ESPN.com’s Ted Miller posted a spring wrap-up for each Pac-10 school, and a Pac-10 wrap-up. Here are the links to each one of the entries:

Arizona spring wrap-up

Arizona State spring wrap-up

California spring wrap-up

Oregon spring wrap-up

Oregon State spring wrap-up

Stanford spring football wrap-up

UCLA spring wrap-up

USC spring wrap-up

Washington spring wrap-up

Washington State spring wrap-up

Pac-10 spring wrap-up: What we learned

Here’s a story from KMTR Eugene about former Duck, and occasional DSN contributor, Josh Bidwell’s Celebrity Golf Classsic. (Sorry about going through the blog. Linking directly to the story was problematic.)

By Jay Jones
April 22, 2009

“Arco ads are annoying!!!”

Yes, they are.

Even more so for us. Because until we received several emails alerting us to the fact that these huge, annoying Arco ads were popping up on our sites, we had no idea they were there.

You see, it seems to be an issue only affecting a certain number of visitors to our sites. And, unfortunately (for you, visiting our sites), we haven’t seen them and are having a hard time identifying these annoying ad(s) on our ad server.

But we are working on it. So, if you could be more patient than you already have been, we’ll try to relegate those ads to the SEC.

If you want to help us out, a screen shot of the offending ad(s) would be great. Drop us a message and we’ll reply with an email address of where you can send it.

Thanks for your patience. And thanks for visiting.

One Click Sports News
By Jay Jones, Manager

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

KLSR and KEVU are your Broadcast Home of the Oregon Ducks for 2009

Eugene, Oregon, April 15, 2009 — Local Eugene television stations KEVU-TV/MyNetworkTV and KLSR-TV/FOX will be carrying five men’s baseball, up to three football and four men’s basketball games during the 2009-2010 season.

“The Ducks are in their freshman year of an exciting baseball program with a new field and huge fan base already. Football is looking forward to another successful era with new Head Coach Chip Kelly at the helm and Coach Bellotti as interim quarterback coach/future Athletic Director. Ernie Kent will have at least another year to get his basketball program back to the greatness he once championed. Why wouldn’t we want to be a part of that”, exclaimed Mark Metzger, GM of the local FOX and KEVU stations.

Baseball games will include April 25 & 26 versus Washington, May 3 with UCLA and May 23 & 24 versus Arizona. The football and basketball games are TBA.

KLSR-TV and KEVU-TV are part of California Oregon Broadcasting, Inc. (COBi), a local Oregon company owned by Patricia Smullin. COBi also owns KOBI-TV/NBC Medford, KOTI-TV/NBC Medford, Pilot Rock Productions Medford and Crestview Cable, Crestview, Oregon

Oregon football spring practice number four

Oregon’s defense ‘wins the day’ and dons the black practice jerseys. D-Line coach Jerry Azzinaro runs some tough drills. Coach Bellotti works on reads with QBs – and has some nice moves of his own.

Plus: why is Masoli wearing a hand warmer around his waist?

Sunday, April 5. 2008
By Jay Jones

Oregon has added another website to their internet family.

More accurately, it looks like new life has been pumped into OregonGridiron.com.

For reasons unknown to me (as far you know - thanks, George S.), the original OG became stagnate, fatal for anything online. If I had to guess, OG is back up and running as an approved recruiting tool for Coach Kelly (I think the previous site looked too good and caught the attention of compliance - that’s just a guess).

Here’s the rundown of what you will find at the new OG:

Coaches videos -

Chip Kelly
Nick Alliotti
Jerry Azzinaro
Gary Campbell
Scott Frost
Steve Greatwood
John Neal
Tom Osborne
Don Pellum
Jim Radcliffe (bio only)

And here’s a link to the 2009 Oregon recruiting video that popped on and off the internets about as fast as you can say “spread option offense”.

Looks like features on the facilities and Nike are coming soon (If you’re looking for help, we here at DSN use a great production company that does a great job - sometimes too good. If you want their contact information, just drop us a message and we’ll get that to you right away.)

Blogs also seem to be a new feature on OG. So, keep checking back right here at DuckSportsNews.com for more updates on OregonGridiron.com.

Jay Jones
One Click Sports News

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Mike Dunlap named new assistant coach at Oregon, Hudson contract not renewed

EUGENE, Ore. — University of Oregon head men’s basketball coach Ernie Kent announced Wednesday that Mike Dunlap, a two-time NCAA national championship coach, will join his staff for the 2009-10 season. Dunlap was most recently the associate head coach at the University of Arizona and will hold the same title at Oregon.

“Mike is a tremendous basketball coach, and we are extremely fortunate to be in a position to be able to hire such an accomplished coach,” Kent said. “He is one of the most respected coaches in the nation, has recruited at the highest levels and is a proven winner with a great knowledge of how the game is played. With his help, we look forward to moving this young basketball team forward and helping each member of our team reach their full potential.”

