News Dear PDX sports fans: Finished steaming about the Timbers Army and trying to preserve a few fingernails before Saturday's Duck matchup against LSU? (It's the portion of the Ducks not suspended vs. the portion of LSU not under arrest!) You could find worse ways to kill a few nervous minutes than reading this Grantland consideration of Phil Knight's sartorial role in the University of Oregon's rise to ...   More

News KATU News has acquired unedited dashboard video of Oregon Ducks stars Cliff Harris and Darron Thomas being pulled over in June doing 118 mph on I-5 near Albany.The video captures an off-duty state trooper chastising cornerback Harris, who was driving, and quarterback Thomas. The video chronicles a nearly 50-minute altercation in which Harris responds to a question about marijuana by saying: "We smoked ...   More

News If you're wondering how star running back LaMichael James will play this afternoon when undefeated Oregon plays Arizona at Autzen Stadium, you're not alone. After our story this week about the recently concluded NCAA probe into where James got a 2003 Range Rover, Oregon Coach Chip Kelly and the UO Athletic Department were quick to react to those reports—with Kelly assuring reporters after ...   More

News There is no logical reason that Oregon State should beat Oregon tomorrow in Corvallis and derail the Ducks' hope of playing in the national championship Jan. 10. Oregon has an 11-0 record. Oregon State has been up and down en route to its 5-6 record, including last Saturday's 38-0 drubbing at Stanford. But as any sports fan will tell you, logic doesn't always necessary show up at the game. ...   More

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News   Oregon football fans who don’t donate big bucks to the athletic department are scrambling to find tickets for the Jan. 10 championship game in Arizona. And Attorney General John Kroger, never one to miss a news peg, has come out with this helpful list of do’s and don’ts when deciding where to spend untold amounts of money for a ticket to see the Ducks play Auburn. Some of this stuff ...   More

News If you have a couple minutes to kill this morning at work, there's an interesting read for college football fans in the Wall Street Journal. The Journal clocked how long it takes Oregon and other top-ranked football schools between plays on offense. And the paper found the Ducks, heading into this week's game against USC, aren't the fastest-operating team with an average time between plays of about ...   More

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News As Oregon and Oregon State football fans pretend to get work done (not me, of course) while gearing up the new season, there's a new apparel company called Oregon Platypus that caters to a class of Oregonian I've never understood. The business, which takes its name from the animal that has features of both a duck and beaver, sells shirts, hoodies and other items that blend the schools' colors ...   More

News As my fellow Oregon football fans and I return to work still giddy off Saturday's rout of Washington (six straight over the Huskies is a mind-bending experience for those of us old enough to remember the bad old days), there's apparently a new fashion statement to be made when USC comes to Autzen Stadium this Saturday. As if there weren't enough hype building for this nationally televised game ...   More