NBA: Nash has 20 assists in win
PHILADELPHIA Jason Richardson scored 29 points, Steve Nash added 21 points and tied his season-high with 20 assists and the Phoenix Suns beat the Philadelphia 76ers 119-115 on Monday night. The Suns eclipsed the 100-point barrier for the eighth str...
 3.6K - Nov. 10, 2009; scored 200.0 Homebrew students learn to customize beer flavors
PORTLAND Learning to brew your own beer in Portland, a.k.a. Beervana, would seem to be pointlessness personified. Yet 80 homebrewers and brewers-to-be spent a rainy Saturday morning doing just that in a stark warehouse warmed only by two boiling k...
4.6K - Nov. 10, 2009; scored 389.0 NBA: Blazers continue to dominate Timberwolves
PORTLAND Portland coach Nate McMillan s experiment with a three-guard starting lineup has sparked the Trail Blazers. Portland won its second consecutive game since McMillan employed a starting lineup that includes guards Brandon Roy, Andre Miller a...
3.2K - Nov. 9, 2009; scored 200.0 Researching how best to evade deer
GLENVILLE, N.Y. ” Covered in his old forest camouflage, Steve Balser proved he s nearly invisible to humans. His hunting partner walked within 25 feet and didn t see him. I m just not that sure about deer, Balser said. His suspicions are back...
4.6K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 200.0 Tackling practice skipped in NFL
Frank Gore runs right up the gut of the Indianapolis defense. Defensive back Jerraud Powers delivers a big body-blow, but Gore just bounces off and keeps on running, one of two broken tackles on the way to a 64-yard San Francisco touchdown. Baltimore...
6.6K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 360.0 Sports Briefs: Oklahoma QB has shoulder surgery
NORMAN, Okla. Oklahoma s Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Sam Bradford had surgery on his injured right shoulder and the school called it a success. In a release sent out by the school, Bradford s father says Dr. James Andrews informed him that t...
4.9K - Oct. 29, 2009; scored 200.0 NBA: Revamped Celtics beat Cleveland
CLEVELAND ” LeBron James was in MVP form on opening night. The star of stars. Once again, his teammates ” especially the new big guy ” let him down. James scored 38 points but got little help from Shaquille O Neal as Cleveland wa...
4.1K - Oct. 28, 2009; scored 401.0 Migration drops a crowd of pelicans
Welcome to the pelican convention. If you ve been to the beaches lately or cruised around Coos Bay, it s been hard to miss these lumbering visitors. Thousands of brown pelicans have converged on the south and central Oregon coast, with fall migration...
1.5K - Oct. 28, 2009; scored 200.0 NFL Recap: Steelers hand Minnesota first loss
Brett Favre and the Minnesota Vikings gave one away and are perfect no more. The New Orleans Saints are still undefeated, proving that no deficit is too large for their explosive offense to overcome. Three times Sunday, the Vikings were ready to ta...
7.9K - Oct. 26, 2009; scored 357.0 College Picks: TCU can make its case for a BCS bid
Boise State better watch its back. TCU is trying to bust into the BCS, too. The sixth-ranked Broncos have drawn the most attention of the teams from the non-automatic BCS qualifying conferences this season. Boise State started the season with a convi...
5.2K - Oct. 22, 2009; scored 258.0 NFL: Brady has big game in the snow for Patriots
Tom Brady finding his form could be bad news for the rest of the NFL. A few other quarterbacks were at their Sunday best, too. Brett Favre and Drew Brees helped their teams remain unbeaten. Ben Roethlisberger and Kurt Warner, who met in last season s...
10.1K - Oct. 19, 2009; scored 258.0 Surprise teams are no flukes
The 2008 version of the Denver Broncos lost their final three games, blew the AFC West title, and got their longtime coach canned. Last year s New Orleans Saints were wonderful to behold when they had the ball, hideous to watch on defense. And the 0...
5.8K - Oct. 18, 2009; scored 459.0 Surprise teams are no flukes
The 2008 version of the Denver Broncos lost their final three games, blew the AFC West title, and got their longtime coach canned. Last year s New Orleans Saints were wonderful to behold when they had the ball, hideous to watch on defense. And the 0...
5.8K - Oct. 17, 2009; scored 459.0 Chetco's giant salmon spawn controversy
BROOKINGS (AP) Despite having only a sliver of the Chetco River open to angling this month, John Martin of Klamath Falls does not lament the loss of upstream fishing access. He drops his anchovy into the estuary between the jetties, then motors his...
4.3K - Oct. 16, 2009; scored 331.0 College Picks: Sooners get shot at redemption
An injured Heisman Trophy winner and a pair of one-point losses have made the first half of Oklahoma s season a real downer. Next up for the Sooners, a chance to turn the season around. No. 20 Oklahoma meets No. 3 Texas on Saturday in Dallas. The int...
4.0K - Oct. 15, 2009; scored 418.0 Column: Owners oppose Limbaugh
It s hard to imagine a room full of rich, mostly middle-aged white Republicans turning thumbs down on one of their own. But wherever their real sympathies lie, NFL owners still value business more than principle. And when they looked at Rush Limbaugh...
4.7K - Oct. 14, 2009; scored 258.0 Pirates to honor Wigle
Marshfield High School will honor former football coach Kent Wigle during a halftime presentation Friday night, when the Pirates host North Eugene for homecoming. Wigle coached the Pirates for 20 years before retiring last winter. All of his former p...
2.1K - Oct. 14, 2009; scored 258.0 Dolphins turn to wildcat for win over Jets
MIAMI As coach Tony Sparano s Miami Dolphins mounted a comeback bid in the final minutes, even his players on the sideline wondered about the play calling. It had the New York Jets confused, too. The Dolphins snapped the ball to four players in the...
3.7K - Oct. 13, 2009; scored 258.0 Pac-10 Football: Defense carries Ducks to win at UCLA
PASADENA, Calif. ” Oregon got through the first three games of its Pac-10 schedule as the only unbeaten team left in conference play thanks to three overwhelming defensive performances. The No. 13 Ducks will have to be even better on defen...
4.5K - Oct. 12, 2009; scored 200.0 Bobcats recognize heritage with Hall
MYRTLE POINT The first class inducted into the Myrtle Point Hall of Fame was filled with standout athletes state champions, school record holders and kids who went on to compete in college football, baseball and basketball. But despite all their ...
4.7K - Oct. 10, 2009; scored 200.0 | 
