Nick Krupke
Sports Anchor
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Nick arrived at KPTV in 2013 and has spent nearly two decades covering sports in Oregon.
A native of Mt. Vernon, Washington, the married father of three daughters and two dogs graduated from the Murrow College of Communication at Washington State.
You can find Nick hosting Friday Night Lights, Timbers pregame shows (Countdown to Kickoff) and covering the big events from the preps to the pros in Southwest Washington and Western Oregon.
Updated: 16 hours ago
|By Nick Krupke
Week 5 of Friday Night Lights.
Updated: 22 hours ago
|By Nick Krupke
A Newberg Tiger and one of the top volleyball seniors in the Pacific Northwest will soon be a Duck.
Updated: Sep. 29, 2022 at 10:53 PM PDT
|By Nick Krupke
Week 5 of Thursday Night Lights.
Updated: Sep. 26, 2022 at 6:28 PM PDT
|By Nick Krupke
Change was the name of the fame for the Trail Blazers in 2021— a new coach, a new general manager and now new sidekicks for Damian Lillard who underwent season-ending core muscle surgery back in January.
Updated: Sep. 25, 2022 at 10:52 PM PDT
|By Nick Krupke
The top plays - moments and memories from the fourth week of Thursday and Friday Night Lights are here in countdown form with the Six Picks.
Updated: Sep. 25, 2022 at 5:35 PM PDT
|By Nick Krupke
Sunday was the regular season home finale against Chicago. FOX 12′s Nick Krupke and Kat Tarr anchored our coverage.
Updated: Sep. 23, 2022 at 11:10 PM PDT
|By Nick Krupke
Week 4 of Friday Night Lights.
Updated: Sep. 23, 2022 at 6:02 AM PDT
|By Nick Krupke
In this High School Spotlight, FOX 12 meets a senior from Glencoe High School.
Updated: Sep. 22, 2022 at 10:55 PM PDT
|By Nick Krupke
Week 4 of Thursday Night Lights
Updated: Sep. 18, 2022 at 10:55 PM PDT
|By Nick Krupke
Week 3 of Friday Night Lights - highlights caught by FOX 12 cameras.
Updated: Sep. 17, 2022 at 10:22 PM PDT
|By Jeffrey Lindblom and Nick Krupke
For the Oregon State Beavers’ final non-conference game on Saturday, fans enjoyed a treat that hasn’t been this sweet in decades.
Updated: Sep. 16, 2022 at 5:56 AM PDT
|By Nick Krupke
In this High School Spotlight, FOX 12 meets up with a Sam Barlow High School senior who is a leader on and off the field and court in Gresham.
Updated: Sep. 15, 2022 at 10:48 PM PDT
|By Nick Krupke
Week 3 of Thursday Night Lights.
Updated: Sep. 12, 2022 at 9:04 PM PDT
|By Nick Krupke
After a ten-year run as starting quarterback for the Seahawks, Russell Wilson returned to Seattle on Monday night as a Denver Bronco.
Updated: Sep. 12, 2022 at 7:21 AM PDT
|By Nick Krupke
In this High School Spotlight, FOX 12 meets up with the reigning girls 6A soccer champions at Grant High School.
Updated: Sep. 12, 2022 at 5:19 AM PDT
|By Nick Krupke
FOX 12's Nick Krupke counts down the top plays of the week for Week 2.
Updated: Sep. 9, 2022 at 11:32 PM PDT
|By Nick Krupke
Week 2 of Friday Night Lights.
Updated: Sep. 8, 2022 at 10:53 PM PDT
|By Nick Krupke
Week 2 of Thursday Night Lights.
Updated: Sep. 5, 2022 at 5:05 AM PDT
|By Nick Krupke
FOX 12's Nick Krupke counts down the top plays of the week for Week 1.
Updated: Sep. 4, 2022 at 1:01 PM PDT
|By Nick Krupke
The 2022 season of Beaver Football opened with a bang – a 34-to-17 win to bust the Broncos on Saturday night in Corvallis.
Updated: Sep. 2, 2022 at 11:30 PM PDT
|By Nick Krupke
Week 1 of Friday Night Lights.
Updated: Sep. 2, 2022 at 5:55 AM PDT
|By Nick Krupke
Maylee Phelps, 15, has met her match all around the globe.
Updated: Sep. 1, 2022 at 10:52 PM PDT
|By Nick Krupke
Week 1 of Thursday Night Lights.
Updated: Aug. 30, 2022 at 8:58 PM PDT
|By Nick Krupke
Both Gant and Anderson were teammates from 1977-1982.
Updated: Aug. 25, 2022 at 7:02 PM PDT
|By Nick Krupke
Portland to Norway and back, Cleveland High School graduate Maxine McCormick just hooked four gold medals at the World Flycasting Championships.
Updated: Aug. 11, 2022 at 4:46 PM PDT
|By Nick Krupke
Hoop Camp is giving lessons about life and basketball just like it did three decades ago.
