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 […]
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PTFC2K9: Firing on all cylinders
Portland’s most magical weekend—well perhaps its most family friendly magical weekend— was the perfect setting for a Timbers team to take on the Vancouver Whitecaps, last year’s league champions and the only team who has beaten the Timbers this year. I always like games against Vancouver because of the rivalry, the history, and the away […]
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Monster Truck Back Flip Friday
Yes, I tagged this as both drunk and sports. Because there is no better sport to watch while drunk than Monster Trucking! I also think that Monster Trucking is best performed when drunk. I mean, how drunk do you have to be to decide you want to do a back flip in your Monster Truck? […]
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PTFC2k9: Beachfront Points and Burnley cometh
I’d feel guilty about not getting these match reports out sooner, but I waited long enough to have news to break! The Portland Timbers headed for a weekend of games in Puerto Rico last weekend (sorry I’m late!) and played extremely well given the conditions (hot and muggy) and the stadium (crap pitch). Also, the […]
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On Baseball, Dogs, and Internet Memes
This coming weekend marks the beginning of summer and, given the forecast for our region, my mind turns to thoughts of a lovely summer evening in the ballpark. There are so many things that make going to watch a baseball game enjoyable, not the least of which are the promotions meant to get your ass […]
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PTFC2k9: Crushing sadness, Thrilling victory
Thursday’s game was cast under a shadow before it started: Hartmut Bless, a longtime Timbers Army member known as ‘Timber Howie,’ (I called him ‘The General’) passed away. Howie was always the first in the park, always standing in front of the same seat, and one of the kindest, most welcoming and encouraging people I’ve […]
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PTFC2K9: Doing donuts in your High School stadium
There are two types of games that end 0-0, the exciting games, and the ‘utterly boring, tear your hair out, consider the possibility that the trolls might be right about this sport’ games. Somehow, when the Portland Timbers headed to Cleveland to play the newly ‘promoted’ Cleveland City Stars on Saturday night, we saw a […]
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Manny Being Manny (On Drugs)
In what is probably the most surprising—yet not entirely shocking—sports news in quite some time, Manny Ramirez has tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs and will suspended for 50 games. Other than soiling a pretty bulletproof legacy as the premiere power hitter in baseball, Ramirez was primarily known for his attitude. The Lebowski of organized sports, […]
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PTFC2k9: Back to Back Weekend
Image borrowed from Ohhhhh_Yeah808’s photostream. Thanks buddy! Well howdy folks! This past weekend the Portland Timbers played twice at PGE park against the Carolina Railhawks. Two games in one ‘weekend’ against the same team isn’t ideal, but it allowed the Timbers to experiment a little and get their legs under them. Both games were very […]