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Oregon Football Battles Texas Longhorns for Five-Star Florida Wide Receiver

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May 2, 2024

Oregon Football Battles Texas Longhorns for Five-Star Florida Wide Receiver

Oregon football fans got a jolt this week when rumors of five-star wide receiver Dallas Wilson flipping his commitment to Texas started getting traction on social media. As the spring transfer window closes and teams shift their focus to high school recruiting, the importance of retaining key commits has only increased. Wilson gained his five-star prospect status with 247 Sports last month.

The 6-foot-3, 180-pound receiver from the class of 2025 is out of Tampa, Florida and is a hot commodity in this year’s cycle as teams look to add firepower at one of the game’s most important positions. Wilson holds offers from essentially every major program including Auburn, Miami, Florida, Texas, and Oregon, his current commitment.

Oregon head coach Dan Lanning takes notes during the Oregon Ducks’ Spring Game Saturday, April 27.

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As a junior at Tampa Bay Tech, Wilson logged 49 receptions for 872 yards and nine touchdowns in 13 games, proving his value early and often for Tampa Bay Tech. Now, he shifts his focus to the collegiate level where a plethora of big-name teams vie for his services.

Special Teams Coordinator and Tight Ends coach Jeff Banks paid a visit to Wilson in Tampa and the promising receiver is reportedly fond of what Texas has accomplished in turning players pro and winning games on the field, per Charlie Williams of Inside Texas,

A receiver of Wilson’s size at his age has the intangibles and production to make college teams salivate over what he could do for their programs, leading to scheduled visits at Miami, Florida, and Oregon this summer.

Dan Lanning has made no bones about his dedication to bringing in the best talent available and Wilson is surely near the top of his list this year. With so many variables in players’ recruitments, there’s little way to know where he will end up but Duck fans can rest easy knowing Oregon’s staff is hard at work trying to bring him to Eugene.

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Former Oregon guard Holly Winterburn signs developmental contract with Portland Fire

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May 13, 2026

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Former Oregon guard Holly Winterburn signs developmental contract with Portland Fire

PORTLAND, Ore. (KPTV) – Guard and former Oregon Ducks player Holly Winterburn has been signed to a developmental contract with the Portland Fire, the team announced Wednesday.

Winterburn played at the University of Oregon during the 2019-20 season. The native of Northampton, England, then went back to Europe where she last played for Athinaikos in the Greek Women’s Basketball League.

Winterburn, who went undrafted in the 2026 WNBA draft, was signed by the Atlanta Dream before being waived on prior to the season.

The Fire won their first game of the season on Tuesday, beating the New York Liberty 98-96.

The Fire face the Liberty again at 7 p.m. on Thursday at the Moda Center. Get tickets to the game here.

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Oregon homecoming derailed for injured Sabrina Ionescu, Satou Sabally

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May 13, 2026

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Oregon homecoming derailed for injured Sabrina Ionescu, Satou Sabally

PORTLAND, Ore. — Talk about a bummer.

Oregon Ducks greats Sabrina Ionescu and Satou Sabally are sidelined for the Liberty’s only trip to Portland this season.

Ionescu and Sabally didn’t play in the Liberty’s 98-96 loss to the Fire on Tuesday night and will not play in Thursday’s rematch.

Ionescu injured her left foot in the Liberty’s preseason finale May 3 and won’t be reevaluated until early next week. Though she won’t suit up, Ionescu did make the trip to Portland.

Meanwhile, Sabally has yet to make her Liberty debut after missing the team’s two preseason games for reconditioning purposes before being sidelined with a cyst. Sabally is considered day to day, coach Chris DeMarco previously said, but she didn’t join the team on its trip to Portland.

Ionescu had been campaigning for the WNBA to bring a team to Portland for quite some time and was ecstatic when the City of Roses was granted an expansion team in September 2024.

The Fire became the WNBA’s 15th franchise and joined the Toronto Tempo in embarking on their inaugural seasons this summer.

Sabrina Ionescu, who starred for the Oregon Ducks, takes a selfie with a fan before the Liberty’s 98-96 loss to the Fire on May 12, 2026 in Portland, Ore. Troy Wayrynen-Imagn Images

Though Fire fans hoped Ionescu would return to Oregon like a prodigal daughter, the No. 1 overall pick in 2020 made a long-term commitment to the Liberty this offseason, signing a three-year deal that keeps her in New York through the 2028 season.

Sabally, who played alongside Ionescu at Oregon for three seasons, is signed through next season.

Ionescu did relish a homecoming a year ago when the Liberty played a preseason game at Oregon’s Matthew Knight Arena in Eugene.

But a chance to play a meaningful WNBA game in Oregon will likely have to wait another year. That would change only if the Fire were to make the playoffs in their first year, but that’s a long shot. Portland has the worst odds to make the postseason, per BetMGM.

Rebecca Allen participated in the Liberty’s shootaround Tuesday morning at Moda Center, but her season debut remains on hold as she deals with soreness in her left leg.

Allen missed both of the Liberty’s preseason games for reconditioning purposes.

Soreness in her leg flared up ahead of Thursday’s season opener.

She told reporters she thought she’d be ready by Sunday’s game at Washington, but that didn’t happen.

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