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November 20, 2012 by David Gillaspie
During the past four years the Oregon Ducks have taught the NW how to win football games. In a strictly …
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Category: Oregon Sports News
| Tags: Chip Kelly, Duck, Ohio State Buckeyes, Oregon, Oregon Duck, Oregon Trail, Southeastern Conference, Stanford
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November 14, 2012 by David Gillaspie
The cleave in the sports world breaks as clean as a perfectly cut diamond. On one side are sports without …
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Category: BOOMERPDX, Oregon Sports News
| Tags: boomer generation, coaching, family, home, mothers, parent, Royal Navy, sport, Team Mom
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November 8, 2012 by David Gillaspie
From out of the thick Oregon mist came a rocket known to fans of Riverside, California’s Notre Dame High School …
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Category: Oregon Sports News
| Tags: Heisman Trophy, Kenjon Barner, LaMichael James, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Oregon, Oregon Duck football, USC, USC Trojans football
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October 31, 2012 by David Gillaspie
What’s worse than a 7:30 pm start for a college football game? The noon start. Seven thirty on the west …
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Category: Oregon Sports News
| Tags: BCS National Championship Game, Chip Kelly, Colorado, Nick Saban, Oregon, Oregon Ducks
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October 24, 2012 by David Gillaspie
The greatest non-lethal argument among sports fans is the ‘era’ discussion. It starts with ‘Could one superstar transcend their time …
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Category: Oregon Sports News
| Tags: Allen, Bill Walton, boomer generation, culture, humor, Lamar Hunt, Oregon, Paul Allen, Portland Oregon, Robert Schmertz, Seattle, SpaceShipOne, World Championship Tennis
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October 17, 2012 by David Gillaspie
When all the snow settles this winter, one sport will carry it’s athletes forward better than any other. Wrestling makes winners off the mat, and on.
Category: Oregon Sports News, wrestling
| Tags: amateur wrestling, basketball, boomer generation, Canada, college wrestling, high school, high school wrestling, iPhone, Oregon, Russia, sport, University of Oregon, Winter sport
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October 8, 2012 by David Gillaspie
UO And OSU Both In Top Ten AP Poll Oregon joins a legion of great states sharing the honor since …
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Category: Oregon Sports News
| Tags: Alabama, Associated Press, Florida, Florida State, Florida State University, Georgia, Miami, Oregon, sean mannion
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October 3, 2012 by David Gillaspie
The Seahawks Peck And Claw Back From An NFL Disgrace If there’s a common truth for sports fans to embrace, …
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Category: football, Oregon Sports News
| Tags: apology, Golden Tate, Green Bay Packers, humor, National Football League, NFL, Packer, Pittsburgh Steelers, regret, remorse, Seattle, Seattle Seahawks, Super Bowl
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September 25, 2012 by David Gillaspie
#13 Wisconsin + # 19 UCLA = #18 OSU Oregon State visited Pasadena for a Rose Bowl fitting. They didn’t …
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Category: football, Oregon Sports News
| Tags: Beaver, Beaver Nation, boomer generation, competition, Lon Stiner, Mike Riley, Oregon, Oregon State, Oregon State University, Pacific-12 Conference, people, Portland Oregon, Rose Bowl, sports, UCLA, University of California Los Angeles
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September 19, 2012 by David Gillaspie
THE LAST WORD The exchange between coach and team is prime ground for misunderstanding, misinterpretation, and mistakes. You might call …
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Category: basketball, boomers, Oregon Sports News
| Tags: boomer generation, coaching, competition, culture, drama, high school, humor, Oregon, people, rec-league, Recreation and Sports, sports, training
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September 11, 2012 by David Gillaspie
Friday night the Aloha Warriors unleashed their lightning bolt in Tigard. 384 yards and three touchdowns later, Thomas Tyner played …
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Category: football, Oregon Sports News
