SPORTS 11-13

COLLEGE FOOTBALL:

Number 16 Oregon hosts Michigan tomorrow with the Ducks favored by 10.5.

Coverage starts at 10:30 on KBND.

Kick-off at 12:30 in Eugene with the TV broadcast on FS1.

Hear more on the Ducks Insider daily podcast at KBND.com

Oregon State goes to the blue turn in Boise as more than two touchdown underdogs against the Broncos.

Kick off is at 3 tomorrow afternoon with the game televised on USA Network.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL:

In men's college basketball tonight, Oregon State hosts Mississippi Valley State.  Meanwhile, Oregon hosts Pepperdine on Sunday.

NBA:

The Trail Blazers are in Sacramento to clash with the Kings tonight. It's their second NBA Cup Group play game, with Portland currently 0-and-1 so far. The Blazers sit at 8-and-3 overall following their back-to-back wins over the Thunder earlier this week.

LOCAL:

COCC’s unbeaten Rugby team plays the University of Idaho in the conference championship game tomorrow on the Bend Campus at 1 pm

SPORTS 11-12

COLLEGE FOOTBALL:

Number 16 Oregon is back home against the struggling Michigan Wolverines this Saturday.

This week Tight End Jamari Johnson was named a semifinalist for the John Mackey Award, given to the country’s best tight end.

The winner will be announced on December 11^th.

Hear more on the Ducks Insider daily podcast at KBND.com

Reports say Oregon State quarterback Braden Atkinson is not expected to play against 17^th ranked Boise State Saturday.

The Davey O’Brien semifinalist is dealing with an injured hand suffered in the loss to Texas State last week.

Atkinson leads the nation in passing yards.

That means the Beavers would likely turn to backup QB Maalik Murphy to get the start.

The Broncos also have a quarterback trying to come back from injury.

BLAZERS:

The Trail Blazers trounced the Oklahoma City Thunder 118-108 from Moda Center.  Deni Avdija led the Blazers in scoring with 28 points.  Portland has now won back to back games and will visit the Sacramento Kings tomorrow. 

SPORTS 11-11

NBA:

The Trail Blazers took game one of their back-to-back against the Thunder in Portland last night. The 123 - 103 win got them to 7 - 3 on the season. Damian Lillard and Deni Avdija led the way with 25 and 24 points. But Dame played just 24 minutes. Only half the game. 

Portland snapped its two-game skid and will host the Thunder for a rematch tonight.

College Football:
The Oregon Ducks moved up to number 16 in the latest College Football Playoff rankings. The U of O is the top 3 loss team and aren’t mathematically eliminated from the Big 10 championship game.

Michigan visits Autzen Stadium this Saturday.

Hear more on the Ducks Insider daily podcast at KBND dot com.

Oregon State quarterback Braden Atkinson has been selected to the Davey O'Brien QB Class of 2026.

He is now in contention for the Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award, which will be announced at the end of the season.

The Sophomore leads the nation with 3,169 passing yards.

It is reported Atkinson intends to re-sign with OSU for his junior season.

College Basketball:
The Oregon Men take on Mississippi Valley State tonight at 7. Pre-game starts at 6:30 on KBND.

SPORTS 11-10

COLLEGE FOOTBALL:

Oregon State looks to regroup after back-to-back losses.

The Beavers are at Boise State this Saturday.

ESPN’s college game day will hold their pre-game show in Boise this Saturday morning.

Oregon will likely get bumped a little higher in the rankings for tonight’s playoff poll.

The U of O is back home against the struggling Michigan Wolverines this Saturday

Hear more on the Ducks Insider daily podcast at KBND.com

 1-and-8 Washington State hosts Colorado State on Saturday.  Hawaii is 3-and-6 and hosts North Dakota State on Saturday. 

NBA:

The Trail Blazers hope to snap their two-game skid.  The Trailblazers are 6 – 3 on the season with a matchup against the 8 – 2 Oklahoma City Thunder.  It will be a nationally televised game tipping off at 8 pm tonight.

SPORTS 11-09

COLLEGE FOOTBALL:

Oregon came back from down two touchdowns early to upset Ohio State in Columbus Saturday in convincing fashion.

Head coach Dan Lanning after the game said he liked the team’s resiliency after falling behind.

