• Here are some of last years highlights for Tacoi Sumler, the 4* WR who gave his verbal to the Ducks yesterday.GO DUCKS!

Do you think our state forests offer any value to Oregonians other than timber revenue? Does clean water matter? Do fish, wildlife and recreation matter? Of course they do. That’s why Oregon’s Department of Forestry correctly identifies the “greatest permanent value” of our forests as: “healthy

Here we are, just over a month into summer and at the market, I am greeted by a floor display of Okto. With the seasonal brews being rotated off the shelves, I figured I should post my summer beer roundup before they all disappear. Starting on a positive note, none of the seasonal beers I’ve tried this [...

Saturday was a stage-centric day for me, no doubt about it. It was a swirling succession of musicians, amps, guitar cases and assorted gear all day long from the first set onward. There was even a magician with all his gear thrown into the mix.The true tidal wave of gear hit about 1:15 PM. The Music's Edge Rock

• Thought I would get one last post up before we head

Ever hear of a trout stream called the Henry’s Fork? It’s a trib of the Snake River that flows through our neighbor-state of Idaho. It’s one of the most challenging trout streams in the world–a large, often glassy spring creek, loaded with huge, highly educated rainbows. If you’ve read John Gie

• Rob Moseley notes that a report out of DuckTerritory.com have 4* WR Tacoi Sumler from Miami committing to Oregon. Here is a video interview with Sumler from E

I’m in London, en route to Zurich, eating a full English breakfast minus the fatty bacon, burnt sausage, watery black tomato, and Heinz beans (i.e., poached eggs on toast).  Cherish your cage-free eggs, mates, because the alternative is tasteless. Worse yet because I’ve spent the last week reading up on Victori

Refudiated! A terrible thing wasted: My mind, you betcha! Follow me on Twitter

AP --467 jurisdictions in 26 states have joined a federal government program called Secure Communities to identify illegal immigrants using fingerprints from arrests for anyone who was booked into a jail for a crime and compared with FBI criminal history records and the Department of Homeland Security immigration records to

US District Judge Susan Bolton issued a temporary injunction to halt key parts of Arizona Senate bill 1070 that would have required police to check immigration status of anybody suspected of being an illegal alien if they are stopped by police. "the number of requests that would emanate from Arizona as a result of det

The Eugene public parks system is vast – and so is the information that’s available about our local green gems. Here’s “Part 1” of a three-part series of tips we pulled together – based on community inquiries – to help you on future visits to the parks. PUBLIC GRILLING is available in only two parks that were

• George Schroeder

One of Winston Rod Company’s most successful rod series of all time is being discontinued as four new rods are introduced. The BIIX has been one of our favorite rods available for 7 years now. We have put our remaining stock of BIIX on sale. For now this is all we have on hand, [...]

Photo Credit: richtpt "How about we meet up at the Brew Fest in Portland?" asked my Seattleite friend Matt. Such an innocent question. From free-flowing taps to a full-moon movie in the park, plus a you-don't-know-about-it-yet diner, our Saturday-to-Sunday 24...

• Andy Staples at SI.com calls Larry Scott "savvy" when it comes to re-branding the Pac-10 image and this video suggests, to me anyway, they are on the right track. With a

"I believe it may have some sort of military purpose, Captain." Follow the adventures of Leonard McCoy, Space Doctor, as he explores the far reaches of space (and my house... and my backyard... and my kids' toy boxes) with his friends Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock. Every week at ToTryANewSword.com. Follow me on Twitter

Immensely popular and extremely talented Stephen Strasburg 22-year old flame-throwing right-hander for the Washington Nationals was set to face National League East division foe in hopes of collecting his sixth win of his rookie season. He would not get the chance to, as an inflamed shoulder discovered during warm-ups made

I had so much fun last weekend judging the final round of the Iron Chef Eugene competition at the Bite of Eugene festival at Alton Baker park.  Congratulations to the winner, Chef Gabriel Gil of The Rabbit Bistro!  Gabe gets to go on to compete for Eugene at Bite of Oregon in Portland on August [...]

