College Football:
Oregon State offensive lineman Taliese Fuaga is on the watch list for the 2023 Lombardi Award, for the nation's best offensive or defensive lineman.
Volleyball:
Oregon is Number 9 on the AVCA Top 25 preseason poll. The volleyball coaches have Stanford, Washington State, and USC also ranked. The Ducks open their season next Friday the 25th at a tournament in Hawaii.
Basketball:
Oregon head women's basketball coach Kelly Graves has announced the Ducks' 2023-24 non conference schedule, which officially begins with the season opener against Northern Arizona on November 6th at Matthew Knight Arena. The Ducks will play four non conference teams that were in last year’s NCAA Tournament
Two NBA insiders have separately said in the past few days that the Trail Blazers are not in active trade talks with the Miami Heat or any other team about moving Damian Lillard. Dame requested a trade from Portland six weeks ago. Reports say Lillard’s agent told teams that Miami was the only team the guard would play for, prompting a warning from the league about trade manipulation. Meanwhile Dame D.O.L.L.A has a new rap album, Don D.O.L.L.A coming out tomorrow. …In other Blazers’ news, 3rd overall draft selection Scoot Henderson made a bold prediction on a podcast recently saying he would be this season’s Rookie of The Year. Henderson has the third best odds to win the R.O.Y behind San Antonio’s Victor Wembenyama and Chet Holmgren from OKC.
MLB:
The Mariners gave up a 7 run lead and Kansas City took them to 10 innings but the Ms pulled out a 10 to 8 win last night. Seattle remains two games behind Toronto for the last Wildcard spot. Game three of the four game series against the Royals is today at 5:10.
The Giants shut out Tampa 7-0 last night. Former Beaver Wade Meckler went two for four and scored a run in his second big league game. San Francisco maintains a game and a half lead over Miami for the second spot in the Wild Card. The series against the Rays wraps today with the rubber match. First pitch from Oracle Park is at 12:45.
