2023 Year In Review Part 1: The 10 Most Read Stories
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Pat Casey: ‘My Hall of Fame is the dugout’
CORVALLIS — Pat Casey is an old hat at halls of fame.
Show Me the Money: Oregon bites, Oregon State bruised
Someday soon, the dust will settle and we will learn the fate of the Pac-12.
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.
Wooden to Casey: A legend follows a legend
It has been 50 years since John Wooden made a visit to the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity on the Oregon State campus and talked with its members for nearly three hours.
On transfer portal, LIV golf, Casey at bat, Kevin Love and Darius Miles — no, not that one
Sports subjects on my mind this week …
It ended all too soon for former Beaver pitching great Mike Stutes
Mike Stutes is pulling for the Philadelphia Phillies to beat the Houston Astros and win the World Series championship.
‘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.
During a very difficult 2021, it was a very good first year
A first full year is in the books for kerryeggers.com after my retirement after 45 years in the newspaper in April 2020.
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A day in the life of George Fox football
NEWBERG — My Saturday begins — a bit sleepy-eyed — at 7:45 a.m. I walk into a meeting room on the second floor of the Duke Athletic Center next to Stoffer Family Stadium on the George Fox campus with Todd Shirley, the running backs coach who has happened upon me in the parking lot.
I have been invited to spend a game day with the Bruins’ football program by its head coach, Chris Casey, whom I’ve known since his time coaching at Aloha High in the early 2010s. When I retired from 45 years of sportswriting for Portland newspapers in 2020, Casey had extended the offer by phone. The 2020 fall season, however, was wiped away by COVID-19. Just before the 2021 campaign kicked off, I got another call from Chris. Come on down!
Offering a final salute to the legacy of Bud Ossey: ‘He went out on top’
I thought Bud Ossey would live forever.
I don’t really mean that, of course. Forever isn’t in the cards for anybody.
But after 101 very solid years on the planet, with his health reasonably stable and his intestinal fortitude beyond mortal levels, I figured those who called him friends — and there were so many of us — would be lucky enough to have him around for at least a couple of more years.
Mick Challenge: A Worthy Cause And a Friend Worth Remembering
By Jim Wilson
Mickey Riley passed away in 2011 at 51 after a six-year battle with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Shortly thereafter, a group of close friends established the Mickey Riley Foundation, aimed at keeping the name of the former Oregon State baseball standout alive through scholarships, activities and events.
As a foundation board member, I have found that endeavor to be one of my life’s most rewarding experiences. Mickey was a great Beaver and even better friend to a ton of people.
“Mick had a great ability to make friends,” says Jack Riley, Mickey’s father and the coach who won 613 games in 22 seasons as Oregon State’s baseball coach, second only to Pat Casey in the program’s 115-year history.
Ex-Beaver standout, coach Andy Jenkins back in Pac-12 —With the Washington Huskies
For nearly two decades, Andy Jenkins was a dyed-in-the wool Oregon State Beaver.
Now he is a Washington Husky.
The former slugger and assistant coach at OSU has been hired as an assistant coach for — of all people — Lindsay Meggs
Covering some baseball topics: Pat Casey, Friends of Baseball and Mavericks Independent League
Let’s talk baseball as we head toward summer …
• Sources say Pat Casey pulled his name from the running for the vacant LSU head coaching job because of family considerations.
On Pac-12 football, Pat Casey and Bud Ossey, MLB to PDX, Erik Spoelstra and the Miami Heat and Chad Doing and the Denver Broncos …
The Pac-12 football schedule was (finally) announced Saturday, with Oregon fans happy with the Ducks’ lone crossover game, Oregon State fans not so much.
The Ducks, ranked 14th in the latest AP poll, play host to Chip Kelly’s UCLA Bruins on Nov. 20. The Bruins were 4-8 a year ago. The Beavers’ only game against a South Division opponent, meanwhile, is at defending South champion Utah on Dec. 5.
An inside look at the Astros’ cheating scandal
When major league baseball opens its abbreviated 2020 schedule this week, many fans will be interested to see what happens in Houston, where the Astros will play for the first time since commissioner Rob Manfred levied some of the harshest discipline in MLB history.
With Ron Callan and Jim Wilson, offering our favorite Beaver athletes ever…
Note to readers: Jim Wilson and Ron Callan will serve as occasional guest columnists on my website. The Oregon State broadcasters’ first offering is a list of each’s top five favorite Beaver athletes to watch through the years. That’s not necessarily the best players, but the ones they most enjoyed watching at their craft.