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Duck Talesnew

Take a trip inside an Oregon football fan’s troubled mind.

Willamette Week | Henry Stern | 12-08-2010 | Sports

Tags: University of Oregon, Oregon Ducks, Pac 10

March Madmen: The NCAA Tournament Comes to Oregonnew

If you have no interest in teenage pituitary cases wearing baggy shorts, suck it up: This week you are outnumbered.

Willamette Week | Aaron Mesh and Henry Stern | 03-18-2009 | Sports

Tags: Oregon, NCAA basketball, March Madness

Do We Really Need the Gay Olympics Anymore?new

One organization might become obsolete thanks to the new queer visibility at the Olympics—a sporting event called the Gay Games. Every four years a cluster of queer folk gathers for the world’s largest LGBT-inclusive sporting event.

Willamette Week | Byron Beck | 08-13-2008 | Sports

Tags: homosexuality, LGBT, sports & fitness, Gay Games, the Olympics

Julius Achon: A Portland Runner's Olympian Survival Storynew

Before moving to Portland in 2004, Julius Achon had already lived a full life of Olympian highs as an adult and unspeakable horrors as a child in his native Uganda.

Willamette Week | Hannah Hultine | 08-06-2008 | Sports

Tags: Olympics, running, sports & fitness, long-distance running, Uganda

LaJean Lawson Follows the Bouncing Breastnew

For more than two decades, Lawson has searched for new and better ways to keep women’s boobs from bouncing when they run.

Willamette Week | Corey Pein | 07-16-2008 | Sports

Tags: running, breasts, sports & fitness, bras, sports bras

Lean, Mean Meat-Free Bodybuilding Machinenew

Robert Cheeke is a bodybuilder, but he has an even better reason to be proud of his massive muscles--they're made of soy. Cheeke isn't just vegan; he's preaching the good news that eating a plant-based diet doesn't mean being a noodle-armed wimp.

Willamette Week | John Minervini | 07-16-2008 | Sports

Tags: body image, veganism, fitness, vegans, sports & fitness, bodybuilding