Oregon’s left-handed pitcher Tommy Thrope has accepted his invitation to play for the 2013 USA Baseball Collegiate National Team this summer. The sophomore from Vancouver, Wa. has  a 6-4 record with a 2.39 ERA this season, helping the Ducks to a 43-13 record. Thrope has made 35 appearances, which ranks as the third most in a single season [...]

Emails released Wednesday — available here (PDF) — reveal University of Oregon President Michael Gottfredson was summoned to Indiana three months ago to attend a hearing with the NCAA Committee on Infractions. The NCAA has been investigating the relationship between Oregon’s football program and certain scouting services, namely those of Willie Lyles, since March 2011. [...]

Whether you love it or can’t stand it, one thing is certain about the BCS system in college football; it was never boring. The upcoming 2013 season will be the last in the BCS era as college football will shift to a playoff format in 2014. While this change in format has been widely accepted [...]

Representative Brent Barton from Oregon City presented a bill to the State House Committee on Wednesday that fines college coaches for violating NCAA rules and regulations. One of the prominent supporters of Barton’s bill is ASUO President-elect Sam Dotters-Katz.   The bill would see that the state attorney general would fine coaches for legal fees [...]

Oregon baseball traveled to Ohio State over the weekend, and swept the Midwestern team. The Ducks are now 12-1 in their last 13 games and 40-11 overall. Freshman Cole Irvin pitched his third complete game — shutting the Buckeyes out, 4-0 — and went on to receive the Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week award. Oregon [...]

The Cliff Harris story is an all too familiar one. He was among the most fun-to-watch players in the country, and that talent is now wasted. If you haven’t been keeping score at home, let’s recap the last two weeks. The former Duck was cited for smoking marijuana in a parked car in New Jersey [...]

He hasn’t coached a game yet, but former Oregon head football coach Chip Kelly is making waves in the City of Brotherly Love. The Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant, a Philly-area chain, introduced the Chip Kelly Burger for May 1.  The burger has Oregon blue cheese, red onion confit, crushed potato chips and mushroom spread.

A new bill that was presented by Representative Brent Barton (D-Oregon City) will force coaches to be responsible for their actions when they were employed. The proposed bill will hold college coaches responsible for breaking NCAA sanctions when they decide to leave before facing NCAA discipline. Currently, the University of Oregon, players and fans will [...]

Each week, the Emerald invites a student journalist from the Ducks’ opponent to write a guest column on why the Ducks will lose. With Oregon playing its first “game” without Chip Kelly in the booth or on the field since 2007, here’s why the Ducks’ bubble will burst and they will manage to lose their own spring [...]

According to a report from Sports Illustrated, Oregon met with the NCAA Committee on Infractions last Friday to discuss the “major violations” the school and the NCAA agreed upon regarding Oregon’s recruiting practices under Chip Kelly. The Ducks reportedly spent $35,000 on recruiting services, though former head coach Chip Kelly maintained at the hearings that [...]

The long-awaited spring game is quickly approaching. Not only will it be the beginning of the Mark Helfrich era, it will also be a great opportunity for incoming players along with second-year players who may not have played much last season to come in and prove that they belong on this team. Coach Aliotti is [...]

Rob Moseley of The Register-Guard reports the recent injury to offensive lineman Tyler Johnstone. The injury will leave the Ducks with just 10 healthy linemen heading into the spring game on April 27. Johnstone, a returning starter from last season, suffered an injury last week and has since been seen after practice with a leg [...]

The Register-Guard has this cool report about Phil Knight’s plan to bring Douglas fir, incense cedar, coast redwood, giant sequoia, western red cedar and Canadian hemlock trees to the north berm of Autzen Stadium. In all, 39 trees between 35 and 40 feet in length are on their way to Autzen Stadium where they’ll eventually [...]

Late Monday night, KATU in Portland published an article outlining documents that had been acquired regarding “major violations” occurring within the Oregon athletic department. While the documents attained portray the climate of how the NCAA was thinking six months ago, it is not too early to take a look at what these documents could possibly [...]

According to KATU in Portland, the station received documents stating both the University of Oregon and the NCAA Enforcement Committee agreed the school committed a series of “major violations” between 2008 and 2011. Now the question becomes, what does this mean for the future of the Oregon football program? The simple answer, while not very [...]

Portland’s KATU.com received documents Monday from the University of Oregon that give Duck fans the first real glimpse into the NCAA violations the football program faces. The documents, which were obtained through a records’ request the station made back in September, detail the violations agreed upon by both the NCAA and the Oregon athletic department. [...]

After a thrilling overtime victory against Washington last night, the Ducks men’s basketball team will continue their chase for the Pac-12 title Friday night against Utah. Oregon beat the Utes the first time they played but lost the second match in the final game of the season. The Emerald’s Jackson Long has a full preview. [...]

Electric. Lightning in a bottle. Maybe more often than anything else — fast. Sophomore De’Anthony Thomas has been called these and more in his short athletic career as a Duck. In fewer than two full years, the Crenshaw High School product has earned Heisman Trophy buzz, two BCS wins and a Sports Illustrated cover. And [...]

Lakers owner Jerry Buss is back in the hospital. Buss is reportedly suffering from an undisclosed form of cancer, according to the Los Angeles Times. The Lakers haven’t commented on the situation, citing respect for the family’s privacy. *** Dennis Dixon will be reunited with Chip Kelly after singing a two year contract with the Eagles. [...]

The speculation that started when Chip Kelly took the head coaching job in Philadelphia came to fruition today when it was announced that former Oregon quarterback Dennis Dixon would be joining Kelly with the Eagles. Dixon’s agent, Jeff Sperbeck, tweeted Thursday that Dixon would be signing a two-year deal. Dennis Dixon (aka #swoosh10) has agreed [...]