Scott Rueck’s mission in the new college sports world: ‘Go to work and keep doing what we do’
Scott Rueck hasn’t been in hibernation since the end of Oregon State’s heralded 2023-24 season, though it may seem that way.
For the Beavers, how Sweet (Sixteen) it is
CORVALLIS — That trip to Albany, N.Y.? It’s happening now.
Paurova, Beavers blow out the candles on the Eagles
CORVALLIS — Dom’s birthday party, Rae’s ankle, Rueck’s streak.
Beavers game, but Brink’s truck carries Stanford to victory
Timea Gardiner scored 15 points and went toe-to-toe with Stanford’s Cameron Brink through much of the game (courtesy Dominic Cusimano)
Poise, Donovyn Hunter go hand in hand
Poise is an asset that can help in nearly every endeavor.
Unbeaten Beavers eye Civil War opener: ‘We’re super-excited’
CORVALLIS — So much for the preliminaries: Bring on the main event.
All in a day (plus): A look at men’s and women’s hoops and the gridiron in Beaver country
CORVALLIS — Monday was a busy day for sports on the Oregon State campus. I was there to sniff out information of interest to readers of kerryeggers.com.
Beers’ glass is overflowing with good stuff
CORVALLIS — Whether it’s a career in basketball or pottery or teaching in elementary school, you get the sense that Raegan Beers won’t be short-changed.
‘Old soul’ von Oelhoffen leads the way for Beaver women
The weight of the world is not on the shoulders of Talia von Oelhoffen.
It’s a full day of basketball, and Pilots steal the show
Notes and observations from an almost full Friday of basketball at the Phil Knight college tournaments (sorry, missed Oregon’s near upset of No. 12-ranked Michigan State.
Scott Rueck on his 2022-23 Beavers: ‘We’ll have a chance to win every night’
The Oregon State women’s basketball team is in the midst a near complete makeover, with seven new players and only four returnees from the 2021-22 team that went 17-14 and lost to UCLA in the NIT quarterfinals.
Pros vs. Joes No. 9: Mikayla Pivec pivots to comfortable spot playing in Spain
It has taken her awhile, but my favorite female athlete in Oregon State history is finally having a rewarding experience playing pro basketball.
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.
First, thanks to all of you for being subscribers. I appreciate all the feedback we have received, both as responses to be published on the website and others of a personal nature.
On Kevin Calabro and Jordan Kent, the sports broadcasting scene in Portland, Ime Udoka, James Allen, the Cambia Portland Classic and much more …
Knocking it around on a potpourri of sports topics …
• Kevin Calabro’s return to the broadcasting booth with the Trail Blazers is not a done deal.
The Blazers, who let Jordan Kent go last week as their TV play-by-play announcer, have extended an offer in principle to Calabro, who served as their TV play-by-play man from 2016-20 but gave up his job during the COVID-19-interrupted 2020 campaign.
On Aldridge’s retirement, the Trail Blazers’ lot in life, Tinkle’s contract, OSU women’s hoops, Transfer portal, Duck and Beaver baseball and other things on my mind …
Some (relatively) quick hitters about subjects on my mind in the sporting world …
• Item: LaMarcus Aldridge retires after 15 NBA seasons after experiencing a heart irregularity.
• Comment: Aldridge had played five games with Brooklyn after a buyout by San Antonio and signing as a free agent with the Nets. He had played well, starting and scoring 22 points in 23 minutes in a blowout win over New Orleans.
But after experiencing an irregular heartbeat during the Nets’ game against the Lakers last Saturday and some complications the following day, Aldridge chose to call it a career.
Rueck: ‘We’re confident, we’re gritty. That’s what it takes this time of year’
Patience, a poet once wrote, “is a companion of wisdom.”
I’ve grown to appreciate Scott Rueck’s wisdom since our paths first crossed more than a decade ago.
It has taken me until this year to understand his patience.
In late January, the Oregon State women’s basketball team was 3-5 and had lost more games to COVID-19 than it had played. Having lost three top players from the previous season to graduation (Mikayla Pivec), transfer (Destiny Slocum) and injury (Kennedy Brown) and dealing with an almost entirely new lineup, it would have been easy for a coach to write this off as a building year and starting thinking about next season.
Talking Beaver women’s hoops, Along with a little golf, with Coach Scott Rueck …
I’ve known Scott Rueck since shortly after he took over the Oregon State women’s basketball helm in 2010 and have admired the program he has built from the rubble he inherited from his predecessor, LaVonda Wagner.
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.