The portion of the calendar rationed out to serve as the official offseason of the Association of Tennis Professionals World Tour spans about a month and a half, from the conclusion of the World Tour Finals in mid-November to the start of the first sanctioned tournament at the end of December.
Eight years after the lockout that stole the 2004–05 season, NHL players offered the league’s owners an extension of the collective bargaining agreement as it came up for renewal this summer. Despite suffering a 24 percent salary rollback (after losing the battle on the salary cap issue in 2005), members of the NHL Players’ Association were more than happy to continue playing under the same terms that had been hammered out after that lost season.
The Portland State women’s basketball team hopes to keep the momentum from last week’s road win alive when they take on the University of Northern Colorado and the University of North Dakota this week. The Vikings managed to come through against Northern Arizona University to win 60-59 last Saturday, but have struggled to shut down their opponents’ offense in recent games. A strong defensive effort will be key for the Vikings in their next two games at home.
FRIDAY JAN. 17 Women’s Basketball Vikings vs. Northern Colorado Peter Stott Center 7:30 p.m. & 10 a.m. Men’s Basketball Vikings @ Northern Colorado Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion, 6:05 p.m. FRIDAY JAN….
On May 2, 2012, 12-time Pro Bowl linebacker Junior Seau put a gun to his chest and committed suicide. Last week, a study of Seau’s brain revealed that he suffered from chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a degenerative brain disease that is being found more and more often in retired football players.
There’s a new mayor in Rip City.
Nearly halfway through the 2012–13 season, the Portland Trail Blazers suddenly find themselves in an unexpected role—as playoff contenders. LaMarcus Aldridge has been the consistent, all-star level player that Blazers fans have come to take for granted, and Portland boasts a number of roleplayers who have stayed in their lane and answered when called upon. The roster has gelled much more quickly than predicted, providing an unexpected counterargument to the status quo in the Northwest Division standings.
From 1958 to 1992, the National Hockey League enjoyed three-plus decades of labor peace. But the fraternity between the owners and players was merely a facade—a concord based on collusion—and the exploitative relationship between the NHL and the Players’ Association’s first director smoldered for 30 years before the peace was revealed to be a carefully manipulated mirage. As the NHL prepares its return to the ice after 113 days of the most recent chapter in the league’s contentious history of labor relations, the underlying issues that led to the fourth labor stoppage in two decades still linger.
After a close 81-77 loss to California State University, Sacramento on Thursday, the Portland State women’s basketball team rallied to beat Northern Arizona University on Saturday in a game that came down to the very last play. Senior guard Courtney VanBrocklin’s free throw with two seconds remaining made the difference in a hard-fought 60-59 victory over the Lumberjacks.
Two days after passing Darrell May for the Winterhawks team record in victories, Mac Carruth was back in net as Portland engineered a come-from-behind 5-2 win over the Spokane Chiefs on Friday at the Rose Garden. Carruth—who has allowed just 1.7 goals per game this season in building a 20-2 record—now has 107 victories over his career in Portland.
THURSDAY JAN. 10 Women’s basketball Sacramento State 81 Vikings 77 Top performers Angela Misa: 20 points, 12 rebounds Courtney VanBrocklin: 14 points, 11 rebounds Men’s basketball Vikings 87 Sacramento State…
After losing their last three games, the Portland State men’s basketball team bounced back this week with two victories over Big Sky opponents at home. The Vikings followed up an 18-point victory over California State University, Sacramento on Thursday with a 79-74 win over Northern Arizona University on Saturday. They are now 5-8 overall and 3-3 in the conference.