FILE - In this March 3, 2019, file photo, Ohio State defensive lineman Nick Bosa runs a drill during the NFL football scouting combine, in Indianapolis. Bosa is a possible pick in the 2019 NFL Draft. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, FILE)
FILE - In this Sept. 1, 2018, file photo, Oklahoma quarterback Kyler Murray (1) carries the ball in the first half of an NCAA college football game against Florida Atlantic, in Norman, Okla. Murray is a possible pick in the 2019 NFL Draft. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)
Every coach who started last season will start this season. That's an NBA first.
Meet the best 13-year-old basketball player in America, according to some recruiting services. One of his highlight reels on YouTube has been viewed about 1 million times.
The amount of protests around the NFL ballooned this weekend in the wake of President Donald Trump's criticism of players who protest during the national anthem.
COOS BAY — Coos Bay Public Library's newest class, Introduction to WIX Personal, is intended for individuals looking to create a new or better website; for anything from special projects to hobbies or resumes. Students will be using the wix.com website's building platform to cover the basics…
BANDON — The annual Bite of Bandon Culinary Showcase and Auction returns Saturday, March 4.
BANDON — The annual Bite of Bandon Culinary Showcase and Auction returns Saturday, March 4.
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Stephen Curry and the dominant Warriors aren't just beating teams anymore, they're throwing staggering knockout punches against the NBA's best — make that second-best.
CLEVELAND — LeBron James scored 25 points and Cleveland gave Tyronn Lue his first win as head coach by beating Minnesota 114-107 on Tuesday night.
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Serena Williams has never lost in the semifinals of the Australian Open. Neither has Novak Djokovic.
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Novak Djokovic has a larger than life presence at the Australian Open.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Superman is bringing his cape and his pen to Super Bowl 50. He's leaving behind his camera.
DENVER (AP) — When Peyton Manning was watching games from the locker room a few months ago, none of this seemed possible.
Peyton Manning is the only five-time MVP in NFL history, one of the faces of the league and, at 39, the oldest starting quarterback to lead a team to the Super Bowl.
DENVER (AP) — An hour after the game, New England kicker Stephen Gostkowski still felt the sting of a rare missed extra point.
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — In the darker moments, when the medical needs of his family were becoming more urgent, Andy Murray thought about leaving the Australian Open before the fourth round.
CORVALLIS (AP) — Gary Payton II tried to be aggressive from the start against No. 21 Southern California.
TORONTO — Kyle Lowry scored 21 points and Jonas Valanciunas had 20 as the Toronto Raptors beat the Los Angeles Clippers 112-94 on Sunday for their season-high eighth straight win.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Adam Rippon interrupted Nathan Chen to marvel at the idea of doing four quadruple jumps in one practice session, let alone the free skate at the U.S. Championships.
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Stephen Curry banked in a shot from midcourt with a hand in his face at the halftime buzzer after his three-quarter court swish at the end of the first was just late and he finished with 39 points and a triple-double, helping coach Steve Kerr win his season debut in th…
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio (AP) — Even after wins, and there were a bunch of them, the Cavaliers didn't celebrate. Everything was too easy for them, way too easy.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Jamie Weisner scored 23 points on Friday night and No. 11 Oregon State held off a late run to beat Utah 62-53.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Damian Lillard joked with coach Terry Stotts that the Portland Trail Blazers should flush the film of an embarrassing loss to the Philadelphia 76ers. Then he sat down and watched it.
CLEVELAND (AP) — Stephen Curry scored 35 points in three quarters, Andre Iguodala added 20 and the Golden State Warriors returned to the floor where they won the NBA championship last season and embarrassed the Cleveland Cavaliers 132-98 on Monday night.
Oregon State forward Jarmal Reid was suspended at least four games by the school on Monday, a day after sticking out his leg and tripping a referee late in a loss to Utah.
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — For five sets and nearly five hours, two chiseled Spanish left-handers went head-to-head again at the Australian Open.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Four games into his playoff career, Cam Newton recognizes the key element to success. He calls it "Big Mo," and there couldn't have been a better example than Carolina's 31-24 victory over Seattle on Sunday.
DENVER (AP) — Peyton Manning gets to face his biggest nemesis for one more shot at glory.
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — The Colorado bench paved most of the way, and the Buffaloes didn't let another conference home game get away on Sunday night.
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Novak Djokovic recalled his own brush with match-fixing, as the start of the year's first Grand Slam tournament was overshadowed by corruption allegations.
OKLAHOMA CITY — Russell Westbrook had his second consecutive triple-double to help the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Miami Heat 99-74 on Sunday.
