Cameron Crowell
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A Comedy of Turnovers Ends in Blazers Heartbreak
Portland Trail Blazers lose an ugly game 103-101 to the Charlotte Hornets.
Sports
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Damian Lillard Opens a Sports Bar in a Swanky Downtown Portland Hotel
Honorable Mention is now open in the basement of the Benson.
Blazers star and hometown hero Damian Lillard is bringing Dame Time to the local food and drink scene. On Friday, March 6, Lillard and his business partners officially openedย Honorable Mention, a sports barโactually, it calls itself a luxury sports loungeโin the basement of the historic Benson Hotel inย downtown Portland. Honorable Mention features vaulted ceilings, round […]
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Timbers Preview: A Season of Questions
Ahead of their season opener this weekend, it’s not clear that the Timbers have done enough to rejoin the ranks of the elite in 2026.
The Portland Timbers won their first playoff game in four years last fall, but the 2025 season was otherwise largely a disappointment.ย After a relatively strong start, the Timbers won just two of their final 14 gamesโlimping to a middling eighth place finish in the Western Conference and doing little to arrest the notion that […]
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Portland Trail Blazers Send Phillyโs Cheesy Asses Packing
The win over the Philadelphia 76ers last night marks a three game winning streak for the Blazers.
Cameron Crowell
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Blazers and Beyond
A guide to Portland’s major men’s teams: Trail Blazers, Rip City Remix, PSU Vikings, and UP Pilots
Cameron Crowell
Posted inPhoto Essay
Spectators and Players, Portland Is a Ping-Pong Town
Major League Table Tennis matches make it clear: The hype for ping-pong shouldn’t end at Marty Supreme.
Thereโs a scene in the recent hit movie Marty Supreme in which Marty Mauser (Timothรฉe Chalamet), an American table tennis champion and inveterate liar getting by on the skin of his teeth in post-WWII America, is seeking capital from a wealthy man, hoping to grow the game he loves and his own prestige. At one […]
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The ’99-’00 Blazers Squad Get Their Roses
The almost-champs were honored in a halftime ceremony at Moda Center.
Corbin Smith
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The Blazers Drop a Stinker Against the Phoenix Suns at Home
The Blazers need their bench back, quick!
Cameron Crowell
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An Ode to Becoming the Most Annoying Team in the NBA
The Blazers are the new face of basketball’s latest defensive trend.
The Oklahoma City Thunder came to the Moda Center Wednesday, November 5. The defending NBA champs. 8-0 start to the season. A swarming defense that is once again the best in the NBA. Last season’s MVP, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, a savant at getting his defenders to foul him, has given lesser teams fits. And a 16-game […]
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Workers at Moda Center Renew Concerns Over Self-Serve Alcohol Sales
Levy Restaurants employees say management is not doing enough to abide by OLCC rules.
Food and beverage service workers at the Moda Center are raising fresh concerns with their bosses about alcohol sales at the arenaโs self-service kiosks.ย Two years ago, Levy Restaurants, the longtime food, beverage, and retail service provider for the Rose Quarter, partnered with Amazon to bring Amazonโs Just Walk Out technology to four stores inside […]
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Trail Blazers Fandom Goes Hard For Home Opener
A photo essay featuring fans before the first regular season game at Moda Center.
As I sat in the Portland Trail Blazers’ press room and watched Chauncey Billups answer anodyne questions about if Matisse Thybulle was going to suit up for the Blazersโ home opener, no one had any idea that in 12 hours time he was going to be arrested by the FBI for allegedly serving as a […]
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Trail Blazers’ Head Coach Chauncey Billups Arrested in Connection to Mafia-Backed Illegal Gambling
The latest details and what it means for the young team’s coming season.
Of all the squares on Portlandโs โLetโs Get Rid of Trail Blazer Head Coach Chauncey Billupsโ bingo cardโMafia ties, extortion, and illegal gambling perhaps werenโt on the top of the list. Last nightโOctober 22, 2025โthe Portland Trail Blazers played the Minnesota Timberwolves, losing the energetic home game 114 to 118. Though fashion icon Jerami Grant […]