ILLUSTRIOUS OREGON SPORTS.Byline: Greg Bolt The Register-Guard OK, Oregon sports fans, it's time It's Time was a successful political campaign run by the Australian Labor Party (ALP) under Gough Whitlam at the 1972 election in Australia. Campaigning on the perceived need for change after 23 years of conservative (Liberal Party of Australia) government, Labor put forward a for your turn in the spotlight. This week's issue of Sports Illustrated Sports Illustrated is the largest weekly American sports magazine owned by media conglomerate Time Warner. It has over 3 million subscribers and is read by 23 million adults each week, including over 18 million men, 19% of the adult males in the country. features a six-page spread on Oregon, the 48th state to be profiled in the magazine's 50-state tour marking its 50th anniversary. But according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. SI's "Enthuse-O-Meter" poll, in which residents are asked to rate their state's sports enthusiasm on a scale of 1 to 100, one wonders if all those extra issues hitting newsstands today will be necessary. Oregon registers a tepid 68.2, 42nd of the 48 states surveyed so far and tied with South Dakota South Dakota (dəkō`tə), state in the N central United States. It is bordered by North Dakota (N), Minnesota and Iowa (E), Nebraska (S), and Wyoming and Montana (W). . But no matter. The issue comes out, not coincidentally, just in time for the annual Prefontaine Classic The Prefontaine Classic is one of the premier track and field meets in the United States. Every year it draws a world caliber field to compete at the University of Oregon's Hayward Field. History The first annual Prefontaine Classic took place in 1974. this weekend at Hayward Field For other uses of "Hayward", see Hayward (disambiguation). Hayward Field at University of Oregon is one of the most well-known historic track and field stadiums in the United States. It has been the home to the University of Oregon Track and Field teams since 1919. , the event the magazine touts as being uniquely Oregon. It's an all-star meet with a who's-who cast that gets plenty of national attention anyway, but organizer Tom Jordan welcomes the extra help. "We are always tickled when small publications like Sports Illustrated take recognition of us," he said. But Jordan was happy enough with the national limelight that he didn't even mind that the magazine - or at least its online version - picked former NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= star and North Eugene High alum Danny Ainge as the state's all-time best athlete and relegated Prefontaine to a position he rarely held: second place. The list of the 50 greatest Oregon athletes also includes Terry Baker, Oregon State University's star quarterback who brought home the Heisman Trophy in 1962. Baker penned an essay for the issue in which he contends that the rivalry between the state's two powerhouse teams - his Beavers and the University of Oregon The University of Oregon is a public university located in Eugene, Oregon. The university was founded in 1876, graduating its first class two years later. The University of Oregon is one of 60 members of the Association of American Universities. Ducks - isn't really so fierce as all that. But he may want to do a rewrite after Beaver Nation gets its hands on the magazine. One of the questions included in the 414-person poll by Harris Interactive asked Oregon sports fans to name their favorite college. The answer: the UO was selected by 41 percent, OSU (Open Source UNIX) Refers to the Unix variants that are maintained as open source, which were primarily BSD Unix and Linux until Sun made its Solaris operating system open source in 2005. by 23 percent. Ever diplomatic, UO Athletic Director Bill Moos attributed the lopsided result to Oregon's strong marketing campaign winning over newer residents and those without ties to one school or the other. Still, he was happy to hear it. "Oh, that's good," Moos said when he heard the numbers. "That's welcome news." The issue is full of similar sports nuggets Nuggets can refer to several branches of interest:
And speaking of the former Trail Blazer, his ex-team easily won as the state's favorite NBA team. The Trail Blazers' popularity might not be all that deep, however. Only 15 percent of respondents chose them as their favorite pro sports team, but that still was enough to edge out the Seattle Mariners' 10 percent and land the Blazers in first place. O'Neal apparently didn't take his "enemy" vote too seriously. He helped select the magazine's Oregon all-American teen, an honor that went to Marist High's Blake Westling, a football and baseball player whose profile was included in last week's Sports Illustrated. What sport don't Oregonians like? Pro hockey, hands down. Asked to name their favorite team, 6 percent said the Detroit Red Wings
The Detroit Red Wings are a professional ice hockey team based in Detroit, Michigan. and 62 percent said none. And even though Sports Illustrated put Ainge at the top of the state's all-time list, Oregonians thought otherwise. The No. 5 Oregon athlete in the poll was former Blazer Bill Walton, fourth place went to UO gridiron star and Detroit Lion Joey Harrington, third to UO and NFL NFL abbr. National Football League NFL (US) n abbr (= National Football League) → Fußball-Nationalliga quarterback Dan Fouts (who didn't even make SI's 50 best) and second to Trail Blazer great Clyde Drexler. Crossing the finish line first - as usual - was Steve Prefontaine. SI POLL Here are a few of the results from Sports Illustrated's survey of 414 Oregonians STATE ENEMY Shaquille O'Neal 27% Rick Neuheisel 12% Rasheed Wallace 14% BIGGEST RIVAL UW 52% GREATEST STATE ATHLETE Steve Prefontaine 16% Clyde Drexler 15% Dan Fouts 14% FAVORITE COLLEGE Oregon 41% FAVORITE TV SPORT Football 82% CAPTION(S): Oregon once again is on the cover of the famed national sports magazine. |
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