“…for really not flinching, not blinking, when you, when you're down 14, and then just keep fighting, you know, in those moments we, we said we were going to let it hang and just go after it, and then, you know, similar to, to last week, we've proven that we can be a team that's been in tough battles and battle back. You know, I thought collectively we played really well.”

The U of O is back home against Michigan this Saturday. Air at 10:30, kickoff at 12:30 p.m.

Hear more on the Ducks Insider daily podcast at KBND.com

Oregon State was blown out by Texas State Saturday night.

Head Coach JaMarcus Shephard gave the Bobcats credit after the game.

“It's really difficult, when you face stretches like this in November and I think everyone in that locker room right now, they're feeling it right now they they know that that was not clearly not our standard and guess what they need to.”

The Beavers are at Boise State this Saturday.

BLAZERS:

The Trail Blazers are back on the hardwood tomorrow hosting the Oklahoma City Thunder.  The teams will then rematch on Wednesday at Moda Center.  Portland has lost two straight to slip to 6-and-3 on the season.

SPORTS 11-06

COLLEGE FOOTBALL:

Number 23 ranked Oregon is a little over a touchdown underdog to 12^th ranked Ohio State tomorrow.

Coverage stars at 10:30, with a 12:30 kick on KBND.

Hear more on the Ducks Insider daily podcast at KBND.com

Oregon State at 5 - 3 is favored by just under a touchdown over 4 – 4 Texas State. Kickoff is 7:30 from Reser Stadium.

NBA:

The Trail Blazers are in LA to face Luka Doncic and the Lakers tonight. It's their NBA Cup Group Play opener. Portland has won three in-a-row following Wednesday's victory in Phoenix. The Blazers are now 6-and-1 on the season.

SPORTS 11-05 
COLLEGE FOOTBALL:
Number 23 ranked Oregon is on the road at the Horseshoe Saturday for the first time since 2021.
Coach Dan Lanning talked to the media yesterday after practice about the matchup versus the 12th ranked Buckeyes.
“A lot of good energy from our players and, you know, it's necessary in a game like this. You're traveling to a hostile environment with a team that, you know, has as much talent as anybody in the country and, and, they do a really good job, you know, overall as a, as a program, right, in all three phases.”
Hear more on the Ducks Insider daily podcast at KBND.com

Oregon State receiver Jesse Legree is a semifinalist for the Shaun Alexander Freshman of the Year Award.
Legree leads the nation with 1,110 receiving yards and 14 touchdowns, while adding 53 catches this season.
His touchdown total is just two shy of Brandin Cooks’ Oregon State single-season record. 
the Baltimore native opened the year with seven straight 100-yard games, including 240 yards against Texas Tech.
The Shaun Alexander award honors college football’s top freshman.
It’s another night game Saturday with a 7:30 pm kick-off against Texas State.

NBA:

Damian Lillard dropped in 25 points as the Trail Blazers topped the Suns 132-119 in Phoenix. Donovan Clingan added 24 points for Portland, which has won three straight to improve to 6-and-1 on the season. The Blazers will visit the Lakers tomorrow to wrap up their four-game road trip.

SPORTS 11-03

COLLEGE FOOTBALL:

Oregon State kicker Caleb Ojeda has been named the Pac-12 Conference's Special Teams Player Of The Week.

Ojeda connected on three field goals Saturday at Fresno State, including a career-long 54-yarder for the Beavers' first points of the game.

It was the first time he’s made 3 field goals in a game.

Head coach JaMarcus Shephard spoke to the media about the loss to the ulldogs and moving on to the matchup with Texas State.

“The most important thing right now is that we remain present and that's, that's what we have to do, in this moment and for this particular game that's what we need for our, for our players and, and, and, and, and our entire team.”

It’s another night game Saturday with a 7:30 pm kick-off

Oregon is on the road at the Horseshoe Saturday for the first time since 2021.

Hear more on the Ducks Insider daily podcast at KBND.com

NBA:

The Trail Blazers knocked off the Nuggets 118-110 in Denver. Deni Avdija dropped in 24 points to lead Portland, which improved to 5-and-1 on the season. The Blazers visit Phoenix tomorrow.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL:

The men's college basketball season is underway. In season openers last night, Washington crushed Colgate 90-76, Washington State lost at home to Davidson 76-61, Oregon beat Montana 87-69, Oregon State hammered Weber State 102-61 and Hawaii slipped past Seattle U 74-73.