| Tags: Adrian Peterson, Anthony Thomas, Barry Sanders, competition, culture, Duck, essay, Gale Sayers, Herschel Walker, Oregon, Oregon Ducks, oregon sports news, sports
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September 5, 2012 by David Gillaspie
or, MATT MILLEN’S OREGON TRAIL The curtains parted for the 2012 Ducks on their operatic home stage while phantoms of …
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Category: football, Oregon Sports News
| Tags: Autzen Stadium, Cam Newton, college football, competition, culture, Detroit Lions, education, Gus Malzahn, high school wrestling, history, Matt Millen, Michael Dyer, Oregon, Oregon Duck football, Phantom of the Opera
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August 27, 2012 by David Gillaspie
OREGON QUARTERBACKS For all the big games in Oregon Duck football, from the 1995 Rose Bowl to the 2001 Fiesta …
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Category: Oregon Sports News
| Tags: boomer generation, Cam Newton, Darron Thomas, David Gillaspie, history, Kerry Collins, NFL, Oregon, Oregon Duck, oregon sports news, PAC 12 football, Portland Oregon, Rose Bowl, Terrelle Pryor
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August 22, 2012 by David Gillaspie
OR, How About Some Miss Itminan Choudhury love for MICHAEL PHELPS, KBE The London Olympics sent athletes home with gold, …
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Category: China, England, history, Oregon Sports News, sports
| Tags: boomer generation, British Empire, Cabinet Office, culture, England, honor, Horse Guards Road, KBE, knighthood, London, Michael Phelps, Olympic, Olympic Games, people
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August 22, 2012 by David Gillaspie
WITH HIS WIFE AND MOTHER IN LAW A high school reunion brings ’em back, friends and teammates. You see the …
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Category: books, boomers, money, Oregon Sports News, travel
| Tags: Baby Boomers, Bandon, Bandon Dunes, Bandon Dunes Golf Resort, boomer, boomer generation, culture, family, football, golf, high school, North Bend Oregon, Oregon, oregon sports news, Portland Oregon, Texas
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August 15, 2012 by David Gillaspie
YOU KNOW IT WHEN YOU SEE IT Coming down from the London Olympics is like the day after the Super …
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Category: basketball, Oregon Sports News, southern states, sports
| Tags: Charles Barkley, choices, college wrestling, competition, culture, deegeesbb, humor, NBA, Olympic, Olympic Games, oregon sports news, people, Shaquille O'Neal, sports writer, Super Bowl, Terrell Owens
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August 13, 2012 by David Gillaspie
CLOSING CEREMONIES NO PLACE FOR COVER BANDS OR SPORTS CHEATS At the end of the day (a quite English saying …
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Category: England, music, Oregon Sports News, sports
| Tags: BALCO, Beatle, Beatles, boomer generation, Carl Lewis, competition, Crossroads, deegeesbb, doping, drug testing, Eric Cplaton, John Lennon, London Olympics, Olympic Games, people, Pink Flyod, Robert Johnson, Spice Girls, sports writer, Usain Bolt
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August 9, 2012 by David Gillaspie
THE POOL SHARK SAYS GOOD BYE One way to tell if you’re a big deal is scoring a prime time …
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Category: China, Oregon Sports News, sports
| Tags: Bob Costas, challenge, emotions, Gold medal, London Olympics, Mark Spitz, Michael Jordan, MichaelPhelps, Olympic Games, Shaq-Fu, sports writer
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August 8, 2012 by David Gillaspie
A foundation block for sports fans, along with attending games, or watching on television, is sports talk radio. Love it, …
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Category: Oregon Sports News
| Tags: Barry Bonds, Colin Cowherd, culture, ESPN, fan, Hank Aaron, humor, John Canzano, Oregon, oregonsportsnews, Portland Timbers, Portland Trail Blazers, Radio, sports, Sports radio, sports talk radio, Talk radio, writer
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August 2, 2012 by David Gillaspie
It’s fair to say the American medal magnet collected a sack full by conquering water the way England sacked the …
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Category: books, Oregon Sports News
| Tags: 2012 Olympics, British Museum, competition, Gold medal, humor, Kurt Cobain, Larisa Latynina, London, London Olympics, Michael Phelps, Olympic Games, oregon sports news, people, River Thames, sports, sportswriter, Walter Raleigh
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