How one series can change a glorious summer
· As my Rose Garden ticket stubs can attest, I spent the first 18 years of my life at the tail-end of the Oregon Trail, and I wouldn't change it for a thing. Sure, living in the Rose City has its downsides: hippies, rain, smelly hippies, Darius Miles and dirty smelly hippies. But in the summertime, when the sun is shining and The Simpsons Movie, the brainchild of Portland's own Matt Groening, is making more money than Tim Donaghy at the Bellagio, there's no place I'd rather be. Except in 2007.
Baseball's run falls short again
· After cruising through the Conference USA tournament, NCAA regional bracket, and super regional matchup with Texas A&M University, the baseball team fell to the University of North Carolina in the semifinals of the College World Series in Omaha, Neb. Rice finished the season ranked No. 3 by Baseball America and other major polls.