– The Oregon club rugby team hands out bullets after games to those who contributed to the game in ways that might not be seen on a stat sheet. The tradition started in the late ’90s and is still upheld as a way to motivate players and to recognize the ones who made big hits, tackles or were a presence on the field.
– Yesterday, Oregon football tight end Pharaoh Brown discussed last December’s snowball fight, the incident which led to his Alamo Bowl suspension as well as the much media attention. The video of the fight went viral, with CBS, ESPN, the Washington Post and even TMZ featuring the story.
– Oregon baseball defeated the Portland Pilots 8-2 Tuesday night for their home opener. Their success that night started with 6 runs in the first inning alone. Starting pitcher Jeff Gold was relieved by Porter Clayton, who pitched two perfect innings. Clayton’s performance won him the starting position for this Sunday’s game against Cal State Fullerton.
– Oregon men’s basketball won 87-83 in double over-time against UCLA Thursday night. After losing their six-point lead with 24 seconds left in, criticism for the Ducks’ ability to close out games is still going on. UCLA played without their top two scorers, Jordan Adams and Kyle Anderson, due to suspension.
– It is likely that Oregon distance runner Edward Cheserek will double at the NCAA Indoor Championships. Cheserek was the NCAA cross country champion last fall and will run the 3,000m at the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Indoor Championships held at the University of Washington’s Dempsey Indoor Facility tomorrow. In the 3,000, Cheserek will be joined by other Oregon runners Trevor Dunbar, Chris Brewer, Parker Stinson, Cole Watson, Daniel Winn and Matthew Melancon, though Winn and Melancon will participate in the first session of the race while the others will participate in the second.
– Oregon associate director for athletic medicine Kim Terrell scrutinized the NCAA’s Football Rules Committee proposal of prohibiting snapping the ball within 10 seconds. She calls the rule “illogical” in the context of player safety and believes that in order to make football safer, how kickoffs are run needs to change.
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