KGW sports anchor Joe Becker retired this week after 32 years at the station. Becker joined me on the radio show to talk about his decision to retire and what it was like to cover three-plus decades of Oregon sports.

Becker, 61, talked about former Trail Blazer Terry Porter yelling at him, joking, across a locker room after a big game. Also, Becker weighed in on a skirmish he witnessed once at a Blazers practice between Buck Williams and Cliff Robinson.

"You could see they were going at it a little bit... they got in a fight on the court. Nobody hit anybody with any punches."

On watching Michael Jordan torch the Blazers in the 1992 NBA Finals:

"In '92 when the Blazers were in Chicago and (Michael) Jordan was hitting all those threes in Chicago Stadium and he put his hands up like 'I can't even believe I'm hitting all these shots,'... I have to admit I was hoping he wouldn't miss... I wasn't rooting against the Blazers, but I was looking at the stadium and these fans were going crazy and it was this old historic Chicago Stadium and I'm watching Michael Jordan at his best and I'm thinking, 'This is like watching Babe Ruth in his prime,' I'm getting goosebumps here talking about it."

On the Blazers of the Clyde-Drexler era:

"The team was great and the guys were great. They were so cooperative and just good guys. Terry Porter, Clyde Drexler, Kevin Duckworth, Jerome Kersey, those guys were all super nice guys."

On the Ducks-Beavers football programs:

"I got here in '84, which was a year after the 'Toilet Bowl.'...there were a lot of empty seats. You just hoped the Beavers could get a couple of wins and for the Ducks if they got a winning season it was the biggest thing ever."

On changes in 32 years with access inside college football programs:

"I can remember going live from Autzen Stadium. They had a practice field across the street. It was a grass practice field. Rich Brooks was the head coach. I think Rich might have even come over and gone live with me on our early show. Now you can't even watch practice..."

On whether he believes Tiger Woods will win another Major in golf:

"I do."

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