SPORTS 11-02

COLLEGE FOOTBALL:

Oregon used a big play on offense to take down now former number 20 ranked Northwestern Saturday afternoon in Eugene.

The loss knocked the Wildcats out of the Top 25. The U of O is just behind them in the ‘also receiving votes’ mentions.

The Ducks will look to take that momentum to Columbus, Ohio this week to face a Buckeye’s team that was just knocked out of the AP Top 10 following their upset to USC.

Hear more on the Ducks Insider daily podcast at KBND.com

Oregon State’s five game winning streak was snapped in Fresno Saturday night.

The Beavers outgained the Bulldogs in yardage but Fresno State capitalized on turnovers and the Beavs offense settled for field goals rather than keeping pace with touchdowns.

Next OSU has a Texas State team visiting Reser Stadium that just gave number 20 Boise State all it wanted in a narrow loss on Saturday night.

NBA:

The Trail Blazers blew out Utah Saturday in Salt Lake city, to get to 4 – 1 on the season.

The weeklong road trip continues in Denver tonight with a 6 pm tip-off against the Nuggets.

NFL

The Seahawks host Monday Night Football, 4-3 Seattle plays the 5 -2 Chicago Bears at 5:15.

SPORTS 10-30

COLLEGE FOOTBALL:

Oregon has number 20 ranked Northwestern visiting tomorrow.

The Ducks are favored by just over a field goal against the Wild Cats.

Coverage starts at 10:30. Kick off at 12:30 here on KBND.

The game streams on Peacock.

Hear more on the Ducks Insider daily podcast at KBND.com

Oregon State is at Fresno State tomorrow night.

The Beavers are favored by just under a touchdown against the Bulldogs.
It’s Pac 12 After Dark with an 8 pm kickoff.

The game is broadcast on USA Network.

NBA:

The Trail Blazers are back on the road for a trip to Utah tomorrow and Denver Monday.

SPORTS 10-29

COLLEGE FOOTBALL:

Oregon State is back on the road at Fresno State this Saturday.

Quarterback Braden Atkinson and wide receiver Jesse Legree have been added to the Maxwell Award watch list.

The honor goes each year to the nation's top college football player.
Atkinson enters Saturday's game leading the nation with 2,604 passing yards and 24 touchdowns. He's ranked first with 372 passing yards per game.
Legree also leads the nation with 1,040 receiving yards and 14 touchdowns.

He's the only receiver in the nation over 1,000 yards this season and leads the nation with 148.6 yards per game.

Oregon has number 20 ranked Northwestern visiting Saturday.

Hear more on the Ducks Insider daily podcast at KBND.com

NBA:

The 3 – 0 Trail Blazers are coming off the win over the Lakers Tuesday to play new point guard Ja Morant’s former team, the Memphis Grizzlies tonight. Tip-off at 7. The team will then head back out on the road for four games starting Saturday in Utah.

SPORTS 10-13

COLLEGE FOOTBALL:

Oregon head coach Dan Lanning says all facets of the team are being evaluated including offensive play calling.

The coach previewed the matchup against the Nebraska Cornhuskers Saturday night.

“And we need to be better because we're about to play a really good Nebraska team, you know, obviously, gave Indiana everything that they could handle. They're playing really, really great on, defense, you know, very aggressive. They've a good tackling team. They don't give up long runs.”

Hear more on the Ducks Insider daily podcast at KBND.com

Oregon State quarterback Braden Atkinson and wide receiver Jesse Legree have been recognized by the Pac-12 Conference again this week.
Atkinson was named the Pac-12's Offensive Player of the Week for the third time this season, while Legree continues to sweep Freshman of the Week honors. He's won it all six games this season.
Atkinson was also named a Manning Award Star and Davey O'Brien Great 8 quarterback on Monday as well.

Head coach JaMarcus Shephard is looking towards Washington State this week.

“They have a number of different players on each side of the ball that are emerging as impact players and most importantly I think they're playing some really, really, really good defense. Coach Moore and his staff, they do a really great job.”

BLAZERS:

The Trail Blazers are back in action tonight visiting the Sacramento Kings in preseason action. Portland is 2-and-0 in exhibition play following Monday's 119-66 rout of the London Lions. Scoot Henderson had fourteen points in the victory.

