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 […]
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Blazers vs Hawks – Hot Live Blog Action
Live from the Rose Garden as the Portland Trail Blazers meet the Atlanta Hawks. Caw! Let the Michael Ruffin era begin. I’m stoked. Best nickname ever (courtesy of Blazers Edge) for the Blazers’ newest addition: StudRuffin™. Never forget it. Speaking of players not playing: Martell Webster is officially done for the season, and whispers around […]
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All Quiet on the Western (Trade) Front
Look how sad Vince Carter is. Hell, you’d be frowning too if you had to spend the rest of your career in New Jersey, instead of—oh, I don’t know—Portland. The NBA trade deadline that once promised an explosive deal for the Portland Trail Blazers—thanks to the mighty RLEC—went out with a whimper. The lone deal […]
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Farewell Ike Diogu: Your Candle Burned Out Long Before Your Legend Ever Did
The folks at the best Portland Trail Blazers blog ever—for reals, if you are getting your Blazers news anywhere but Blazers Edge, you are missing out—have posted this loving tribute to the recently traded Ike Diogu. While he played less than four minutes in a Blazers uniform, Ike’s legacy is one that shall forever be […]
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Hot Live Blog Action – Blazers vs Grizzlies
Here we are, back at the ol’ Rose Garden, settling in for the stretch run that’ll see the Blazers return to the playoffs or leave a whole lot of folks scratching their heads—and a few looking for new jobs. Making the postseason is no sure thing, but against clowns like Memphis (who Portland is to […]
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Squeal! NBA Trade Deadline Looms!!
For Portland Trail Blazers supporters familiar with terms like RLEC (Raef Lafrentz’s expiring contract), and salary dump (pretty self-explanatory), today is like Christmas morning. The NBA trade deadline ends tonight at midnight tomorrow at noon, and Portland has a golden ticket (RLEC) they are ready to cash in. But the question is, who does Portland […]
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In Honor of Darwin
It’s time to revisit the Darwin Awards. Though often debunked as urban legends, the Darwin Awards have for years been a compendium of the unlikely, strange, and idiotic ways individuals have inadvertently offed themselves. The Darwin Award itself is given in recognition of “those who improve our gene pool by removing themselves from it.” Is […]
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Blazers vs Thunder – Hot Live Blog Action
Perhaps you’ve noticed—the Blazers have been playing like garbage lately. Sure, they beat the Knicks Sunday on a prayer from Brandon Roy (and a foolish strategic folly). Before that Portland got beat like a drum by the very same Oklahoma City team visiting tonight. So this game—as well as being necessary to enter the all […]
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Free Darko – Tonight!
Still reeling from Brandon Roy’s heroics last night? Yeah, me too. But since the Blazers are off tonight, there’s no excuse to miss the NBA-nerdom festivities going on at Powell’s this evening. Bethlehem Shoals (aka Nathaniel Friedman) of the FreeDarko collective will be reading from his flawless book, FreeDarko Presents the Macrophenomenal Pro Basketball Almanac: […]
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Blazers vs Knicks – Hot Live Blog Action
Live from the Rose Garden as the Portland Trail Blazers meet the New York Knickerbockers. Portland is reeling from a loss to a fictitious basketball team from Oklahoma City Thunder, while the Knicks are relived to have a break from the unfair streak of playing against the Los Angeles Lakers, Cleveland Cavaliers and Boston Celtics. […]
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PTFC Bone Marrow Donor drive
Hi Folks. I have a huge report coming about the Portland Timbers pre-season excitement and MLS2PDX news, but I wanted to get the word out about this: Led by defender Cameron Knowles, the Portland Timbers are teaming up with DKMS, the largest bone-marrow donor center in the world, to host a bone-marrow donor drive on […]
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Blazers vs Jazz – Hot Live Blog Action
Live from the Rose Garden as the Portland Trail Blazers take on the Fightin’ Mormons from the Utah Jazz. Finally, a game that matters. No offense to the Clippers, Bobcats, or Wizards, but it seems like the past couple weeks have found Portland slumming against the dregs of the NBA. But Utah, that’s another story. […]