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    Running Giants at Historic Hayward Field

    Track Town, USA.  The words bring to mind a few things: Eugene, the Ducks, Steve Prefontaine and lastly but most importantly, Hayward Field.  Fans, athletes and coaches all over the world know about Hayward Field.  Athletes and coaches love to compete there because of the knowledgeable …

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  • (Duck) Stepping Forward

    Each year some players graduate and move on, while new players step onto the court at Matthew Knight Arena for the first time.  The people that are leaving have our gratitude for the year(s) they spent in the Oregon green and yellow, and our best wishes for …

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  • Thanks for the Dance, Good Things Ahead

    For the Oregon men’s basketball team, the dance ended on Friday with a 77-69 loss to Louisville.  The Ducks played a good game but they were playing the number one overall seed in the tournament and simply could not keep up.  The Cardinal’s Kevin Ware …

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  • Oh So Sweet, Do We Dare Hope for More?

    For the first time since 2007, the Ducks are dancing in the Sweet 16.  Last weekend it was the Damien Dotson show, right?  Or was it the Arsalan Kazemi show?  Actually, it was Dotson, Kazemi, Singler, Emory, Loyd and every other Duck-player-on-the-team; at least that’s what it …

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  • Madness in the Committee

    The thought that crossed my mind when the tournament bracket was released on CBS and I saw Oregon’s No.12 seed was, “What are they smoking?”  The second thing was, “Why does every MAJOR SELECTION COMMITTEE NOT LIKE OREGON??” Oregon sports have been on a major …

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  • Here Comes the Madness–Vegas Baby!

    Going into the last week of the regular season Oregon was on top of the PAC-12 and poised to win it.  That was not to be, as the Ducks turned in back-to-back losses to Colorado and Utah last week, dropping Oregon into a 3-way tie …

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  • Moving Up in the World (of Men’s Basketball)

    With two games left in the season, and only seven days until the start of the PAC-12 Tournament, the regular season of Oregon men’s basketball is winding to a close.  The Ducks have made it this far with a record of 23-6, 12-4 in the …

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  • Leading the Charge, Duck Style

    As Charles Dickens once wrote in a Tale of Two Cities, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness…,” which seems to sum up the Oregon men’s basketball season to …

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    Streaking To the Top

    Two weeks ago when the Oregon men’s basketball team had lost three games in a row after  a incredible 16-2 start to the season, a palpable cloud fell over the Oregon fan base, dampening for the moment the sheer crazy-ness most have for Duck sports. …

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    PAC-12 Basketball: Simply Ducky

    It is good to be a Duck right now!  The University of Oregon football program has been in the Top 10 for a few years now, and because of that people all over the country think of football when they think of Oregon.  Now it seems like Oregon’s …

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