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As was to be expected the crowd was jubilant sensing a blowout.

Carey, a Phoenix native, enrolled at OSU in the fall after the Tokyo games. She felt very welcomed by the team and the whole campus there. "From the minute I stepped on campus and met the gymnastics coaches, I felt connected and cared for," Carey said in an interview with OSU’s Athletic Communications (osubeavers.com). 

"Pet owners should keep their dogs on a leash and in sight to prevent them from coming across fish carcasses. Collect and bag up all garbage associated with cleaning fish, clean your coolers and gear and do not leave fish parts spread on the landscape that dogs could encounter. The highest risk of salmon poisoning is usually September when salmon gather in rivers to spawn and die. These cases early in the year are unusual."

As an American I can only speculate at how bad Europe usually smells in the summer.  But, come the beginning of the Summer Olympics, add another half a million people to a country the size of 3 square shaped states and the risk of olfactory assaults rises exponentially.  Then, on top of that, toss in a few thousand athletes wearing nothing but tennis shoes, tank tops and nylon shorts and you've got a recipe for fungal disaster.

For many, the opening ceremonies are their favorite part of each Olympics. Typically held in the home country’s largest outdoor stadium, where each participating country marches their athletes in behind the flag of their own country. This year's ceremony, scheduled for July 26, will look much different. It will take place In a 4-mile long procession of barges floating down the Seine River with several hundred thousand spectators expected to watch from the river bank along the route.

Sometimes, almost like a time machine, the simplest thing like a song, a smell, or a picture can transport us to a locked away memory.

The netting on the outfield fence that protects adjacent fields from errant fly balls was cut into pieces this week. According to Lincoln City Park...

In an exciting back and forth 3A playoff match between the Taft Tigers boy's Varsity basketball squad and Amity High Warriors the contest settled into a tie at the end of four quarters.

WILSONVILLE (Oct. 20, 2023) – The Oregon Athletic Officials Association and the Oregon School Activities Association are recruiting officials for the high school winter...

"...we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance;perseverance, character; and character, hope." Romans 5:3-4 NIVOn a day that would...