Month: August 2008

Oregon State (0-1, 0-1) @ No. 13 Penn State (1-0) Or St 17 – PSU 24 First Quarter – TD PSU: J. Norwood, 8 Yd pass from D. Clark (K. Kelly kick) Second Quarter – TD Or St: D. Catchings, […]

Built a new computer last week. Wicked fast. AMD Quad-core, gigabit motherboard with dual display even one is HDMI), HDTV card, wireless internet, DVD w/  Lightscribe – I’m pretty satisfied. I know a lot of the Intel freaks will probably […]

Solomon Wilcots of NFL.com sits down – kind of – with former Oregon State player and current Green Bay Packer Nick Barnett in a bench-off with reps of 225. Watch it!

This is something The [Five] will try to integrate into the site now that the NFL season is nearing – an NFL Fantasy minute. Of course, this “minute” is really more like five and it’s coming from espn.com but let’s […]

A year and change later this is still one of the best interviews I’ve ever had. Newman – former NFLer and Oregon Duck – came onto The NickelBlock after the 2007 NFL Draft to discuss the picks and engage in […]

It was an interesting day at practice. But not for the players. It was business as usual for the guys in black and white. They stretched, ran through drills, legged out skeletons and dissected plays on the sideline. It was […]

The Oregon State women’s soccer team opened the 2008 season Friday night at 7pm in front of 329 fans. They took on Portland State and started the season off right with a 2-1 victory at Paul Lorenz Field. The Beavers […]

BEIJING (AP)—Usain Bolt of Jamaica broke the world record by winning the 200 meters in 19.30 seconds Wednesday night, becoming the first man since Carl Lewis in 1984 to sweep the 100 and 200 gold medals at an Olympics. Bolt […]

I received an e-mail Monday morning that was basically a cease and desist (sorry for the typo up all day – thanks to those who pointed it out without stooping to homophobic slurs) letter from Oregon State. I was told […]

Howard Fendrich of the AP writes: Pure speed. It emanated from those loping, waist-high strides 6-foot-5 Usain Bolt churned with his golden spikes—untied lace and all—to win the 100-meter Olympic gold medal and break his own world record Saturday night. […]