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Friday, January 25, 2008

• Tough love for UO
EUGENE -- Kevin Love's homecoming party was a resounding success.

• Beavers 'move on' to another rough loss
CORVALLIS -- Snow was falling outside, but a season-high crowd of 5,063 wandered into Gill Coliseum Thursday night to see what interim coach Kevin Mouton could do with an Oregon State basketball team that had struggled so badly it had cost coach Jay John his job.

• There's no place like home for the Blazers
LaMarcus Aldridge never thought he would feel this way about it. Channing Frye missed it so much he was sick. And it was the first thing on Brandon Roy's mind late Wednesday night: Getting back to Portland.

• Timber Jim calls it quits as mascot
Jim Serrill is hanging up his Portland Timbers chainsaw.

• Area fighter making jump to UFC
Chris Wilson's Hawaiian vacation ended two hours after it began last week when the Portland-based mixed martial artist received an unexpected call.

• Colorado 12, Portland 11 LumberJax waste a late surge, lose in overtime
A low-scoring lacrosse game between Portland and Colorado turned into a fourth-quarter goal-fest that went into overtime, where the Mammoth won 12-11 on Thursday night to drop the LumberJax to 0-2.

• Football Cory McCaffrey touches down at PSU
He tried not to outwardly show his stress, trusting that everything would work out in the end.

• In the spotlight Young gets little play from big schools
Lake Oswego senior tailback Zach Young spent the fall dodging defenders as he rushed for 2,209 yards and 35 touchdowns.

• Maybe the joke is on sports theories
Novelist Colson Whitehead was in town last week for a lecture presented by Literary Arts. Once upon a time, Whitehead made his living writing about television. Asked about that, in the context of his current work, he said he enjoyed not having to have theories about television.

• Prep notebook Brandon still happy to oversee King Classic
Former Grant High School and NBA star Terrell Brandon seemed to be everywhere Monday at the Rose Garden, with smiles, handshakes and hugs.

• Sikma: Name is not a burden
University of Portland freshman forward Luke Sikma tries to not have unrealistic expectations.

• Wrestling notebook Top teams square off in Reser's tourney
The top wrestling teams in Oregon will descend upon Liberty High School in Hillsboro today and Saturday for the Reser's Tournament of Champions, regarded as the strongest invitational in the state this season.

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