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Oregon opens first Big Ten season looking for better NCAA Tournament finish
Oregon (24-12, 12-8 Pac-12) Oregon won last year's Pac-12 tournament in its final year in the league. The team advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament but were eliminated in double overtime to Creighton. Coach Dana Altman is entering his 15th overall season at the helm and...
AP Top 25: Oregon is No. 1 for first time since 2012; Vanderbilt enters poll and Michigan drops out
Oregon became the fourth team this season to hold the No. 1 ranking in The Associated Press college football poll, moving into the top spot on Sunday for the first time in 12 years after Texas lost at home to Georgia. Vanderbilt made its first appearance since the 2013 season, at No....
AP Top 25 Extra Points: As 4th team to reach No. 1 this season, Oregon's rise is sign of the times
Never mind that a faction of fans lament college sports' transition from amateurism to above-board professionalism. This football season is delivering when it comes to unpredictability and entertainment value. It's reflected week by week in The Associated Press college football poll....
CFP Bracket Watch: Oregon is new No. 1 seed ahead of Georgia, Miami, Iowa St; BYU in and 'Bama out
Oregon took over as the No. 1 seed in The Associated Press College Football Playoff bracket projection Sunday. The Ducks, coming off a 35-0 win at Purdue, moved to the top line as the projected Big Ten champion and new No. 1 team in the AP Top 25. Georgia’s win over...
Hajj-Malik Williams accounts for 3 TDs; UNLV beats Oregon State 33-25
CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — Hajj-Malik Williams accounted for three touchdowns, Caden Chittenden kicked field goals of 20, 34, 34 and 29 yards and UNLV beat Oregon State 33-25 Saturday night. Williams was 15-of-27 passing for 196 yards and a touchdown and added 65 yards rushing and two...
Firefighters battle 'diablo wind' to extinguish Oakland fire that burned 2 homes
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Crews continue to battle strong winds while they work to extinguish a brush fire in Oakland that ignited Friday afternoon, burning two homes and forcing 500 evacuations before it was contained. The firefight will continue through the evening and at least Sunday...
Boeing is making a new offer to the union in hopes of ending a strike now in its second month
Boeing and the union representing striking machinists have negotiated a new contract proposal that would provide bigger pay raises and bonuses in a bid to end a costly walkout that has crippled production of airplanes for more than a month. The International Association of Machinists...
No. 2 Oregon routs Purdue 35-0, remains on top of Big Ten with first road shutout in over 30 years
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Oregon coach Dan Lanning challenged his team to see how it would respond to a long road trip on a short week following its 32-31 victory over then-No. 2 Ohio State last week. The No. 2 Ducks aced that test Friday night. Jordan James had...
A fast-moving brush fire in California burned 2 homes while others were damaged by smoke and water
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A fast-moving fire fed by strong winds burned two homes Friday and damaged several others in a hillside neighborhood in the city of Oakland, where roughly 500 people were ordered to evacuate, officials said. Fire Chief Damon Covington said that at about 1:30...
Callers responding to a false election claim overwhelm Oregon officials
Oregon election officials were screening phone and email messages Friday after their system was overwhelmed and shut down because of a barrage of calls from people responding to a false claim that the state's voter pamphlet doesn't include Republican nominee Donald Trump. The...
