In area college football, the Beavers come out of their bye week Saturday to host fellow Pac-12 member Washington State.

Medford voters are being asked to approve a hotel tax increase this November. It started as an effort to bring a Minor League Baseball team to Medford. But the idea has now turned into a major conference center with a possible baseball stadium on the side.

WNBA newcomer Alex Sarama will serve as head coach for the rekindled Portland Fire. He currently works as an assistant coach for the NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers.

Oregon basketball begins its second Big Ten season with star Nate Bittle returning as Dana Altman leads the Ducks toward another NCAA Tournament run.

Jordon Davison rushed for a pair of touchdowns and No. 6 Oregon overcame a slow start to hand Wisconsin its sixth straight loss with a 21-7 victory on a rainy Saturday night.

The Badgers have lost their last two, both at home, by a combined score of 71-0 heading into Saturday's daunting game against No. 6 Oregon at Autzen Stadium. The Ducks are four-touchdown favorites.

Assistant coach and former NBA player Tiago Splitter was named interim coach of the Portland Trail Blazers on Thursday after Chauncey Billups was placed on leave following the announcement that Billups had been charged with participating in a conspiracy to fix high-stakes card games.

The head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers and a player for the Miami Heat were arrested Thursday along with more than 30 other people in two criminal cases alleging sprawling separate schemes to rake in millions by rigging sports bets and poker games involving Mafia families.

Anthony Hankerson had 204 yards rushing and four touchdowns and Oregon State beat Lafayette 45-13 for the Beavers’ first win of the season.

Dante Moore passed for 290 yards and four touchdowns and No. 8 Oregon followed its first loss of the season with a 56-10 romp over Rutgers on Saturday night in the first meeting between the schools. A week after falling 30-20 to Indiana at home, Oregon (6-1, 3-1 Big Ten) extended the nation’s longest road winning streak to 10 games. Noah Whittington ran for 125 yards and two TDs and the Ducks piled up 750 total yards — 415 rushing and 335 passing — for the most yards against a Power 4 school this season. The Scarlet Knights (3-4, 0-4) have not beaten a ranked team in 16 years, the longest active streak in college football.