Mohr swims to national title in relay
For the 11th time in the past four years, local masters swimmer Ralph Mohr has been declared a national champion in a long distance postal event. This time, he was part of a 3x5-kilometer relay for men 65 and older, where each member of the team for ...
 0.9K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 73.0 Thousands of NW seabirds sickened with killer foam
PORTLAND (AP) The killer foam that hit Northwest seabirds has subsided but conservationists are worried about a death toll they say numbers in the thousands. The first algal foam that hit Washington s Olympic Peninsula in mid-September claimed more...
2.9K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 73.0 Bend company preserves national X-mas tree
BEND Santa Claus isn t the only one with a lot of responsibility this Christmas. A Bend company is tasked with keeping the nation s Christmas tree fresh from its cutting later this week until its arrival in Washington, D.C., three weeks later. The ...
2.8K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 73.0 Bolt sponsors baby cheetah
NAIROBI, Kenya The world s fastest man adopted the animal kingdom s fastest sprinter Monday, as Usain Bolt welcomed a new baby cheetah named Lightning Bolt into his life. The Jamaican sprinter s sponsorship of the 3-month-old male cheetah is part o...
2.0K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 73.0 American races to win in New York Marathon
NEW YORK Meb Keflezighi wrote a letter to Alberto Salazar 11 years ago explaining how American distance runners could again find success. Salazar was the last U.S. man to win the New York City Marathon, a distinction he held until Keflezighi proved...
5.3K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 170.0 Sunset girls take junior high title
The Sunset girls cross country team raced to the Far West League middle school district title last weekend at Tugman State Park. Shaylen Crook led the way with a first-place finish as Sunset had five of the first eight runners across the finish line....
1.9K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 73.0 Deadly sea foam puzzles scientists
PORTLAND (AP) Scientists know what caused the ocean foam that has killed thousands of seabirds in Oregon and Washington, but they don t know exactly why it suddenly showed up in such deadly abundance off the Northwest coast. The organism is a singl...
3.1K - Oct. 29, 2009; scored 115.0 Sports Briefs: Astros choose Mills for manager
HOUSTON ” Brad Mills is finally getting his chance to run a big-league team. The 52-year-old Mills was hired by Houston on Tuesday after six seasons as Terry Francona s bench coach in Boston. He ll manage in the majors for the first time, thou...
5.1K - Oct. 28, 2009; scored 146.0 Agassi admits meth use
NEW YORK ” Andre Agassi s upcoming autobiography contains an admission that he used crystal meth in 1997 and lied to tennis authorities when he failed a drug test ” a result that was thrown out after he said he unwittingly took the su...
5.4K - Oct. 28, 2009; scored 73.0 Lakers will open with celebration
LOS ANGELES ” First come the championship rings and the raising of their 15th gold-and-purple banner, along with a few minutes of revelry reflecting on last season. Then it s time for the Los Angeles Lakers to begin anew as defending NBA champ...
3.9K - Oct. 27, 2009; scored 73.0 Study: Warm forests may yield less timber
GRANTS PASS (AP) A new study suggests warming temperatures predicted over the next century could boost tree growth on Northwest forests, but less so at lower elevations where most of the timber is and temperatures are already warm. Researchers from...
4.6K - Oct. 26, 2009; scored 73.0 Skater has new approach to life, sport
MILWAUKEE ” Chad Hedrick has just finished a workout when he spotted his wife and daughter, watching from a room overlooking the speedskating oval at the Pettit National Ice Center. He breaks into a big smile and begins waving in their directi...
3.8K - Oct. 25, 2009; scored 146.0 Skater has new approach to life, sport
MILWAUKEE ” Chad Hedrick has just finished a workout when he spotted his wife and daughter, watching from a room overlooking the speedskating oval at the Pettit National Ice Center. He breaks into a big smile and begins waving in their directi...
3.8K - Oct. 24, 2009; scored 146.0 Sports Briefs: Oakland coach won t face assault charges
NAPA, Calif. Oakland Raiders coach Tom Cable won t face charges after being investigated over allegations that he assaulted one of his assistants. Napa County district attorney Gary Lieberstein said that the investigation concluded no charges were ...
4.2K - Oct. 23, 2009; scored 232.0 Davis, Hedrick finish neck-and-neck at trials
MILWAUKEE These guys just can t get away from each other. Shani Davis and Chad Hedrick skated more than three miles apiece at the U.S. speedskating trials Thursday night. When they were done, Davis was the winner by the blink of an eye. A mere tw...
5.3K - Oct. 23, 2009; scored 190.0 Top dancers eye gold in 2010
ASTON, Pa. Tanith Belbin and Ben Agosto are hoping to upgrade that silver medal from the 2006 Olympics in Vancouver. The ice dancers appeared along with a number of other skaters and coaches Thursday as part of what was dubbed a Destination Vancouv...
2.3K - Oct. 23, 2009; scored 170.0 Portland signs forward Aldridge to extension
PORTLAND The Portland Trail Blazers signed forward LaMarcus Aldridge to a five-year contract extension on Thursday. The terms of the deal have not been announced. The team was in Vancouver, British Columbia, for an exhibition game against the Phoen...
2.5K - Oct. 23, 2009; scored 73.0 Sampras and Agassi will meet in exhibition
HONG KONG Even though the stakes may not be as high as in their epic clashes of the past, Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras aren t planning to put on a friendly exhibition. The two American icons, who staged one of tennis greatest rivalries, will play...
2.8K - Oct. 22, 2009; scored 73.0 Sports Briefs: Senator requests BCS investigation
WASHINGTON Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, whose undefeated home state school was bypassed for the college football national championship last season, urged President Barack Obama to ask the Justice Department to investigate the Bowl Championship Series,...
4.7K - Oct. 22, 2009; scored 170.0 Fredricks races to berth on national team
MILWAUKEE For Tucker Fredricks, the epiphany occurred on a routine fishing trip with a buddy. Standing at the edge of a Utah lake, Fredricks was suddenly overcome by all these questions. What was he doing? Where was he going? Why did he let himself...
4.9K - Oct. 22, 2009; scored 190.0 | 
