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January 2006 ArchivesIt was interesting to see who Kevin Love thanked after winning the Johnny Carpenter Award Sunday night at the Oregon Sports Awards. After mentioning his parents Love thanked Sonny Vacarro and his wife. This is just a guess, but I don't think this sat well over at the Nike Campus. Sonny Vacarro is extremely well known in the world of AAU basketball. In fact he pretty much started all these summer camps that good high school players go t... Its pretty rare for the NFL to hold a Super Bowl in a cold weather city, but this isn't this first time. Super Bowl XVI was held in Pontiac, Michigan, in the old SIlverdome.
Every now and then you see a magazine come up with the top sports cities in the United States. Boston, Chicago, and New York generally top the lists. But in the last few years Seattle has been climbing the charts. It started with the Mariners amazing 2001 season in which they won 116 games. Then came last year's Sonics who surprised a lot of people by getting to the Western Conference Semi-Finals. Now the Washington Huskies Men's Basketball te... I would like to take this opportunity to correct an earlier blog entry regarding Theo Ratliff and his fine which was recently donated to charity. On Tuesday, January 10 I reported that Ratliff was not "out" the $30,000 (which actually was $35,000). I stated that the two sides worked something out. I also mentioned that the block shot-o-meter at the Rose Garden wasn't around anymore. If you've been following the news you know by now tha... Need to make a correction from a previous blog entry. This past week Theo Ratliff donated $35,000 to De La Salle High School for a minority student internship program. This money was from a fine he incurred last season. An earlier blog entry stated Ratliff was not "out" this fine money and the two sides (Theo and the Blazers ) had worked something out. Ron Didn't know how to title this entry, but I wanted to give a list of most interesting people I have interviewed in the course of my career. I started working in television at KPIC in Roseburg back in 1990. So I've had the chance to talk to a lot of people over the years. People may think going into locker rooms is real glamorous. It's basically just a bunch of guys with towels on putting lotion and jewelry on. Okay... lets start the lis... When you're a politician you have to watch what you say. Tom Potter should know this as much as anyone. I was at Mayor Potter's party the night he was elected. On big election nights they need someone to help string cable and keep the women away from the likes of John Becker and Kyle Iboshi, and that's where I come in. Former Mayor Vera Katz was pretty pro-active in trying to get baseball to Portland. So having never met Mayor... You just don't hear much from Theo Ratliff these days. Theo must look around and wonder what he's doing here. The Blazers are going with a youth movement and here is Ratliff, going to be 33 years old in April, in the first year of a three year contract. But Theo is a pro through and through. I had the opportunity to spend a little time with him at his house Monday as the Blazers took the day off. You know someone has a lot o... What has happened to the Ducks ? I talked to a few people at the Holiday Bowl and they tell me that the players don't even listen to the coach anymore. That's obviously a problem. I just don't see any growth and development from any of the players. Marty Leeunen is getting better, but a lot of the other guys haven't, and you can actually say some are regressing. Aaron Brooks came to Oregon with almost as much hype as Luke Ridno... Excuse me but I distinctly remember LSU winning the 2003 National Championship. Then how is it that the national media is claiming that USC is going for a three-peat ? LSU beat Oklahoma in January 2004 to win the BCS Championship Game. Every school that is part of the BCS (which is all the division one schools) agreed that the BCS would decide the national title. But the Associated Press went out and awarded the 2003 National T... You can't tell me there is a single college coach who hasn't entertained the thought of coaching in the NFL. Even Mr. College Football himself, Joe Paterno, verbally agreed to coach the Patriots back in the early 70's and then backed out. That brings us to today where there are now 6 vacancies in the NFL and more on the way. Mike Bellotti just turned 55 and it's now or never for Bellotti if he wants to give the NFL a shot. ... |
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