Monthly Archives: March 2009

Three Oregon basketball players cited for firing weapons in Alton Baker Park Monday

Three Oregon freshman basketball players were cited Monday night for shooting at geese and ducks at Eugene’s Alton Baker Park and have since been released, a Eugene police spokeswoman said. The three, Cedric Josh Crittle, Michael Dunigan and Teondre Williams, … Continue reading

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Pacifica Forum topic getting hot again.

Here’s a thread of comments on Lauren Fox’s recent Emerald article the Pacifica Forum’s designation by the Southern Poverty Law Center as a hate group. It involves ASUO President Sam Dotters-Katz and ASUO Sen. Deborah Bloom. The comments thread began with … Continue reading

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Snap judgments: Paul Westhead to Oregon

The Oregon athletic department is contrarian. It forges its own path. It marches to the beat of its own drummer. Pick a euphemism, and it follows. But in hiring Paul Westhead to be just the sixth women’s basketball coach in … Continue reading

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Paul Westhead to be named Oregon women's basketball coach

Oregon Athletic Director Pat Kilkenny is expected to announce the hiring of Paul Westhead, 70, as the sixth Oregon women’s basketball coach, succeeding the recently departed Bev Smith. Westhead, offered the job after a national search was conducted, has experience … Continue reading

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Gonzaga advances to face North Carolina on Goodson's coast-to-coast layup

PORTLAND — Memories of Tyus Edney, anyone? Gonzaga’s Demetri Goodson scored on a bank-shot floater with .9 seconds left that sealed the Bulldogs’ 83-81 win to push them into the Sweet 16, only after Western Kentucky had tied the game … Continue reading

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A good freshman year, indeed, for one Boilermaker bench player

PORTLAND — When Purdue plays top-seeded Connecticut in Glendale, Ariz., next week in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament, Ryne Smith will be on the bench. Not that he wouldn’t be. The freshman has been there all season. His … Continue reading

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Boilermaker or Boring-maker?

PORTLAND — You can’t help but see the peripheral aspects of college basketball when you sit courtside at the NCAA Tournament. (See photo from a couple posts ago) Two bands have been about 10 feet away from my left ear, … Continue reading

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Quincy, Quincy, Quincy

Quincy Pondexter has simply matured, Washington coach Lorenzo Romar said after Thursday’s win over Mississippi State. As today’s Purdue vs. Washington game gets closer to the end, the Huskies are looking for the lead they’ve never had today. Purdue has … Continue reading

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