Updated: Aug. 10, 2022 at 6:30 PM PDT
|By Nick Krupke
The Sandy Pack baseball team is headed east to the Babe Ruth World Series.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2022 at 9:55 PM PDT
|By Nick Krupke
Damian Lillard and the Blazers aren’t too far off from the start of training camp in September, but summertime is still on the clock in Rip City.
Updated: Aug. 3, 2022 at 9:20 PM PDT
|By Nick Krupke
Oregon colleges begin preparing for upcoming season
Updated: Jul. 29, 2022 at 6:03 AM PDT
|By Nick Krupke
The Portland Football Officials Association has lost more than 35% of their crews in recent years.
Updated: Jul. 28, 2022 at 7:01 AM PDT
|By Nick Krupke
The boys of summer are still playing ball!
Updated: Jul. 25, 2022 at 5:46 AM PDT
|By Nick Krupke
The World Track and Field Championships have come and gone in Eugene, but a handful of teenage athletes from the Beaver State will now represent the U.S. at the under-20 Worlds in South America.
Updated: Jul. 24, 2022 at 11:52 AM PDT
|By The Associated Press and Nick Krupke
Dairon Asprilla scored in the 71st minute to give Portland a 2-1 victory over the San Jose Earthquakes on Saturday night, extending the Timbers’ unbeaten streak to seven.
Updated: Jul. 20, 2022 at 3:48 PM PDT
|By Nick Krupke
For the first time since 2019, the Trail Blazers star is back to hosting his annual summer kids camp.
Updated: Jul. 1, 2022 at 7:03 PM PDT
|By Nick Krupke
FOX 12’s Nick Krupke went One-on-one with central defender Zac McGraw, the first player from the Army ever drafted into the MLS.
Updated: Jun. 30, 2022 at 7:15 PM PDT
|By Nick Krupke
FOX 12’s Nick Krupke went One-on-One with Timbers head coach Gio Savarese following the team’s first back-to-back win of the season.
Updated: Jun. 29, 2022 at 9:58 PM PDT
|By Nick Krupke
For the second time in five days, Portland picked up three points at Providence Park.
Updated: Jun. 29, 2022 at 7:38 PM PDT
|By Nick Krupke
FOX 12’s Nick Krupke went One-on-One with the Portland Timbers Brazilian striker Nathan Fogaca to talk his first season in Soccer City.
Updated: Jun. 28, 2022 at 7:16 PM PDT
|By Nick Krupke
FOX 12’s Nick Krupke talks One-on-One with Timbers coach Gio Savarese after the team won their first match in a month.
Updated: Jun. 28, 2022 at 6:59 PM PDT
|By Nick Krupke
FOX 12’s Nick Krupke talks One-on-One with the Boston Celtics' Payton Pritchard as he returns home to West Linn to host his second annual basketball camp for kids.
Updated: Jun. 26, 2022 at 11:41 AM PDT
|By Nick Krupke
Drafted number seven and 57, Shaedon Sharpe and Jabari Walker should be in in their primes by about 2027.
Updated: Jun. 24, 2022 at 6:01 PM PDT
|By Nick Krupke
FOX 12’s Nick Krupke goes One-on-One with The Timbers Felipe Mora ahead of the 2022 home debut of the 28-year-old striker from Chile.
Updated: Jun. 23, 2022 at 10:11 PM PDT
|By Nick Krupke
The pick is in and the Blazers have made the decision to better the franchise for the future and for now.
Updated: Jun. 17, 2022 at 10:16 PM PDT
|By Nick Krupke
FOX 12’s Nick Krupke goes One-on-One after training Friday with 27-year-old forward Janine Beckie as the Canadian Gold Medalist settles into her first season in Soccer City.
Updated: Jun. 13, 2022 at 9:54 PM PDT
|By Nick Krupke
Corvallis to Omaha, vision to near reality, it’s an annual expectation in the Beaver dam and pretty darn difficult to actually realize.
Updated: Jun. 12, 2022 at 12:41 PM PDT
|By Nick Krupke
Some local OSU parents are hanging on to every pitch for the orange and black.
Updated: Jun. 10, 2022 at 10:56 PM PDT
|By Nick Krupke
FOX 12’s Nick Krupke sat down with Thorns defender Kelli Hubly ahead of Sunday’s FOX 12+ broadcast of the match against Houston Dash at 4 p.m., Countdown to Kickoff at 3:30 p.m.
Updated: Jun. 10, 2022 at 3:38 PM PDT
|By Nick Krupke
A super weekend is on tap in Corvallis. Not only is it graduation Saturday at Oregon State but the third seeded Beaver baseball team is also hosting its first NCAA Super Regional Series since 2018, the same year OSU won its third national title.
Updated: Jun. 3, 2022 at 10:53 PM PDT
|By Nick Krupke
FOX 12′s Nick Krupke, joined by George Fox Women’s Head Coach Laura Schott, wrap up the wet night that was all about winning for PTFC.
Updated: Jun. 3, 2022 at 7:04 PM PDT
|By Nick Krupke
FOX 12’s Nick Krupke sat down with Thorns coach Rhian Wilkinson to talk her first season as the team’s coach ahead of FOX 12+ Friday broadcast of the match against Angel City FC at 7:30 p.m.
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