LOCAL:

Girls flag football is coming to Oregon high schools this spring.  The Oregon School Activities Association voted to make it a sanctioned sport.  Oregon is the 25th state to add girls flag football.  For the last two years, it's been played as an emerging sport.  In 2028, girls flag football will be played in the Olympics

SPORTS 10-12

COLLEGE FOOTBALL:

Oregon State delivered a historic performance at Reser Stadium Saturday Night, routing San Diego State 66-14.

Jesse Legree caught 10 passes for 191 yards and three touchdowns, becoming the first Beaver ever with six straight 100-yard receiving games. Quarterback Braden Atkinson threw for 409 yards and five scores, marking his sixth consecutive 300-yard game.

Head Coach Jamarcus Shephard after the victory.

“This is a right dead smack in the center of the middle eight of our football season. We're 6 games in, all right, and so, I thought, I thought we did a really good job of going into halftime, exactly how we wanted them to.”

Now 4-2, the Beavers host Washington State Saturday afternoon.

The Beavs received votes in this week’s Associated Press and Coaches Top 25 Polls.

Oregon falls from 13 to un-ranked in the latest AP poll, and hangs on at number 25 in the Coaches poll after losing to the number 21 and new number 12 UCLA Saturday at a stunned Autzen Stadium.

The 3-2 Ducks ended up benching back-up starting quarterback Dylan Raiola in the 4^th quarter bringing in 3^rd stringer Brock Thomas.

Head coach Dan Lanning said after the loss there was plenty of blame to go around for coaches and players.

“We were atrocious on 3rd down, right? We're, we didn't have any success on 4th down. Obviously, the, the very 1st touchdown, you could say, hey, go, you know, kick the extra point. You know, it felt like there was a look that we felt comfortable with. I have to go back and watch it and see why it wasn't there. But that could have been the difference in the game as well. So that's a decision that falls on me.”

Coach Lanning was non-noncommittal on who would start at quarterback this week, saying film will be evaluated, as will the status of Dante Moore’s concussion.

The U of O faces Raiola’s former squad the Nebraska Cornhuskers Saturday night.

Hear more on the Ducks Insider daily podcast at KBND.com

SPORTS 10-9

COLLEGE FOOTBALL:

Number 13 Oregon faces 21 ranked UCLA tomorrow at Autzen Stadium.

The 3-1 Ducks are 11.5-point favorites off their bye week.

The Bruins come to Eugene undefeated.

The game is televised on CBS.

KBND coverage starts at 10:30 tomorrow with a 12:30 kickoff.

Hear more on the Ducks Insider daily podcast at KBND.com

Oregon State is back at Reser Stadium to take on San Diego State tomorrow afternoon.

The 3- 2 Beavers are now favored by more than two touchdowns over the 2-3 Aztecs.

The television broadcast is on USA Network.

Kickoff at 3 in Corvallis

BLAZERS:

The Trail Blazers are off until next week.  They will host the London Lions in an exhibition game on Monday at Moda Center.  The Blazers beat the Warriors in their preseason opener on Wednesday.

LOCAL:

COCC Rugby is back in action tomorrow.

The Bobcats play an exhibition against the Bend Roughriders on the COCC campus field starting at 11 am.

Redmond High School is a Top 40 finalist in T-Mobile’s Friday Night 5G Lights competition. The Panthers receive 25-thousand dollars and could win more for athletic upgrades. Community voting runs daily through October 25th at FridayNight5GLights.com.

SPORTS 10-8

COLLEGE FOOTBALL:

Oregon State is back at Reser to take on San Diego State this Saturday afternoon.

Freshman wide receiver Jesse Legree is earning national attention this week, landing on the Biletnikoff Award watch list.

The award goes each year to college football’s top receiver.

Legree is tied for the national lead with nine touchdown catches and ranks second with 741 receiving yards through five games.

Number 13 Oregon faces 21 ranked UCLA this Saturday.

Hear more on the Ducks Insider daily podcast at KBND.com

NBA:

The Trail Blazers’ were in good form in the first pre-season game last night against Golden State.

Deni Avdija picked up where he left off last season leading the team with 23 points in only 21 minutes.

Damian Lillard knocked down three three-pointers in his first game action in over a year.

The Blazers play Sacramento next week.

College Hoops:

Dana Altman is done at Oregon. The Ducks’ longtime men’s basketball coach is retiring effective immediately after 16 seasons in Eugene.

