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Saudi-backed golf tour heads to Oregon, where local officials aren’t happy
This coming week, the series, which is paying enormous signing fees for players like Phil Mickelson and Dustin Johnson, descends on Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club in tiny North Plains, nestled in the rolling hills west of Portland.

Team USA athletes gear up before World Athletics Championships comes to Oregon
As Hayward Field announcers like to say, this weekend is the penultimate event before the World Championships track and field meet in Eugene.

Source: Jerami Grant to be traded to Portland by Detroit
A person with knowledge of the situation said the Detroit Pistons have agreed to trade Olympic gold medalist Jerami Grant to the Portland Trail Blazers, with the biggest part of the return being a first-round pick in the 2025 draft.

Seattle among cities chosen to host soccer’s World Cup matches in 2026
Atlanta, Houston, Miami, Philadelphia and Seattle and Kansas City, Missouri, were the newcomers among the 11 U.S. sites picked to host games at the 2026 World Cup, while Baltimore, Cincinnati, Denver, Nashville, Tennessee, and Orlando, Florida, were left out

WNBA star Sue Bird says 2022 will be her final season
Seattle Storm star and five-time Olympic gold medalist Sue Bird says the 2022 season will be her last playing in the WNBA.
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown visits Roosevelt students, looking ahead to World Athletics Championships in Eugene
Brown met with student athletes at Roosevelt High School in North Portland to celebrate their district championship and highlight some of their accomplishments as the World Athletic Championships approach in Eugene. It’s the first time the event will be held in the United States.

Phil Knight reportedly part of group making $2B offer to buy Trail Blazers; team says it’s not for sale
ESPN and the New York Times are reporting that Nike co-founder Phil Knight is part of an ownership group that has put in an offer to buy the Portland Trail Blazers.

Rhode Island surfer helps families honor loved ones with ‘one last wave’
Dan Fischer created the One Last Wave Project to use the healing power of the ocean to help families coping with a loss.
NBA: Orlando gets No. 1 pick in draft, Blazers will go 7th
The Orlando Magic won the NBA draft lottery and landed the No. 1 overall pick for the first time since they got Dwight Howard nearly two decades ago.
Oregon School Activities Association confronts racist incidents at high school sporting events, says ‘education’ will be focus
Clatskanie and Molalla high schools are on probation after allegations of racist behavior at basketball games.