Oregon
Beavers Drop Conference-Opening Twinbill – Oregon State University Athletics
CORVALLIS, Ore. – The Oregon State softball team dropped both halves of the conference-opening doubleheader to LMU on Saturday at Kelly Field.
The Lions used a seven-run seventh in game one to take it by a 10-2 margin before completing the day with a 5-2 win.
Game 1
Holding a 3-2 lead over the Beavers (14-16, 0-2 WCC), the Lions broke it open in the game’s final inning with seven runs plated to put it out of reach for OSU. Lici Campbell’s fourth inning double trimmed a 3-0 deficit to just one with half the first game left. The Lions responded by three consecutive scoreless frames to secure the first win of the day.
Ellie Garcia (7-6) was charged with the loss as she gave up all 10 runs (six being earned) on 10 hits but struck out three in 6.1. Logan Hulon threw the final 0.2 and struck out a batter.
Game 2
LMU used five unanswered runs – coming in the fifth and sixth – to complete the doubleheader sweep at 5-2. Jada Lewis’ fourth inning single toward second base drove home Paige Bambarger and Nicole Donahue for the Beavers’ sole lead of the day at 2-0.
Four runs – coming from doubles – flipped the game’s momentum toward LMU in the fifth before adding one more an inning later on a single to right field to make it 5-2. Oregon State’s offense couldn’t answer as two Beavers only reached as far as first in the following chances.
Hulon (7-10) got tagged with the loss after surrendering all five of the Lions’ runs on a dozen hits and a pair of walks. The Texan struck out four but hit a batter.
Oregon State will close the series with LMU tomorrow afternoon with a 2 p.m. first pitch.
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While we continue on through the college football offseason and prepare for what’s to come this fall, the NFL ranks have been providing quite a bit of content. From the 2025 NFL draft and free agency to rookie minicamps earlier this month, content has been churning out from the professional ranks.
Now, with OTAs coming up in the next few weeks, we will be hearing more from our favorite pro-Oregon Ducks as they prepare for the 2025 season. Earlier this week, ESPN’s Mike Clay put out his projections for every offense and defense in the NFL, putting numbers to names and forecasting what’s to come.
According to Clay, it could be a fun season ahead for the dozens of Ducks in the league, with breakouts and career years projected. Whether it’s as a rookie or as an experienced veteran, Oregon fans should enjoy what’s to come. Here’s how he sees the most notable Ducks performing in the upcoming season.
QB Bo Nix
Projected 2025 Stats: 3,510 yards, 24 TD, 11 INT, 3 rush TD
Stats in 2024: 3,775 yards, 29 TD, 12 INT, 4 rush TD
QB Justin Herbert
Projected 2025 Stats: 3,741 yards, 22 TD, 9 INT
Stats in 2024: 3,870 yards, 23 TD, 3 INT, 2 rush TD
QB Marcus Mariota
Projected 2025 Stats: 512 yards, 3 TD, 2 INT, 1 rush TD
Stats in 2024: 364 yards, 4 TD, 0 INT, 1 rush TD
QB Dillon Gabriel
Projected 2025 Stats: 1,205 yards, 5 TD, 4 INT, 1 rush TD
Stats in 2024: None
RB Bucky Irving
Projected 2025 Stats: 224 rushes, 1,049 yards, 7 TD, 49 catches, 379 yards, 3 TD
Stats in 2024: 207 rushes, 1,122 yards, 8 TD, 47 catches, 392 yards
RB Jordan James
Projected 2025 Stats: 12 rushes, 51 yards, 2 catches, 15 yards
Stats in 2024: None
WR Troy Franklin
Projected 2025 Stats: 16 catches, 222 yards, 2 TD
Stats in 2024: 28 catches, 263 yards, 2 TD
TE Terrance Ferguson
Projected 2025 Stats: 16 catches, 161 yards, 1 TD
Stats in 2024: None
DL Arik Armstead
Projected 2025 Stats: 30 tackles, 2.9 sacks
Stats in 2024: 29 tackles, 2 sacks
DL DeForest Buckner
Projected 2025 Stats: 79 tackles, 7 sacks
Stats in 2024: 61 tackles, 6.5 sacks
EDGE Kayvon Thibodeaux
Projected 2025 Stats: 39 tackles, 6.6 sacks
Stats in 2024: 28 tackles, 5.5 sacks
DL Derrick Harmon
Projected 2025 Stats: 33 tackles, 2.3 sacks
Stats in 2024: None
DL Jamaree Caldwell
Projected 2025 Stats: 20 tackles, 1.3 sacks
