Each week FishDuck.com’s Kurt Liedtke (better known as Keeerrrttt1) speaks with current/former student athletes, other FishDuck contributors, and outside experts in a one-on-one conversation–the FishDuck.com One-On-One weekly video podcast. This week Kurt was joined by former University of Oregon Ducks cornerback Eric Edwards (1994-98) to discuss Duck football in the mid-90s, his favorite memories, the impact those 1990s teams had …
Duck ‘N Roll: These Ducks Stare Back at Danger and Laugh
Next to football, it’s potentially the most dangerous and physically demanding sport in the Oregon athletic program. The keys to being successful in this sport are trust and concentration. When launched into the air twisting and flipping, with gravity finally deciding it won’t hold this flying human airborne any longer, it is only trust in the teammates below that can …
Foot-Ball it was. Football it is.
With the University of Oregon spring football practice starting Tuesday, this is as good a time as any to refresh everyone’s minds about how far things have come — really, really, really come. And, oh, how some things haven’t changed at all. No, we are not talking new fast legs at receiver for the Ducks (Tacoi Sumler, B.J. Kelley, Devon …
FishDuck Weekly Video Log – Episode 36
Every week Kurt Liedtke (better known as Keeerrrttt1), co-owner of FishDuck.com, creates video blogs (vlogs) to update all you fine folk on all things FishDuck, a free-form discussion of current events about Oregon Ducks sports and all that’s new with FishDuck.com, with the occasional off-topics or rants. It’s a little off-the-cuff, perhaps slightly pretentious, somewhat rambling, and hopefully entertaining…so kick …
One-On-One: FishDuck.com’s Steve Maher
Each week FishDuck.com’s Kurt Liedtke (better known as keeerrrttt1)will be speaking with current/former student athletes, other FishDuck contributors, and outside experts in a one-on-one conversation, the FishDuck.com One-On-One weekly video podcast. This week Kurt was joined by fellow FishDuck contributor Steve Maher, long-time newspaper journalist and lifelong Oregon fan, to discuss Oregon’s upcoming spring football practices and spring game. The …
The Full-Court Press Farewell: The NBA Champion and Coaching Journeyman That Puts Others Before Himself.
Imagine being 23, fresh out of college in 1981, and your adult life begins by sitting on the sideline next to Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Kurt Rambis and Michael Cooper after Commissioner Larry O’Brian announced your name as the 19thoverall draft pick by the legendary Los Angeles Lakers. Sounds like a dream, right? That’s how Ducks assistant men’s basketball coach …
The Duck Speaks! An interview with Oregon’s Mightiest Mallard
Typically the Oregon Duck mascot is a mallard of actions not words, unless he’s holding a sign. Known for his amazing ability to instantly bring smiles to every Duck fan and always presenting an undying enthusiasm for Oregon athletics, like most mascots The Duck does so while remaining vocally silent. Perhaps it is because of The Duck’s silence that so …
FishDuck Weekly Video Log – Episode #35
Every week Kurt Liedtke (better known as Keeerrrttt1), co-owner of FishDuck.com, creates video blogs (vlogs) to update all you fine folk on all things FishDuck, a free-form discussion of current events about Oregon Ducks sports and all that’s new with FishDuck.com, with the occasional off-topics or rants. It’s a little off-the-cuff, perhaps slightly pretentious, somewhat rambling, and hopefully entertaining…so kick …
Frozen in time? Not Autzen.
I wasn’t there mid-week. I was some 400 miles north-northeast in a place where snow has a far greater chance of coming down in late March than in little old Eugene. In Autzen Stadium. So when the photo popped up on Facebook, showing the Ducks’ home field all dressed in white, I studied the image closely, noting a thick coat …
A Once Dominant Defender Continues Success with Oregon Athletics Behind the Scenes
A forgotten three-year starter of the 90’s Oregon defense remains a valuable “behind the scenes” part of Ducks Athletics to this day. A rare recruit out of Alaska, Dietrich Moore opted to become a Duck, flying south for the winter in 1996 to settle in Eugene. Little did he know at the time, he would go on to shine as …
One-on-One: TheSportsBrewery.com’s Jeromy King
Each week FishDuck.com’s Kurt Liedtke will be speaking with current/former student athletes, other FishDuck contributors, and outside experts in a one-on-one conversation, the FishDuck.com One-On-One weekly video podcast. This week Kurt was joined by co-founder of TheSportsBrewery.com JeromyKing, a Eugene-based sports site covering local sports and topical events with a humorous slant. Kurt and Jeromy talked about Oregon sports, including …
Who Can Travel 5,179 Miles for Stardom? The Cambi Man Can.
He may only be sophomore, but if there is one thing Robin Cambier has proven he can do at the collegiate level with his racket and on-court intelligence, it’s that he can play with, or against, the best in the world. I had the privilege to talk with Cambier recently and there are three things that are clear about him …