Pros vs. Joes No. 19: Think you’re a sports fan? You don’t match up with Rob Closs
Do you want to know how seriously Rob Closs is taking his participation in the “Pros vs. Joes” Bracket Challenge on kerryeggers.com?
Kents pair together for historic broadcast: ‘It was a very emotional couple of hours’
Ernie and Jordan Kent made a little history Tuesday at Matt Knight Arena, and had some fun while doing it.
The Kents broadcast Oregon’s season-opening 83-66 win over Texas Southern — Ernie providing analysis, Jordan handling play-by-play duties for the men’s contest carried by Pac-12 Network/Oregon.
Has there ever before been a father-son team work a major-college basketball game on TV together?
The day I got the best of Barney — and inspired his career game
By Bob Robinson
(Editor’s note: Robinson, now 87, wrote sports for Oregon newspapers for 42 years, the last 37 at The Oregonian. “Robbie” was the paper’s beat writer for the Trail Blazers when they won the NBA championship in 1977. The Central High and U of O grad was a renowned golf writer at The Oregonian and is the author of four books.)
When Barney Holland died on July 21 at 89, it brought a flood of memories to sports followers in Oregon — including me.
During a long high school basketball coaching career at Lebanon, North Eugene and Aloha, the
former University of Oregon athlete compiled a record of 406-224 (.644) and won three state championships and seven league titles.
Holland earned several individual awards, too, including McDonald’s National Coach of the Year selection in 1977 after his North Eugene team won the second of back-to-back state AAA titles and lost only one of 54 games over two seasons, with All-American Danny Ainge leading the way.