Month: June 2010

In case you missed it, Vancouver has an American record-holder. Kara Patterson broke the mark Friday in winning her third straight national championship in the women's javelin. And at the age […]

If you are a sports fan, you had to love this. The United States is mere moments away from being eliminated at the World Cup, and Landon Donovan delivers an […]

Dwight Jaynes had a great piece of reporting last week that might provide some insight to the Blazers' inner workings. Or it might not, but it's interesting. But in a matter […]

Dwight Jaynes had a great piece of reporting last week that might provide some insight to the Blazers' inner workings. Or it might not, but it's interesting. But in a matter […]

For no particular reason, here's my favorite statistic thus far in the baseball season. Cliff Lee has 67 strikeouts and has allowed four walks. That's a ratio of 16.75, which is, […]

In case you missed it, last week's column was a pretty good read. It's about Markeith Brown, a Clark College basketball player with a pretty amazing background. Brown is expecting to […]

Not sure whether there's a bigger honor for a high school athlete. Sunday, a local competitor will be on the cover of Parade Magazine. Camas soccer player Nick Palodichuk is not […]

Yikes! It's been awhile since I have contributed to the blog. A couple catch-up items: — I'm probably not the first to throw this out there, but how about Jim Joyce […]

Saturday's By the Numbers column looks at where Ken Griffey Jr. ranks in the baseball pantheon. I have him as the seventh-best center fielder of all-time: Willie Mays, Ty Cobb, Mickey […]

What should Bud Selig do about the blown call that cost Armando Galarraga a perfect game? Seems to me the answer is fairly obvious. It would be a huge mistake for […]