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OREGON FOOTBALL SET TO BE A BETTER EXAMPLE NEXT YEAR

January 2, 2021 by

Oregon football takes the national stage today as the PAC12 Champion against BIG12 runner-up Iowa State. And rightfully so. After all, it wasn’t Oregon’s fault Washington opted out of the title game against USC due to covid. Someone had to play the Trojans. But, it was Oregon’s fault that USC didn’t go undefeated, and now […]

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WINNING MINDSET STARTS EARLY FOR WINNERS

November 27, 2020 by

A winning mindset starts before anything else. Get it locked in as soon as possible. I heard a variation on sports talk radio where a host and guest talked about professional athletes on losing teams. Big time pros never consider themselves losers; they’re good players on bad teams that don’t win. In other words, it’s […]

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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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PORTLAND NBA DREAMS IN DUST BIN AFTER WC FINALS

May 21, 2019 by

Who loses to the World Champions in sport? Everyone. The Portland Trail Blazers were taken out in four games. In three they had a good lead in the third quarter. Fan comment runs from quitting to choking, leaving out the part where the Warriors made them quit and choked them out. One fan keeps a […]

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WORKOUT MESSAGES, SECRET MEANINGS

April 8, 2019 by

The best workout advice ever given? “Listen to your body.” This is especially true as we age, at least for those who believe in aging. More likely ‘listen to your body’ is the best excuse for no workout. “I can’t lift today. I listened to my body and it said drink beer and eat trash.” […]

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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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HOW OREGON DUCKS SAVED COLLEGE FOOTBALL FOR ALABAMA

January 12, 2016 by

Alabama takes CFP Championship 45-40 over Clemson with TEMPO. By now alert college football fans understand tempo is code for Oregon in the Chip Kelly era. It wasn’t a travel accident that Kelly dropped in on the Crimson Tide last week. The coach now being called ‘toxic’ by NFL experts offered some tempo advice to […]

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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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THE ULTIMATE LETTERMAN JACKET

December 2, 2015 by

You can’t win the ultimate letterman jacket, you earn it with Olympian effort. The ultimate letterman jacket doesn’t have a letter. It doesn’t come from a high school or college with a colorful felt vest in school colors, white leather sleeves, and stretch cuffs or collars. Instead, the ultimate letterman jacket comes in soft black […]

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SHARED MUSEUM DREAM

November 21, 2015 by

A museum dream from MAC’s big window. Regulars at Portland’s Multnomah Athletic Club walk in with the same stride they have walking into a grocery store. Just another door. But if you haven’t been a regular, as in never been inside, only seen the big window and balcony from the stadium stands, it feels like […]

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