The jewels of Oregon sports get ready to shine brighter than ever in the new Oregon Sports Hall Of Fame. Out of the shadows of a clouded past you’ll see stars from every year join with the Class of 2015 being inducted at Multnomah Athletic Club, and together enter the new OHOF. From appearances the […]
A SPORTS MUSEUM OF HOPE
October 27, 2015 by
What do you do when you see a star filled night sky? If your name is Vincent Van Gogh you paint a picture that will eventually hang in an art gallery. Maybe you paint two of them. In another instance, look at a piece of marble. Maybe you see something in there. What do you […]
OREGON SPORTS HALL OF FAME
October 21, 2015 by
When You Finally Make The Oregon Sports Hall Of Fame Team, What’s Next? How do you make it to the Oregon Sports Hall Of Fame? The same way you make it to Carnegie Hall, you practice. No one gets there accidentally. Just like it takes more than a few words to write a sports column, […]
BABY BOOMER YOUTH GAMES
October 20, 2015 by
Could Kids Today Benefit From The Game Of Stretch Or Mumbly Peg? If Millennials and the rest of us want to meet on level ground, we must learn to share our games. A game on television is the easy part. Click a station, then another, until you find a game you both want to watch. […]
A LAKE OSWEGO FOOTBALL COMMENT
October 15, 2015 by
Warning: Adult Language And Profanity Regarding Lake Oswego Football. Last year Lake Owego football suspended ten players for team rules violation. This year LO suspended thirty players for conduct outside the team rules agreement they signed. I see it as a type of non-disclosure statement, except it’s between the players and the team. A BoomerPDX […]
A NEW WORLD OF SPORTS
October 14, 2015 by
The New World Of Sports Forgot This? The world of sports turns at the same speed for everyone, though the Oregon Duck football season seems to spin faster than other seasons. And it should. You get that in a sport with fewer games, greater risk, and rabid enthusiasm than other sports. It goes even further. […]
THE SPORTS DREAM
October 8, 2015 by
What Happens To Sports Dreams? Dreams never die. They don’t fall over. The don’t sit down and never get up. Dreams don’t stop breathing. Too often it’s us. We give up, try to forget, or redirect. The worst is trying to pretend you never had the dream that won’t stop haunting your sleep. Drive by […]
CTE SO FAR
September 22, 2015 by
Watching the New York Jets and Indy Colts on Monday Night Football, one guided by a Harvard guy the other by a Stanford guy. Smart guys from smart schools playing a little football. What are they thinking? Ryan Fitzpatrick and Andrew Luck have got to know about CTE. They probably heard about it in college. […]
COACH DAVE GROHL AND THE TEAM
September 18, 2015 by
One observation claims that athletes want to be actors, actors want to be athletes, and everybody wants to be a rock star. What do rock stars want to be? After seeing a rock show with Foo Fighters headlining, maybe the greatest rock band working on the world stage, rock stars apparently want to be coaches. […]
SPORTS TALK TAKES A TURN
August 29, 2015 by
That’s sports talk brand builder Colin Cowherd on the label of a Rogue beer. Dan Patrick has a beer with his name on it, not his picture, so score for Cowherd. Colin Cowherd is the ESPN guy who questioned Dan Patrick’s work ethic after the last Super Bow. Patrick answered by saying Cowherd was flexing […]
