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 […]
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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 […]