As cliché as it may sound — all good things must come to an end. I have been The Torch’s sports editor since the spring term of 2010, but I have decided to move on and pursue my journalistic career through another avenue. Before my tenure at The Torch, the paper lacked a sports section...

When the Portland Trail Blazers selected Tyrus Thomas with the fourth overall pick in the 2006 NBA draft, fans in the Rose City began to grumble with the thoughts of draft mismanagement once again, for their beloved team. Moments later, those thoughts were washed away when former Trail Blazers General Manager Kevin Pritchard traded the...

Being under the national spotlight is something to which the University of Oregon football team has become accustomed over the last three-years. All three of those seasons were by the hands of head coach Chip Kelly and his trademark visor. The national media turned the spotlight on nice and bright late on Jan. 22, when...

People usually associate sports only with the entertainment they see on the television or at the stadium, and usually look past what the athletes, franchises and athletic departments do within their communities. Most professional franchises and athletes are part of Boys and Girls Clubs, United Way or other national charities, and there are a large...