Altman won a program-record 382 games, led Oregon to nine NCAA Tournaments, and took the Ducks to the 2017 Final Four. Assistant coach Tony Stubblefield will serve as interim head coach for the upcoming season.

SPORTS 10-7

COLLEGE FOOTBALL:

Number 13 Oregon faces 21 ranked UCLA this Saturday.

Head coach Dan Lanning sized up the 4 – 0 Bruins earlier this week.

“Good teams that get the opportunity to play against each other. You know, UCLA is playing a high level of balls, a coaching staff that we have a really high level of respect for. I think some things that stand out immediately on film is just how effective they are at running the ball, and they have a quarterback that's operating at a really high level and is athletic.”

Quarterback Dante Moore has been at practice with the team but is listed as questionable to play after suffering a concussion in the USC game a week and a half ago.

The Oregon Coaches show airs at 7:05 tonight on KBND.

Hear more on the Ducks Insider daily podcast at KBND.com

Oregon State is back at Reser to take on San Diego State this Saturday afternoon.

Beavers players are being offered boosters for mumps after the Aztecs reported over a dozen confirmed Mumps cases.

NBA:

Trail Blazers basketball is back. The team hosts Steph Curry and the Warriors tonight to begin the preseason. The Blazers will play four exhibition games total with the regular season set to start October 21st.

SPORTS 10-6

COLLEGE FOOTBALL:

3- 2 Oregon State is once again getting Pac-12 recognition this week after the blowout win Saturday at Colorado State.

Quarterback Braden Atkinson has been named the Pac-12 Conference's Offensive Player of the Week and Jesse Legree has been selected Freshman of Week for the fifth straight time—every week of the season.

Legree is second in the nation with 741 receiving yards on the year.

Atkinson has thrown for a national-best 1,848 yards and his 16 touchdowns rank second.

That performance earned him recognition this week as one of eight Manning Stars Of The Week and one of the Davey O'Brien Award Great 8 quarterbacks.

The Beavers are back at Reser to take on San Diego State this Saturday afternoon.

Number 13 Oregon faces 21 ranked UCLA this Saturday. The 4-0 Bruins look to test the U of O defense.

Hear more on the Ducks Insider daily podcast at KBND.com

In other college football news, Southern Oregon is gearing up for a weekend game against Simpson University. The Raiders will face off against the Red Hawks Saturday afternoon at home. The Raiders are coming off a weekend win after narrowly beating Montana Western 28-27 last Saturday.

SPORTS 10-5

COLLEGE FOOTBALL:

Oregon State opened Pac-12 play with a blowout win Saturday at Colorado State.

Quarterback Braden Atkinson threw for 427 yards and five touchdowns, and stand-out freshman wide receiver Jesse Legree caught three of them.

The Beavers 56-26 puts them at 3-2 overall, and 1-0 in the Pac-12. 

Head coach JaMarcus Shephard talking to the media after the game, “Thought this was a great way to start off our conference schedule I'm really happy overall. I talked to our team about being shocking, shocking in terms of the speed that we played at how physical we were and how competent we were and how what we were supposed to execute on this game day.”

Oregon State returns home to face San Diego State this Saturday afternoon.

Oregon moved up to number 13 in the latest Associated Press and Coaches Top 25 polls coming out of their bye this week.

The Ducks face UCLA this Saturday. The 4-0 Bruins moved into number 21 in the AP poll.

Hear more on the Ducks Insider daily podcast at KBND.com

NBA:

The Trail Blazers’ first pre-season games are this week.

Head coach Micah Nori said to members of the media last week he’s not sure having Ja Morant and Damian Lillard both starting fits into the defensive game plan but will be experimenting with line-ups during exhibition games.

Portland plays Golden State Wednesday. 

COLLEGIATE FALL CLASSIC:

Washington’s bats fired early and often, leading the Huskies to a 12–8 win over Oregon Saturday in the inaugural Northwest Collegiate Classic presented by the Thomas Family Auto Group.  The game was played at Historic Vince Genna Stadium in Bend, with a near-capacity crowd on hand under clear, spectacular Central Oregon skies.

SPORTS 10-2

COLLEGE FOOTBALL:

Oregon State opens Pac-12 play tomorrow at Colorado State.

It’s the fifth all-time meeting with the Rams, the last a double over-time thriller the Beavers won in 2024.

