Talking sports: Trail Blazers trading frenzy, MLB strike and Adley Rutschman, Pioneers’ Jay Locey to the USFL
Weighing in some sporting issues of the day …
• There must be a method to Joe Cronin’s madness.
Or as Ricky Ricardo might say, “Somebody’s got some ‘splainin’ to do.”
Iconic coach alive and still kicking at 90: ‘Linfield might as well be called Rutschman U’
McMINNVILLE — The mid-week lunch crowd at Golden Valley Brewery is bustling, but few of the customers seem to notice the sporting royalty in their midst. Then again, perhaps they are just giving Ad Rutschman some privacy as he dines with sons Don and Randy while conducting an interview with some guy holding a digital recorder.
The Heart of Football: Why the Small College Game Matters
Phil Maas loves just about everything about football and the coaching profession.
That shines through in his book, “The Heart of Football,” which focuses on what he believes are the merits of the sport, in particular at the lower levels.
Maas, 75, lives in Weed, Calif., a town of about 3,000 situated at the base of Mount Shasta, just an hour south of Ashland. A high school and junior college coach for 50 years, he still coaches running backs at College of the Siskiyous, a member of the California Community College Athletic Association located in Weed. Chris Knudsen, the well-respected long-time coach at Gresham’s Centennial High, says Maas is a bit of a legend in coaching circles.