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Aris Hunter Wales
Aris Hunter Wales is the Mercury's resident, denim-clad rocker and Blazers beat writer. If he's not clenching a fist while lauding the loud and heavy, he can be found sitting on press row at a Trail Blazers' game wearing a crisp suit with neatly combed hair.
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Chuck Goes a Step Past Rocky
Within the pantheon of American boxing movies, from On the Waterfront to Creed, none stray too far from the template: You have your working-class, punch-drunk dullard with aspirations of being a champion. Nobody believes in him, but he plans to overcome the odds and be one of the greats. He falls in love with a […]
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Chuck Goes a Step Past Rocky
The boxing movie Chuck goes a step past Rocky.
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Blazers Recap: A Brutal End To A Rough Season, Blazers Lose 128-103. Until Next Year…
It feels like a sadistic practice to pit the first seed against the eighth in the first round of the NBA playoffs. When you look at the fourth team facing the fifth, it makes sense because they’re more likely to be evenly matched. Same with the third and sixth. I suppose when a team has […]
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Blazers Recap: Game Two – The Warriors Conquer The Blazers, (sigh) 110-81…
My wife Meredith and I are too cheap to pay for cable or any NBA TV package, so when we want to watch the Trail Blazers play, we usually make our way to a local bar together. However, this season I had to fend for myself for a handful of games. For the past few […]
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Blazers Recap: Dame Goes Nuclear As The Blazers Tune Out The Jazz, 101-86!!!
NBA basketball is the only sport I keep tabs on. Frankly, I don’t understand how anyone can follow more than one professional or college sport at a time. Everyday life has enough stresses, concerns, and emotional tumult. Why would you invite the strain of fandom into your life all year long? This goes double for […]
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BOOM-SHAKA-LAKA! The Masterful Play-By-Play of Blazers Radio Announcer Brian “Wheels” Wheeler
Courtesy Portland Trail Blazers The Portland Trail Blazers’ have had only two radio play-by-play announcers since the team’s inception in 1970. The first was Mr. Rip City himself, Bill Schonely. “The Schonz” wore the headphones from 1970 to 1998, coined the phrase “Rip City,” and, among Blazers fans, is considered nothing less than royalty. At […]
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BOOM-SHAKA-LAKA!
The Masterful Play-By-Play of Blazers Radio Announcer Brian “Wheels” Wheeler
The masterful play-by-play of Blazers radio announcer Brian “Wheels” Wheeler.
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Blazers Recap: The Home Team’s Strong Offensive SPF Renders the Suns Powerless—Blazers Win 130-117!!!
There was probably a handful of fans that missed the announcement Friday evening that the Trail Blazers’ pride and joy Jusuf Nurkic had sustained a non-displaced leg fracture in the end of Thursday’s game against the Rockets, and instead woke up to the news on Saturday thinking it was an April Fool’s joke done in […]
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Blazers Recap: The Blazers Ground The Rockets, 117-107!!!
Now that the Trail Blazers are holding the eighth seed in the western conference by a hair, we can all just collectively hold our breath for the rest of the regular season. Obviously it would be grand if the Blazers continued to perform like they have in the last four games and keep that winning […]
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Blazer Recap: The Blazers Bury The Nuggets, 122-113!!!
After last night’s matchup against the Denver Nuggets, the Trail Blazers have only eight regular season games left. Considering the playoff crunch they’re in, it’s paramount that the Blazers win them all. But last night’s game against the Nuggets was the biggest, most important win they needed. The Blazers’ tug of war with the Nuggets […]
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Blazers Recap: The Blazers Tip The Timberwolves, 112-100. Playoffs Pending…
Weekend games are always more fun than games during the week. When I park and make my trek to the Moda Center, the surrounding streets are always teaming with bubbly Trail Blazer fans with a little more hop in their step. They seem a bit more excited heading to the arena than they do on […]