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Ben Golliver of BlazersEdge.com recently had an insightful post about the potential of Greg Oden. Ben talked with Kevin Pelton, stats guru of Basketball Prospectus, who provided some giddy projections for […]

Sunday's column was about Jake Locker and how, to this point, he hasn't really done anything to warrant all the hype. No. 1 overall pick? First-round pick? I just don't […]

What's Ryan Leaf up to these days? He's living with his parents and selling resort packages. "I would like to be able to walk into a room . . . […]

For the By the Numbers column a couple weeks ago, I wrote that Felix Hernandez should be considered for the Cy Young Award despite his mediocre record. And that was […]

For all you youngsters out there, the rehashing of the 1972 Olympic basketball final is a lesson on how the Cold War influenced every facet of life back in the […]

Have no idea how the Ducks will do Saturday at Tennessee, but they'll certainly be the dirtiest team on the field. […]

For last Sunday's paper, I wrote a column about how ridiculous it is to be showing Little League baseball and high school football games on national TV. Then I ran […]

So, I'm sitting in Starbucks, being subjected to some awful cover versions of classic songs, and "Driver 8" by R.E.M. comes on. Man, sometimes I forget how great they were. Here's […]

Finally, a slide show that's actually worth clicking through. <p>SportsIllustrated.com has the 30 best hairstyles in sports history. Yes, Oscar Gamble is there. […]

With all the talk of the approaching football season and a summer filled with conference realignments, it was easy to overlook one of the most interesting sidebars of recent weeks. That's […]