http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/index.php Portland and surrounding area community news and information http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=121061772786582500 CORVALLIS — Quickie quiz: Which Oregon State pitcher has the most victories this season? If you said Mark Grbavac, you’re probably a member of the junior right-hander’s immediate family. The Central Catholic grad is 4-1 as a middle-relief specialist for the Beavers, who begin ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=121064411024757300 Sometimes, it’s not just the losers who are lost. The end for Stuart Gaussoin came on April 29 in a Beaverton hotel room, on a day when he felt he could no longer face the world in which he was living. The pint-sized guy with the colossal heart, who lived to make his friends ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=121055425961101700 CORVALLIS — With one swing of the bat, Ryan Ortiz might have saved Oregon State’s NCAA Tournament hopes. Ortiz’s grand-slam home run with two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning carried the Beavers to an 8-7 victory over UCLA Sunday before a Goss Stadium crowd of ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=121046605703140800 CORVALLIS – Oregon State couldn’t get enough going at the plate or on the mound to avoid an 11-4 whipping by UCLA Saturday at Goss Stadium. UCLA righthander Charles Brewer allowed three first-inning runs, then settled in to shut out the Beavers on one hit over the next five innings ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=121029048250319900 Oregon State football coach Mike Riley will sit down next week with all of his players for what amounts to exit interviews going into the summer. The Beavers are coming off what Riley calls a “good spring” of practices, and they will be working on various issues and areas as ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=121026292382666800 Pat Riley’s handpicked successor as head coach of the Miami Heat is “a man born to coach,” according to the Hall of Fame-bound Riley. Not entirely true, Erik Spoelstra claims. Spoelstra, named last week to lead the Heat, did grow up as the son of NBA executive ...