Archive for November, 2008
Pregame: From above Reser
From high above Reser Stadium’s west grandstand is the Oregon Daily Emerald sports desk. There’s 80 minutes to kickoff here, and the stadium is slowly, slowly filling. Mostly Oregon State students at this point are in the stadium.
What is going to happen today? Not really sure. Oregon is going to be wearing its all-whites while [...]
Recap of Stanford/preview of Cal
The No. 8 Duck volleyball team fell to No. 2 Stanford on Wednesday 3-1 before taking a day off for some turkey before hitting the court tonight versus No. 7 Cal.
Oregon lost in heart-breaking fashion to the machine that is Stanford. The Cardinal just didn’t hurt themselves with errors, and Oregon couldn’t overcome an early [...]
No. 8 Oregon vs. No. 2 Stanford: Set 1Thefi
The Cardinal took the first set from the Ducks, going on an 8-3 run after the score was tie at 17. The game, which started at 7 p.m. is the first of two matches against ranked opponents for Oregon, who plays No. 7 California on Friday night.
Cynthia Barboza and Alix Lineman led Stanford with five [...]
Nick Reed goes back-to-back Academic All-American
Remember, too, that Reed is a History major – not a common choice by athletes – which makes his great academic record even more impressive. I’d say Reed does strike me as a somewhat cerebral person. Not really much of a talker, (at least with media), but he does actually listen to the content of [...]
Ducks cruise past Alabama
Oregon’s men’s basketball team looked terrible in the first seven minutes against Alabama in the Maui Invitational’s first round.
Then something happened. I believe it was the bench play, namely Matt Humphrey to start everything going well. That seemed to ignite the starters, like Michael Dunigan and especially Joevan Catron.
And how about the resolve of this [...]