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Roger Federer has heard enough speculation about match-fixing in tennis. If players are suspected of corruption, he wants names.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Jarmal Reid's split-second decision to trip a referee sent Oregon State to a loss — and could cost the Beavers' forward a whole lot more.
HONOLULU (AP) — Some of the toughest battles Fabian Gomez ever faced were with the other caddies he grew up with in Argentina.
CORVALLIS — Deven Hunter was fed up with losing to Stanford.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — On Thursday night, the Philadelphia 76ers let a 24-point lead slip away in an especially difficult overtime loss to the Chicago Bulls.
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — The Patriots' late-season slump didn't mean much when the playoffs came to New England. Kansas City's 11-game winning streak mattered even less.With Rob Gronkowski and Julian Edelman coming back from injuries to help Tom Brady return to his Super Bowl MVP form, the P…
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — After being forced into overtime by another Hail Mary from Aaron Rodgers, the Arizona Cardinals wasted no time calling for the "Hail Larry" to get to the NFC title game.
NEW YORK (AP) — Damian Lillard added to the Brooklyn Nets' fourth-quarter woes this season.
CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — Gabriella Hanson scored 13 of her career-high 20 points in the first half and No. 12 Oregon State broke the game open in the third quarter Friday night, rolling to a 70-48 win over California.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Karlie Samuelson scored 18 points and Lili Thompson had 16, including two baskets in the last 35 seconds, to rally No. 11 Stanford to a 64-62 win over Oregon on Friday night.
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Chip Kelly is the offensive-minded, experienced head coach the San Francisco 49ers have long sought, and now he needs to win — right away.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Doug Pederson is the new man in charge of the Philadelphia Eagles.
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are turning their rebuilding project over to Dirk Koetter.
DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Lions retained coach Jim Caldwell for a third season, giving him a chance to work with new general manager Bob Quinn.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Oregon Ducks have struggled with slow starts on the road this season. If Utah was expecting that on Thursday night, they had another thing coming."We were really aggressive right from the start," Dillon Brooks said. "We just wanted to hit them first."Brooks had 21 p…
PORTLAND (AP) — Damian Lillard came close to a triple-double, but the Trail Blazers were in such control against the Utah Jazz that he wasn't needed in the fourth quarter.
DENVER — Danilo Gallinari scored 28 points and the Denver Nuggets withstood a 38-point performance by Stephen Curry to hand the Golden State Warriors their third loss of the season, 112-110 on Wednesday night.
Pro Picks was all over the road teams in the wild-card round, getting three of the four winners correct. Unfortunately, we weren't so clairvoyant against the spread.
Reedsport’s volleyball team completed an undefeated season against fellow Sunset Conference schools by winning a mini tournament hosted by the Brave on Friday.
The Southwestern Oregon Community College volleyball team completed a sweep of Mount Hood by outlasting the Saints in five sets Friday in the Lakers’ home opener.
Bandon Crossings will host the annual Bandon By the Sea Two-Person Best Ball tournament on Saturday, April 24.
NORTH BEND — The Bandon softball team hadn’t played a game in nearly two years, but you couldn’t easily tell that Tuesday, when the Tigers beat host North Bend 5-3 in the season opener for both teams.
Coquille’s volleyball team swept visiting Bandon Tuesday in a sunny match on the Red Devils’ makeshift court on a tennis court in the city park.
A pair of former Bandon runners had big marks at the Hayward Premier track and field meet, which christened the remodeled University of Oregon track complex.
Marshfield’s boys had a short stay in the Class 4A soccer showcase when top-seeded Stayton beat the Pirates 5-1 on Tuesday.
COTTAGE GROVE — Marshfield’s football team captured the third-place trophy in the Class 4A Showcase at Cottage Grove High School on Saturday, pounding Gladstone 41-14.
Bandon’s girls claimed the Class 3A-2A-1A cross country state title Saturday in Lebanon while Siuslaw swept the Class 4A Showcase state titles in Eugene.
NORTH BEND — Grants Pass beat North Bend in the spring football season finale Friday night.
The Southwestern Oregon Community College basketball teams learned last week that the state had approved the NWAC proposal for basketball, and soon were playing their first games.
Coos Bay Speedway opens its oval track season this weekend, 50 years after plans for the racing complex, originally called Ken-Kel Parkway, were announced for the first time.
Following the same approach it took with Season 2, the OSAA has opted to return the culminating weeks for upcoming Season 3 back to the schools.
For the first time since 2005, Myrtle Point will have both its boys and girls cross country teams in the state championships this weekend.
The Southwestern Oregon Community College swim team competed in a different pool, but still in virtual fashion against two other teams, and had similar results, beating Barton Community College and South Georgia State Community College.
Gymnastics Plus was well-represented in the Emerald Team Challenge last weekend, including numerous high finishes.