Stats in 2024: None
LB Jeffrey Bassa
Projected 2025 Stats: 6 tackles
Stats in 2024: None
LB Troy Dye
Projected 2025 Stats: 24 tackles, 0.9 sacks
Stats in 2024: 57 tackles, 1.5 sacks
CB Christian Gonzalez
Projected 2025 Stats: 68 tackles, 1.8 INT
Stats in 2024: 59 tackles, 2 INT
CB Deommodore Lenoir
Projected 2025 Stats: 94 tackles, 1.7 INT
Stats in 2024: 85 tackles, 2 INT
S Evan Williams
Projected 2025 Stats: 40 tackles
Stats in 2024: 49 tackles, 1 INT
S Jevon Holland
Projected 2025 Stats: 83 tackles, 1.7 INT
Stats in 2024: 62 tackles, 1 sack, 0 INT
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The longtime executive director of Travel Oregon, Todd Davidson, announced he is retiring today after three decades as a public employee.
While the timing appeared sudden, it came five weeks after the Oregon Journalism Project first contacted Travel Oregon about an investigation into complaints regarding Davidson’s outsized compensation and allegations of a toxic workplace. He earned $477,000 in take-home pay for fiscal 2024, far higher compensation than that of any other state agency director.
The news of Davidson’s retirement came one day before the CEO was scheduled to sit down for a long-delayed interview with OJP.
Travel Oregon, a semi-independent state agency with 73 staffers, is funded by the statewide lodging tax of 1.5% on hotel bills that brings in more than $40 million a year.
Travel Oregon maintains its chief executive’s departure was unrelated to OJP’s questions and public records requests.
Travel Oregon, also known as the Oregon Tourism Commission, exists to promote tourism, which generates $14 billion of annual economic activity and 120,000 jobs in Oregon.
An agency that once had scraped by on $3 million a year in state lottery funds grew into a powerhouse after lawmakers approved a lodging tax in 2003.
“Travel Oregon is one of the premier state travel organizations,” David Blandford, executive director of State of Washington Tourism, said in a recent interview.
As a semi-independent agency, Travel Oregon is exempt from state budget laws; personnel, salary and expense laws; and purchasing and procurement laws. Its budget is not subject to executive branch review, nor subject to approval or modification by the Legislature.
Davidson, a native of Iowa, has been Travel Oregon’s chief executive since 1996.
Davidson’s compensation and some deficient practices at the agency were widely publicized after the 2020 release of a critical audit by the Oregon Secretary of State’s Office.
Travel Oregon is overseen by a nine-member board of commissioners who are appointed by the governor and confirmed by the Senate. Eight of the nine represent lodging and tourism sectors, and one is a public-at-large member.
Calls seeking comment from commissioners were not immediately returned Thursday.
The governor’s office confirmed Davidson’s departure but declined to comment.
OJP plans to publish its full investigation in the coming days.
This story was produced by the Oregon Journalism Project, a nonprofit newsroom covering the state.
PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) – Some conservation groups are working to save spotted owl habitats in Oregon, Washington, and California.
On Wednesday, they filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit that was brought on by the timber industry.
In the lawsuit, the timber industry wants to reinstate a habitat rollback that was issued in the final weeks of President Trump’s first term in office.
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Back in 2021, it removed nearly 3.5 million acres from the more than nine million acres that were protected for spotted owls.
Then, ten months later, the Biden administration rescinded the final designation.
Conservation groups argue that the forests spotted owls depend on also provide people with benefits, including clean water, recreation, jobs, and climate resiliency.
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