by Ty Davison | Jun 12, 2014 | Sports
Good luck to Croatia, who most pundits (myself included) think have little prayer of winning this one. Still, a few of us remember the scrappy Croat side that finished 3rd in 1998 and would like nothing better than to see them do well this time around. Good chance for...
by Ty Davison | Jun 2, 2011 | News & Commentary, Sports
I met Sal Reyes when I was 12 or 13, and he became instantly the best soccer player I knew. My first glimpse of him was at tryouts for a Salem-area U-15 select team. He was doing rainbows one after another at a full run. I remember thinking that if the rest of the...
by Ty Davison | May 8, 2011 | Sports
Jonah finished 20 of 270 for 2nd grade boys in the Awesome 3000 yesterday with a time of 7:53 on the 1.5k course. That’s an improvement of 16 seconds over last year. I was very proud of his effort. Similarly, I was very proud of Elisha’s effort. After a...
by Ty Davison | Feb 7, 2011 | Sports
File under Super Bowl records set: Fewest combined rushing attempts: 36, Green Bay (13); Pittsburgh (23) As I noted in my pre-game analysis, Green Bay needed to forgo the run, which they did, and we needed a steady dose of Mendenhall, which we did not. It did not help...
by Ty Davison | Feb 4, 2011 | Sports
Long-time readers know that I’m a dyed-in-the-wool Pittsburgh Steelers fan. If you like winners—and what little kid doesn’t?—there really was nobody like the late ’70s Steelers, who won four Super Bowls in the span of just a few years. I’ve...
by Ty Davison | Jul 11, 2010 | Sports
I’m expecting a Spanish victory, forcing me to eat crow over my longtime claims that Spain always disappoints at the World Cup. In fairness, I’ve always been right until this year, but I’d have to say that this Spanish squad has played very well....
