LOS ANGELES — The Clippers and Trail Blazers went back and forth for 48 minutes. When it was over, Los Angeles escaped with perhaps its most satisfying victory of the season — and Portland was saddled with its second heartbreaking loss in 48 hours. Blake Griffin scored 36 points, Chris Paul had 20 points and 12 assists,...

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. – Oregon Tech Head Women’s Basketball coach Scott Meredith announced today the signing of Rachel Martin, a 5-11 guard from Enterprise High School in Redding, California who will join the Lady Owls next fall.  

NEW YORK — A happy homecoming for Jimmer Fredette and Michael Malone was another miserable night in a turbulent season for the New York Knicks. Rudy Gay made the tying basket in regulation and a 3-pointer in overtime that gave Sacramento the lead for good, and Fredette scored a career-high 24 points to help the Kings beat the...

OAKLAND, Calif. — With one eye on the defense and the other on the clock, LeBron Jameslet the time tick down before carrying the Miami Heat into the All-Star break in a way only he could. James capped one of his best games of the season in dramatic fashion, making a step-back 3-pointer with less than a...

PORTLAND, Ore. – Kevin Durant said the mutual admiration between the Thunder and the Trail Blazers only goes so far. “We respect this team and they respect us, but we don’t like them and they don’t like us,” Durant said after Oklahoma City’s hard-fought 98-95 victory over Portland on Tuesday night. “Point blank.” Durant had 36...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – After a home split last weekend the Oregon Tech women’s Basketball team fell two spots to Number 23 in this week’s NAIA Division II Women’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll the national office announced Tuesday. Saint Francis (Ind.) holds the No. 1 ranking for the seventh time this season.  The Cougars...

CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Cavaliers are headed toward the All-Star break on a high note. So is Anthony Bennett, the much-maligned No. 1 pick in the NBA draft. As the Cavaliers avenged a 44-point loss to Sacramento with a 109-99 win over the Kings on Tuesday night, Bennett had 19 points and 10 rebounds — both career...

There have been very few teams that have been able to slow down Kevin Durant this season. The Portland Trail Blazers have been less successful at containing the NBA’s leading scorer than anyone. The Trail Blazers have beaten the Oklahoma City Thunder twice in three meetings despite Durant’s gaudy individual numbers, and they’ll try to win the season series and...

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. – Oregon Tech finished 3-1 on the weekend with a sweep at La Sierra University, while the Owls battled back from a six run loss to Antelope Valley to win game 2 Sunday in extra innings by a 6-2 final. Oregon Tech swept La Sierra by scores of 4-3 and 7-5 on...

LA GRANDE, Ore. – The Oregon Tech’s men’s basketball team has been named the “Cascade Conference Team of the Week” for February 2-8, the Cascade Collegiate Conference announced Sunday.  The Hustlin’ Owls earned CCC home victories over The Evergreen State College 80-61 and upset No. 19 Northwest University 91-90 in overtime