• Cyclocross bike racing in Bend
Local races kick off the season in Central Oregon – By Heather Clark/The Bulletin
• Account of Max King and Andy Martin’s recent race.
• New York’s Kellen Clemens (Burns, U of O) wanted shot as the No. 2 QB
• New Bleachers in Elkton – Oregon Hoops History
Here are some helpful links for basketball in Bend, Oregon:
• High Mountain Hoops
• All Stars Basketball Academy Bend
• Summit High School Boys Basketball Team
• Central Oregon Hot Shots
• Mountain View Boys Basketball Team
• Mountain View Girls Basketball Team
I’m stoked to see U of O’s new basketball arena. The closest I’ve come is looking at all the visuals up in the Casanova Center.
The Oregonian’s John Hunt writes that: Oregon basketball: Matt Court scoreboard beginning to take shape
A four-person team scramble @ Aspen Lakes to benefit Bend youth ministry ONTRACK.
Raffle Prizes!
Prizes for Low Gross Foresome.
Prizes for Longest Drive, Longest putt and Closest to the Hole.Cost:
$150 / player
$500 / foresomeIncludes:
Round of Golf at the beautiful Aspen Lakes Golf Course!
Fantastic Lunch!
A Ticket for the Raffle!
A chance to win AMAZING PRIZES!
After play Snacks and Dessert!
Colt Lyerla of Hillsboro is a beast, but he may not be the beast that a magazine has him listed as being. I was recently looking at a national ranking of the top prep football players in a magazine and was a little shocked when I saw that they had Lyerla (the 2009 5A offensive player of the year) listed at over 500 pounds. Oh, he’s big… but not that big. He’s well over 200 pounds, but not quite 500 
No doubt is was a typo, but it was one of those typos that makes you do a double take. Not like adding an extra digit (which is obviously wrong), but the kind where someone who was not familiar with the player might be like, “wow, who is this monster?”
Lyerla has to miss his team’s first game of the season, but look for him to have another monster year.
First let me say that my favorite pro sport to watch is the NBA. My favorite sport to play is tennis. But I have to admit that the sport that is by far the best to be a fan of is the NFL… hands down! Here are three reasons why:
Madden Football
Because of the video game sensation “Madden Football” fans not only know the rules and strategies of the game, but they know the very smallest intricacies, terminology and details. The game gets better every year and players of the video game become more knowledgeable of the game of pro football.
One game a week
With just one game a week, you can stay up to date on everything. I love the NBA, but keeping up on an 82-game season can be like a full time job… and don’t even get me started on following baseball, that season takes a lifetime.
Fantasy football
Because of fantasy football, or as some girls I know call it “Fairy Tale Football”, fans not only follow team success but crunch individual numbers and stay up-to-date on more info that one may want to admit.
I had the good pleasure of hearing Bruce Brown (of Proactive Coaching) speak recently at Summit High School in Bend. If you are a coach, you need to know who Bruce Brown is. He is a traveling speaker and author on the subject of coaching sports… and he knows what he is talking about.
A friend of mine played for him and assures me that he is the real deal and what he presents is backed up by his years of coaching and shaping countless young people’s lives. I was really impressed with what I heard him say.
This wasn’t Brown’s first time speaking in Central Oregon, and I’m sure it won’t be his last. You really should catch him next time he does.
1984, 1996 or 2003?
First let’s put together a fictional starting lineup from each draft:
1984
G – John Stockton
G – Michael Jordan
C – Hakeem Olajuwon
F – Charles Barkley
F – Kevin Willis
1996
G – Steve Nash
G – Allen Iverson
C – Ben Wallace
F – Kobe Bryant
F – Jermaine O’Neal
2003
G – Dwayne Wade
G – LeBron James
C – Chris Kaman
F – Carmelo Anthony
F – Chris Bosh
1996 was hard to pick a starting five, because it was very guard heavy, so I went with a three guard lineup, because you can’t leave one of those guys out. I think that if all the players were in their prime… 1984 would be tough to beat, but I don’t think the 2003 players are in their prime yet. Any lineup with Jordan, Barkley, Olajuwon is going to be untouchable and to have Stockton running the show and getting those guys the ball in the right place makes them the favorite in my book.
The 1996 draft has to be considered the deepest ever with: Allen Iverson (No. 1), Marcus Camby (No. 2), Shareef Abdur-Rahim (No. 3), Stephon Marbury (No. 4), Ray Allen (No. 5), Antoine Walker (No. 6), Kobe Bryant (No. 13), Peja Stojakovic (No. 14), Steve Nash (No. 15), Jermaine O’Neal (No. 17), Zydrunas Ilgauskas (No. 20) and Ben Wallace (undrafted).
The 2003 draft was also very deep: LeBron James (No. 1), Carmelo Anthony (No. 3), Chris Bosh (No. 4), Dwayne Wade (No. 5), Chris Kaman (No. 6), David West (No. 18), Josh Howard (No. 29) and Mo Williams (No. 47). James, Wade and Bosh are now teammates, which could make this draft go down as the most dominant as far as wins go if the Miami Heat trio can win the 10 or so titles they are hoping for. Wade already has one.
So I’m going to say that the deepest draft ever is 1996, the best ever is 1984 and potentially the bestest ever is 2003.