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Weekend Wrap-Up

April 7th, 2008 by Chris Snethen · No Comments · Friends, Man City, My American Life, Portland Beavers, Sports, Trail Blazers

Portland Beavers: I feel terrible. I didn’t make it to a single game this home stand. Between two Blazer games, more on that in a sec, and the rain, I just didn’t make the time. I’ll do better this week. I promise. As for the week past, the Beavs [...]

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Just Win, Baby

January 27th, 2008 by Chris Snethen · No Comments · Sports

Tonight’s Oregon State loss to UCLA is the Beavers ties the school record for consecutive losses at 10. Brooks Hatch gives a little history and a little hope.
The Beavers actually lost 14 games in a row in the 1995-96 season, Eddie Payne’s first. But two of those losses to California were later changed to [...]

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Tough Times in Corvallis

January 11th, 2008 by Chris Snethen · No Comments · Sports

The Beavers men’s basketball team drew an announced crowd of 4,017 for their game against Stanford last night.  The Corvallis Gazette-Times’ Brooks Hatch says it was probably less than that.
Some quick, cursory inspection of the OSU media guide determined that’s the smallest crowd for a current Pac-10 opponent since 3,532 showd up for a [...]

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