OSU is now 6.5 point favorites.

Kickoff at 3 pm on the USA Network.

NBA:

The Trail Blazers are still looking for a new television play-by-play announcer.

The team announced the hiring of Braiden Bell yesterday afternoon before announcing hours later he was dismissed following the discovery of racist and sexist comments on social media.

The Blazers issued a statement saying the posts were in violation of team and league policies, as well as values and expectations.

Portland’s first pre-season games are next week.

The team’s fan fest is Sunday at the Moda Center.

LOCAL:

Big Ten baseball comes to Bend tomorrow when the Oregon Ducks face the Washington Huskies in the inaugural Northwest Elite Collegiate Classic at Vince Genna Stadium. First pitch is 12:05, gates open at 11. Tickets at BendElks.com.

SPORTS 10-1

COLLEGE FOOTBALL:

Oregon State opens Pac-12 play Saturday at Colorado State.

Defensive Coordinator Mike MacIntyre spoke to the media this week saying his squad will have their work cut out for them.

The Beavs D registered 7 sacks last week at UTEP.

Number 15 ranked Oregon has a bye this week.

They face UCLA next Saturday the 10^th at 12:30. The Ducks are 12.5 point favorites over the Bruins.

Hear more on the Ducks Insider daily podcast at KBND.com

College Hoops:

The Pac-12 has released its men's basketball conference schedule.
Oregon State hosts San Diego State January 6th. Then go on the road at Boise State (Jan. 9) and Texas State (Jan. 14). Gonzaga is at Gill Coliseum January 24th.

NBA:

The Trail Blazers

The first pre-season games are next week.

LOCAL:

Big Ten baseball comes to Bend this Saturday as the Oregon Ducks face the Washington Huskies in the inaugural Northwest Elite Collegiate Classic at Vince Genna Stadium. First pitch is 12:05, gates open at 11. Oregon legend Mike Bellotti throws the ceremonial first pitch, with the Oregon Duck appearing throughout the game. Tickets at BendElks.com.

SPORTS 9-30

COLLEGE FOOTBALL:

Number 15 ranked Oregon has a bye this week.

Two Ducks earned national weekly honors Tuesday.

Running back Dierre Hill Jr. was named Paul Hornung Award National Player of the Week, honoring the nation’s most versatile player. Tight end Jamari Johnson earned the John Mackey Award honor, recognizing the country’s top tight end.

Both topped 100 receiving yards in Oregon’s 41-27 win at USC.

Hill also ran for two touchdowns, while Johnson had seven catches for 119 yards.

The Oregon Ducks Coaches show starts at 7:05 tonight on KBND.

Hear more on the Ducks Insider daily podcast at KBND.com

Oregon State opens Pac-12 play Saturday at Colorado State.

Wide Receiver Jesse Legree is once again the Pac 12 freshman of the week after his two touchdowns and over 100 yards receiving performance against UTEP.

He had his first media availability yesterday and was asked about his experience thus far in Corvallis.

“I've been dreaming about this moment since I decided to play football at a collegiate level and to go through these past 9 months and coach Shephard, Coach Dahlen and Coach Finley, the amount of trust they have in me and allow me to make them big plays.”

Legree is the nation’s leading receiver, and will look to add to those totals Saturday in Fort Collins, Colorado.

NBA:

The Trail Blazers held their first training camp session yesterday. Coach Micah Nori speaking to reporters afterwards said they’re working to establish a physical identity on defense, that means contesting shots and claiming rebounds.

The first pre-season games are next week.

SPORTS 9-29

COLLEGE FOOTBALL:

Oregon State opens Pac-12 play Saturday at Colorado State.

At 2 – 2 the Beavers know they still have things to work on.

Number 15 ranked Oregon has a bye this week.

Hear more on the Ducks Insider daily podcast at KBND.com

NBA:

The Portland Trail Blazers held their media day yesterday as they get set for the season tip-off less than a month away.

Damian Lillard is set to return after missing all of last season with an Achilles tear.

Dame admitted that at 36-years old he understands he can’t grind every night with a lot of minutes-played.

The roster currently has a lot of players at his position so the former all-star thinks that will be to his benefit.

Training camp begins today featuring several new faces including guard Ja Morant and new head coach Micah Nori.

The first pre-season games are next week.

