WHITEFISH, Mont. — The Frontier Conference announced in a press release on Thursday, Jan. 21, that collegiate football tams can begin practicing as soon as Feb. 15.
KANSAS CITY — The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics released its third set of the top-20 rankings for the 2020-21 men’s wrestling season on Thursday, Jan. 21, and a pair of Cas…
NEW ORLEANS — Nearly two hours after the New Orleans Saints’ season had ended, Drew Brees stood on the Superdome field in street clothes, throwing passes to his children while his wife, Britta…
AUCKLAND, N.Z. — American Magic will miss the next round of racing in the America’s Cup challenger series after its dramatic capsize, but the team is determined to be ready for the series semi…
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CORVALLIS — A former Eastern Oregon University athletic director is making Cascade Collegiate Conference history in more ways than one.
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LA GRANDE — Watching football games on New Year’s Day is an American ritual, one dating back more than a century.
The Associated Press will hand out its individual NFL awards on the night before the Super Bowl in Tampa. Until then, here are some off-the-beaten track honors to consider.
CORVALLIS — The Cascade Collegiate Conference lost one member’s baseball and softball teams for the 2021 season.
It would be difficult to overstate what Hayward Field means to the world of track and field.
GLENDALE, Ariz. — No. 12 Iowa State finished first in the Big 12 regular season for the first time and set a school record with eight conference wins.
PENDLETON — While gym doors on school grounds remain closed, every component of Oregon high school athletics is in a transitional phase.
INGLEWOOD, Calif. — For all the impressive milestones Justin Herbert had piled up early in the season, they weren't resulting in wins for the Los Angeles Chargers. Now, they are.
CORVALLIS — Eastern Oregon University’s athletic conference announced in press releases this week that it will forego wrestling championships and postpone the start of basketball season until …
PENDLETON — After keeping the gym doors closed the last few weeks due to the “freeze” issued by Gov. Kate Brown and the Oregon Health Authority, the Oregon School Activities Association met vi…
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IMBLER — It’s been a good month for grapplers in the Grande Ronde Valley.
LAS VEGAS — Justin Herbert’s brilliant rookie season is now a record-setting campaign.
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LA GRANDE — Eastern Oregon University in November welcomed a new head coach to the Mountaineers women’s wrestling squad with the hiring of Carlene Sluberski.
CORVALLIS — Stanford was preparing for Oregon State's prolific running back Jermar Jefferson, anyway.
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LA GRANDE — It has been said by many a coach that athleticism cannot be taught. For some, it is as natural as breathing or falling asleep.
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UNION COUNTY — The Oregon School Activities Association on Monday, Dec. 7, announced it pushed back the start of high school sports to February 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Local school …
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LA GRANDE — With upgrades to their stadium and track complete, Eastern Oregon University continues to focus on the construction of the $9 million fieldhouse on the south side of campus.
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LOGAN, Utah — La Grande High School standout Andrew Peasley made his first start under center for the Utah State University Aggies in late November, and the former Tiger showed up in a big way…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Eastern Oregon University’s women wrestlers cracked the top 20 in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics’ 2020-21 preseason poll.
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SALEM — The Oregon School Activities Association executive board on Monday, Dec. 7, voted to revise the 2020-21 OSAA calendar by moving the start dates of Season 2 to February 2021, with Seaso…
CORVALLIS — The Cascade Collegiate Conference, which includes Eastern Oregon University, revised its basketball schedule.
Come Trail Blazers fans, return with me to probably the greatest three-year period in the franchise's half-century of existence.
BERKELEY, Calif. — Oregon’s mistakes and costly turnovers on offense are perplexing for third-year coach Mario Cristobal, because it just hasn’t been this way in recent seasons.
LOGAN, Utah — Former La Grande High School standout ballplayer Andrew Peasley, who made his debut start under center for the Utah State Aggies last week, was named a Manning Star of the Week o…
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ENTERPRISE — The 2021 Eagle Cap Extreme sled dog race, originally scheduled for January, has been canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the ECX website.
The Nov. 18 to Dec. 2 statewide “freeze” designed to slow the recent surge in COVID-19 cases stopped high school sports practices before they had a chance to get started.
LA GRANDE — One of La Grande’s own was honored on a national stage for his prowess in the great American sport of baseball.
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PENDLETON — Tucker Zander has not played a high school baseball game since Pendleton lost to Central in the 2019 5A state championship game. He was a sophomore.
LA GRANDE — The Eastern Oregon University Mountaineers men’s wresting team finds itself in a top 20 national ranking.
LA GRANDE — Eastern Oregon University fell to the College of Idaho as it held what could well prove to be the track team’s only cross-country competition of 2020.
SUMMERVILLE — If Northeast Oregon had a bull riding hall of fame, Cody Campbell would be on the short list to have a statue out front.
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LA GRANDE — Eastern Oregon University basketball won't take to the court until at least the second week of 2021, according to a press release from the Cascade Collegiate Conference.
1-year sentence for angry fan who made football game threat
I’m going to pry open my rusted memory cells and return to the early 1980s and the glory years of Oregon State basketball.
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The so-called Conference of Quarterbacks has had some considerable turnover at the position heading into the season.
CORVALLIS — The Cascade Collegiate Conference announced the adoption of a comprehensive Return to Play Plan for intercollegiate athletics.
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If high schools in Eastern Oregon resume competitive events in 2021, the teams might seek to limit their opponents to relatively nearby schools to reduce travel and make it easier to comply wi…
REDMOND — The American West Football Conference has approved a new professional indoor franchise in Central Oregon, according to a news release Tuesday, Oct. 20.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Erik Jones will drive NASCAR's iconic No. 43 next season for Richard Petty Motorsports, a pairing of a driver and a team both in need of fresh starts.
CORVALLIS — The 2020 Cascade Collegiate Conference Women’s Soccer Coaches’ Preseason Poll is out, and the Eastern Oregon University Mountaineers are the favorite to win it this year.
LA GRANDE — Presley Justice’s versatility on the volleyball court has been evident the last two years with the La Grande Tigers.
I’ve often wondered what I would write when this day came along. Now that it is upon me, I honestly am not sure I have the words.
LA GRANDE — The COVID-19 pandemic meant Eastern Oregon University head baseball coach Mike McInerney had less time for in-person recruiting as he would have liked.
The Pac-12 will soon be playing football again, although under strange circumstances forced by the pandemic.
SEATTLE — By this point, Russell Wilson piecing together more late dramatics that ends with the Seahawks erupting in celebration seems almost expected.
LA GRANDE — The Eastern Oregon University volleyball team edged rival Southern Oregon University to be selected as the preseason favorite in the Cascade Collegiate Conference coaches poll, whi…
LA GRANDE — The Eastern Oregon University football team will play a seven-game regular season schedule in the upcoming season that will feature a contest against each Frontier Conference opponent.
U.S. ice dance champs Chock/Bates withdraw from Skate America
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BAKER CITY — Jesse Brown is used to wrestling with several hundred pounds of uncooperative steer, but it turns out sitting still and watching his cellphone can be even more stressful.
LA GRANDE — The Eastern Oregon University men’s cross-country team was ranked 21st in the NAIA preseason top 25 coaches poll, which was released Thursday, Oct. 1, while the women’s team was ra…
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'Sidelined' ran in print Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020. Here are additional photos from those sessions.
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'Sidelined' ran in print Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020. Here are additional photos from those sessions.
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