The Pelton Round Butte project on the Upper Deschutes is designed to aid fish passage to historic habitat upriver, but it’s also heating up the lower river — according to fisheries biologists, mimicking the historic temperatures our native anadromous fish evolved to handle. The results, according to the Oregonia

• The Pac-10 media day is on T

The 27th Annual National Night Out (NNO) program will be held in Eugene on August 3 in seven Eugene neighborhoods (see list with times below). NNO, a year-long community building campaign, is designed to: (1) Heighten crime prevention awareness; (2) Generate support for, and participation in, local anti-crime programs; (3)

The Ol’ Dirty is reporting today that, similar to 2008-09, the UO has let in more freshmen than they have room for in housing. This time, instead of sending them across the river to live in Stadium Park, the UO admin has another plan: Students are first notified that there isn’t enough room within University Housing

According to the Associated Press, the U.S. Forest Service wants to stop new gold mining claims on the Chetco River in southwestern Oregon while Congress considers legislation that would permanently raise the level of protection for wild salmon and steelhead habitat. Photo by Rob Robinson If the Bureau of Land Management a

I asked Jay Nicholas to introduce a series of videos we shot recently about flies for Sea Run Cutthroat here in Oregon. Blueback are in already, and they will keep trickling into our coastal rivers throughout the fall. Enjoy. Remember too, that I will schedule a class for folks who want to [...]

• Here is a 2009 highlight video along with an original song posted by MrRustyDuck late last year. Good times.• Senior QB Nate Costa is filling th

I’d like to open my Oregon Brewers Festival report by saying that I can’t think of a better hobby than writing about craft beer. In the last year, I’ve had the opportunity to travel, try fantastic beers from all over the world, join a community of like-minded individuals and meet, converse and correspon

Cubs haven’t had a losing streak of four games or a winning streak of four games this season. Lee: .233 w/ RISP this year. Flies out weakly in tenth for second out. Colvin tapper back to mound, Franklin throws to Schu, Schu lead reaching off bag heading towards the direction of right-center field, taps bag [...]

• As good as the defense was last year I have a feeling the Duck "D" might have to step it up a notch to give an inexperienced QB a little extra breathing room this year.MrRustyDuck has compiled

Rumors have been swirling around the potential availability of Houston Astros 32-year old ace Roy Oswalt. He has been the lone bright spot on a team that entered Saturday’s game against the Cincinnati Reds with a 39-56 record. Since the season is considered lost, it was of little surprise to find that they are indeed

In summarizing his thoughts about religion at the end of the movie Religulous, Bill Maher said something that is seconded by the so-called New Atheists. Namely, that to support any theistic religion is to support all theistic religions. Well, there’s quite a gulf between pacifistic Quakerism and fundamentalist terrorism,

Turns out those geese that were killed in Bend, were used to feed the hungry!Suck on that, you new-age hippy losers!

Brewdog The world's first "punk" brewry, has just released The End of History, a 110-proof beer which is bottled inside a stuffed, dead, animal. At 500 pounds sterling per third liter, I'll have to give it a pass. Wow.

This weekend is Can-A-Rama, a grass roots educational event to teach canning in kitchens across America created by the collective preservation blog Canning Across America.  Join in!  Those raspberries aren’t going to jam themselves, you know.  And your meatballs are waiting patiently. I did my canning last night at

The work week is over! I am watching The Street Fighter with Sonny Chiba, while I prepare for my day. Here are a few things I need to do today:1. Drop of bedding at St Vinny's2. Find more books to sell at Powell's online3. Enjoy shopping around for more books/DVDS, etc (Axis and Allies p

• Chris Coutney at eDuck (pay site) looks at Tra Carson,3 star, 6'0", 215lbs. RB, who hails from Texarkana (TX) Liberty-Eylau, the same high school that LaMichael Jame

Lots of times, the most familiar version of a song isn't the original version. I'll be posting some of these "covers that you might not have known are covers" on Saturdays. Haven't heard the Tommy James version of "Mony Mony" on the radio for a long, long time. Familiar version: Billy Idol (1987) Original version: Tomm

I was embarrassed to admit it, even to my closest friends. But I went back. Again. Two sunny, warm weeks since I had supposedly called it a season. But all it took was one enticing report from the Tillamook underground to rekindle the fire: “There are still a handful of fish in the bay, mostly [...]

Eugene Police are seeking a suspect -  Matthew Phillip Williams, age 31, of Lane County – after a 31-year old Eugene woman was sexually assaulted and kidnapped. According to police, Williams was acquainted with his victim and assaulted her in Eugene around 11:30 p.m. last night. She was able to flee around 6:30 a.m.

• Ted Miller continues his preseason position reviews for the Pac-10 and has Oregon on top for the running back category.While the Pac-10 blog rates Oregon State's Jacquizz Rod