SPORTS 9-25

COLLEGE FOOTBALL:

1-2 Oregon State is looking to start a win streak going back to the Lone Star State.

OSU finds themselves in the unusual position of being road favorites at 10.5 points.

The game streams on the MW+ network for the Mountain West Conference.

The Beavers kick-off in El Paso at 6 pm tomorrow night.

20^th ranked Oregon opens Big 10 conference play at number 12 USC.

The Top 25 matchup will be televised on NBC with the Ducks and Trojans predicted to be a close game with the U of O as three-point favorites at the LA Coliseum at 4:30 tomorrow afternoon.

Coverage starts at 2:30 on KBND.

Hear more on the Ducks Insider daily podcast at KBND.com

Winterhawks

The Portland Winterhawks are preparing for Saturday's home opener after starting their season with a 3-2 overtime victory against the defending WHL champion Everett Silvertips. Portland hosts the Kamloops Blazers at Veterans Memorial Coliseum, where fans will see a new video board and sound system as part of a 50-million dollar renovation. The Winterhawks have reached the playoffs in 15 consecutive seasons and are seeking their first league championship since 2013. Saturday's game begins at 6 p.m.

SPORTS 9-24

COLLEGE FOOTBALL:

20^th ranked Oregon opens Big 10 conference play at number 12 USC Saturday.

During yesterday’s media availability quarterback Dante Moore was asked about his role leading the team.

“I'm just pushing myself even more and more as a leader and being more vocal, you know, showing them out there in practice, you know, running around, transitioning from period to period, communicating with them. So, I've been doing better with that. Even, you know, other people on the team, other my other teammates are also doing better with that.”

The Ducks play the Trojans in the LA Coliseum at 4:30 Saturday afternoon.

Hear more on the Ducks Insider daily podcast at KBND.com

Oregon State is back on the road Saturday.

Beavers’ defensive coordinator Mike MacIntyre laid out what his defense is up against with UTEP Saturday night.

“You're gonna see all kinds of different formations. You're gonna see a lot of different, reverses and double passes and double moves. They have a lot of creativity in their offense, and, you'll see them motion and shifting and tons of different formations. So our, you know, secondary and linebacking crew is gonna have to be on, on par about getting lined up correctly and having the right leverage and, making the right checks.”

The Beavers kick-off in El Paso at 6 pm Saturday.

WNBA:

The Portland Fire are looking ahead to their second WNBA season after finishing their inaugural campaign with a 17-and-27 record and missing the playoffs. General Manager Vanja Cernivec says the team developed chemistry faster than expected and built a strong connection with Portland fans. Head Coach Alex Sarama also pointed to player development and the foundation established during the team's first year. The Fire will now focus on developing their roster through free agency and the draft, with WNBA free agency potentially beginning in February.

SPORTS 9-23

COLLEGE FOOTBALL:

Oregon State 5^th year seniors Jaheim Patterson and Van Wells will be able to play in at least four more games this season after a Benton County Circuit Court Judge granted an injunction against the NCAA rule on age eligibility.

Offensive coordinator Mitch Dahlen said during his media availability this week Van Wells the offense will face another test in Texas.

“You put on the Michigan tape, I mean they're, they're beating Michigan. I mean it's 14 to 7 and was 17-14 or whatever right before half and like they, they play really, really hard and their defense is like I, I told our guys yesterday I was like you can't deny what they're putting on tape like they play hard. Like it's like you can't, you can say what you want about who they played this, that, the other, but they play hard”

OSU plays UTEP Saturday night.

20^th ranked Oregon opens Big 10 conference play at number 12 USC Saturday

Defensive Lineman Matayo Uiagalelei spoke about players taking a bigger role as leader following the slow start to the season.

“Holding other guys accountable and challenging like the defense or challenging other guys on offense to be leaders too. And, and I think that's, that's really been an improvement and, and it's shown, just everywhere with our, our focus and our intent, and practice.”

Hear more on the Ducks Insider daily podcast at KBND.com

The Oregon Ducks Coaches show airs on KBND tonight at 7:05.

Audio courtesy Oregon State and University of Oregon athletics.

WNBA:

In WNBA action, the Fire closed out their season with a 90-82 overtime win over the Golden State Valkyries. Portland ends the year at 17-and-27. Meanwhile, the Storm host the Dallas Wings tonight in their finale. Seattle has already lost a league-record 35 games this season.