Here at the Mercury sports desk—it’s in the far corner of the office, by the furnace and the intern cage—we’ve been covering the 2008-09 Blazers season since the very first pre-season game (a 110-81 victory over the Kings in early October), and it’s pretty obvious that last night was a great big steaming pile of […]
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Ron Artest Will Say Anything
Ezra thinks this is dumb, but I find it marvelous. Any pro-athlete who manages to spit out an original thought rather than recycling another trite cliche is cool in my book. And Sweet Coffee Jesus, is there anywhere in town you can go without overhearing Blazer-buzz? If it abounds on Alberta, in the build-up to […]
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Finally, a Trail Blazers Promotional Item Worth Owning
Bad news for my Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje doll (still in its original packaging). I’ve finally found a Trail Blazers promo item that I need to have: Link: Ball Don’t Lie & the Craigslist post
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Miracle in Houston? Or the End of the Blazers’ Season?
Every time I close my eyes, I see the face of Luis Scola. This is surely a fate worse than death, especially because it seems as if Scola’s mangled face is looking more and more like late-era Michael Jackson with each passing day. How is that even possible? Anyway, tonight the Blazers meet the Rockets […]
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Blazers vs Rockets – Hot Live (Playoff) Blog Action
Live from the sold out Rose Garden as the Portland Trail Blazers take on the Houston Rockets in the first round of the Western Conference playoffs. Let me open up my big book of sports cliches—actually I just stole this copy off John Canzano’s seat—to properly explain the situation the Blazers are in: Back against […]
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PTFC2k9: back on the grind
The Portland Timbers started up their 2009 campaign on Saturday in Burnaby British Columbia, against The Whitecaps, a 0-1-2 team that had played a few games before the Timbers got a chance to launch their season: the pleasures of USL scheduling. As I covered in the pregame column, this Timbers team kept only a handful […]
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PTFC2K9: Cautious Optimism
The Portland Timbers Season kicks off with an away game against USL-1 regional rivals the Vancouver Whitecaps, this Saturday at 7pm up in that there Canader. I can’t help but be excited. So much has changed for the Timbers in the last two years, and may be the deepest, strongest, most talented squad we’ve ever […]
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Blazers vs Rockets – Hot Live (Playoff) Blog Action
Live from the sold out Rose Garden as the Portland Trail Blazers take on the Houston Rockets in the first round of the Western Conference playoffs. Just in case you missed Saturday’s Yaosplosion (much better than Yaosploitation), here is a photo I took of the massacre in progress. Shortly after that was taken, Joel Pryzbilla […]
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Name My Blazers Column and Win a Prize!
Hello friends. It would seem that the powers that be have given yours truly his very own Blazers playoff column in the paper. The bad news—other than the fact that it might only run this one week—is that I do not have a name for this column. Since I’m creatively bankrupt, and we’re going to […]
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Blazers vs Rockets – Hot Live (Playoff) Blog Action
Live from the sold out Rose Garden as the Portland Trail Blazers take on the Houston Rockets in the first round of the Western Conference playoffs. After years of live blogging an endless array of absolutely meaningless games, we’ve reached the promised land. Tonight counts. PRE-GAME:We’ve been haphazardly blogging the Trail Blazers’ games since way […]
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Now That’s Stadium Food
I’ve had a foot long with the works and an Old Style at Wrigley Field. I’ve had a barbecued turkey leg and a pulled pork sandwich at Busch Stadium. I’ve had bratwurst at Miller Park. I’ve eaten more garlic fries and hot dogs on the cusp of cool green ball fields than I ever would […]
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The Sports Bar Post
There is no way in hell I’m going to get a ticket for the playoffs. I didn’t have enough pre-thought to begin waiting in line two days ago to buy one today, I don’t have the exorbitant amount of cash needed to procure one from an unscrupulous Craigslist scalper, and my season ticket holder friends […]