All You Wanted to Know About Drugs and Doping in Sports – Part Two

NeuroDocDuck FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

Sports medicine All You Wanted to Know About Drugs and Doping in Sports – Part Two    Figure 1. Article by NeuroDocDuck    Figure 2. Suspicions of doping persist in athletics. Those suspicions are too often true. With steroids easy to buy, testing weak and punishments inconsistent, college football players are packing on significant weight — 30 pounds or more …

Aliotti’s Zone Coverages Keep Wildcats’ Pass Game in the Kitty Carrier

Sean Goodbody Fish Reports

In the Fiesta Bowl, even though the Ducks began closing down the running game in the first half, Kansas State quarterback Collin Klein piled up short completions to his receivers, most notably former Duck Chris Harper.  As the Cats converted first downs via short completions again and again in the first half, I could almost hear the collective groan from Duck fans: …

Sports medicine: All You Wanted to Know About Drugs and Doping in Sports – Part One

NeuroDocDuck FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

 The latest news stories about Lance Armstrong, Alex Rodriguez, and other athletes, initiated the desire to write this article to educate readers about the topic of doping and drugs in all sports. While it is not as much as a problem in college sports as in professional ones, it is something that has already reached down to high school and …

Captain on the Field to Captain of Industry

Jerry Thompson Men of Oregon: Players and Coaches

Oregon Duck Mark Richards (1963-65) Oregon’s high achieving walk-on ANOTHER IN A SERIES FROM OUR FRIENDS AT MIGHTY OREGON Next to nose guard George Dames, who was a two-time first team All-Coast honoree in 1967 and 1968, it could safely be said that Mark Richards, a 1961 grad of Cottage Grove High School, is the Ducks’ most honored walk-on. Richards …

Duck Offense Wakes Up, Clinches Series in Honolulu 9-5

Josh Schlichter FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

After two nights full of bunts, stolen bases, and walks, Oregon’s offense shredded the Hawai’i pitching staff to win game three of the opening series, 9-5. The Ducks had a season high 16 hits, a nice change of pace from the usual low scoring affairs Oregon (3-0) is accustomed to producing. Hawai’i (0-3) was showing signs of improvement agains the …

Clutch Pitching Earns Oregon 5-4 Victory Over Hawai’i

Josh Schlichter FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

There’s nothing like an early season nail biter as Oregon’s pitching staff came through with some big outs late in the game against a pesky Hawai’i squad to win 5-4. After a low scoring affair to start the season, both Oregon (2-0) and Hawai’i (0-2) saw a little more offensive production in game two of their opening series. Hawai’i’s starter …

Cougars Give Singler Big Gift and the Ducks Escape Palouse with 79-77 OT Win

Luke Roth FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

Behind by three points and the clock winding down in overtime, WSU’s Royce Woolridge wanted the ball. As he dribbled toward the 3-point line from half court, the sophomore guard fired up his 36th point of the night on a long three with under 10 seconds remaining that tied No. 23 Oregon, 77-77. The Ducks didn’t hesitate and moved quickly …

Dog Days of Off-Season Gives Time For Reflection

Joel Gunderson FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

As the days drag endlessly by, awaiting the arrival of spring ball, the time for reflection has arrived for Oregon football fans.  Gone to Philadelphia is Charles Kelly, the man most often credited with taking the Ducks to the next level in the eyes of college football pundits.  He left a blistering 46-7 record, three straight conference championships and a brazen, we-can’t-be-beaten attitude.  That …

Notes From Around the College Football Nation: SEC Not Paying Enough and Oregon Making Changes

Jeff Hostetler FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

Recruiting is over and college football down time has begun…unless you are Nick Saban.  He gets to spend the next couple of weeks going over police reports and seeing if he can still keep these players on the Alabama payroll for another season.  I hope he takes a stand and kicks them off the team…he does oversign…so it’s not like he …

The Tax Man Can Biteth Me

Kim Hastings FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

I just finished my yearly wrangling of the tax code through my friends at Turbo Tax.  Though TT is quite good at finding the more obvious deductions, I had to coax it along to find actual tax breaks that are a little more…obscure.   Posing Oil: (Tax Code Summary 2004-117)  As you can probably tell from my profile picture, I’m cut …

More Air-Time For Mariota in 2013?

Sam Arney FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

I have been picking up on some interesting signs lately in regards to the Ducks, Mark Helfrich, and how the next era of Oregon offense could potentially go.  Now, I am definitely not psychic; if I was I would have won the lottery by now and I would be paying somebody to write this for me.  Or maybe I would …

Oregon Baseball is Back! Ducks Blank Rainbows 3-0

Josh Schlichter FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

If there were any concerns about having Jake Reed at the top of the rotation, they were put to rest quickly as the sophomore ace was nearly flawless in the Ducks’ season opening 3-0 victory in Hawai’i. Reed (1-0) pitched six shutout innings, striking out seven batters, while only allowing four hits, opening a new season with a fantastic performance, …