For Steve Coury, it has always been about the kids
LAKE OSWEGO — A half-hour after Lake Oswego’s 35-0 thumping of Mountainside in the Oregon 6A quarterfinals last Friday night, Coach Steve Coury finally made it to his office adjacent to the Lakers’ locker room.
On Jeff Young and the Ducks, Mike Riley on John Robinson, the Blazers’ rise and more …
Notes, quotes and observations on happenings in our sports world …
Brian Wheeler ‘took over for a legend and became a legend himself’
A major figure in the history of the Trail Blazers has departed, but he left behind a career full of memories.
An opportunity wasted, and the Beavers’ path to a bowl gets rocky
CORVALLIS — Nobody was very happy by the end of Oregon State’s 24-13 loss to San Jose State Saturday at Reser Stadium.
First impressions of Beaver wrestling and men’s hoops, with quotes, notes and observations …
CORVALLIS — Oregon State basketball is in a better place than it has been for four years.
After slim win in exhibition opener, Beaver women ‘have so much to do right now’
CORVALLIS — When the 2024-25 season concludes for the Oregon State women, Coach Scott Rueck is expecting a different look than the one his team showed Friday night in its exhibition opener.
Chubby Checker: ‘I’m just a good excuse for the party’
There is no more enduring rock n’ roll legend than Chubby Checker, who will visit Lincoln City’s Chinook Winds Casino and Resort for an 8 p.m. concert on Dec. 7, 2024.
Wildcats show resilience, and now they’re at playoffs’ doorstep
BEAVERTON — It was a rough night for the Westview Wildcats last Friday at Mountainside High.
Grand Funk: They’re an American band, and they’re playing Chinook Winds
If you listened to rock and roll during the 1970s, you listened to Grand Funk Railroad, one of the top bands of that genre during the era.
Beaver wrestlers take on all comers in ’24-25: ‘It’s a mountain to climb’
Nobody can accuse Chris Pendleton of ducking the strongest competition around.
Bottom’s up to the late, great Dee Andros
CORVALLIS — With Halloween on its way, it was only fitting that they gathered from across the region to pay tribute to “The Great Pumpkin.”
No CFP playoffs, so Beavers’ goal should be getting bowl-eligible
CORVALLIS — In the topsy-turvy world of today’s college football, expectations can change month to month and even week to week.
Steve Walker: One of the good guys calls it a career
I have spent a career in sports media in the state of Oregon.
Cheek on new stadium site: ‘We think we have found the perfect location’
The Portland Diamond Project didn’t die, or go away.
Beavers load up on internationals, hope it helps reap victories
Long-timers will remember the vendors’ standard line as they hawked programs before college basketball games: “Can’t tell the lineups without a program!”
‘Little things become big things’ with Pat Casey’s foundation
Pat Casey has done a lot of things in his adult life.
‘I hope you’re going to walk away thinking, ‘That Billy Ocean is all right’
Leslie Sebastian Charles wasn’t born to be a star.
Trail Blazer players want to ‘win now,’ but that won’t happen
The Trail Blazers’ annual media day was held Monday in the Fountain Room at Memorial Coliseum.
1974 ‘Northwest champions’ whoop it up, 50 years later
CORVALLIS — It had been a half-century since the gang had been together.
With Kyle Bjornstad, Pat Casey and Mitch Canham on Dam Nation and the NIL scene
A couple of weeks ago, Oregon State athletic director Scott Barnes implied to The Oregonian that the university would be operating its own Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) collective.