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. […]
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Blazers vs Bobcats – Hot Live Blog Action
Live from the Rose Garden as the Portland Trail Blazers take on the Charlotte Bobcats. It’s like Cat Friday came a few days early! Oh, remember the whole embarrassing Draft the ‘Stache campaign? Has there ever been a more shameful period of Blazers fandom than the dark days where most fans—um, perhaps myself included—were duped […]
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Good Morning, Brandon Roy
In an effort to get away from the two themes dominating this blog as of late—Beau and bullets—let us all enjoy this video of the mighty Brandon Roy punking a poor member of the Los Angeles Clippers (forever shall you member the name, Cheikh Samb). Watching that dunk made my night. Link courtesy of our […]
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Blazers vs Wizards – Hot Live Blog Action
Live from the Rose Garden as the Portland Trail Blazers take on the Washington Wizards. Washington has the worst record in the NBA (technically they are tied with Oklahoma City for that honor, but I refuse to believe that there is really a professional basketball team in Oklahoma City. The Thunder? It just sounds so […]
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MLS2PDX: Everybody’s Fuckin’ it Up
Howdy crazy folks! I’m sure this post will fall on mostly deaf eyes, since everyone is concentrating on BeauGate, but there’s tons of news and happenings in the world of the Portland Timbers to report! Nevermind that I forgot I’m across the international dateline and woke up too early on the wrong day to watch […]