College Football: 

OSU Coach Jonathon Smith met with the media yesterday telling the reporters he mostly liked what he saw from the Beavers Saturday scrimmage. Smith said this week will have a transition from training camp activities to game week preparations.

Meanwhile…Oregon State and Washington State are waiting on Stanford to make a move…somewhere. That is the state of the latest Pac 12 news.

In Eugene, The Ducks began morning practices yesterday to get into the regular season routine. Programming note: Tonight – The Oregon Football Preseason Special starts at 7:00 on KBND. The Coaches Show will air each Wednesday through the season…beginning next week.

Kick off is less than 2 weeks away.

College Basketball: Oregon State is bringing assistant coach Stephen Thompson back to the bench. Thompson was part of Head Coach Wayne Tinkle’s staff from 2014 to the 2021-2022.

NBA: The Portland Trail Blazers signed point guard Ashton Hagans to a one year contract and Center Moses Brown to one year deal. The players are expected to compete for one of the final roster spots when training camp opens in October. 

MLB:

The Giants lost 10 to 4 in Philadelphia yesterday. San Francisco dropped to 3rd behind the Cubs in the Wild Card…and are three games behind the Phillies after the loss. First pitch for Game 2 is at 3:40

Seattle breezed to win number 70 blowing out Chicago 14 to 2 last night. The Ms, winners of 7 in a row, are a half game behind Houston for both the 2nd wild card spot and 2nd place in the AL West. Mariners vs White Sox game two today starts at 5:10.

Soccer:

The Portland Timbers have fired head coach Giovanni Savarese. The club announced yesterday Assistant coach Miles Joseph is interim head coach for the rest of this season. Savarese served six seasons as head coach that included two MLS Cup appearances and the MLS is Back championship. The Timbers missed the playoffs last season and are currently 12th in the Western Conference out of a playoff spot with 10 games remaining.