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Kobe Bryant may be the leader of the hated Los Angeles Lakers, but his new documentary has a lot of treats for anyone interested in an immersive NBA experience.

Oregon again visits Arizona this Saturday with both teams playing for a Rose Bowl berth. The Wildcats (6-3, 4-2) are on Oregon's heels, along with Oregon State and Stanford, and could earn a trip to their first-ever Rose Bowl by winning their final three games.

"I Love My Ducks" was produced and written by the student trio of Brian McAndrew, Jamie Slade and Michael Bishop. They had a fellow student wear the Duck mascot head in the video, and that's where the controversy arises.

"I Love My Ducks" was produced and written by the student trio of Brian McAndrew, Jamie Slade and Michael Bishop. They had a fellow student wear the duck mascot head in the video, and that's where the controversy arises.

Welcome to the final week of The Blitz for 2009.  Eleven very fast weeks have sailed by and we find ourselves in week 2 of  the playoffs, a place in time that annually provides an upset or two.

Brandon Roy and LaMarcus Aldridge each had 20 points, and the Portland Trail Blazers held off the tired but tenacious Detroit Pistons 87-81 on Wednesday night.

Robin Smeulders scored 24 points on 9-of-12 shooting to lead Portland to a 98-81 victory over Seattle in its home opener Tuesday night.

Glanville has gone 9-24 in three seasons with the Vikings. This past season, Portland State went 2-9 overall and 1-7 in the Big Sky Conference. PSU President Wim Wiewel said Glanville "has been a...more great contributor to the PSU community." The school hopes to have a new coach in place by early December.

Joe Johnson and the Atlanta Hawks feel they can beat anyone right now, even the NBA's top teams. Johnson scored eight of his 35 points in overtime and the Hawks solved Portland's defense in time to beat the Trail Blazers 99-95 on Monday night.

LaMichael James had 150 rushing yards and three touchdowns, Jeremiah Masoli threw for two scores, and the Oregon defense held Arizona State to 212 yards of offense in a 44 to 21 win on Saturday night.

No big screen TV. No live stream on the Internet. It is 2 a.m. in Al Asad, Iraq, and with no way to see the Oregon State Beavers play, an Oregon man's friends still manage to bring him to the game.

Executive officer Daniel Cotton, 26, of Beaverton, Ore., graduated from the University of Oregon in 2006. Cotton was a UO cheerleader and spent his last year as the team mascot: the Duck.

Executive officer Libby Smith, 24, of Spokane, Wash., attended the University of Oregon and was a cheerleader from 2003 to 2007. She's now stationed in Iraq.

Kevin Prince threw for 314 yards and ran for a touchdown as UCLA beat Washington State 43 to 7 on Saturday in a showdown of the bottom two teams in the Pacific-10.