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Canzano: Monday Mailbag deals with Pac-12, bowls, Ducks, Beavers, Memorial Coliseum, WSU, and more
3+ day, 12+ hour ago (141+ words) The Monday Mailbag wants to know how many games Oregon State football is going to win next season. Also, who are the early candidates for the OSU athletic director job? Readers asked about Oregon Ducks basketball, too. "What's happening with…...
Canzano: Tommy Lloyd's journey started with a promise kept
4+ day, 12+ hour ago (106+ words) Tommy Lloyd's journey started with a promise kept'Bald Faced Truth by John Canzano Canzano: Tommy Lloyd's journey started with a promise kept "Thanks for putting up with me as a young punk." Tommy Lloyd sent a text message late on…...
Canzano: The life and death (and power) of Grant McOmie
5+ day, 12+ hour ago (794+ words) Grant McOmie invited me to go fishing on a Friday morning last football season. I couldn't make it. He and Bill Monroe, the most prolific outdoor writer the Pacific Northwest has ever seen, were fishing for salmon in the Columbia…...
Canzano: Smoke still around Scott Barnes at Oregon State
1+ week, 13+ hour ago (137+ words) Smoke still around Scott Barnes at Oregon State'Bald Faced Truth by John Canzano Canzano: Smoke still around Scott Barnes at Oregon State Any relationship is only as healthy as the involved parties. Any relationship worth keeping works well for both…...
Canzano: Jackson Shelstad's walk is worth a study
1+ week, 1+ day ago (102+ words) Jackson Shelstad's walk is worth a study'Bald Faced Truth by John Canzano Here was coach Tommy Lloyd on Tuesday, minding his own business at the San Jose Regional of the NCAA Tournament, when a reporter asked him how he felt…...
Canzano: Adidas goes on offense with NFL signees
1+ week, 2+ day ago (194+ words) The employees at Adidas headquarters leaked out the doors of their respective buildings. It was half past nine last Tuesday morning. I was on the campus to go behind the scenes with the company's NFL Draft class and talk with…...
Canzano: Madness in PDX underscores basketball turf war
1+ week, 5+ day ago (132+ words) The cowboy hat was all wrong for the Royal Ball. The rhinestone-studded boots scuffed the dance floors. The University of Texas's $376 million athletic department budget didn't fit the Fairy Godmother's underdog messaging. The No. 11-seed Longhorns? Texas beat No. 3-seed…...
Canzano: Portland was the place to be
1+ week, 6+ day ago (134+ words) Canzano: Portland was the place to be'Bald Faced Truth by John Canzano Moda Center was buzzing. Portland's NBA arena was the place to be on Thursday. No. 12-seed High Point had made a very good point in an upset of…...
Canzano: Justin Joyner's first victory is a big one
2+ week, 2+ day ago (104+ words) Weslee Joyner is 3. Her parents report she has an unbelievable motor. She loves to sing and can recite her ABC's both forward and backward. "She makes our life better," her father said on Monday. That's Justin Joyner " the new men's…...
Canzano: Monday Mailbag deals with Pac-12, MW snub, baseball, lies, and my bracket challenge
2+ week, 3+ day ago (213+ words) My friends and I played craps alongside Ed and Charles O'Bannon when we were in college. The UCLA basketball players wandered into a Lake Tahoe casino. I don't remember if we won money that day, but I do remember that…...