Live from the Moda Center as the Portland Trail Blazers host the Memphis Grizzlies. Tonight, Rip City remembers a legend while welcoming it newest member. Every seat in the arena is covered by “JK25” placards honoring the late Jerome Kersey, who passed away on Wednesday at the all-too-young age of 52 and left every Portlander […]
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Blazers vs. Lakers – Hot Live Blog Action
Live from the Moda Center as the Portland Trail Blazers host the Los Angeles Lakers. Or, more accurately, your Portland Trail Blazers host my Los Angeles Lakers. I suppose this is as good a time as any to admit it: I was born in LA county and lived in Southern California until I was 15, […]
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Blazers vs. Suns – Hot Live Blog Action
Live from the Moda Center as the Portland Trail Blazers host the Phoenix Suns. Back to full(ish) strength and fresh off stemming a three-game losing streak, Rip City was probably expecting to flex its frontcourt muscle tonight against one of the worst rebounding teams in The Association. No need for those rumored reinforcements just yet, […]
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Blazers vs. Jazz – Hot Live Blog Action
Live from the Moda Center as the Portland Trail Blazers host the Utah Jazz. Robin Lopez is back in your starting lineup tonight for the first time since breaking his hand in more places than Damian Lillard‘s heart after the latter found out he didn’t make All-Stars. (IT DOESN’T MATTER WHAT YOU SAY NOW, ADAM […]
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Judgement Day Comes For New Timbers-Affiliated Club—”T2″
Soccer City, USA will have another pro team to root for next season. The Portland Timbers officially announced the launch of a new club this morning that will compete in USL PRO—the league below Major League Soccer that once fielded the Timbers themselves. The team, “Timbers 2” (or “T2“, as James Cameron the Timbers will […]
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Timbers Roar Back Into Playoff Position, Must Now Root For…Seattle?!
Portland Timbers Caleb Porter didn’t need to speak their name. He just needs them to win. After a breezy 3-0 victory against the hapless, shorthanded San Jose Earthquakes on Wednesday night, the Timbers coach was asked which side he’d be rooting for this weekend when Portland’s most bitter rivals (Seattle) takes on the team Portland […]
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Numbers Lie In Timbers’ Latest ‘Same Old Story’
Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers Maestro Diego Valeri assisted on all three Timbers goals during Portland’s 3-3 draw with San Jose on Sunday. “The goal in this sport is to score goals,” he laughed. “We play to score, and we couldn’t.” As Caleb Porter walked into his postgame press conference following the Portland Timbers’ frustrating 3-3 draw […]
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That Tifo Though
Sure, the Timbers got hammered 4-2 by their most hated rivals on Sunday afternoon to essentially eliminate PTFC from Cascadia Cup contention. But before the Seattle Sounders could kick their beloved team around Portland’s home pitch, Timbers Army unfurled yet another enormous tifo display: Call it “Dorothy” or “There’s no place like home…” but it […]
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Timbers Roll To Kick-Back Win
Meg Williams/Portland Timbers If Liam Ridgewell is as comfortable anchoring the Timbers’ back line as he is in his own skin, the 30-year-old might be just the defender Portland is looking for. PTFC’s newest signing had his best performance in a Timbers jersey on Saturday night, helping Portland cruise past a hapless Chivas USA side […]
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There’s A Party In Portland After MLS Shocks Bayern
Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers The Timbers locker room is always upbeat after a big win. Voices rise, music blares, and guys are more likely to smile, laugh and even jest aloud. The mood is light. So how about the atmosphere in the same space on Wednesday, after the Major League Soccer All-Stars knocked off German powerhouse […]
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Welcome to Portland! Now Run, Run Away.
Dear Bayern Munich fans, On behalf of the people of Portland, I wholeheartedly apologize for this: I can only assume The Flaming Lips chose not to cover this tune yesterday during their free MLS All-Star Game concert at Waterfront Park. In fact, the only thing that should cover this song is six feet of dirt. […]
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Sporting KC Starts A Fight, Timbers Can’t Finish
Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers Ninety minutes before kickoff, Sporting Kansas City was already agitating Portland. The blue-polo-shirt-clad line of players and coaches had just made the long walk from their bus to the visitors’ locker room, strolling along the wall of the MAC and down Providence Park’s westernmost sideline. As they filed in, a trio SKC […]