Moments of silence for Oakland
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Only-in-my-dreams Final Four
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Something to add to April quake program
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McMillan's magnanimous exit
Nate McMillan was fired recently by the Portland Trail Blazers, following a 42-point trouncing by the Knicks. Coaches gets fired frequently. It’s part of life in the NBA. So that was the last I expected to hear about — or from — McMillan in Portland. On Sunday, I was startled to see a full-page ad...
Week of weird weather
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Remembering Dick Harter
When I transferred to the University of Oregon in January 1973, I knew the Ducks had a great track tradition with Coach Bill Bowerman and Olympic runner Steve Prefontaine. It took me about one day to discover that UO had an exciting basketball team, too. Dick Harter, the Ducks’ second-year coach from Pennsylvania, preached defense...
The gift of music and lyrics
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The word that made the day: Sunshine
It happened sometime around 2 Saturday afternoon. I walked out of Fred Meyer with some groceries and noticed sunshine — and warmth. All the way home, I saw people out mowing and working in their yards. That’s a good idea, I thought. About 2:30, right around the time in the second half when the Beavers...
Almost missed the flash-mob dance
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Strange Friday: A glitch, a flood and Mayan prophecy
Friday got off to a strange start, and things only got stranger as the day went on. When I arrived at the Democrat-Herald about 6:30 a.m. Friday, there were emails from Gazette-Times news editor Paul Davies and D-H sports editor Les Gehrett ab soft tab viagra out problems they had posting stories to the Web...
In tribute to a courageous journalist
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