Coaches will be watching them closely in Saturday's spring game It'll be offense vs. defense for about 45 to 50 plays in Saturday's Portland State spring football game at PGE Park. Game time: 1 p.m. The game will consist of two 10-minute quarters… more »

Run-and-shoot offense pioneer has influenced play from high school to NFL The godfather of the run-and-shoot offense understands that perfection can take a little time to achieve. Four and a half decades after he began using the wide-open, pass-ha… more »

The NCAA penalized four Portland State teams Tuesday because of poor academic performance, but the move will have little impact on the Park Blocks. The Vikings scored below the 925 cutoff score in the annual report on the academic progress rate (APR… more »

Four players wrapping up spring ball, with a fifth QB on the way Spring practice hasn’t changed Portland State’s quarterback situation a lot. Junior Tygue Howland and sophomore Drew Hubel remain the top two quarterbacks, probably in that order, as… more »

The NCAA stripped three Portland State athletics teams of academic scholarships and put the men's basketball team on a probationary-like period Tuesday for sub-par academics. The sanctions are a result of declining Academic Progress Rates (APR) by th… more »

Former Portland State linebacker Jordan Senn intends to make the most of his one shot at the NFL with the Colts After meeting with the Indianapolis Colts two weeks ago for a physical, Portland State linebacker Jordan Senn was given a video of the und… more »

Brennan Carvalho had a feeling he would either hear his name called in the seventh, and final, round of the NFL Draft, or he would receive a call from an interested team shortly after the two-day college football shopping extravaganza concluded. As… more »

A California country boy and a South Pacific native have joined Portland State’s football team — and bonded. “We have way different backgrounds, and don’t have much in common, but our personalities really go together,” John Shackford says. Coach J… more »

Reggie Jones can play on both sides of the ball Portland State wide receiver Reggie Jones bounced off the turf midway through last week's first scrimmage of spring practice and held up the football. "Who's going to guard me?" Jones hollered. "Who… more »

Ricky Wilson was hoping to hear his name called on Sunday during the second day of the NFL draft. Sunday came and went and Wilson wasn't picked by any of the 31 teams. However, that doesn't mean Wilson's shot at playing in the NFL is gone. The former… more »

21-year-old center from Kapa‘a (and Portland State) signs three-year free agent deal to play in the NFL. Brennen Carvalho has packed his bags and is on his way to Wisconsin today. The 21-year-old Kamehameha Schools alum from Kapa‘a was signed to a… more »

The Miami Dolphins get the inaugural "Bill Parcells" award for bringing in the most FCS-level free agents on their team: not only Mr. Foster, but alums from Delaware, Montana, Portland State, and Maine. Twelve minutes after officially selecting Michi… more »

Idaho transfer says he’s ready to catch, rack up some wins for Portland State Nobody calls him “French Fry” or, heaven forbid, “Small Fry.” “It’s usually Ray Ray,” Portland State’s Raymond Fry says. And his job is to catch catch. A sophomore… more »

Transfer Reggie Jones wants to provide for family, including imprisoned mother The Portland State player with perhaps the best chance to make it to the NFL someday has played very little college football going into his junior year. But cornerback Reg… more »

Pass blocking was a problem for Portland State last season as the injury-riddled Vikings slumped to 3-8 in their maiden voyage under coach Jerry Glanville and offensive coordinator Mouse Davis. The offensive line will be even younger this season and is… more »