0 comments by David Golden on 4/16/2014
Saturday night the UFC invades Orlando, Florida for UFC on FOX 11. This card is a legitimate gem and every fighter with a scheduled bout will be looking to make a statement, and that goes double for Eagle Creek, Oregon’s own, Pat “Bam Bam” Healy. Healy is coming off of back-to-back losses for the first […]
0 comments by Brian Hight
In my last piece, I expressed some skepticism that either Justin Smoak or Dustin Ackley had “figured it out” despite their hot start to the season. I cited an established track record over the past several years and the nothing in the extremely small sample size to suggest anything had changed. We tend to not […]
0 comments by Abe Asher
What do you expect at this point? The Portland Timbers once again disappointed. They were outplayed by a team that won’t exist in six months – the same team they beat 5-0 on the road in the final regular season game of 2013. Ah, how the mighty have fallen. It was the Timbers 1, Chivas […]
0 comments by Brad Stein
On this episode of The Slant, host Brad Stein interviews quarterback Danny Southwick of the Portland Thunder, why we should not care about Manny Pacquiao & Floyd Mayweather fighting anymore, and more!
0 comments by David Gillaspie
Since the Little Brown Jug is the oldest rivalry trophy in college football, why not bring more ceramic awards to the big games? Ceramics were good enough for the ancient Greeks and still tell their stories. Instead of wood or metal, ceramic trophies embody both the power and fragility of modern sports. Games bring out […]
0 comments by Garrett Imeson on 4/11/2014
As Comcast SportsNet writer Peter Socotch pointed out, the Portland Thunder have had their struggles at quarterback, ranking as one of the worst passing offenses in the Arena Football League. However, the team saw hope when they brought in Danny Southwick, an AFL veteran. During last week’s loss to the Los Angeles KISS, Southwick played […]
0 comments by Jason Hartzog
Where? Lloyd Center When? April 19, 2014 at 3:00 PM Blazer Gang, an up and coming fan page of the Portland Trail Blazers, have put together a Flash Mob type event. They are calling it a ‘Cheer Mob’. Will this be the new YouTube craze? We’ll soon find out. Blazer Gang has partnered with other […]
0 comments by Owen Poole
The first five games of the season have been less than stellar for the Portland Timbers. A miraculous last second goal in the home opener saved the Timbers from losing a regular season game in Portland for the first time since March, 9 2013. They followed up the opening draw with another shaky performance that […]
0 comments by Garrett Thornton
Before the NBA season began I was cautiously optimistic with what General Manager Neil Olshey was able to do over the offseason. Leading into the season, I wrote that my prediction was a team that would hover around .500 and fight for the 8th seed in the Western Conference. Boy, how things have changed over […]
0 comments by Stuart Kemp
From the start of the series, many felt Portland would hand it to Victoria, sweep the series and move onto Kelowna and go to the WHL Finals. It took a loss in game three to make fans realize that Victoria was going to be a tough one. When the Hawks won game four to split […]
0 comments by Julian Rogers
The Seattle Seahawks’ rushing attack has been a beastly affair, of recent. How much longer can the Seahawks expect to remain a top-producing rushing offense as a mostly one-man operation? The Seattle Seahawks’ offense goes through running back Marshawn Lynch. A rarity it today’s pass-happy NFL, the Seahawks, by default of design and available talent, […]
0 comments by Oregon Sports News Staff
March Madness concluded this week with the UConn Huskies defeating the Kentucky Wildcats to bring home the 2014 title. We asked our roundtable crew to reflect on this year’s champs, discuss their favorite moments of the tournament, which players shined, thoughts on the one-and-done rule, and much, much more. OSN writers contributing will be Casey […]
0 comments by Nik Streng
Over the past four years Johnathan Loyd has been playing point guard for the Oregon Ducks. A four-year starter, Loyd has finished his career as a Duck basketball player as the winningest player in the history of the University of Oregon with a record of 97-37. But now that his collegiate basketball career is over, […]
0 comments by Ben Bliss
The small group of elite teams expected to advance into the late stages of the World Cup aren’t surprising, they’re favorites that make a strong showing every four years, from countries with a basic, ungovernable, insatiable love of the game. It’s more or less a kind of cultural birthright for Brazil to make a run […]
0 comments by PortlandSports.com on 4/10/2014
Column written by Edward Kilgarriff from PortlandSports.com, a partner of Oregon Sports News After a turbulent offseason for the LA club, a strong preseason offered new hope for the red & whites. The MLS announced that it had purchased the club from its Mexican owners and were looking for a buyer as well as a […]
