Jay, here.
Almost a month ago, FOX News aired a story on a University of Oregon program to provide sensitivity training for Eugene residents in anticipation of the U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials.
Take a look.

Politically incorrect? Overly sensitive?
Well, if you’re overly sensitive about politically incorrect parodies (spoofs seem to be in vogue right now), you [...]

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By Don Smalley
DSN Contributor
January 7, 2008
After watching the first weekend of action in Pac-10 men’s basketball, I’ve learned and noticed a few of things.
No gimmes
This league proved just in the first weekend that there are no easy games and no one is to be taken lightly.
One just had to go to the state of Arizona [...]

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by Don Smalley
DSN Contributor
January 5, 2008
I’m never one to say, “I told you so.” I thought Oregon had a really good chance of winning at Arizona after watching the ‘Cats play the Beavers and taking the positives from the ASU loss and hoping the Ducks would build on those.
As it turned out, that happened. Oregon [...]

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DSN Contributor Don Smalley (Don Smalley News - DSN) emailed DuckSportsNews a commentary (”Duck Fans, Chill Out”) regarding the state of the Oregon men’s basketball intended for online publication Friday.
We refused to post it.
Well, we didn’t exactly refuse. That might be a bit too dramatic.
DSN had a couple of questions about what Don wrote, [...]

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By Don Smalley
DSN Contributor
With four veterans on the floor most of the time, it amazes me that Oregon still doesn’t have a leader.
That was so evident tonight when the Ducks did not make the plays in the last three minutes in a 62-54 loss at Arizona State tonight. Oregon put itself behind the 8-ball all [...]

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By Don Smalley
DSN Contributor
Oregon begins the Pac-10 schedule tonight when they enter Wells Fargo Arena to face Arizona State. Tipoff is scheduled for 6 p.m. PST. No live television.
The Sun Devils are a team that almost nobody is talking about, but ASU went through the non-conference season with a 10-2 mark. That’s significant considering the [...]

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By Don Smalley
DSN Contributor
12/31/2007
Oregon played nearly a perfect game in every phase of the football game in a dominating display in a 56-21 win over South Florida.
In the first half, the Ducks played well and scored 18 points. Many were not sure the Ducks would score that much in the game. But in the second [...]

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By Don Smalley
DSN Contributor
It’s quite evident that Oregon has not learned that they are now the hunted. Every team they play is gunning for them. It’s a huge deal to play against the Ducks. Ask Oakland.
 
The Golden Grizzlies had never beaten a ranked team before and they wanted the Ducks to be [...]

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By Don Smalley
DSN Contributor
 
Going into the Nebraska game, we all heard how the Cornhuskers were a lower-level Big XII team and even though it’s a game on the road that was on a neutral floor, Oregon would have an easy time of it.
 
But the Ducks put themselves in adverse situations and the result [...]

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