The Good Fight
local heavyweight Jimmy Jennett's youth outreach
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Sports: Page 5
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
Blood, sweat and beers:
Scenes from the 13.05 feet of hell that is The Worlds Shortest Bike Race.
This Sunday Falling Sky Brew Pub hosted their 2nd annual Worlds Shortest Bike Race. With about 150 in attendance racers took on a 13.05 foot course in heats of 4 with the goal of being either the fastest or slowest to complete the course. Here are some photos from the races. Continue reading
Women’s Soccer Inspires Younger Generation
The goalkeeper didn’t even have time to lift her hands in the air. The shot by Oregon’s Marlo Sweatman from outside the 18-yard box was that fast. After the defensive midfielder’s first shot rebounded off a Louisiana State defender, all Sweatman had to do was put her foot through the ball and keep moving forward during the UO women’s soccer match against the LSU Tigers at Papé Field Aug. 21. Continue reading
A walk through Civic Stadium
as it stood before it was destroyed by fire
Not long ago I was able to tour Civic Stadium. Even in a state of neglect the local landmark's potential and palpable history was inspiring. Here are some photographs of Eugene's one of a kind Civic Stadium as it stood before it was destroyed by fire yesterday. Continue reading
The United Nations of Sports
Andy Zuñiga in mid-swing as he passes the ball up field. Photo by Trask Bedortha. Like many children, Tunde Jowosimi grew up playing soccer, and he continued playing when he moved from Nigeria to England. Continue reading