Watching LeGarrette Blount run over and around flailing Oregon defenders during spring practices — thereby easing concerns over the departure of first-round NFL draft pick Jonathan Stewart — it’s impossible not to wonder how this elusive, 6-foot-2, 230-pound running back got away from the southern regional powers that coveted him, such as Alabama and Florida [...]
Entries from April 2008
April 23, 2008
ASU’s Carpenter agreed to Postpone Surgery
Arizona State quarterback Rudy Carpenter recently made the decision to postpone surgery until after spring practice had completed. You can read about it here.
April 22, 2008
Football Career may be over for Washington’s Juan Garcia
Washington center Juan Garcia may have seen his football career come to an end. Dawgman.com’s Chris Fetters writes about it in an article today that you can read here.
April 21, 2008
Howard Schultz just looking to save Face
So thinks Seattle P-I columnist Robert Jamieson. Schultz, the Starbucks CEO, sold the Seattle SuperSonics two years ago to an ownership group that has now gotten the green light to relocate the franchise to Oklahoma. Schultz is suddenly fighting back, but is the effort for real? You can read Jamieson’s column here.
April 20, 2008
Washington’s Garcia hit with potentially serious leg injury
The presumed strength of Washington’s football team this fall is thought to be its offensive line. During this past Friday’s practice, that strength took a shot as an apparently serious injury befell Center Juan Garcia.
As Bob Condotta reports in this story, a MRI will be run on Monday.
April 17, 2008
Essay on a famous Seattle murder from 1921
In 1921, not long after Husky Stadium was completed, there was a murder case that became a national media sensation. The crime scene was adjacent to the University Bridge. Historylink has an interesting essay about it that you can read here. I had never heard of it before, so it’s interesting to think that at [...]
April 17, 2008
Race for Oregon’s quarterback job is wide open
The race for the quarterback job at Oregon is wide open. As many as six Duck QBs are vying for the starting position this spring. Click here to read the story from the Daily Emerald.
