Jay, here.
Just got back from the Kevin Costner & Modern West concert this evening at the Hult Center.
It’s late. I’m tired. So, let’s cut to the chase.
Here are some answers to a few of the questions you might be asking yourself.
What?
An Evening with Kevin Costner & Modern West, presented by the U of O [...]

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[Update: If you're just seeing this blog entry for the first time, there have been a couple of developments concerning this situation.  The recruit in question, Dewitt Stuckey, will not be facing charges.  And I have changed my position on this matter, too.  Instead of a threshold of being arrested and charged with a felony [...]

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Jay, here.
Duck fans, the Oregon State baseball team should be in the NCAA tournament.
And you should be as mad as hell that they aren’t.
When University of Oregon baseball makes its return next year, who would you rather play? The last team in this year’s tournament? As a bubble team, they’ve won back-to-back national [...]

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Jay, here.
Well, this is a bit of a first.
This post is going to be a blog exclusive and not posted to Duck Sports News. Why? Because there really isn’t any news here.
But I think there’s a pretty good opportunity for some discussion. So, let’s give it a shot.
Over the past two weeks, [...]

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[Update: Jared and Dave over at Addicted to Quack tackle this column in a more abbreviated fashion. Here's the link.]
Jay, here.
There’s an ongoing debate in my family: can an opinion be wrong?
I say, “Yes. It can.”
As an example, I point to Steve Duin’s column in today’s The Oregonian, “At UO, arena seats trump [...]

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Jay, here.
One of the things that makes DSN fun is hearing from visitors to DSN - you make this fun for us to do. Hopefully, you’re having a good time on the site, as well.
And there have been a lot of you, too. Since August of 2007, we’ve had over one million visitors [...]

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Jay, here.
I’m a little late to the party with this one. Fashionably late. And I can consume only so much media. But I’m late, nevertheless.
A little over a week ago, University of Oregon Athletics Directory Pat Kilkenny was on The Morning Sports Page with Kenny & Katy on 95.5 FM “The [...]

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As we honor all veterans, past and present, here on Memorial Day, we would like to point you in the direction of a couple of links to reflect on:
Here’s a tradition of The Register-Guard: The Gettysburg Address
And here’s a post from a big Duck fan, Jim Wickre: Memorial Day 2008
All of us here at Duck [...]

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Jay, here.
Pablo Picasso is attributed (actually, there is no attribution I could find) with saying, “Good artists copy. Great artists steal.”
In terms of writing, that’s a little tricky. It’s called plagiarism.
But what if you’re blogging and only stealing links?
Does a good, or great, blog entry that doth make?
Well, it did over at The [...]

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Washington coach Tyrone Willingham, near the end of a Q&A with Dennis Dodd, said ‘We’re going to win the next game. That’s an awful big one because that’s Oregon.” Then goes on to say that he thinks that Jake Locker may be the best quarterback in the country. Read it here.

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