Live from the Rosen Garden as the Portland Trail Blazers welcome the Golden State Warriors and wrap up the 2009-2010 season. It seems like a lifetime ago when this happened—look at all the unfamiliar names: Oden, Blake, Pryzbilla, Outlaw—and now the Blazers are prepared to put the finishing touches on arguably the most traumatic season […]
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Everything You (Still) Wanted to Know About the Blazers’ Playoff Matchups, But Were Too Confused to Ask
With one more day left in the NBA season, the playoff picture is still just as confusing as it was yesterday. Let’s try this again. Seeding:• If Portland wins tonight against Golden State, the Blazers get the sixth seed.• If Portland loses tonight against Golden State, and San Antonio falls to Dallas, the Blazers still […]
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MAR-CUS CAM-BY! MAR-CUS CAM-BY!
At the tail end of Marcus Camby’s incredible 30 point, 13 rebound performance last night, the sold out Rose Garden crowd started chanting his name in unison. It was a touching moment for the 36-year-old Blazers role player, and now it’s in handy downloadable form. I think someone needs to do a remix with it. […]
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Holocene’s Fifth Annual Minigolf Art Invitational
Phil Mickelson can leave his tacky green jacket at home, because tonight is the opening night of Holocene’s Minigolf Art Invitational and the last thing that matters here is your actual golfing ability. Now in its fifth year, the Minigolf Art Invitational is a dizzying course of artist-created holes, many of which are nearly impossible […]
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Everything You Wanted to Know About the Blazers’ Playoff Matchups, But Were Too Confused to Ask
MAR-CUS CAM-BY! MAR-CUS CAM-BY! Ignore Brandon Roy’s shredded knee and Marcus Camby’s career night for just one minute, we’re here to try to and explain the Blazers’ playoff situation as clearly as possible. While the Western Conference playoff logjam is endlessly confusing, the Mercury sports desk refuses to wait until the season ends on Wednesday. […]
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Blazers vs Thunder – Hot Live Blog Action
Live from the Rose Garden as the Portland Trail Blazers welcome the Oklahoma City Thunder. Remember that stunned look of sadness that came over you when you first heard about Greg Oden and Joel Przybilla’s knee injuries? Well get ready to make to revisit that dark place… Further evaluation of MRI of Brandon Roy’s right […]
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Blazers vs Mavericks – Hot Live Blog Action
Live from the Rose Garden as the Portland Trail Blazers meet the Dallas Mavericks. 78 games down, four to go, and a week from now the Blazers will likely be starting the playoffs against _______ (fill in any team’s name there, you just might be right). It’s an exciting time for Portland, who currently is […]
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Roller Derby Weekends
Tonight you can catch the Break Neck Betties take on Bend’s dastardly Lava City Roller Dolls (go Betties!) in a supposedly friendly scrimmage. Doors open at 7 pm at the Hanger at Oaks Parks. Bring your own snacks (jerky!) and $5 will get you in—there’s beer for sale. The afterparty’s at Kelly’s Olympian (426 SW […]
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New Tiger Woods Nike Commercial: AWWWWKWARD!
Here’s a brand new Nike commercial starring Tiger Woods in which his (dead) father’s voice-over asks if he “learned anything.” Lesson #1: Never ever keep sext messages.Lesson #2: Never ever keep golf clubs within reaching distance of an angry wife.Lesson #3: Pancake house waitresses should not necessarily be trusted to keep their mouths shut.Lesson #4: […]
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Hole Lotta Mini-Golf
Much like Tiger Woods, this town is crawling with hole-in-one opportunities. First up on Portland’s mini-golf green:Smash Putt has been extended for one more weekend—Friday, April 16-Sunday, April 18. (1719 W Burnside, $10-15, 21+ w/all ages matinees on Saturdays from noon-3 pm) For the par:The fabulously fun (and homegrown) Fifth Annual Minigolf Art Invitational at […]
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Hello Baseball
The Major League Baseball season officially kicks off today—well, technically last night, but since everyone in their right mind hates the Yankees and Red Sox, we won’t count that game—and although the season stretches for 162-plus games and over eight months, I think we already have our play of the year. It’s going to be […]
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What About a Chalupa Soup Kitchen?
I went to my first Trailblazers game ever last night and although the energy was great and the guy next to me in Section 300 with a wicked mullet shouting “SHOOT IT!” every few moments was great and Blaze the Trailcat was great, what really struck me was that I have never, ever seen a […]