Arizona went 21-14 overall in 2008-09, advancing to the NCAA Tournament’s Sweet 16 before ending the season with a loss to top-seed Louisville in the NCAA Midwest Regional.

Dunlap previously served as the head coach at Metropolitan State College in Denver, Colo., leading the Roadrunners to NCAA Division II National Championships in 2000 and 2002. He compiled an overall record of 248-50 (.832) record in his nine years with the school.

Kent approached UO Director of Athletics Pat Kilkenny with a plan that included the hiring of Dunlap.

“I was satisfied, after doing much research into the matter, that Mike Dunlap will help our basketball team be competitive in the Pac-10 once again,” Kilkenny said. “After all that we have achieved, including two Elite Eight runs in the NCAA Tournament, an outright Pac-10 championship and two Pac-10 Tournament championships, Ernie should have the opportunity to chart the direction of our program.”

To make room for Dunlap, Oregon assistant coach Mark Hudson’s contract will not be renewed for the 2009-10 season.

“Mark is an excellent basketball coach, and a great human being,” Kent said. “At this time, this tough decision was made to bring in a new perspective and approach to help our program.

“This is probably the most difficult thing I’ve ever decided to do,” Kent added. “Mark has helped us achieve great things at the University of Oregon and we wish him nothing but the best in the future.”

Hudson had served on the Oregon coaching staff since the 1998-99 season. Hudson came to Oregon after working with Kent at Saint Mary’s.

Prior to joining UA for the 2008-09 season, Dunlap spent two seasons as an assistant coach with the National Basketball Association’s Denver Nuggets. While working under head coach George Karl, the Nuggets compiled a 95-69 (.579) record and made two playoff appearances. The 2007-08 club won 50 games, a first for the organization in 23 seasons.

“He has a terrific track record of developing players,” Kent said. “His NBA experience shows how he is prepared to help young men get ready for the next level.”

Dunlap was a two-time National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Coach of the Year on his way to becoming Metro State’s all-time wins leader. Dunlap built a nationally prominent program, leading the Roadrunners to a pair of national championships and nine consecutive trips to the NCAA Division II Tournament.

“I am excited about this opportunity,” Dunlap said. “I am looking forward to working with Coach Kent and his staff to help them achieve their goals of getting back to the NCAA Tournament and prospering from there.”

The Ducks return 12 of the 14 players, including all five starters, from the 2008-09 squad. Senior-to-be Tajuan Porter already ranks tied for 12th all-time in career scoring at UO (1,435). Porter is also just four made 3-pointers away (279 in 98 games) from becoming the school’s all-time leader in that category.

The 2009-10 season will be Kent’s 13th as head coach at Oregon. Per his existing contract, Kent’s contract was automatically extended through the 2013-14 season.

Kent (219-157 Oregon head coaching record), whose active Oregon tenure has been surpassed in length by only six other current Division I coaches representing BCS schools (Jim Boeheim, Mike Krzyzewski, Jim Calhoun, Gary Williams, Tom Izzo and Billy Donovan), recently became the school’s all-time wins leader. He moved by Hall-of-Fame coach Howard Hobson (1935-44) who boasted an 11-year mark of 212-124.

Kent, who is the Third Vice President for the NABC of the Board of Directors, has guided the Ducks to five of their 10 NCAA tournament appearances in history of the program. This includes two Elite Eight appearances, the 2002 Pacific-10 Conference regular-season championship and two conference tournament titles.

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Athletic Department Media Services

March 31, 2009

Head coach Ernie Kent statement on Oregon MBB players

Head coach Ernie Kent statement on Oregon men’s basketball players:
“This incident is a very serious matter. Although these three young men realize that it was a foolish mistake on their part, there are still consequences that they will have to face. We are still in the information gathering process.”

Statement issued earlier today (2:25 p.m.):
The University of Oregon Athletic Department is cooperating with law enforcement and investigating the charges levied against three varsity men’s basketball players. There will be no further comment until more details are available.

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March 25, 2009

BLOUNT REINSTATED FOR START OF SPRING DRILLS

EUGENE – University of Oregon running back LeGarrette Blount has been reinstated to the Ducks’ football program for the start of spring practice, according to first-year head coach Chip Kelly.

Last year’s record-setting running back was suspended from the program on Feb. 10 for what the school’s former football coach Mike Bellotti termed “as a failure to fulfill team obligations.”

The senior-to-be finished last season as the team’s second-leading rusher with 1.002 yards, and broke the school’s single-season record for rushing touchdowns with 17.

Oregon is scheduled to open spring drills at 8:45 a.m. Monday (March 30).