Archive for May, 2009
Ducks add point guard Armstead officially
Oregon has received a national letter of intent from Chipola College point guard Malcolm Armstead, a long-rumored signing even before former guard Kamyron Brown left the program on Saturday.
Armstead is the teammate of Oregon recruit Jeremy Jacob, a forward for the Indians of Marianna, Fla. Armstead averaged 6.8 points, 4.9 assists and 1.9 steals per game, [...]
Further reading special: Russell Athletic
Here’s a digest of resources related to the allegations surrounding Russell Athletic
WITH RUSSELL
The company itself has sent out three press releases on the subject. The first points to decisions at schools including Florida and Princeton to keep contracts with Russell. Another outlines efforts Russell is taking to clear its name with consumers. The last says some [...]
Two Ducks get Pac-10 softball honors
Freshman pitcher Sam Skillingstad and junior center fielder Neena Bryant have earned All Pac-10 honors in a vote by conference coaches Monday.
Bryant was one of 14 players on the second team, an honor she earned as a sophomore, as well. She tied for the team lead with eight home runs this year, and led Oregon [...]
Brown says playing time, and not recruitment of Armstead, lead to transfer
Facing the possibility of splitting playing time three ways for another season, Kamyron Brown chose to transfer from the UO men’s basketball program while the program went looking for another point guard.
That point guard, junior college player Malcolm Armstead from Chipola Community College in Florida — where he is a teammate of [...]
Men of Oregon set 4xMile Relay Collegiate Record
Matthew Centrowitz, Andrew Wheating, Shadrack Biwott and Galen Rupp ran the Oregon Twilight four-by-mile relay in 16:03.24 tonight, breaking the collegiate record set by four University of Michigan runners in 2005. Andrew Ellerton, Mike Woods, Nick Willis and Nate Brannen ran the relay in 16:04.54.
The Ducks also beat Oregon Track Clube Elite…the event was, technically, [...]
Oregon softball wins…strange but true, 2-1 over Arizona
Oregon head coach Kathy Arendsen has been talking for weeks about how the Ducks softball team is laying a foundation for a better future. If you want a cheerleader for your team, I don’t think you could ask for a better one than Arendsen. During the men’s basketball stretch that included 14 straight Pac-10 losses, [...]
Leiken to run for Congress
Springfield, Ore., Mayor Sid Leiken has announced he will run for the U.S. House of Representatives from Oregon’s fourth district, which contains Eugene and Springfield. The seat he’s after is currently occupied by the popular Peter DeFazio, so it seems at first that he faces a difficult race.
However, analysts theorize that the move is calculated [...]
“The university made a decision in the interest of safety to really err on that side”
Inside Higher Ed has a thoughtful article up about the range of reactions to the H1N1 virus. The argument here is that the risk posed by swine flu is relatively low, but many colleges are closing down just to appear to be doing something.
Meanwhile, three cases of the virus have been confirmed in Oregon — [...]
