A fight to the finish, but Beavers too tough on The Bluff
Michael Meek had a pretty good idea that the unblemished record his Portland Pilots were carrying wasn’t going to last through an entire season.
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.
Scott Rueck’s mission in the new college sports world: ‘Go to work and keep doing what we do’
Scott Rueck hasn’t been in hibernation since the end of Oregon State’s heralded 2023-24 season, though it may seem that way.
A visit with Mike Allegre on Salem’s KYKN radio (AM 1430) …
Veteran broadcaster Mike Allegre had me on his “Sportsticket” show on Friday, talking mostly about Oregon State sports.
For the Beavers, how Sweet (Sixteen) it is
CORVALLIS — That trip to Albany, N.Y.? It’s happening now.
Paurova, Beavers blow out the candles on the Eagles
CORVALLIS — Dom’s birthday party, Rae’s ankle, Rueck’s streak.
Beavers game, but Brink’s truck carries Stanford to victory
Timea Gardiner scored 15 points and went toe-to-toe with Stanford’s Cameron Brink through much of the game (courtesy Dominic Cusimano)
Poise, Donovyn Hunter go hand in hand
Poise is an asset that can help in nearly every endeavor.
On paying a mint to attend a Super Bowl, Chip Kelly, Beaver women’s hoops, ‘Pioneers of the Pacific’ and the loss of some important sports people …
Covering some ground on the sports front after a Super Bowl weekend …
Unbeaten Beavers eye Civil War opener: ‘We’re super-excited’
CORVALLIS — So much for the preliminaries: Bring on the main event.
All in a day (plus): A look at men’s and women’s hoops and the gridiron in Beaver country
CORVALLIS — Monday was a busy day for sports on the Oregon State campus. I was there to sniff out information of interest to readers of kerryeggers.com.
Beers’ glass is overflowing with good stuff
CORVALLIS — Whether it’s a career in basketball or pottery or teaching in elementary school, you get the sense that Raegan Beers won’t be short-changed.
‘Old soul’ von Oelhoffen leads the way for Beaver women
The weight of the world is not on the shoulders of Talia von Oelhoffen.
2022 Year In Review Part II: The ten stories that deserve a second look
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It’s a full day of basketball, and Pilots steal the show
Notes and observations from an almost full Friday of basketball at the Phil Knight college tournaments (sorry, missed Oregon’s near upset of No. 12-ranked Michigan State.
Scott Rueck on his 2022-23 Beavers: ‘We’ll have a chance to win every night’
The Oregon State women’s basketball team is in the midst a near complete makeover, with seven new players and only four returnees from the 2021-22 team that went 17-14 and lost to UCLA in the NIT quarterfinals.
Pivec’s goal remains WNBA, but Europe’s not bad, either
Mikayla Pivec is back in Oregon, and — no surprise — has plans for a busy summer.
Pros vs. Joes No. 9: Mikayla Pivec pivots to comfortable spot playing in Spain
It has taken her awhile, but my favorite female athlete in Oregon State history is finally having a rewarding experience playing pro basketball.
During a very difficult 2021, it was a very good first year
A first full year is in the books for kerryeggers.com after my retirement after 45 years in the newspaper in April 2020.
First, thanks to all of you for being subscribers. I appreciate all the feedback we have received, both as responses to be published on the website and others of a personal nature.
On Kevin Calabro and Jordan Kent, the sports broadcasting scene in Portland, Ime Udoka, James Allen, the Cambia Portland Classic and much more …
Knocking it around on a potpourri of sports topics …
• Kevin Calabro’s return to the broadcasting booth with the Trail Blazers is not a done deal.
The Blazers, who let Jordan Kent go last week as their TV play-by-play announcer, have extended an offer in principle to Calabro, who served as their TV play-by-play man from 2016-20 but gave up his job during the COVID-19-interrupted 2020 campaign.