Sports

This Dream Sounds Like A Nightmare

Love baseball? Have good writing skills? Then Major League Baseball has a dream job for you. But there's a catch. . . You have to watch every major-league game during the […]

Patty Mills And The Stolen Generation

Blazers reporter Matt Calkins had a must-read story in Monday's paper about Patty Mills and his Aboriginal heritage. The subject pertains to his Indigenous Australian heritage, more specifically his Aboriginal mother, […]

Bad News For Prairie

Talk about poor timing for a column. Saturday I wrote a column about Prairie basketball standout Heather Corral for Sunday's paper. Saturday night, she tore her ACL and was lost for […]

Let's Be Honest, Aldridge Doesn't Deserve Nod

As admirable as his play has been, it's difficult to make a case that LaMarcus Aldridge deserved an All-Star selection. Aldridge was left out when reserves for the game were announced […]

Let’s Be Honest, Aldridge Doesn’t Deserve Nod

As admirable as his play has been, it's difficult to make a case that LaMarcus Aldridge deserved an All-Star selection. Aldridge was left out when reserves for the game were announced […]

Fun With Numbers, Super Bowl Style

Why are the Packers favored in the Super Bowl? TheBigLead explains it here, including the most amazing stat of this or any other season. Green Bay has not trailed by more […]

All The Fax About Recruiting

This being signing day for football recruits, the center of attention is, of course . . . the fax machine. At least that's what the Wall Street Journal says, and […]

The Ups And Downs Of Bowling

Had a column Sunday about a local high school bowler who rolled a 267 — leaving one pin standing, believe it or not. And then I ran across this story. Just […]

Mount Rushmore Of Northwest Sports

Missed this one yesterday, but it's still worth a mention: Tuesday would have been Steve Prefontaine's 60th birthday. Not many sports fans in this part of the country need to have […]

Kara Patterson Ranks Sixth In The World

According to Track & Field News, Vancouver's Kara Patterson finished 2010 ranked sixth in the world in women's javelin. The criteria: "Under our system, athletes are judged on three weighted criteria. […]

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