Pros vs. Joes No. 2: Lester Conner is taking on a new experience in old stomping grounds
It had been more than three decades since Lester Conner called the Oakland area home.
Pros vs. Joes No. 1: Brian Wheeler is all in on ‘Pros vs. Joes’ challenge
Brian Wheeler hasn’t called play-by-play for an NBA team since being let go by the Trail Blazers after a 21-year run in 2019.
Come one, come all you forecasters; Pros vs. Joes bracket challenge beckons
You’ve been in March Madness pick ‘em contests before. But never one like this.
Our “Pros vs. Joes” Bracket Challenge offers our subscribers the opportunity to match their forecasting abilities with a cast of celebrities (and me) — and win prizes — while filling out an NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament bracket.
Talking All-Star Game to Portland (nope), Geoff Petrie and Jerry West, Gary Payton and Lester Conner, The Kamikaze Kids … and more
Items on my mind during the chilly final days of February …
• Thought for the day provided by Frank “The Flake” Peters, at 78 still a juvenile at heart:
My thoughts on the NBA’s Top 75, the dozen greatest players ever, and another 10 for good measure
The All-Star Weekend’s cavalcade of events in Cleveland will commemorate the 75th anniversary of the NBA.
Johnston feeling young again as Hawks rip through WHL foes
On Saturday, Mike Johnston will celebrate a birthday — the Big Six-Five — when the Winterhawks play host to Seattle at Memorial Coliseum.
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.”
Jordan Poyer is All-Pro— and all sober
Life is pretty sweet these days for Jordan Poyer.
Buffalo’s veteran strong safety was named first-team All-Pro for the first time in helping lead the Bills to the divisional round of the NFL playoffs.
Olympic champion Carey on her first year as a Beaver: ‘It’s been so much fun for me’
CORVALLIS — Happy is as happy does, and Jade Carey did it to perfection last Saturday at Gill Coliseum.
’Gas Tank’ Traub revving up for big finish in lone season with Beaver grapplers
CORVALLIS — At times Friday night at Gill Coliseum, it seemed as though “Gas Tank Gary” Traub was running on empty.
Beavers’ eyes on the prize as baseball season unfurls
It has been 15 years, but Mitchell Dean Canham hasn’t forgotten the thrill of claiming the second of back-to back national championships as catcher and captain of Oregon State’s baseball team in 2007.
January 2022 Book Reviews
Three-Ring Circus
By Jeff Pearlman
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
As the manuscript was completed for “Three-Ring Circus” in early 2020, author Jeff Pearlman found himself in what some would consider a quandary.
Next Jerome Kersey book event scheduled for ‘Big E’s’ in Bend
Next stop, central Oregon.
On Thursday Jan. 27, we’ll head to Bend for a 5-7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 27, book event for “Jerome Kersey: Overcoming the Odds” at Big E’s Sports Bar & Grill (formerly Kelly D’s).
A conversation with the lads from the Busted Bucket podcast …
I was the guest on a recent Busted Bucket podcast conducted for The Basketball Podcast Network (TBPN) through DraftKings.
In a discussion that lasted nearly an hour, I spoke with Erik Foster, Tim Johnsen, Ro Zapanta and Ben Callentine, covering a variety of subjects regarding my career, the new book “Jerome Kersey: Overcoming the Odds,” the Trail Blazers and the NBA, among others.
An interview with broadcaster Mike Allegre
I did a recent interview with veteran Salem radio broadcaster Mike Allegre — the voice of the Willamette Bearcats — for the Sports Ticket and KYKN (1430 AM). We talked about my background, about the genesis of newspaper sportswriting, writing “Jerome Kersey: Overcoming the Odds,” the great Bill Schonely and other subjects.
With KOIN’s Adam Bjaranson, talking Jerome Kersey …
I sat down with veteran sportscaster Adam Bjaranson recently to discuss the “Jerome Kersey: Overcoming the Odds” book project. Adam did a nice piece with it on Channel 6. Thanks Adam!
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.
Neil Everett is digging ‘Jerome Kersey: Overcoming the Odds’
Neil Everett has long followed the Portland Trail Blazers. The veteran ESPN SportsCenter anchor was born in Portland (though raised in Spokane), schooled at Willamette University and the University of Oregon and owns a vacation home with wife Stephanie in Seaside.
Canvassing the state: Kersey book events set for Medford, Bend
We are taking to the road for the next two weeks to stage book events for “Jerome Kersey: Overcoming the Odds” in Medford and Bend.
With Mike Hass, Mike Riley and Dennis Erickson on Hass’ selection for the College Football Hall of Fame
Mike Hass never really made it in the NFL, but the former Oregon State great is getting a very nice consolation prize.
Hass was one of 18 players, along with three coaches, named Tuesday as part of the 2022 induction class into the College Football Hall of Fame.