http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/index.php Portland and surrounding area community news and information http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=124661507804685300 TACOMA, Wash. — Jeff Clement went 2-for-4 and led a four-homer attack in support of Ryan Rowland-Smith as the Tacoma Rainiers downed the Portland Beavers 5-3 Thursday night in Pacific Coast League baseball play. Clement doubled and was one of four Rainiers to hit solo homers — Prentice ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=124661470873865000 The Portland Timbers rebounded from their tough loss to Seattle in the U.S. Open Cup, using a lot of reserve players and beating Bayern Munich II 2-0 in an exhibition soccer match Thursday at PGE Park. Guest player Kevin Forrest scored, and earned himself more time with the Timbers, and Antouman ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=124651321242093100 Seattle beat Portland 2-1 Wednesday before an electric, record-breaking PGE Park crowd to advance in the U.S. Open Cup tournament, and the game couldn't have started better for the Major League Soccer's Sounders. Roger Levesque, a Timber nemesis in his time with the Sounders' United Soccer Leagues ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=124654961945197000 TACOMA, Wash. — The Portland Beavers showed some improvement on Wednesday. One night after Colorado Springs' Brandon Hynick pitched a perfect game against them, the Beavers hit safely eight times to match Tacoma in that category. But that wasn't enough, as the Rainiers stopped the Bevos 4-1 ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=124648091426073400 The finish line is in sight for Cleveland High’s long-awaited new track. Work has started to replace the worn-out rubber with a state-of-the-art, Atlas Poly-5000 surface. Weather permitting, the track will be ready for use in about a month. The facility also will have new discus and pole ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=124648095448209300 Getting goaltender Kasey Keller to move back to the United States and sign was quite the coup for the Seattle Sounders. For Portland fans, it’s too bad the city couldn’t have entered Major League Soccer before their rival. “I said from Day One, I would be very comfortable coming ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=124648083270097300 EUGENE – It has worked before, and it can work again, says coach Paul Westhead, who is implementing his relentless fastbreak approach with the Oregon women’s basketball team. Other teams run, but selectively. The Ducks will run on every possession –no exceptions –and try to ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=124648093428048300 Portland Winterhawks defenseman Brett Ponich needs to improve his game, but his future has been made much brighter after last weekend’s NHL draft. The St. Louis Blues selected the 18-year-old Ponich in the second round, higher than he expected. A second-round pick means he was a ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=124648089444973800 Skeptics of Major League Soccer for Portland only need to look 170 miles north to see how successful the league can be. Whether the popularity of the Seattle Sounders FC continues at such a rabid rate remains to be seen, but the first year has been overwhelmingly successful. The Sounders are ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=124648087429646600 As with many of you, I’ve grown tired of the story of where, besides PGE Park, the Portland Beavers could play. But the story’s not over, not by a long shot. The door is closed on the best potential site, the Rose Quarter, with the Trail Blazers muscling the City Council and ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=124648085393215300 For the past two weeks, the Trail Blazers have thrown everything but the kitchen sink at Greg Oden in an effort to prepare the 7-foot center for the 2009-10 NBA season. And that’s only for starters. Last week, assistant coaches Bill Bayno and Kaleb Canales, scout Larry Greer and ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=124640173438892600 It's a big week for the Portland Timbers, who step out of United Soccer Leagues action with two home games. The Timbers play host to Seattle, 7 p.m. Wednesday at PGE Park, in the third round of the U.S. Open Cup. At 7 p.m. Thursday, the Timbers play an exhibition game against the Bayern Munich II ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=124640209797587000 The Portland Winterhawks selected Nino Niederreiter of Switzerland with the second overall pick in the Canadian Hockey League Import Draft. The Hawks sent two Western Hockey League bantam draft picks – 2010 fourth round, 2011 sixth round – to Moose Jaw to move up in the Import ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=124642037984214400 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Brandon Hynick retired all 21 batters he faced in throwing a seven-inning perfect game for the Colorado Springs Sky Sox in a 2-0 Pacific Coast League win over the Portland Beavers Tuesday night. Hynick (7-5), who also threw a seven-inning, five-hit shutout against ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=124587624517073000 It’s on to something new — again — for Colin Cowherd. Six years ago, Cowherd left Portland for Bristol, Conn., and a gig as a replacement for Tony Kornheiser on a national ESPN radio show. On July 6, the 45-year-old Northwest native begins a one-hour weekday studio show (1 p.m. ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=124587629230116200 Before last Saturday’s Les Schwab Bowl, Faustin Riley attended a North team practice, observing as several football coaches he’d worked with and against for many years sent players through a workout. “None of those guys had a clue who I was,” Beaverton High’s veteran ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=124587619963975500 Billions of dollars change hands annually through gambling on athletic events. Oregon no longer offers the lottery game “Sports Action,” but thousands of the state’s residents visit Nevada’s sports books to place legal bets. Some of them win, but more of them lose, sometimes ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=124631569723447100 The Seattle Sounders enter their U.S. Open Cup match against Portland with an air about them. They're a Major League Soccer team now, set to play the Timbers at 7 p.m. Wednesday, and they expect to win. But, it won't be easy, they say. "It could be a fight and tough for us," says ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=124628849937066300 He has a lot on his mind these days, so forgive David Kahn if he inadvertently left his cell phone behind after a workout Sunday at ClubSport Oregon. The new president/basketball operations of the Minnesota Timberwolves is going to need that phone, though. Some of the hay is in the barn, but ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=124624728588481700 The Portland Timbers took care of the Montreal Impact early and often on Sunday. Forward Mandjou Keita scored two goals in the first 47 minutes to spark the Timbers to a 4-0 win at PGE Park. Portland hasn't lost in its last 12 United Soccer Leagues First Division matches. The Timbers (7-1-5) got ...