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CAN OREGON SPORTS LEARN FROM ARIZONA

April 9, 2014 by

It’s About More Than Sun Screen. Oregon sports fans share one thing in common. We look for ways to relate sports to life. We like to make it personal no matter where we are. But where do you find Oregon sports in Mesa, Arizona? I was lost until I pulled into the Chicago Cubs spring training […]

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THEFT IN SPORTS, THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE BEST

March 18, 2014 by

Stealing is a big part of baseball tradition. The air fills with electricity when great base runners threaten to take off. The crowd cheers and history books get rewritten with a speedy runner standing on first. Pitchers get nervous. Right-handers peek over their left shoulder for a pick-off. Lefties have a stare-down. Catchers check their […]

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BOOMER SPORTS BUZZ

March 27, 2013 by

WHERE ARE THE PORTLAND SPORTS FANS WHEN YOU NEED THEM Talk to fans from big time sports towns and they’ll roll off their favorite teams. An interview goes like this: Me: Where are you from? Sports Fan: Chicago. Me: Do you have a favorite team? Sports Fan: Here, or Chicago? I’ll always be a Bears, […]

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