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Top ranked college football teams all have signature identities. Even if it's not their year to shine, you know who they are. Florida State has the chop. Texas has their hook 'em horns. ...

LOCAL DOMINATION STARTS WITH GEOMETRY Draw a triangle between Tigard, Lake Oswego, and Jesuit. Then draw a line down the valley to Sheldon and turn the triangle into a little kite flying over ...

IT STARTS WITH A #2  A careful look around the sporting landscape reveals the difference between good and great. Good is good enough. A #2 rolls with the punches and works the problem, ...

On this episode of The Slant, host Brad Stein is joined by Oregon Sports News writer David Gillaspie. They discuss the Heisman race and rank the past Heisman trophy winners. They also discuss similarities ...

Watching a good movie in a rundown theater costs more than a ticket for Monday night's Portland vs Toronto game. You can't download a movie from your 'bundle' provider for ...

How Can My Game Get Better? Dad shows his player how to shoot the 3 ball over a tree branch on the sidewalk hoop. The same dad showed his son how to shoot at the State Fair one year and air-balled-ten-in-a-row. ...

In a great sports state, Texas athletes are unsurpassed. As long as they move to Oregon. There's something special about the rain and mountains here that feed Texan souls, that helps ...

The Portland Trail Blazers need a sponsor. They need deep pockets to step forward with the sort of money that gets their name on the side of a building. This is too big a job for ...

On this episode of The Slant, host Brad Stein is joined by Oregon Sports News writer David Gillaspie. They discuss whether Chip Kelly will succeed in Philadelphia, whether Manti Te'o is a pro liar, ...

If you’ve heard any radio, then you’ve heard bad radio. The advantage of bad radio is the temporary nature. A bad podcast has a longer shelf life, so get it right the first time. ...

On the premiere episode of the Oregon Sports News Hangout, host Arran Gimba is joined by The Slant podcast host Brad Stein and Oregon Sports News writer David Gillaspie. They discuss the Portland Trail ...

Every generation creates something permanent. If they don't get it done, they want credit for the work done before them. Did every Egyptian make the pyramids? Did ...

Every year teams gather for the biggest game in world sports. It’s called football, not footie ball. Most of the time neither team is your favorite, and that’s the problem. Due ...

If you lose something and want it back, you look for it. If you can't find what you're looking for, ask around. If the people you talk to don't care what you're looking ...

On this episode of The Slant, host Brad Stein is joined by Oregon Sports News writer David Gillaspie. They discuss wrestling and its removal from the Olympics, how to fix NBA All-Star Weekend, and whether ...

Did baseball fans complain when a Major League labor dispute cancelled the 1994 World Series? WWII didn't lose a World Series, but a labor dispute did. Did baseball fans complain ...

In sports, you look for high level performers. Another name for them is winners. Winners come in two varieties, the lucky and the good. The lucky ones win with extraordinary ...

During the last NBA lockout, Aaron Brooks did what others threatened to do: signed to play in China. In what must have been heady times, Brooks joined one of China's greatest ...

Remember your first day in Portland? If you didn't live here you probably came for an event like the Rose Festival Parade. Or a concert. Or a Blazer game. You parked your car where it ...

Brad Stein, Casey Mabbott, and a well-dressed David Gillaspie join the show to discuss the Portland Trail Blazers, Portland Timbers, NFL offseason moves, and March Madness memories.  ...