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Gymnastics at home today

The No. 10 Oregon State gymnastics team faces Pacific-12 Conference rival No. 12 Stanford tonight in Gill Coliseum. Read my gymnastics notebook in Friday’s GT here. It has an injury update, and more. Expect OSU’s beam team to bring its A-game after a rough outing last week. And the marquee showdown to watch tonight are...

Attaining med school

I was 10 years old when my big brother Duane, then a first-year student at what’s now known as Oregon Health & Science University, took me to see the cadaver he’d been assigned. Out of respect both for you and for the person who donated himself in the name of my brother’s education, I am...

Poyer’s potential, recruiting has overachieved

CB Jordan Poyer was ranked the No. 2 returning senior in terms of the 2013 NFL Draft by ESPN.com NFL draft analyst Mel Kiper. Poyer was second-team all-conference last season with 16 passes defended. He’s also a kickoff and punt return standout. Brian Fremeau at Football Outsiders described Oregon State as an overachiever in the...

Football recruiting latest

MLB Rommel Mageo from Pago Pago, American Samoa verbally committed to the Oregon State football team, according to Scout.com. He’s an unranked 6-foot-2, 220-pounder out of Samoana High. The plan for him is to sign Wednesday and delay enrollment u...

Wrestling finishing up duals

The No. 17 Oregon State wrestling team wraps up the regular dual meet season with a two-meet swing this weekend. The Beavers face Boise State on Friday night and Stanford on Sunday. Neither of those teams is ranked. OSU defeated the Broncos (3-7) earlier in the season, 32-10, and is looking for the first sweep...

Oregon State picked 8th in Pac-12 softball coaches’ preseason poll

The Pac-12 looks pretty tough again this coming season in softball. Of course, that’s nothing new with some of the nation’s top talent gracing diamonds out west. And once again, Oregon State has its work cut out to try to break into the conference

Thursday Top 7: Quotes

"Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift."

Do something about the culvert

I’ve walked and driven by the Periwinkle Creek culvert countless times over the past 30 years, and never paid attention any attention to it. That changed last Wednesday night after Chris Wilgus’ 1992 Buick LeSabre was swept into the creek and the culvert, resulting in the deaths of Cathy Sue and Aiden McLaughlin and Maliki...

OSU men’s basketball: Grace looking at NAU

OSU men’s basketball assistant coach David Grace has announced that he is pursuing the head coach position at Northern Arizona University. The NAU job is not officially open, according to Grace, but the school has not had a coach since Mike Adras res...

Pink Out on tap

The Oregon State’s gymnastics and women’s basketball programs teamed  up for the sixth annual Pink Out Breakfast and Silent Auction  on Feb. 18, in the Club Level of Reser Stadium. The event begins at 10 a.m. with a silent auction and breakfast. All proceeds collected from the breakfast and silent auction will be donated to...

Thank a sheep

Wool -- still tough to beat.

Seven Pac-12 softball teams in preseason rankings

It’s hard to believe but Oregon State’s softball season will begin in only a couple more weeks. The Beavers open on Feb. 9-11 with a trip to Tempe, Ariz., on the campus of Arizona State for the Kajikawa Classic. OSU will face Brigham Young and Idah...