Live from the Rose Garden as the Portland Trail Blazers take on the Liberty Bell crackin’ Philadelphia 76ers. It’s nice to be back from my untimely three week absence due to kidnapping and forced Mormon deprogramming knee surgery. But I wouldn’t miss the Blazers’ homestretch—and glorious ride to the playoffs—for all the sacred undergarments in […]
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Portland Gets Big Soccer, Fans Piss Selves
It’s official. Portland will get the 18th Major League Soccer franchise in 2011. PORTLAND MLS: WE ARE THE WORLD…WE ARE THE CHILDREN… The announcement was made by MLS commissioner Don Garber (in photo, above, closest to the camera, next to Portland Timbers owner Merritt Paulson, Mayor Sam Adams, and City Commissioner Randy Leonard) to an […]
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Drunken Basketball Jonez
Portland State University is playing in the NCAA tournament today for the second year in a row. They face off against Xavier in Boise, Idaho, at 4:25 pm. I truly enjoy watching basketball, especially if I’m drinking at the same time. The problem is I’m not so great with the lingo. I’m picking it up […]
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MLS2PDX: this is it!
Early last year, some guy named Merritt Paulson showed up in town and bought the Portland Timbers and the Portland Beavers from a Sacramento Real Estate consortium. Not many people had an opinion of him, and the Timbers faithful quickly noticed that the company formed to take ownership was called Shortstop LLC. As a group […]
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Hot Live Blog Action – Nets vs Blazers
Here we are, once again at the Rose Garden, this time welcoming the New Jersery Swamps, I mean the New Jersey Club Shirts… no, wait, it’s the Nets. That’s right. Good Lord though, if any team could be re-named… The New Jersey Sopranos? The New Jersey Manhattan’s Buttholes? If you’ll excuse me, I’m still trying […]
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Blazers Want “24 Hour Entertainment District” in Rose Quarter
“Water is magic.” That is the cringe-inducing motto of the development company the Blazers are partnering with to revision the Rose Quarter. According to an article in Portland’s Bizjournal, the Blazers and California-based developers Cordish Company are planning “to remake the 36-acre Rose Quarter as an entertainment-themed district alive with activity 24 hours a day, […]
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Blazers Backstage
A peek into the locker rooms and back halls of the Rose Garden after last night’s loss to the Dallas Mavericks:
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Hot Live Blog Action – Mavs vs Blazers
The difference is striking—compared with Monday’s high-pitched blood match against the Lakers, this evening at the Rose Garden feels more like an afternoon at a hippie commune. And so goes the comedown. The trick is to stay just high enough to knock off these assholes from Texas, led by the big ugly German. That’s right, […]
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What Other Stadiums Do You Need?
Tomorrow, city council will be voting thumbs up or down on a plan to remodel PGE park for a major league soccer franchise, as well as building a new baseball stadium—and unless there’s a huge public outcry, its looking like the plan may pass (we’re obviously not experiencing as much of a financial disaster as […]
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A Message to You Rudy
There’s an awful lot of footage of Rudy Fernandez being mugged fouled during last night’s game, but we chose the en Español version in honor of Rudy, who (according to a team press release) “sustained a soft tissue injury to his right upper chest and side area,” and he was “kept overnight at an area […]
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Hot Live Blog Action – Lakers vs Blazers
Look, we can debate whether or not the Lakers and Blazers are indeed legitimate rivals. But it hardly matters. What’s clear, when the Lake show comes to town, is that the atmosphere changes. Cheers and boos are louder. The food in the press room is better. The arena is brimming. Opposing jerseys appear in the […]
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Beat LA? How about MURDER THEM!
There’s a little saying around the NBA: every city thinks the Lakers are their rivals. But most of those cities never suffered this humiliation. It’s kind of like Portland’s own 9/11—we’ll never forget. Tonight, on this very blog, we’ll be covering the event live. I’ll be blogging and will bring along my trusty little hand-held […]