Author Archives: Jackson Long

After sweeping in the first regional round of the postseason, Oregon softball will again host a super regional this season. The Ducks will take on the Cornhuskers of Nebraska in a best-of-three series to start Saturday. Oregon is ranked No. 3 in the nation. See the details here. *** The preliminary qualifiers for the NCAA [...]

Five in a row for the women, seven straight for the guys — that is Pac-12 track and field titles we are talking about. The athletes from Eugene snapped up dual championships in Los Angeles this weekend. *** The University of Oregon softball squad is on a roll right now, winning the Pac-12 title, and [...]

The Oregon track and field team showed why Eugene is TrackTown USA. when both the men and women put on dominant performances in the Pac-12 Championships in Los Angeles this weekend. The women won their fifth consecutive conference championship, and the men won their seventh. While Saturday and Sunday saw a mix of trials and [...]

Cliff Harris likes marijuana more than football. For what seems like the umpteenth time, he has been sent away from a football team for possession of the drug. After being arrested in New Jersey for having pot on his person, the New York Jets cut the troubled cornerback last week; just a few days later [...]

Round one of the NBA playoffs proved that big names and big contracts do not always equate to wins as superstar-ridden teams like the Los Angeles Clippers and Brooklyn Nets were sent packing. Less favored but equally as star-studded squads like the Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics did not make it to the round [...]

One event. That is all Dakotah Keys needed to become a repeat champion. Through eight events of the 10-part decathlon that would decide the Pac-12 champion on Sunday, Keys propelled himself from third place to first with a massive javelin toss. The throw would serve as the difference-maker in Keys’ second consecutive Pac-12 decathlon title. [...]

Kenjon Barner patiently waited behind his predecessors for the chance to be Oregon’s lead back, and the team that just drafted him, the Carolina Panthers, may have just put him in the same situation. As The Charlotte Observer notes, he will be stuck behind DeAngelo Williams, Oregon alum Jonathan Stewart and Mike Tolbert. *** Like [...]

Comfortable. That is the best word to express the atmosphere and play at Oregon’s spring game. With weather in the high 60s and sunny, T-shirt clad spectators were quite comfortable in the limited seating of Autzen Stadium. The first units on both the offensive and defensive sides looked comfortable, as Marcus Mariota chucked the ball [...]

With the secondary returns intact and full of great promise, the defensive line will survive with veteran pieces in place — but the linebackers are where the questions are. If you follow Oregon football in the slightest, then you know the only folks who put titles on anything are in the media or the fans [...]

Darrelle Revis is no longer a New York Jet, according to CBSSports.com. The Jets shipped him to Tampa Bay for a couple of draft picks, including the No. 13 selection. That gives the Jets some quality choices at the top, as they already hold the No. 9 pick. *** Exactly 11 seconds. That is how [...]

Just because you make a run in the NCAA Tournament doesn’t mean your team is chalk-full of NBA talent. The Oregon Ducks basketball squad was an illustration of this, as UO was a team, in the fullest sense of the word, which relied on the sum of its parts, as each Duck hoopster filled a [...]

The mammoth hightop haircut, lengthy 6-foot-10 frame of Kentucky’s frosh basketball sensation Nerlens Noel, will be headed to the NBA next year. Despite having his stellar freshman campaign cut short by a terrible knee injury, Noel announced Monday morning that he has chosen to enter the NBA Draft. While his road to recovery is ongoing, [...]

The Kansas City Chiefs are not a very good football team. They need help just about anywhere and everywhere. I am told quarterback is a mildly important position, so the selection of Geno Smith would likely help them. Protecting the quarterback’s blindside has also been rumored to be a good idea, so either of the [...]

The selection committee for March Madness can breathe a sigh of relief as it finally got one right. The number one overall seed, Louisville, bested Michigan in last night’s national championship game in Atlanta. The Cardinals came back from a 12-point deficit in the first half and held on to a slim lead late in [...]

Oregon lost to Louisville in the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA Championship Tournament Friday night. On Saturday morning, the next season began for everyone but the seniors. “It starts right now — we got to keep this feeling in the back of our heads and push forward from here,” freshman Ben Carter added. While [...]

INDIANAPOLIS — The wall partitions are thin in Lucas Oil Stadium. Upsettingly thin if you are the Oregon Ducks. Minutes after their season had ended at the hands of Louisville, the Oregon players sat on foldable chairs in their locker room with dazed looks on their faces. Through the skimpy walls, the victorious Cardinals could be [...]

Oregon had a nice run. A surprising, program profile-raising and exciting five-game streak for the Ducks had UO fans excited. An unlikely Pac-12 Tournament championship and two “upsets” in two tries in the NCAA Tournament will be looked back on as a success. But on Thursday night when the 12-seeded Ducks met March Madness’ top [...]

INDIANAPOLIS – It is finally here. Oregon Ducks’ basketball fans have been waiting for this since 2007 – the return to relevancy. Tonight’s game against overall one-seed Louisville marks the first Sweet 16 game played in six years for the Ducks. A 12-seed, UO is projected as a 10-point underdog, but legendary Louisville coach Rick [...]

Home sweet home for Louisville. OK, so Indianapolis isn’t really in the state of Kentucky where the University of Louisville is actually located but Lucas Oil Stadium will feel pretty much like home for the Cardinals in tonight’s game with Oregon in the Sweet 16. Less than a two hour drive north from Louisville, Indianapolis [...]

Arsalan Kazemi stands near center court inside Matthew Knight Arena. With a framed No. 14 jersey behind him and a flower bouquet in hand, Kazemi is one of the four Oregon Ducks being honored on senior night. He has just put together one of his best performances of the season, an all-out 17 points and [...]