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JUSTIN HERBERT HOPE: WILL THE NFL TRASH ANOTHER OREGON QB

April 18, 2020 by

Justin Herbert image via KCBY, Coos Bay, Oregon Oregon quarterback Justin Herbert joins a long green line of Duck signal callers headed to the NFL. How long a line? Who is in that line? Please proceed.

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MUHAMMAD ALI AND MARCUS MARIOTA, MOST BELOVED SPORTS FIGURES ON BOOMERPDX

May 31, 2016 by

Muhammad Ali and Marcus Mariota lead the way. No surprises. Why do readers love Muhammad Ali and Marcus Mariota? Because of their shared fierce competitiveness? We’ve already seen the best of Ali, and he was everything he promised he’d be, floating like a butterfly, stinging like a bee. He came up fast, won early, retired […]

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PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS NBA ALL STAR IN THE HOUSE

January 29, 2016 by

One NBA All Star is too many for the Portland Trail Blazers? No one is listed, but Damian Lillard in the Portland Trail Blazers NBA All Star. He wasn’t voted in, or chosen as a reserve, and it won’t matter. The Blazers are exceeding expectations, and Lillard leads the way. In a season ripe for […]

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PORTLAND SPEAKS UP FOR SPECIAL OLYMPICS OREGON

December 11, 2015 by

Is the voice for Special Olympics Oregon loud enough? The sports world improves every time it moves ordinary people to do the extraordinary. Like the Richter scale measuring earthquakes, sports are measured by participation and enthusiasm. Special Olympics Oregon changes the sports landscape with fault lines stretching across the state. A survey of SOOR started […]

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STEPPING ON YOUR DUCK FOOTBALL?

September 29, 2015 by

Oregon Football Stepped On Their Duck. Now What? Watching the Ducks fly south at Autzen was a shocker that’s settling in slowly. That it was the worst defeat since the 1977 season was an unwanted reminder of dark Duck days. As a UofO student in 1977 high scores for the other team didn’t feel as […]

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL 2015: OHIO STATE vs THE FIELD

September 9, 2015 by

Only one group gets to knock the defending national champion in big school college football. Alabama stays down after the Ohio State Buckeyes rolled them in last year’s semi-final at the New Orleans Super Dome. Florida State, the defending champ in 2014, got run out of the Rose Bowl. No word from them. That leaves […]

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OREGON DUCK MAKES HISTORY TEAM

June 7, 2015 by

Oregon, Oregon Duck Marcus Mariota, And The Oregon Historical Society. A lesser Portland writer might ask why Nike paid three days of admission at the Oregon Historical Society. Not this one. Everybody who walk in the door? Free. Thank you, Nike. A lesser Portland blogger might ask why Oregon? Why not Portland State? Why not […]

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NFL WONDERLIC TEST GETS TESTED

April 15, 2015 by

The Future And Past According To NFL Wonderlic Test. The biggest news in football is the upcoming NFL Draft. The biggest name in the NFL Draft is Marcus Mariota. At least he’s the biggest name in Oregon this year. Maybe in history. This is a young man embarking on the greatest adventure of his life. […]

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MARCUS MARIOTA: WORTH WHAT?

April 8, 2015 by

Freddie Coleman Asks His ESPN Radio Listeners: What’s Marcus Mariota Worth? A man from New Jersey came on 1080 The Fan Tuesday night. Between 9 and 9:30 Pacific Time, which is 12:00-12:30 his time, the Jersey Boy said Marcus Mariota is worth mortgaging your team the next five years for. Keep in mind his team […]

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CHIP KELLY, SPORTS, AND LOYALTY

March 6, 2015 by

What are the Eagles doing? Ask Chip Kelly. Their coach end runs the entire organization and ends up with the final say on personnel. Chip Kelly trades or releases the sort of players other coaches pine for. And he does it more often than most. Didn’t someone explain to him that he’s a coach. He’s […]

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