PHOTOS PROVIDED BY THE PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS / BRUCE ELY It’s true there are many more important things going on right now than the start of another NBA season—but hey, sometimes we all need a simple distraction, and isn’t that what professional sports are for? And the Portland Trail Blazers are a pleasure-filled distraction as […]
Arthur Bradford
Arthur Bradford has written two books (Dogwalker and Turtleface) and directed several films, including the Emmy-nominated Six Days to Air. He lives in Portland and co-hosts a live call-in radio show Sex, Drugs, and Basketball on Thursdays, 8-9 pm on XRAY.FM.
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Ten Reasons to Get Pumped for the Blazers This Season
It’s true there are many more important things going on right now than the start of another NBA season—but hey, sometimes we all need a simple distraction, and isn’t that what professional sports are for? And the Portland Trail Blazers are a pleasure-filled distraction as the darkness of autumn descends. With the arrival of cold […]
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Live Review: Sleep at Roseland
Tamir Rawlings If you enjoy your weed with a side of Black Sabbath then surely you’re familiar with the iconic stoner rock trio known as Sleep. Their rise to glory is the stuff of legends. After putting out two well received albums of solid riffage in the early nineties rumors began to swirl about a […]
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The Blazers’ Season is Over
It’s over over, guys. A Trailblazer season which seemed to hold such promise ended with a sad whimper down in New Orleans on Saturday. The 6th place Pelicans swept our Blazers 4-0 in a best of seven series which nearly everyone expected to go the Blazers’ way. Talk about killing our collective buzz, man. bruce […]
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Blazer’s Recap: Down in a Hole
The playoff season has started off badly for the Trailblazers. There’s no other way to put it. On Tuesday night they once again fell to a motivated New Orleans team on their home court, leaving them in an 0-2 hole in the best of seven series with the next two games on the road. Damian […]
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Blazer’s Recap: A Big Win to Clinch 3rd!
They did it, you guys. the Blazers won their final game of the regular season, snapping a four game skid and claiming the Northwest Division crown. The Utah Jazz had momentum coming into this game and every reason to want it badly. The winner would earn the 3rd seed in the tightly packed western conference […]
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Blazers Recap: Playoff Clincher!
The Trailblazers won their penultimate home game, downing the 14th place Memphis Grizzlies 113-98. In doing so they clinched a playoff spot for the fifth consecutive season. This game had a tinge of revenge because the Grizzlies had handed the Blazers a surprise loss last week in Memphis. The Blazers were without team captain Damian […]
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Musician Colin Meloy and Artist Carson Ellis on Their Adoration for the Blazers
Carson Ellis and Collin Meloy sporting Ellis’ Rip City designs. ARTHUR BRADFORD The biggest game of the Trail Blazers’ season is less than an hour from tip-off, and Colin Meloy and Carson Ellis sit outside the arena munching chicken wings and jalapeño poppers. Sports pundits have given the upstart Blazers little chance of winning on […]
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Blazers Recap: The Streak Ends
It was a game for the ages- the hottest team in the NBA, our Portland Trailblazers, up against the top seeded Houston Rockets. The atmosphere in the Moda Center was thunderous and electric, with fans packed to the rafters, crowding the standing-room-only spots usually only occupied during playoff games. The fans got just what they […]
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A Sporty Kind of Love
Musician Colin Meloy and Artist Carson Ellis on Their Adoration for the Blazers
Colin Meloy and Carson Ellis: The Portland Trailblazer’s lucky charms?
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Blazers Recap: Make That a Dozen!
The Blazers continue to roll as they easily beat the sliding Detroit Pistons 100-97 in a satisfying St. Paddy’s Day romp. The last time these two teams played, just over a month ago in Detroit, things went much differently. Detroit was on the rise then, having just traded for star forward Blake Griffin, and Portland […]
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Blazer’s Recap: It’s 10 in a Row!
Don’t look now, but our hometown Blazers are the hottest team in the NBA, proud owners of the longest active winning streak in the league, currently at 10. The Miami Heat are not a bad team, but they arrived in Portland hobbled without star veteran Dwayne Wade and their impressive center Hassan Whiteside. With Whiteside […]