Tag Archives: Oregon

NFL Draft Notebook: Top 30 WR Rankings and NFL Player Compositions

It’s true. This wide receiver class is special. I know, everyone gets tired of hearing that every April, leading up to the NFL draft. However, this one really has it all: superstars disappear off the board in the top 10, the dynamic athletes go somewhere between the middle of Round 1 and early Round 2,… Read More »

2024 NFL Draft: Top 10 WRs show deep class led by Marvin Harrison Jr.

With the 2024 NFL Draft approaching, let’s take a look at the rankings of each individual position. Here’s a look at the top 10 wide receivers. [Nate Tice’s NFL Draft top 100 big board ⊥ Top QBs ⊥ Top RBs ⊥ Top TEs ⊥ Top OL] 1. Marvin Harrison Jr., Ohio State I’ll just keep… Read More »

NFL Draft 2024: Top 10 QBs headlined by Drake Maye and Caleb Williams

With the 2024 NFL Draft approaching, let’s take a look at the rankings of each individual position. We’ll start with the quarterback. [Nate Tice’s NFL Draft top 100 big board] Drake Maye and Caleb Williams have been the two best players on my big board for months. I consider both elite talents and both a… Read More »

March Madness Saturday recap: No. No. 3 Creighton defeats No. 11 Oregon in double overtime to end the day

It took two overtimes, but Creighton made sure there wouldn’t be any setbacks on Saturday. The No. 3 Bluejays defeated No. 11 Oregon 86-73 in double overtime to advance to the Sweet 16 in the Midwest Region. Creighton forced the first overtime when Baylor Scheierman hit a jumper to tie the game with less than… Read More »

Texas Eclipse Festival offers a ‘choose your own adventure experience’ for April’s total solar eclipse

On April 8, 2024, a series of cities, from Texas to Ohio to Maine, will be in the direct path of a total solar eclipse. But instead of having just one day to take in the historic minutes as the sky darkens, one festival lasts several days in Central Texas. What organizers call a ‘heavenly… Read More »

March Madness Thursday recap: Watch out for the 11 seeds – and Jack Gohlke

Day 1 of the NCAA men’s tournament is in the books and the brackets are already overwhelmingly broken. Thursday was an exciting, upset start to the tournament with a pair of No. 11 seeds and Jack Gohlke making sure 99.9% of perfect brackets were toast before the late games even tipped. If you’re part of… Read More »

The number of endangered plovers is declining slightly as Oregon beaches are cordoned off to protect nesting sites

Oregon’s western snowy plover numbers appeared to decline for the second year in a row in 2023, but biologists aren’t yet concerned about the endangered shorebird. As plover nesting season opened Friday in Oregon — cordoning off about 40 miles of beach — the birds remain a big success story, even if their numbers have… Read More »

Caitlin Clark’s supernova success rests on generations of women fighting for ‘justification’

There were no videos this week of fans lining up for city blocks hours before tipoff waiting to enter college basketball arenas. No fans cramming into walkways and hovering over tunnels begging for autographs from the brightest, best-known star in college basketball. That’s because the Iowa Hawkeyes women’s basketball team had the week off ahead… Read More »

After a record Republican Party walkout, Oregon lawmakers reconvened for a session focused on housing and drugs

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon lawmakers will meet Monday for the start of a short legislative session expected to be dominated by homelessness, a housing shortage and plans to overhaul the landmark drug decriminalization law as deaths from overdoses are increasing. Lawmakers have only 35 days to pass bills. For now, legislative leaders have signaled… Read More »

The 29-million-year-old fossilized nest discovered in Oregon could be one of a kind

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. In an old-growth temperate forest in what is now Oregon, an insect dug deep into a sandbar near a creek. There, in a moist burrow, she laid dozens of oblong eggs, about fifty in total.… Read More »