Yahoo Sports reports: Brandon Roy has agreed to a 5-year extension worth between $78-$82 million with Blazers. There was some handwringing from fans that the Blazers were not opening up the Paul Allen Money Vault fast enough for their star player, but now it seems like everyone is cool. Funny how $82 million has a […]
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The Portland Trail Blazers’ 2009-10 Schedule
Now that he is rested and has polished off that virgin Blue Hawaiian, Greg Oden and the rest of the Portland Trail Blazers are gearing up for the 2009-2010 season. They’ll start the 82-game journey at the Rose Garden—their first opening home game in seven years—on October 27th against the Houston Rockets. The last time […]
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The Blazers are Coming Back to the Memorial Coliseum
Greg Oden pictured at actual size. The Portland Trail Blazers have just announced their pre-season—it’s like the regular season, but entirely meaningless—schedule and it features a “turn-back-the-clock” game at the Memorial Coliseum on October 14th against the Phoenix Suns. Take it away, press release: PORTLAND, Ore. — As part of a season-long celebration of the […]
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Council Votes Yes On Big Soccer At PGE
Council made a 4-1 “yes” vote to renovate PGE park for Major League Soccer this afternoon, following an agreement by Timbers owner Merritt Paulson to stump up the majority of the cash. Paulson will contribute $54million to the deal overall, including the $35million purchase of the Major League Soccer franchise. The city will contribute just […]
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Junior Varsity Sports Trivia – Tonight!
While the Blogtown trivia meetup is fun and all, there just aren’t enough questions about Dale Sveum or God Shammgod to please this particular sports fan. Plus, this horrific waxy monstrosity haunts my dreams. Thankfully Junior Varsity Sports Trivia will makes it’s debut tonight at the Tanker (4825 SE Hawthorne). Here’s their description of this […]
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Memorial Coliseum Fantasy Use #1/1000
What about putting a velodrome in Memorial Coliseum? Arguments in Favor: 1. It’s a velodrome. If there was a bike racing track in Memorial Coliseum, it would be so packed with bike fans it would look like the Beatles came to Portland every event night. And everyone knows cycle fans > hockey fans.2. It’s not […]
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Trailer for Big Fan.
Admittedly, this trailer does that goofy “Look at what an Oscar contender I am!” thing for entirely too long (I’d be happy if this thing was a minute shorter, and didn’t have Manohla Dargis telling us how “terrific and fearless” Patton Oswalt is), and I’m not sure it’s a good thing that it’s the “directorial […]
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Hey Musicians, Want to be the Next Blazers Band?
I wasn’t a big fan of the musical acts that preempted Portland Trail Blazers broadcasts last year (Curtis Selgado, Western Aerial, Southern Nights, Double Wide… can we trade any of these acts—with Steve Blake—for Gerald Wallace?), but thankfully the franchise is holding auditions for new talent: Calling all local musicians!! The Portland Trail Blazers are […]
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Did Hedo Turkoglu Just Become the Newest Portland Trail Blazer?
Who controls the British crown?Who keeps the metric system down?Hedo! Hedo!Who keeps Atlantis off the maps?Who keeps the Martians under wraps?Hedo! Hedo!Who holds back the elctric car?Who makes Steve Gutenberg a star?Hedo! Hedo!Who robs gamefish of their site?Who rigs every Oscar night?Hedo! Hedo! Well, before you praise “The Chosen One” for bringing in Turkoglu—rumored to […]
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Will Portland Make Hedo Turkoglu a Very Rich Man?
Pop that collar Hedo Turkoglu. You are about to be 50 million richer and your new paycheck just might have Paul Allen’s signature on it. According to multiple sources—here and here—the Blazers are making a “strong push” for a man nicknamed The Michael Jordan of Turkey. (Ironically, I’ve been called “The Engin Atsür of America” […]
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PTFC2K9: Epic Moments
Tomorrow, the Portland Timbers take on the Seattle Sounders in the second round of the US Open Cup. There is no deeper, more hateful, or hotly contested rivalry in American Soccer. These teams hate each other, and if the Sounders had fans, they’d hate us. As it is, they have customers, who are starting to […]
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Rudy Fernandez With His Shirt Off
I really have nothing else to add here. Link: Camp Rudy