Author: Robert Britt

The California rain wasn’t enough to stop Portland State softball from earning a pair of wins over the weekend at the first-ever Pacific Coast Softball Conference Crossover Tournament in Sacramento.

Portland State’s athletic director is a finalist for the equivalent position at California Polytechnic State University and will interview for the position early next week, according to multiple media statements.

Every team needs its fans, and every Super Bowl needs its super fans.

The Portland State hockey club split victories with the Idaho Vandals in a two-game series at Portland’s Memorial Coliseum last weekend.

Nino Niederreiter scored his second goal of the night with only 36.6 seconds remaining in overtime to give the Portland Winterhawks a 6-5 victory over the Spokane Chiefs Sunday evening at the Memorial Coliseum.

Portland State’s ice hockey club is sharing a stage with the pros this weekend.

Roy to undergo surgery

Portland Trail Blazers guard Brandon Roy is going to have surgery on both knees, the team announced yesterday.

Led by a pair of double-doubles posted by Chris Harriel and Chehales Tapscott, Portland State men’s basketball defeated visiting Eastern Washington, 75-58, Saturday night at the Stott Center.

When Karen Strong last played basketball for Portland State, the original “Star Wars” film was in theaters, Jimmy Carter was in office and the Portland Trail Blazers were winning their only NBA championship title.

Some Portland-area children got new big brothers and sisters at the Stott Center last week.

Election Day sports personalities

Chris Dudley wasn’t the only sports figure involved in Tuesday’s Election Day shuffle.