Author: Nathan Hellman

Assembling an entire Division I tennis team from scratch in less than one year is a daunting challenge, but head coach Steven Ascher is proving he is the right man for the job at Portland State.

When Michael “Torre” Chisholm was hired as Portland State’s new athletic director, he was well aware that, with the challenges facing him, the job wasn’t going to be a walk in the South Park Blocks.

The Portland Trail Blazers and Comcast SportsNet have joined forces to create a new 24-hour, seven-days-a-week sports network aimed at serving Oregonians and residents across the Northwest.

Game one of the Spurs-Jazz series was excessively yawn-inducing. And I have a feeling that the yawns will keep coming, because this uninspiring match-up is the worst-case scenario for an NBA playoffs described as exhilarating and rousing after the first two rounds.

Robert Horry’s famous forearm shiver four days ago knocked Steve Nash into next week, but also sent the NBA playoffs back to the glory days of the Bad Boys, His Airness and Larry Legend.

Since officially beginning his stint as athletic director May 1, Michael “Torre” Chisholm has been very busy filling out his athletic department staff.

Following the model the Detroit Tigers laid with last season’s World Series appearance, the Milwaukee Brewers are the latest perennial cellar dweller making an early season case for the playoffs.

The Portland State football team held its annual Spring Game against a slight rain last Saturday night at PGE Park.

Touchdowns, gobs of passing yards and an exciting brand of football are all byproducts of the run-and-shoot offense, but according to new offensive coordinator Darrel “Mouse” Davis, this scheme’s real key is always having the caulk in your hand last.

Excitement and exhilaration describe the scene that unfolded in the first round of the NBA playoffs.

For the Portland State softball team, the weekend series against the Toreros was a tale of two days. The Vikings concluded the season splitting the four-game series, winning both games on Saturday, and then falling short in Sunday’s match-ups to Pacific Coast Softball Conference foe San Diego.