• UCLA, Love hold off Beavers
CORVALLIS -- Eighth-ranked UCLA withstood a surprisingly stout first half by Oregon State, then dropped the hammer with a 17-1 run to start the second half on the way to an easy 85-62 Pacific-10 Conference win Saturday night at Gill Coliseum. Point guard Darren Collison poured in 33 points for the Bruins.
• A successful chemistry experience
No one on the Trail Blazers knows for sure when, or how, it happened.
• Ducks here, fish debate can wait
SAUVIE ISLAND -- W hen it's dark, 25 degrees and the check station isn't open, no one wants to be the first to use the port-a-potty.
• Edmonton 3, Portland 0 Hawks again
The Edmonton Oil Kings scored three times in a two-minute stretch of the second period to skate to a 3-0 Western Hockey League win over the Portland Winter Hawks on Saturday night.
• It's a fans' world, but Pryor's life
With almost no effort, you can stumble around the Internet and find hundreds of opinions about where Terrelle Pryor should attend college, and why. None of these opinions consider academic programs or quality of campus life.
• Letters from readers
I've heard many people showing concern for the new arena the University of Oregon is proposing to build. While some people are worried about ticket sales and bonds, the majority of fear is centered on the love we have for the Mac Court atmosphere and the uncertainty of the new arena's atmosphere.
• Odds and ends: Even double-digit favorites can lose
Within minutes of the New York Giants' 23-20 overtime victory at Green Bay in the NFC championship game that placed them in Super Bowl XLII against New England, oddsmakers in Las Vegas issued the number that would define the prelude to the NFL's title game:
• One for all and all for one (really)
The defining trait of the Trail Blazers' chemistry is that everybody gets along with one another. There are no cliques, as different sets of players intermingle throughout the season on trips to malls, movie theaters or restaurants.
• Outdoors Calendar
Boater safety course: Class leading to the Oregon or Washington Boater Education Card; 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Feb. 9; Joe's, Butler Road, Hillsboro. Cost: $10. Contact: Leroy Bentley, 503-629-2026 or bentley16@verizonnet.
• USC 95, Oregon 86 Ducks rally to force overtime but then go under
EUGENE -- The Oregon Ducks' comeback against USC on Saturday night was so stirring and their fans so loud that 81-year-old McArthur Court seemed to shake dangerously.
