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Ducks welcome dose of reality.

Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Publication Date: 30-DEC-03 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Ducks welcome dose of reality.(Sports)

Article Excerpt
Byline: Ron Bellamy and Bob Clark The Register-Guard

EL PASO, Texas - An upbeat contingent of 31 Oregon football players, including kicker Jared Siegel, defensive end Quinn Dorsey and quarterback Jason Fife, spent an hour Monday morning visiting children on the pediatric floor at Providence Memorial Hospital.

The Ducks, led by strength and conditioning coach Jim Radcliffe, brought Oregon souvenirs to the young patients, including some being treated for cancer; those noise-making Duck lips were heard being tooted in several rooms after visits ended.

"Just to see the little kids and the little babies, it really touches your heart and makes you realize what you have," Oregon rover Marley Tucker said. "To see some of the little kids who are unable to do some of the things that we take for granted really opened my eyes.

"I was aware of things like cancers, but to see it firsthand it puts it into another perspective, football and life in...

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