Sports

My goodness it’s relaxed here at the Rose Garden tonight and it couldn’t be more welcome. The Blazers, for the first time this season, are facing an opponent who, well, let’s face it, totally blow. And thank God–every game thus far has been against playoff and title contenders. Plus there’s no national media clogging up […]

Here we are for just the second Blazer home game and I ought to be a little more upbeat. Now, don’t get me wrong, I am indeed happy to be here–for there is no better way to beat the rain-soaked gloom of the Oregon winter than sacking out inside the glistening Rose Garden. It’s just […]

Live from the sold out Rose Garden as the Portland Trail Blazers take on the San Antonio Spurs in the home opener of the 2008-09 season. Gosh, this sure is exciting. A young team versus an older championship squad. Brandon Roy versus defensive specialist Bruce Bowen. Greg Oden versus… one second, let me crack open […]

This just in from the greatest Blazers blog on the planet: “We want fans to wear red, make noise and make the Rose Garden intimidating for visitors,” Trail Blazers President Larry Miller said. “Our players feed off of that crowd energy, so it is a goal of ours to create the best home court advantage […]

Blazers fans, see that photo? It pretty much sums up everything. The team looked flat, Oden looked terrible (and wounded, the unofficial word is a “mid-foot sprain”), and no matter how bright this team’s future is, they are a long way from being as good as the Lakers. Oh well, there’s always tomorrow. (Unless Oden […]

In a heretofore unseen occurrence, there are two Sports posts in a row on Blogtown! In another heretofore unseen occurrence, tonight’s [final?] game of the World Series has been postponed another day after severe weather forced the cancellation of last night’s game. It’ll all go down on Wednesday! Read more here. “Up to this point, […]

It seemed like it was only yesterday that the Portland Trail Blazers wrapped up the season with a surprising .500 record–but, in fact, it was not yesterday (it was April 16th). But as last season came to a close–and non-erotic, yet equally as pleasing, dreams of Greg Oden playfully danced in all our heads (kind […]

Wednesday was the deadline for submitting formal bids to Major League Soccer for the next round of expansion, in 2011. Rumors have been flying across the interwebs about who would be in the running; we now know who Merritt Paulson and company are up against. It’s a daunting list. The announcement came on the official […]

Live from the Rose Garden as the Portland Trail Blazers take on the Utah Jazz in completely meaningless pre-season basketball. But good news, kids, this is the final (home) pre-season contest for Portland, and this afternoon’s game will be the Blazers’ first look at their division rival, the swinging’ Jazz cats from Utah. The shape […]