Pickleball is Life
Paddle sport takes over Eugene-Springfield, giving zip to local courts
It’s a cloudy spring morning at Meadow Park in Springfield as I get ready to serve. I have a pickleball in my left hand and … Continue reading
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Lane United Fans World Cup Pulse
Local projections for FIFA 2018
Many local soccer fans went to Les Schwab Sports Park in Springfield on Sunday, May 20, to watch Lane United Football Club (Lane United or … Continue reading
Rose City Rollers Revamped
Portland’s Rose City Rollers, including new captain and all-star athlete Bonnie Thunders, to compete in Eugene tournament this weekend
Some of the nation’s — and the world’s — best roller derby teams are cruising into town for the annual Big O tournament this weekend, … Continue reading
A Peaceful Mind
Master Lee Noh Hoon, founder of US TaeKwonDo College, celebrates 30 years of martial arts in Eugene
Lee Noh Hoon’s journey from Seoul, South Korea, to establishing himself as Great Grandmaster Lee in Eugene has spanned 55 years and involved more than … Continue reading
Sharing Soccer with Society’s Stigmatized
Volunteer players share the field with inmates at Oregon State Penitentiary
Don’t get me wrong: I absolutely love my usual leisurely pick-up soccer on late Saturday mornings, just a five-minute bike ride from my house in … Continue reading
Fancy Buildings Falling Apart
Former Ducks fear for future of sports at UO
Several former Duck football players returned to Eugene for the Oregon’s annual Pro Day on Thursday, only to find their once state-of-the-art facilities in shambles. … Continue reading
Insanity in the middle
Three day eventing is a horse and rider triathalon for adrenaline junkies
We burst out of the trees, gallop up to a log and jump into a pond of water, then we leap up over the bank … Continue reading
Runner Without a Cause
Inside the madness of long-distance relay races
People collapse. Toenails are turning black and falling off all the time. And still, long-distance relay races attract enough runners to sell out in Oregon. … Continue reading
Loggerheads
A new generation finds itself up a tree
Sweat dripping off his scruffy beard, Zane Sandborg hops over logs on the choker course at Oregon State University’s logging sports arena in the otherwise … Continue reading
Rugby! Australians! In Springfield!
Visit the Down Under at Agnes Stewart Middle School
Not enough smashing and grunting at the U.S. Olympic Trials? The Queensland Outback Barbarians are coming from Australia to Springfield top play the Eugene Stags Saturday, July 16. Eugene, Cascades and Coast Sports Commission says: Continue reading