College Football:

Oregon State offensive guard Joshua Gray received an invite to the 2025 East-West Shrine Bowl in January. The senior has been building a nice NFL resume so far this season.  coaches San Jose States this Saturday.

Oregon head coach Dan Lanning acknowledged during yesterday’s media session the offensive line is auditioning starters this week. The best ability is availability at this point in the season. The number one ranked Ducks have injuries on the defensive side of the ball, too. Coaches and players talk about game week preparations for Maryland on the Oregon Ducks Insider daily podcast at KBND dot com. 

NBA:

The Trail Blazers four-game road trip continues in San Antonio. Portland’s bigs will all be tested against Spurs center Victor Wembenyama…although the seven-footer is struggling to start out his second-year. Tip off against the Spurs is at 5.

NFL: Week 10

San Francisco Running Back Christian McCaffery has been making progress to get on the field Sunday against the Buccaneers, but a final decision on whether he can go will probably be made after tomorrow’s (Fr) practice. The 49ers also tried to shore up their shaky defense at the trade deadline by acquiring D-tackle Khalil Davis from the Houston Texans for a future draft pick.

College Hoops: 

The Oregon Women beat Nevada 76 - 58 last night. Head coach Kelly Graves’ revamped transfer-heavy squad are off to a 2 - 0 start. They’ll get a big test next though when they face number 12 Baylor Sunday.

Local:

OSAA Girls Soccer  Bend, Caldera, and Summit advance to the weekend quarterfinals

In the final 5A Football coaches polls IMC Champion Mountain View is ranked number 2 and the conference runner-up Summit Storm are number 7. The first round of the OSAA Football playoffs begins tomorrow.