Here we are, coming live from beautiful Tualatin, home of Bed Bath and Beyond, Home Depot, all manor of “homestyle” chain family restaurants, and of course, the Trail Blazers practice facility. I’m here, seated in a makeshift press room, located right on the practice court. All the local press are packed in, camping in front […]
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¡Adios Sergio Rodriguez!
Our (inter)national nightmare is over. Sergio Rodriguez has been traded! From the DraftExpress live blog: 6:56Just spoke to Sergio Rodriguez’s agent, Bob Myers. He says he was informed that the trade is done. Portland will likely target Victor Claver at 31, although there is some thought that they could be tempted to take him at […]
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Tyson vs. Snoop … WHO YA GOT?!?
*cue the voice of Michael Buffer* In the red corner … standing six feet, three and one half inches tall … and weighing in at one hundred, seventy five pounds … The Ess-En-Double-Oh-Pee Dee-Oh-Double-Geeeeeeeeeeeeee!! *Crazed applause from the crowd, sound of blunts being smoked and the suffix “izzle” being inappropriately added to nouns, verbs and […]
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Your Portland Trail Blazers Off-Season Report, Part Three
Draft Day is like Christmas morning for us Blazers fans, and let’s hope that papa Paul Allen buys us all a shiny new PG and backup PF. Santa baby, slide a crafty veteran under that tree. To decipher this truly wonderful day, we sought the wisdom of Wendell Maxey. The Senior NBA Writer at HoopsWorld, […]
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Your Portland Trail Blazers Off-Season Report II: Trade Rumor Boogaloo
On the eve of the NBA draft there is plenty of buzz about what stir-crazy Trail Blazers GM Kevin Pritchard will do once he’s on the clock. Or, perhaps, before the clock starts ticking. The internets are humming with all sorts of rumors, most of which seem to center on Kirk Hinrich and Tyrus Thomas—who […]
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PTFC2K9: whirlwind weeks
The Portland Timbers played 4 matches in under 7 days starting last Thursday: two US Open Cup matches, on either side of a weekend tour of the USL1 deep South, to play the top 2 teams in the USL, the Carolina Railhawks and Charleston Battery. A 9 game streak without a loss was on the […]
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Golf By Bike: Tomorrow
This year’s Pedalpalooza is packed with incredible events, but none more incredible, in my totally unbiased opinion, than Matt Davis: Golf by bike. I’m leaving the Mercury‘s offices here on NE 21st tomorrow at 2:30, with clubs, balanced on the back of my bike. The aim is simple: Play a few holes, or at least […]
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Your Portland Trail Blazers Off-Season Report
Omri Casspi: This slam-dunking Jew could be ours! We are two weeks away from the 2009 NBA draft—and days away from the Orlando Magic’s miraculous championship victory over the Los Angeles Lakers (What? It could happen.)—so it’s about time we check in on your Portland Trail Blazers. The last time we saw the Blazers we […]
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PTFC2K9: Thunder and lightning
Not a whole lot of people wanted to go outside on Thursday, and who could blame them—that was one hell of a storm. But the Portland Timbers had a game to play, and though many had to brave the elements to get to the game, the game itself was only sprinkled with steady rain. The […]
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“Jacques Randolph is the man who could have the pigeon’s blood on his hands…”
I look forward to the day when Portland embraces Major League Cricket. Until then, here’s a clip from a match between Yorkshire and Lancashire last week. YOUTUBE POST TITLES: TEND TO GIVE AWAY THE ENDING…
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Not As Easy As It Looks
I don’t really follow motorcycle racing, but this is a pretty wicked maneuver. And he makes it looks so easy! (I think that the musical breakdown at the end might feature the first few strains of a U2 song, although I can’t be sure. Just ignore it.)
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Lents Resident Completes Vigilante Study on Stadium
Days are running short before Lents must vote whether to invest $42 million of its urban renewal money into building a Triple-A ballpark in the neighborhood. But since the city won’t study the economic impact of a stadium on Lents a concerned Lents resident took on the job for himself. Nick Christensen covered the Las […]