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 […]
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MLS2PDX: 4,000 Scarves
Every Timbers fan in the world braces for Wednesday morning, when the city council will vote up or down the plan for the PGE Park renovation and the construction of a new baseball stadium suitable for AAA baseball. As Matt Davis has reported, the MLS/AAA stadium task force voted unanimously in favor of the stadium […]
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PTFC2K9: The (Pre)Season Cometh
Right about now is when you should get excited. It might not feel like spring, but the USL season is just over a month away. The squad is rounding into form, we have some real preseason games to watch, and great new ways to follow the Timbers on radio and TV! Fans of the Mighty […]
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Hot Live Blog Action – Paces vs Blazers
As a fan, tonight I feel like I’m on cruise control. I’ve been high and coasting ever since Sunday when the Blazers dismantled the Spurs and whipped them like the saggy geezers they are (becoming). So tonight’s game against the loser Pacers should be nothing, right? Simply an appetizer, because if the Blazers win tonight, […]
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“Warm up the limo”
Heckling is a god-giving right gifted upon each and every loudmouthed sports fan, but you really have to give it up for Miles Rawls, who heckled President Obama at a Chicago Bulls (Obama’s team) vs. Washington Wizards (Rawls’ team) game earlier this week. The Washington Post has an excellent piece on Rawls, his noteworthy history, […]
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Brewhaha: March Sadness!
Instead of taking wild guesses at which college basketball team will make the cut during March Madness, why not take bets on something that hits a little closer to home? Like, you know, which part of the massively imperiled state budget will survive the slash and burn season? The Mercury and The Bus Project present […]
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Timbers Rally At City Hall
Fans of the Portland Timbers rallied at city hall Saturday afternoon, in an effort to persuade the undecided members of city council to join Randy Leonard and Sam Adams in supporting Leonard’s effort to bring Major League Soccer to town. Joey Webber, who works at Kells downtown, and owns a construction firm, revved up his […]
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Hot Live Blog Action – Blazers vs Spurs
Good afternoon from the Rose Garden, just in time for for a matinee game that looks like an important one. As Trail Blazers TV commentator Mike Rice said recently, for Portland to make the playoffs they have to beat the under .500 teams and win at home. Enter the Spurs who, behind Tony Parker’s ridiculous […]
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PTFC2K9: the Tension is Building
For any dedicated sports fan, the off-season is hard. Many actually spend more time obsessing about their team during the off-season than during the season itself, for little or no time is spent with the holy trinity: pre-game drinking and singing, game time singing and drinking, and post-game drinking and drinking (and singing). For Timbers […]
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Blazers vs Clippers – Hot Live Blog Action
Live from the Rose Garden as the Portland Trail Blazers take on the saddest franchise in professional sports, the Los Angeles Clippers. Normally this would be a golden opportunity to crack wise at the misguided ball of tubbiness that is Zach Randolph, but the most misunderstood former Blazer of all time is currently not suited […]