For those following us on Twitter, you may have noticed our account has been suspended. We got hacked. Someone was positing raunchy material and links via us. We apologize to anyone who unwittingly came across them. It appears nefarious material was only up overnight before the problem was detected. Through a Google search, I saw [...]
Jason Allred’s attempt to get into the South Georgia Classic on the Web.com Tour this week didn’t go as planned. Fourteen players from two sites made it into the tournament, and the worst qualifying score to get in was a 66. I’ve not been able to track down Allred’s score, but 6 under as the [...]
The movement spearheaded by Ashland rabbi David Zaslow to honor Jackie Robinson has gained steam and made big-city news. The New York Times published a story on Monday by Hunter Atkins about Zaslow’s Campaign 42. It was accompanied by a photo of the Ashland High baseball team taken by local photographer Andy Atkinson. The Ashland [...]
The Pear Blossom Run will have a new men’s champion this year. No, Max King won’t be beaten. The seven-time winner won’t be here to add to his record number of victories, electing instead to compete in a 50-mile race in California. Women’s defending champion, Marci Gage (formerly Klimek), will be back and will attempt [...]
The seventh annual Kyle Singler Southern Oregon Open youth basketball tournament is a little more than a month away. It’s May 11-12 at Kids Unlimited. Some 80 teams will attend. Singler is in his rookie season with the Detroit Pistons. His brother, EJ, just completed and outstanding career with the Oregon Ducks and will once [...]
I was sorry to see Ben Howland get fired by UCLA, although it didn’t surprise me. I don’t have much of a connection to Howland, but I did enjoy a nice phone conversation with him in 2006 when Kyle Singler was being recruited by all the top programs. We were doing advance work for Singler’s [...]
With the second half of the NBA season beginning, Vince Ellis of the Detroit Free Press took a look at the first half of Medford product Kyle Singler. Going into the All-Star break, Singler was third on the Detroit Pistons in minutes played, not counting newcomer Jose Calderon, and fourth among rookies overall in the [...]
If you haven’t already read or watched the video of the two small-town high school boys basketball teams and one very big show of sportsmanship, it’s worth your while to check it out. The story — Two Oregon teenagers, a basketball and the moment the game became secondary — is about one boy who struggles [...]
Kyle Singler gained much attention with trick-shot videos he made while starring at Duke. Now the former South Medford standout has taken his act to the streets of Detroit. The Pistons filmed the small forward at iconic venues throughout the city as he made shot after shot after shot — at least, once the editing [...]
It’s baaack. The Civil War Luncheon in Medford that allows fans of Oregon and Oregon State to break bread together, then break off one-liners about each others’ football teams and fans, will be held again this year after taking a hiatus last year. The luncheon will be Nov. 20 — two days before Thanksgiving and four [...]