Tiger Woods is coming out of hiding on Friday, and he apparently hasn’t lost all control of his life. His press conference (8 a.m., ESPN) will be a statement, not a question-and-answer session, and it’ll be at PGA headquarters. Folks dependent on his well being will be there to have his back and run the [...]
Roberto Carcelen of Peru places 94th out of 95 cross-country skiers in the 15K event. His time was 45 minutes, 53.6 seconds, or 12:17.3 behind gold-medal winner Dario Cologna of Switzerland. Carcelen is coached by 1979 Medford High graduate Kent Murdoch. Italy’s Pietro Piller Cottrer was second and the Czech Republic’s Lukas Bauer was third. [...]
I just came across an e-mail from Kent Murdoch, the Medford native coaching Peruvian cross-country skier Roberto Carcelen. They are to compete soon, I believe, in the 15-kilometer race. Murdoch writes: “Roberto is aiming to win among the developing nations. There are skiers from 54 nations in cross country, the most of any sport in [...]
I couldn’t help but think of the folks at Monterey Peninsula Country Club this morning as I caught a bit of Golf Channel. The magnificent course is back in the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am for the first time since 1985, when Bing Crosby’s widow refused to let her husband’s Clambake be turned over to the corporate sponsor. We [...]
And you thought Oregon State didn’t have a track team. Well, it doesn’t, really. But for the first time in 22 years, the Beavers will be represented on the track by male athletes when six football players enter the Husky Indoor Classic at Washington this weekend in Seattle. It’s not a sign that the return [...]
Tuesday was one of those tough scheduling days. What would you do? You have one person to send out to cover a high school basketball game, and you have two primary options. The No. 1 and 2 teams in the Southwest Conference girls standings, South Eugene and South Medford, are playing a few blocks away. Also [...]
Something came across my desk the other day that I hadn’t seen before. A fan was upset after attending a high school basketball game and witnessing a player for one team being mocked because of his/her appearance. Said player has red hair and attracted chants of “Ginger” from some in the opposing student section. In e-mail [...]
There will be three quarterbacks who will dominate the dialogue during Sunday’s Super Bowl. You know about Peyton Manning and Drew Brees. You may or may not know about Tim Tebow, the Florida senior who will be featured in a controversial anti-abortion commercial with his mother, Pam, during the big game. As the story goes [...]
Oregon football coach Chip Kelly reached out to ex-Colts coach Tony Dungy when Kelly’s running back, LeGarrette Blount, was working his way through “The Punch.” Now Dungy’s son has worked his way to Oregon as a recruit, and Tony Dungy talked about it on the Dan Patrick Show this morning. Eric Dungy is high school [...]
I’m not sure why Scott McCarron is digging his heels in against Phil Mickelson and a handful of others using the Ping wedges with square grooves. I find it curious that no one else — to my knowledge, anyway – is stepping forward with similarly strong views. Remember? McCarron said those using the clubs are cheating, [...]
