John Johnson is taking the reins at Portland State’s athletic department at a time of existential questions for PSU — and for college sports as a whole. Can he right the ship?

In July an Oregon law went into effect allowing student athletes to be compensated for their name, image and likeness. Now the student athlete is becoming the student entrepreneur — 
and college sports will never be the same.

Eugene businesses lost out when the Olympic Games were delayed, but the postponed 2021 Olympic Trials could provide the city with economic relief. 

The city’s tourism agency sets out a plan to salvage the hospitality sector.

Corporate sponsorship deals have turned college sports into a lucrative business, but they do little to benefit the students universities are supposed to serve.