As the quarter wanes, winter season teams are either hitting their stride or entering the critical moments to squeak into the postseason. Last year’s summer and fall sports, on the other hand, are reaping recognitions from last year before turning to face another season.
You might not be familiar with it yet, but since its revival in the early oughts, roller derby has become one of Portland’s most dynamic sports. Rose City Rollers, Portland’s roller derby league, exemplifies the new face of roller derby, with a hard-hitting alt-punk aesthetic.
It’s a Friday afternoon. Students throng the MAX station at the intersection of 6th Avenue and Montgomery Street. Four stories above the crowd, students in a padded athletics room in the student Rec Center are grappling for purchase and bringing each other down with floor-shaking slams.
The Portland Winterhawks’ record-setting home-winning streak ended Friday with a 3-2 loss to the fifth-ranked Vancouver Giants.
On Jan. 17, the Big Sky Conference announced they would be signing a deal with sports network Root Sports to produce and broadcast football and basketball games.
The five-year contract was announced via a media telecast Jan. 17. Starting in the fall of this year, Root Sports will broadcast up to 18 Big Sky football games and up to 12 basketball games a season.
The Portand Khabarovsk Sister City Association brought artists from the PSU community together Oct. 27 for a benefit concert. Proceeds from the night went toward the cost of sending a delegation of musicians and students to Portland’s sister city this December. The musicians performed their new composition, the Amur Suite, for the first time.
The 3-3 Vikings beat Willamette 36-10 Oct. 23, ending a two-game losing streak
After a tough loss and tie over the weekend, the women’s soccer team came back to beat Weber State 1-1 at Hillsboro Stadium. The win got them a spot in the BSC tournament and put them in first place in the conference. We spoke to players after both games to get a sense of the team as they head into their last regular season game and beyond.
Tattoo enthusiasts and studios gathered last weekend to show their stuff at the third annual Portland Tattoo Expo. We talked to artists, organizers and hobbyists to get a picture of the expo and Portland tattoo scene.
The 3-1 Portland State Vikings lost a close game to Montana State, in a match to decide the conference leaders. We spoke with Head Coach Nigel Burton, senior quarterback Connor Kavanaugh and senior running back Cory McCaffrey.
Interviewer: Stephen Lisle