College Football:

Oregon State Head coach Trent Bray is opening up the starting quarterback job for this Saturday. Incumbent Gevani McCoy, senior Ben Gulbranson, and redshirt freshman Gabarri Johnson will all be competing this week in practice, just like they did in the preseason for the chance to lead the offense against San Jose State. Coach Bray said he’ll decide on QB1 after Thursday’s practice but did not say if he would make an announcement.

Oregon receiver Tez Johnson will not miss the rest of the season. The star senior injured his shoulder and didn’t finish Saturday’s contest with Michigan. Head Coach Dan Lanning said at last night’s press conference he expected Johnson to return to the line-up soon, but didn’t get more specific on a time-line. Coaches and players talk about game week preparations for the Maryland Terrapins on the Oregon Ducks Insider daily podcast. 

NBA:

The Trail Blazers took out New Orleans last night 118 to 106 with Anfernee Simons leading Portland with 24 points. The road trip continues in San Antonio Thursday.

College Basketball:

Season openers last night. The Oregon women's team blew out California Baptist 93-63. 

The men’s team defeated UC Riverside 91 - 76 in the second half of the Ducks’ home opener at Matthew Knight Arena.

The Oregon State men got an 80 - 57 win over Utah Tech at Gill Coliseum in the Beavers season opener last night. 

NFL: Week 10

San Francisco running back Christian McCaffery was back at practice yesterday after sitting out all season with achilles tendonitis in both calf muscles. The 49ers are at Tampa Sunday.

MLB: Awards season

San Francisco’s Matt Chapman won his 5th Gold Glove. Seattle’s Cal Raleigh and Dylan Moore are also Gold Glove Winners. Raleigh is one of the finalists at Catcher for the Silver Slugger award.

Local:

OSAA Boys Soccer Playoffs today has Caldera, Crook County, Madras, Redmond, and Summit playing in first round matches.