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The RAS: What It Is, What It Does, And Should We Still Use It?
Coined in 1987, the Relative Athletic Score (RAS) is a tool commonly referred to when discussing a football player’s athletic ability based on build and drill results. Even hand size factors into RAS. It is a scale that runs from 0 to 10,…
Could Wilt Chamberlain’s 100 Point Record Finally Be Broken After 61 Years?
Records are meant to be beaten, as the saying goes, and yet over half a century has passed since Wilt Chamberlain set what was considered an unbeatable score.
Chamberlain is so well known for setting “unbeatable” records that there is…
As UFC 285 Draws Near, Has Jon Jones Made Amends with His Ex-Fiancé?
Fans of Jon Jones have been ecstatic ever since finding out that Jon was stepping back into the ring after not taking a pro fight in a good three years. He’s recently completed fight camp and is looking forward to stepping up to opponent…
Are the Trail Blazers set to be Extinguished by a lack of Experience?
It's no secret that the just-passed NBA trade deadline could have been more fruitful for the Portland Trail Blazers. Trading away Josh Hart and Gary Payton II, they have brought in Cam Reddish, Mattise Thybulle and Kevin Knocks. While they…
After a Seven Month Break, Tiger Arrives at the Genesis Invitational to Show He’s Still in the Game!
“I was trying to calm myself down all day,” Tiger had said after stunning a crowd that had chanted his name before he’d even teed up, “trying to figure out what the hell I'm doing out here because I haven't played.”
To anyone familiar…
Ashland to host fourth annual Sister City Classic
BY DANNY PENZA...
The relationship between Ashland and Guanajuato, Mexico, goes well beyond the current ages of every Ashland Little League player, a pact between sister cities that is closing in on its 50th birthday.
This week, the two…
Ducks still looking for starting QB
By Steve Gress
The (Corvallis) Gazette-Times
Posted Jul. 28, 2016 at 5:46 PM
It’s a new season for the Oregon football program but the same question is at the forefront as a year ago: Who will start at quarterback?
The Ducks turned…
Toxicology tests shed no light on distance runner Todd Ragsdale’s death
Ultramarathon runner Todd Ragsdale died of "undetermined natural causes," the Jackson County Sheriff's Department has determined.
Toxicology tests returned to the department Tuesday revealed no new information about the cause of the…
Medical examiner reports nothing suspicious in runner’s death
Investigators have yet to determine the cause of death of distance runner Todd Ragsdale last week in the hills above Ashland, but they have ruled out anything suspicious, authorities said.
The Jackson County Sheriff's Department issued a…
Body of distance runner Todd Ragsdale has been found
3:50 p.m.
Jackson County Sheriff Corey Falls confirmed officials believe the body of Todd Ragsdale was found this afternoon in the hills above Lithia Park.
He said a county medical examiner is investigating the body now. Officials…