Author: Staff

As Bill Simmons spends 700 pages explaining in "The Book of Basketball," there can be a difference between being a good NBA player and being a foxhole player — the […]

Sunday's column is about Union's Chris Morgan . . . well, not really. It's also about a heartbreaking moment in a girls game at last week's state tournament. Except that it's […]

Interesting story in The Seattle Times about Portland State women's coach Sherri Murrell, who after a rocky time at Washington State has found success at PSU and comfort with her […]

Surprise, surprise. Quincy Pondexter was the hero Thursday for the Huskies in their first-round NCAA game. Consider it a victory for a seemingly dying breed: A really good college player […]

Surprise, surprise. Quincy Pondexter was the hero Thursday for the Huskies in their first-round NCAA game. Consider it a victory for a seemingly dying breed: A really good college player […]

There are so many angles, so many ways to describe Union's remarkable run to a state title. You know, like, um, "remarkable." And maybe "stunning" or "shocking" or "how in […]

P.J. Carlesimo? Really? Oregon has P.J. Carlesimo on its short list of prospective basketball coaches? What, aren't Steve Fisher and Jerry Tarkanian available? P.J. Carlesimo? The result would be many variations […]

Speaking of Portland's rejection of the Delta Dome, co-worker Paul Danzer ran across this fascinating blog post from somebody named Dan Haneckow. In 1962, led by Gov. Mark Hatfield and mayor […]

Sunday's column is about some of the great "What if?" questions in Northwest sports. We know all about the Blazers what-ifs: What if they drafted Michael Jordan, etc., etc., and there's […]

The first thing I thought of when I saw this video was LeGarrette Blount. Baylor women's basketball star Brittney Griner has been suspended two games for punching an opponent, and […]