver status symbols. How come no one challenges the other-than-Oregon sports fan […]

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