Colt Lyerla Leaves Oregon After 5-0 Start
The Ducks are flying high as the nation’s No. 2 team, but their starting junior tight end just quit the team. Rob Moseley of GoDucks.com broke the news late Sunday: Oregon junior tight end Colt Lyerla has withdrawn from school, having informed UO coach Mark Helfrich late Sunday afternoon that he would be leaving the […]
Moda Center Unveils New Logos & Branding
The Moda Center has released its official logos in conjunction with Rip City Management and the Portland Trail Blazers, created by Portland-based experience design and innovation firm, Ziba. “We wanted to make sure we went through a thorough design process with the creation of the Moda Center logos,” said Chris McGowan, President & CEO of […]
Arena Football Returns to Portland
Portland may not have the NFL, but we’ll be getting football nonetheless in 2014. Arena Football League Commissioner Jerry B. Kurz announced at a press conference yesterday that an ownership group led by Portland businessman Terry W. Emmert, CEO of Clackamas-based Emmert International, an engineered transport and structural relocation company specializing in ultra-heavy duty transit, […]
Vikings Face Grizzlies in Hostile Montanna
Portland State goes on the road this Saturday to take on 10th-ranked University of Montana in a Root Sports TV game. The Vikings and Griz, both 0-1 in Big Sky Conference play, already face a key game to stay in the conference title race. Kickoff is 12:35 p.m. on Saturday. In addition to being televised […]
Portland May Finally Get NHL Hockey
Another NHL season began last night and Portland is not involved. When the puck dropped in Chicago, Portland and the greater US Pacific Northwest is still be a minor-league hockey entity. It was so very close to being so very different. According to various reports published in The Oregonian, Comcast SportsNet Northwest, and NBC Sports’ […]
Fantasy Scrambler: Looking to Playoffs
Now that we are four weeks into the 2013 NFL season, it’s time to start looking ahead to the fantasy playoffs. All of the preseason hype has played itself out, for the most part, and we are starting to get a clearer if not truer picture of what teams and players are really gonna do […]
Weekend Recap: Monday Morning Links
The Timbers beat the defending champion LA Galaxy last night at home, thanks to Maximiliano Urruti’s first-ever goal: nominated for the AT&T MLS Goal of the Week. [MLS] Bleacher Report takes a look at the biggest training camp mysteries for Portland Trail Blazers. [Bleacher Report] Oliver Bjorkstrand scored four goals as the Winterhawks earned a […]
Drenched Timbers Look Back at Galaxy
There’s just no beating the Timbers in the Portland rain. The home team was right at home in the middle of an astonishing late-September monsoon in Portland, and the Timbers ground out a vital 1-0 win over the back-to-back champion LA Galaxy Sunday afternoon at Jeld-Wen Field. For Caleb Porter, 1-0 is the new 3-3. […]
Vikings Blow Lead, Lose to Cal Poly
Trailing by two touchdowns at halftime, 18th-ranked Cal Poly ran off 24 straight points in the second half to take control of the game, and went on to beat Portland State, 38-34, in the Big Sky Conference opener at JELD-WEN Field. The Vikings led 21-7 at halftime and seemed in control, but the Mustangs’ triple-option […]
Vikings Face Familiar Foe Tonight at Home
Past and present will meet on Thursday night at JELD-WEN Field when the Portland State Vikings host the 18th-ranked Cal Poly Mustangs in a Big Sky Conference opening game for both teams. Kickoff is set for 7:15 p.m. and the game will be televised on Root Sports. The radio call can be heard on Freedom […]