My camera just shat the bed down at Pioneer Square. This is the only photo I managed to get of the Blazers’ bus arriving, on my cellphone, before deciding you’d probably take better ones. So if you’ve got some that warrant blog publication and capture the boisterous atmosphere, email ’em over. With apologies for lameness. […]
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Yao Coming
So, it’s official. The Houston Rockets are coming to town. It’s not the most ideal matchup for the Trail Blazers, but hey, it’s the playoffs! Rip City Uprise! Blaze the Trail Cat tried to dunk a ball while on rollerblades! WOOOOOO!! Um, here is the playoff schedule: Game 1 – Sat. 4/18 @ Portland – […]
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“It Ain’t Easy, Brother.”
The newest issue of Rolling Stone contains a remarkable article about the downfall of Terry Bollea, better known as pro wrestler Hulk Hogan. “Hulk at Twilight,” by Erik Hedegaard, doesn’t pull any punches as it examines the 55-year-old Hogan at this stage in his life: “My tailbone is bent from landing on my ass, 400 […]
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Your (Sort Of) Definitive Guide to the Blazers’ Playoff Seeding
LaMarcus “Texas Instrument” Aldridge, seen here dunking the TI-80. Let me drag out my abacus and TI-80 graphing calculator (I need both) to crunch some numbers and inform you what team the Portland Trail Blazers will play in the first round of the NBA playoffs (which start this weekend, by the way). This is ridiculously […]
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Boy Eats Drum Machine Gets Ready for the NBA Playoffs
Cue the horns! Jon Ragel/Boy Eats Drum Machine has contributed his very own take on the Blazers theme song, and it’s far superior than the other “official” versions—cough, Western Aerial, cough—out there. If the franchise knew what was good for them, they’d use Ragel’s work next year, or at least, get the guy to sing […]
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Blazers vs Thunder – Hot Live Blog Action
Live from the Rose Garden as the Portland Trail Blazers take on the Oklahoma City Thunder. Tonight marks the single most confusing night in the NBA, where the playoff clusterfuck traffic jam might get sorted out. Maybe. Since I don’t want to confuse you, I hired a lawyer to write this part:Portland, San Antonio, and […]
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Blazers vs Lakers – Hot Live Blog Action
Live from the Rose Garden as the Portland Trail Blazers take on the Los Angeles Lakers. Will tonight mark the end of one Trevor Ariza (punished for the international crime of Rudy Bashing)? Will he be pummeled by the unforgiving paws of Joel “The Vanilla Gorilla” Przybilla? Will Portland win its eighth consecutive game at […]
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Basketball Bags: Jonny Sport
Finally, something that appeals equally to vegans and basketball fans: Jonny Sport is a brand-new Portland company making bags out of the “real deal” material used to manufacture basketballs. They are moderately priced, 100% vegan, and just cool. Read more about them and check out additional pictures over on MOD. Jonny Sport bags: Like a […]
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Playoff Stretch
Earlier today I contemplated posting my crackpot theory of how the Portland Trail Blazers should deliberately lose their remaining five games of the regular season, in order to get a more favorable playoff matchup. Even if Portland was to lose in the first round to the Lakers—on national television, with a few home wins thrown […]
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PTFC2k9: The Season Cometh
The warm afterglow from the MLS2PDX announcement hasn’t worn off yet for me. Three years ago Timbers fans got themselves excited about the new season in any number of asinine ways, but back then, we knew nearly little about the future: the absentee owners, who likely thought hard about drowning the Timbers franchise like a […]
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Channing Frye on Twilight
I know Ezra has mentioned Channing Frye’s blog before, but I’m pretty sure he HASN’T mentioned my new favorite Blazer’s review of Twilight: Ok, I know I’m way late on the whole “Twilight Craze,” but my fiancée is reading this book and she cannot put it down. I make fun of her every time I […]
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Blazers vs Jazz – Hot Live Blog Action
Live from the Rose Garden as the Portland Trail Blazers take on the Utah Jazz. Finally, a game that really matters. Portland and Utah have identical records and are tied for second place in the Northwest Division. Portland needs to win to have a chance at the tie-breaker with Utah, while the Jazz need this […]