Month: December 2011

In case you missed it, Matt Calkins had an extraordinary story last week about Craig Blanchette, a world-class athlete who lives in Battle Ground and nearly lost his family because […]

In case you missed it, Matt Calkins had an extraordinary story last week about Craig Blanchette, a world-class athlete who lives in Battle Ground and nearly lost his family because […]

Rick Reilly apparently reads The Columbian. Last month, Paul Valencia had a story about Camas receiver Jonathan Warner — son of Seahawk great Curt Warner and wife Ana — and […]

Matt Kemp might demand a recount. And who could blame him? With Ryan Braun becoming the latest baseball star to be tainted by steroids allegations, by my count that makes 16 […]

Matt Kemp might demand a recount. And who could blame him? With Ryan Braun becoming the latest baseball star to be tainted by steroids allegations, by my count that makes 16 […]

An ugly brawl broke out Saturday late in the Xavier-Cincinnati game, and it called to mind this extraordinary Sports Illustrated story from many years ago. In 1972, during a Big Ten […]

Much has been written and said the past two days about Brandon Roy, and I'll have a column in Sunday's paper. But the definitive Brandon Roy profile remains the one […]

As Oregon heads to the Rose Bowl to face Wisconsin, we already are being bombarded with an avalanche of opinions about just how important it is for the Ducks to […]

As you probably know, we had plenty of coverage over the weekend (and leading up to it) as the Skyview football team played for the state title. One thing you […]

The amazing thing is how much Ron Santo improved over the past 37 years. Santo retired in 1974, and when he first appeared on the Hall of Fame ballot in […]