Marshfield’s volleyball team swept Elmira last Monday, beating the Falcons 28-26, 25-17, 25-11.
The Boys & Girls Club of Southwestern Oregon is now accepting registrations for the 2021 track season.
COOS BAY — When Marshfield and Cottage Grove met in boys soccer early in the season, the host Lions scored in the final seconds to secure a tie with the Pirates.
North Bend’s volleyball team is making the most of its season as road warriors.
EUGENE — Marshfield was denied a shot at the Class 4A state football title when Marist Catholic beat the Pirates 39-21 on Saturday in Eugene.
North Bend earned a dramatic football win at Lebanon on Friday, getting a 5-yard touchdown pass from Coleman Compton to Bridger Holmes with 28 seconds left for a 40-34 win after the Warriors had erased a 12-point deficit in the final six minutes and taken a two-point lead.
COQUILLE — The Bandon and Coquille football teams bring out the best in each other.
Marshfield was up to second in the latest rankings of the Class 4A football committee, meaning the Pirates will most likely play for the state title if win in their regular-season finale at Marist Catholic on Saturday.
COQUILLE — The Coquille-Myrtle Point boys soccer team celebrated senior day Tuesday and honored four players.
COOS BAY — Marshfield’s girls soccer team completed perhaps the best season in school history with another strong performance in a 3-0 loss to visiting Marist Catholic on Thursday.
North Bend’s volleyball team stayed perfect on the season with a four-set win at Reedsport on Wednesday.
Bandon’s boys cross country team won the Class 2A-1A District 4 title and the girls claimed the Class 3A-2A-1A District 4 crown Thursday, and Myrtle Point was second as both schools qualified both their teams for the upcoming state meet.
NORTH BEND — North Bend’s girls soccer team celebrated senior night in style Thursday, shutting out Cottage Grove 3-0.
Marshfield’s volleyball team swept host Elmira on Monday, beating the Falcons 28-26, 25-17, 25-11.
Southwestern Oregon Community College golfer Sarah Gray was named the NWAC women’s golfer of the week after leading the Lakers to a tournament win over Columbia Basin in the season-opening event at Pumpkin Ridge.
The Prefontaine Memorial Run will be back this fall after it was not held in 2020 because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
NORTH BEND — When the girl in the gold No. 10 jersey went against the girl in the white No. 10 jersey during the recent North Bend-Marshfield soccer match, it was a family affair.
After most of a school year with almost no sports, Southwestern Oregon Community College is now in a period with multiple sports at the same time, covering all the traditional times of the year.
The Southwestern Oregon Community College swim team set three school records during its most recent virtual meet against other squads.
Four members of Gymastics Plus qualified for the regional tournament with their finishes in the club’s season-opening meet in Salem.
Myrtle Point High School cross country coach Karl Smith was the winner of the annual Run of Two Cities, held recently.
The bowling teams from North Bend, Marshfield, Siuslaw and several Willamette Valley schools will be competing Sunday for spots in the upcoming state tournament when they meet at Firs Bowl in Eugene.
Marshfield’s volleyball team picked up a pair of wins Thursday, topping Marist Catholic in both matches of a doubleheader at Eugene.
Bandon’s football team got another strong defensive performance and came from behind to beat host Glide 16-13 on Friday night.
COOS BAY — Marshfield’s football team has been on the wrong side of the rivalry game with North Bend several times in recent years, including a 51-6 loss last year.
Coquille used an explosive first half to beat Glide 38-13 in a game played at Marshfield High School on Friday to stay perfect on the season.
Marshfield’s boys soccer team set up a big final week of the regular season by topping host Siuslaw 6-1 on Tuesday.
Two teams tied for first place in the recent Four Person Cha Cha Cha golf tournament at Bandon Crossings.
Bandon graduate Sailor Hutton finished 119th in her first-ever NCAA cross country championship meet Monday, helping Boise State to ninth place in the team race.
Marley Petrey won the girls race to lead Harbor Lights of Bandon to the middle school team title in the Bandon Fugate Farms XC Challenge last week at the Fugate cranberry farm south of town.
Coquille graduate Morgan Baird had a strong finish to her freshman season at Portland State University, working her way into the starting lineup for the final five games of the season and helping the Vikings win a game in the Big Sky Tournament before losing to Eastern Washington.
Bandon swept the team titles in the Champs Invitational cross country meet near Lebanon on Friday, a good showing for the Tigers as they prepare for the championship portion of the season.
A quartet of Coos County volleyball teams finally got to play inside matches Saturday, when Gold Beach hosted Coquille, North Bend, Myrtle Point and Reedsport.
Marshfield graduate Travis Wittlake placed fourth in his first NCAA championships for Oklahoma State University on Saturday.
