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
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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
Summertime Soccer Match
Big time soccer in a small town
Don’t get me wrong — I’m absolutely thrilled that Autzen Stadium will host a July 24 soccer match between two very high-level European clubs with some of the world’s most talented players at the 2016 International Champions Cup. I definitely will be going to the match. Continue reading
Hucking Duck Dynasty
UO women’s Ultimate heads to College Nationals
“Jesse Shofner: Good as Hell” Edited by Jay Clark, highlights cut by Ella Hansen Continue reading
The Good Fight
local heavyweight Jimmy Jennett's youth outreach
‘Break jaws, not laws,’ MMA fighter jimmy Jennett says Continue reading
Splash Splash
Water polo gives kids a space to compete and play
Kaden Lipkin, 17, reaches across the foldout table and bro-handshakes his teammate Michael Russell, 18, in the middle of expressing nothing but appreciation for being a part of the water polo club. “I love you guys,” Lipkin says, perfectly summing up the energy at Echo Hollow Pool, which hosts Eugene City Water Polo — a grassroots club geared towards the 18-and-under crowd that wants to kick some ass and be a part of a team. Continue reading
Fun with FootGolf
It's a kick with bigger balls
“Wear argyle socks,” the website insisted. Apparently this is a real requirement for those actually competing in the American FootGolf league. Also, this league is a real thing. Unfortunately, I do not have argyle socks, so I am not eligible to go pro as a FootGolfer. Continue reading
Girls Rock
Hitting the wall during women's night at Crux Rock Climbing Gym
It’s a calm Monday night in Eugene’s Whiteaker neighborhood, but Crux Rock Climbing Gym is packed. Or at least it looks packed. For Crux it’s actually a slow night, with about 30 or so climbers, ranged between middle-school-aged to late 50s, gripping handholds and falling onto thick blue mats. Tonight, it looks as though I might be the only newcomer. Continue reading
Local Soccer Fans Find A Home Base
The Echo Squadron Gathers at Doc’s Pad
Despite much wishful thinking since the U.S. hosted the 1994 World Cup, soccer fans remain marginalized in this country. Soccer rarely receives the attention and accommodation given to the three (or four) hegemonic sports in the U.S. — American football, basketball, baseball and ice hockey (what Andrei Markovits and Steven Hellerman refer to as the “big three and one-half”). Continue reading
A Mental Escape
Soccer behind bars provides relief from despair
Article 24 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights recognizes that every person has the right to leisure. For many people, leisure consists of playing soccer, especially with goals, referees, out-of-bounds lines and other standard conditions — including opponents. These things are not so easy to get at the Oregon State Penitentiary (OSP), I discovered when I came to play there as an outsider in a prison soccer match. Continue reading