By TIM TROWER We’re at 26,000 feet, heading home from Vegas and I have nothing else to do on the plane. We’re flying considerably lower than we’re supposed to because of turbulence above. Good call on the pilot’s part, I think. I spent the past few days catching up with my brothers and [...]
By TIM TROWER I hadn’t yet used the line “What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas,” so I thought I’d put it in the title. Actually, nothing really exciting has happened that can’t be told. In fact, my brothers Jeff and Andy wonder if anyone would even care about this stuff. I said I doubt it, [...]
By TIM TROWER Continued from previous entry … Well, the golf course was great, the weather beautiful. We played Aliante Golf Club, which has been around 3 1/2 years and was rated Las Vegas’ best new course at some point. It’s located about 15 minutes north of the Strip. It’s similar to its sister course, Centennial, albeit [...]
By Tim Trower While waiting for the sun to come up in Las Vegas, I thought I’d put down a few random thoughts for the blog. I’m here for a reunion with my two brothers that will be centered largely on a couple rounds of golf and minimally, given how the slots ate bills [...]
By Kevin Goff The Oregon Ducks officially hit rock bottom Saturday afternoon with one of the most putrid offensive performances I’ve seen in my 20-plus years of watching college football. Zero points and 148 yards against a team that handed then-winless squads Notre Dame and Utah their first victories of the season earlier this year. [...]
By LUKE ANDREWS If there are any college football teams more snakebitten than the Oregon Ducks this year, I’d certainly like to see them — and offer my sincerest condolences. As you’ve likely already heard, the Ducks lost their leader, Heisman-hopeful and do-everything quarterback Dennis Dixon. The dual-threat senior was having a monster season after [...]
By MARK VINSON In the dog-eat-dog world of competitive athletics, it’s all too easy to become fixated on two letters: “W” and “L”. We see them in every story and set of standings and, while important, they sometimes serve to obscure a whole host of other letters which may be equally compelling. Take, for example, [...]
By KEVIN GOFF The state tournament in any high school sport is the icing on the cake for many teams. It’s where the best of the best finally get a chance to meet up after a long regular season. And ultimately, the two best teams should meet up in the championship or semifinals. You won’t [...]
By KRIS HENRY Duke men’s basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski had plenty of praise for former South Medford High standout Kyle Singler in the months leading up to the Blue Devils’ season. Now Blue Devils fans know why. And soon anyone with cable TV will be clued in as well. The 6-foot-9, 220-pound freshman has been [...]
