To help inner-city kids, Gerald Bolden goes Extra Innings
The sun breaks through the clouds on an early Saturday afternoon at Farragut Park in North Portland, where Team Rad of Washougal, Wash., is facing the pride of “Extra Innings PDX,” the Monarchs, in a duel between teams of 11- and 12-year-olds
On Ja Morant, Jay Triano, USA soccer and MLB All-Star Game Beavers …
Knocking it about on a few sports subjects as we swing into the second half of 2026:
Rasmussen is rolling, with MLB batters in his wake, plus other Beavers in pro ball
When healthy, Drew Rasmussen has been a quality starter for the Tampa Bay Rays across the past few seasons
It’s June, and the swoon may be over for Adley
SEATTLE — Maybe the worm has turned for Adley Rutschman.
Twins’ Larnach on his HR in Omaha: ‘I just remember time standing still’
SEATTLE — Minnesota’s annual visit to the Northwest for a series against the Mariners is like Old Home Week for the Twins’ Trevor Larnach.
With Joey Mundt, Beaver bullpen stays in the hunt
In a season in which much of Oregon State pitching has been an adventure, Joey Mundt has been a serene walk in the park.
It’s on for Kwan: ‘Definitely a good start’
Three years ago, Steven Kwan was a minor leaguer hoping to one day get a shot at the majors.
2023 Year In Review Part 1: The 10 Most Read Stories
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A capper to the best of times for Adley Rutschman
SEATTLE — While doing commentary for the MLB Network before the 2019 draft, former Oregon State coach Pat Casey was asked about the Beavers’ Adley Rutschman.
Adley falls in first round, but makes a memory
SEATTLE — During a Monday afternoon meeting with the media, Adley Rutschman allowed how his participation in the MLB Home Run Derby “will be a memory for a lifetime.”
On Dan Hurley, Lillard and the number zero, tanking, Aldridge, Rutschman and Kwan
Fodder for your sports weekend …
On Rutschman and Kwan, the Lillards, Cam Neely, Chris Miller and an injury list for college football
This, that and a little more about sporting subjects on my mind …
On a visit to Alabama’s Bryant-Denny Stadium, sports media losses, OSAA officials shortage, Sanders, Adley Rutschman and Glickman
Notes with the fall sports season revving into full gear …
He’s not perfect, but Rasmussen has some big days for the Rays
Countless major league pitchers over the last half-century have undergone Tommy John elbow surgery and resumed their career to success.
On the Pac-12 bombshell, Riley’s tribute to Ad, Mariners’ rookie sensation, Andy Jenkins, GP II, Charnquist, Schonely and Lillard
Mike Riley was driving from Birmingham, Ala., to his family’s vacation home in Gruene, Texas, when he heard the news about the departure of Pac-12 brethren UCLA and Southern Cal to the Big Ten, er, Sweet Sixteen, by 2024.
Rutschman’s maiden MLB voyage has been ‘an awesome experience’
SEATTLE — The Baltimore Orioles dressed quietly in the visitor’s locker room at T-Mobile Park Wednesday afternoon after taking a 9-3 thumping by the Seattle Mariners.
‘Kwannie in Wonderland’ playing in Cleveland
When I caught up with Steven Kwan, he was enjoying a walk Thursday in his new hometown, Cleveland, on an off day for the Guardians.
Pros. vs. Joes No. 6: Leave it to the ‘Wizard of Foz’ to keep working to help the cause
For those of you Baby Boomers — or perhaps members of the “Silent Generation” — I have some daunting news to deliver:
Dick Fosbury turns 75 on Sunday.
Talking sports: Trail Blazers trading frenzy, MLB strike and Adley Rutschman, Pioneers’ Jay Locey to the USFL
Weighing in some sporting issues of the day …
• There must be a method to Joe Cronin’s madness.
Or as Ricky Ricardo might say, “Somebody’s got some ‘splainin’ to do.”
Iconic coach alive and still kicking at 90: ‘Linfield might as well be called Rutschman U’
McMINNVILLE — The mid-week lunch crowd at Golden Valley Brewery is bustling, but few of the customers seem to notice the sporting royalty in their midst. Then again, perhaps they are just giving Ad Rutschman some privacy as he dines with sons Don and Randy while conducting an interview with some guy holding a digital recorder.