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The Conference of Champions is no longer going to have the same look and feel that it did when I was a student athlete. In fact, it is going to look a lot different than it ever has in its existence.

I’m a root worker and I’ve known that for a very long time. What I mean by that is we don’t always get to see our seeds grow. Painful yet true. Now, I sit at [...]

I recently read an article from a local Oregon newspaper about a racially motivated group at a high school in Oregon. It’s disturbing but somehow not all that surprising to me.

On this Super Bowl Sunday I feel compelled to share a story about the NFL dream within my family.

A month ago I had the chance to speak with over 200 Oregon State student-athletes.

Andrew Luck's surprise retirement caught me off guard and prompted me to dive into the different perspectives involved with a decision such as this.

The average age of an NFL player is now just 25 years old. With that in mind, and with young coaching hires becoming in vogue, I ask, where is the leadership coming from in today's game?

For years I dreamt of taking the Rams to the Super Bowl and I'm so happy for the guys who brought them this far. Can they finish this dream season with a perfect ending?

I want to give the Rams front office some credit for the direction they took the franchise two years ago, when they took the leap and brought in an unknown commodity to run the team. Hiring Sean McVay was a huge project and nobody knew how it was going to turn out.