I was saddened yesterday when I heard the news about Merlin Olsen’s death at age 69.
When I was in high school, Olsen was in the news a lot as a member of the Los Angeles Rams’ “Fearsome Foursome” defensive line. Later, he used his great voice as a football commentator and television actor. One of his roles was that of a priest in the early ’80s TV series “Father Murphy.”
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Well, the third time was almost the charm.
The Beavers gave Washington all it could handle in a 59-52 loss at the Pac-10 tournament on Thursday in Los Angeles at the Staples Center.
Craig Robinson did some tinkering with the Beavers’ defense and it worked for the better part of a half. He was concerned about UW’s [...]
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An appeal by the Oregon State football team for Darrell Catchings to receive a medical hardship wavier for last season was granted by the Pacific-10 Conference on Thursday, according to the Beavers.
Here’s a link to a longer story on this that runs in Friday’s GT.
Catchings will be a junior this coming season and have two [...]
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The Oakland Tribune held a media poll in which Pacific-10 Conference men’s basketball writers voted for their all-Pac-10 team, MVP, coach of the year, etc.
For my five-man team I had: Landry Fields, Stanford; Quincy Pondexter, UW; Jerome Randle, Cal; Derrick Williams, UA and Klay Thompson, WSU.
I went with Landry Fields as player of the year [...]
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He was mad at his breakfast, his brother, school, the piece of fabric on the floor and the neighbor’s dog down the street.
While the Oregon State wrestling team is preparing for the NCAA tournament, one of the qualifiers had some legal woes to deal with.
Here’s a link a story GT crime reporter Rachel Beck did on 141-pounder Mike Mangrum.
He had his sentence hearing Wednesday about the drunken fight he and teammate Tim Patrick got into last spring. [...]
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