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OREGON SPORTS ILLUSTRATED COVERS AND MORE

January 20, 2024 by David Gillaspie

Oregon sports didn’t begin with Steve Prefontaine, but he was the first Oregonian on the cover of Sports Illustrated. At least that’s what the smart-guy talent online say. Sports Illustrated and I were born the same year. With the end of the magazine this week everyone is sad. I’m sad even though my subscription lapsed […]

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: Al Hirshberg, blog, blogger, boomer blogger, boomerpdx, Coos Bay, dan Jenkins, David Gillaspie, Ducks, football, front office sports, John Devaney, Justin herbert, Oregon, oregon sports, Oregon Sports News, sports illustrated covers, sports writers, Steve Prefontaine, the sports gallery, underdogs, voodoo duck, writer, writers, writing

NIKE MONEY TAKES A STAND IN OREGON

September 30, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Nike money is set to rescue Oregon, according to Oregon Public Broadcasting. The Knight in shining armor supposedly sees Betsy Johnson as the answer. But first the big question: Why, Uncle Phil? Why now?

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: Beaverton Oregon, Betsy johnson, blogger, boomerpdx, brand, business plan, cancer, cancer survivor, good neighbor, Knight Cancer Institute, Nike, nike vision, Oregon, Oregon republican party, Oregon republicans, Phil Knight, Portland, Steve Prefontaine, sustainability, taxes

COMPETITION QUESTIONS FOR THE NON-COMPETITIVE

April 8, 2021 by David Gillaspie

Competition questions start before you realize there’s even a competition happening. One of my favorites: “Do you even lift, bro?” It’s usually asked by a mid-forties man in a workout costume. It’s completed by an undershirt that looks like something out of a lady’s drawer. When it’s a question asked by a guy with greased […]

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: compete, competition, competition question, competition questions, covid, covid quarantine, dad strength, gold medal, muhammad Ali, pandemic year, Steve Prefontaine, try hard, vegan, Weight Loss, winners

HITCHHIKING WITH BOOMERPDX IN YOUNGER TIMES

July 30, 2020 by David Gillaspie

Thumbing A Wrestling Ride. The late, great, Rick Sanders traveled light and alone, hitchhiking down the road. He might have been alone, but not lonely. He showed up one night in 1972 after hitchhiking to Stillwater, Oklahoma with a wrestling singlet, shoes, and a few beers. He was there for the National Freestyle Championships and […]

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: Abbe, American wrestling, baby boomer, Baby Boomer blogger, Bend High School, blogger, Dan Gable, haired hippies, Mexico City Olympics, Munich Games, Munich Olympics, Peterson brothers, Sanders, Steve Prefontaine, Wayne Wells

NIKE CANCER TEAM TRAINING CAMP REVIEW

May 15, 2018 by David Gillaspie

After a diagnosis for hpv throat cancer I found a cancer team. An Ear, Nose, and Throat specialist, a radiation oncologist, and a chemo-therapy oncologist, all gathered data for my best outcome. That was the shared goal. I had a couple of others I shared with them, like avoiding opioid addiction and secondary […]

Filed Under: Toughen Up Tagged With: boomerpdx.com, cancer, cancer team, cancer treatment, chemo, Coos Bay, David Gillaspie, dr. yee, infection, Knight Cancer Institute, nike cancer, North Bend, OHSU Knight Cancer Institute – Tualatin, opioid addiction, Portland Oregon, prefontaine trails, radiation, Steve Prefontaine

MUHAMMAD ALI BOMAYE

June 4, 2016 by David Gillaspie

Never an easy out with Ali. Today is the first day for all baby boomers without Muhammad Ali. He was always there, even if we didn’t know it. The Rome Olympic Light Heavyweight champion didn’t spark the interest in 1960 he would a few short years later. Boxing changed sports, going from one of the […]

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: ali, ali bomaye, boxing, elvis presley, howard cosell, michael jackson, muhammad Ali, muhammad ali bomaye, O.J. Simpson, Parkinson's, parkinson's disease, Steve Prefontaine

STEVE PREFONTAINE UNLOCKED

April 1, 2015 by David Gillaspie

Prison Running Winner: Steve Prefontaine. Great sports events trap time in a bubble. You remember your favorite player scoring the winning points like it was yesterday, locking the image into your mind and throwing away the key. Yours for life. If the event was big enough, you learn more about the player and the game. […]

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: baby boomer, BOOMER, Coos Bay, funning, North Bend, Oregon, Oregon State prison, pre, prefontaine, prison, prison running, runner, Steve Prefontaine, UofO

OREGON’S GREATEST ATHLETE (ever)

July 7, 2014 by David Gillaspie

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 […]

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: Baby Boomers, Danny ainge, OREGON'S GREATEST ATHLETE, Oregonian, oregonsportsnews, Rick Sanders, sports, Steve Prefontaine, wrestling