College Football:
Oregon State sophomore running back Damien Martinez added to his preseason honors Thursday being named to the watch list for the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award, given to the top offensive player with ties to the state of Texas. This is the third preseason watchlist for Martinez. Three Ducks and Three Beavers also made the Polynesian player of the year watchlist.
NBA:
The Portland Trail Blazers will begin their 2023-24 regular season in Los Angeles against the Clippers on Wednesday, Oct. 25 before their home opener against Orlando on Friday, Oct. 27th. The Trail Blazers will play four of the first five games of the season on the road. New to the NBA this season is the Inaugural In-Season Tournament which will tip off on Friday, Nov. 3 with the Championship on Saturday Dec. 9
NFL:
The Seattle Seahawks play Dallas tomorrow night in preseason game 2. Coach Pete Carrol briefed reporters during yesterday’s media session that Rookie cornerback Devon Witherspoon is still out with a hamstring injury, also last week’s stand out running back Bryant Koback won’t play and hasn’t practiced all week with a sprain. Carrol didn’t say whether starters would play in this 2nd to last preseason game. Kick off against the Cowboys is tomorrow night at 7 PM from Lumen Field.
MLB:
The Mariners beat Kansas City 6 to 4 yesterday behind another big game from Julio Rodriguez. He went 5 for 5 with five RBI and including a clutch home run. J-Rod has had 9 hits in the last two games helping the Mariners earn their sixth straight road series win. Seattle is now a half game behind Toronto for the last Wildcard spot. The Ms have a huge series in Houston this weekend. First pitch against the Astros is at 5:10.
The Giants are in Atlanta to take on Baseball’s best team for a weekend series starting today at 4:20. San Francisco is a game and a half up on the Cubs for 2nd in the Wild Card.
Soccer:
The OSU Women shut out San Francisco 1 to nothing in their first game of the season…The Oregon Women began the season against Baylor last night. The Ducks were shut out by the Bears 2 Nothing.
The 2nd place Portland Thorns’ return to NWSL play Sunday against first place North Carolina starting at 7:30
The Portland Timbers return to MLS Play att Houston on Sunday at 5:30. The Timbers are trying to climb back into the Western Conference playoff race.
Local:
Mt Bachelor Gravity Race Series is today, the downhill mountain bike series goes to the end of the month.
