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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.
Avatar photo Abe Asher

Food and beverage service workers at the Moda Center are raising fresh concerns with their bosses about alcohol sales at the arena’s self-service kiosks.  Two years ago, Levy Restaurants, the longtime food, beverage, and retail service provider for the Rose Quarter, partnered with Amazon to bring Amazon’s 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.
Corbin Smith

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 Blazers’ 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.
Avatar photo Nolan Parker

Of all the squares on Portland’s “Let’s Get Rid of Trail Blazer Head Coach Chauncey Billups” bingo card—Mafia ties, extortion, and illegal gambling perhaps weren’t on the top of the list. Last night—October 22, 2025—the Portland Trail Blazers played the Minnesota Timberwolves, losing the energetic home game 114 to 118. Though fashion icon Jerami Grant […]

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The Newsletter Trying to Turn Portland into “Tennis City, USA”

Tennis Courterly’s editors insist it’s not a secret literary magazine. 
Avatar photo Taylor Griggs

Portland might not have professional tournaments or world-class tennis academies, and many of the city’s public courts have seen better days. But Portlander Tyler Pell sees potential in the city’s community tennis culture. He wants to make sure other people see it, too.  Enter Portland Tennis Courterly: The stylish, quarterly (get it?) newsletter devoted to […]

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Portland Trail Blazers Soon to Have New Owner After Years of Uncertainty

The new ownership group includes a Portland connection.
Avatar photo Abe Asher

After years of uncertainty and months on the market, the Portland Trail Blazers reportedly have a new owner.  Multiple outlets including Sportico reported on Wednesday morning that the estate of the team’s late owner Paul Allen has agreed to sell the Trail Blazers to a group headed by Carolina Hurricanes CEO Tom Dundon.  Dundon, who […]

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Photo Essay: To Hit and Be Hit

The Oregon Ravens offer a route for women to play—and excel at—tackle football.
Corbin Smith

Behind Milwaukie High School, there is a football field that seats around 1500. In addition to serving as a home for various Milwaukie High School athletic competitions, it’s also the home of the Oregon Ravens, a women’s tackle football team that plays in the Women’s National Football Conference (WNFC)—a 17-team, nationwide football league with both […]

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The Long Road Back: A 2025 Portland Timbers Preview

After a humiliating end-of-season defeat, can the Timbers return to their winning ways?
Avatar photo Abe Asher

The last time the Portland Timbers took the field for a competitive match, they suffered what was easily among the most humiliating defeats in club history: a 5-0 drubbing, at home, in a playoff game, against a Vancouver Whitecaps team that was about to fire its coach.  On Sunday afternoon, February 23, the Timbers will […]

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An East Portland School Grapples With Racism and Ineffective State Response

Athletes at David Douglas High report racial slurs hurled at them by opponents during games. Families and coaches say Oregon has no meaningful solutions for accountability.
Avatar photo Abe Asher

Two years ago, Rich Linwood was watching his son play an eighth grade football game at Sandy High School. When the game ended, he realized something was wrong.  “Players were coming off the field crying, and we were like, ‘Okay, we’ll get ‘em next time,’” Linwood said. “And they were like, ‘You don’t understand. The […]

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A Major (League) Undertaking

The Portland Diamond Project wants to bring pro baseball to Portland—but will it get the love and money needed to survive?
Avatar photo Abe Asher

[Editor’s note: Read all our holly jolly HOLIDAY GUIDE articles here. Looking for a print copy? Good! You can find it in more than 500 spots across Portland with this handy map!] The Portland Diamond Project has been working to bring a Major League Baseball team to the Rose City for the better part of […]

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How Portland’s Rose City Rollers Became Roller Derby Champions Again

With standout jammers and unmatched teamwork, Wheels of Justice dominates the track to claim Women’s Flat Track Derby Association’s highest honor.
Corbin Smith

On Sunday in beautiful Portland, Oregon, Rose City Rollers’ Wheels Of Justice—an all-star squad of the best of the best skaters in Portland’s longtime roller derby league—clinched a 141-104 victory over St. Louis, Missouri’s Arch Rival All-Stars and won the sport’s highest honor: the Hydra Trophy. The teams played neck and neck in a tight […]

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How Portland Became a Roller Derby Mecca

Rose City Rollers commemorates 20 years by hosting the sport’s global championships on their home turf.
Avatar photo Courtney Vaughn

Twenty years ago, Kim “Rocket Mean” Stegeman put an ad on the back page of the Portland Mercury. She didn’t have a business to advertise. She had nothing to sell.  “My phone number was on the back of it for three months, and it said ‘Want to play roller derby?’” Stegeman recalls. “I would personally […]

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