A photo of former Thorns couch Paul Riley speaking with members of the North Carolina Courage. Maddie Meyer / Getty Images The National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) is reeling from one of the biggest scandals to hit women’s soccer in the United States in years—and the Portland Thorns are right in the middle of it. […]
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Catch Up on Everything You May Have Missed This Week with Your Mercury Weekend Reading List!
“I am sincerely impressed with the amount of quality work the Mercury produced this week. Yay!” GaudiLab / iStock / Getty Images Plus HEY THERE, BUSY LIZZIE! Look, it’s completely understandable that since you’ve been SO busy, you may have missed some of the great reporting and stories the Mercury churned out this week! So […]
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Timbers Trade Ebobisse; Tensions Mount Among Team and Fans
Portland Timbers In the midst of what has been an difficult, unhappy slog of a season, the most frustrating sight for Portland Timbers fans came long after the final whistle blew on a disappointing, ill-tempered draw with the San Jose Earthquakes on Wednesday night. Jeremy Ebobisse, one of the Timbers’ brightest young players, the club’s […]
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Portland Native American Leaders Shut Out of Winterhawks Logo Change Discussions
Winterhawks players in 2014, wearing jerseys emblazoned with the team’s now-retired, racist logo. Marissa Baecker / Getty Images Paul Lumley’s husband used to dread going to work at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum during Portland Winterhawks’ games. Lumley, the director of Native American Youth and Family Center (NAYA), recalls his husband, a Native American who worked […]
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Blazers Preview: Rip City Fans Will Bring the Roar Tonight (With a Little Sound Effects Help)
Bruce Ely – trailblazers.com The Trail Blazers return to Portland Thursday night for a crucial set of playoff games in front of more hometown fans than they have seen all year. It’s been a strange season for our Blazers. They started off with high expectations, then struggled with injuries and the general weirdness of playing […]
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Slowly But Surely, Portland Sports are Reopening to Fans
STEPH CHAMBERS / GETTY IMAGES As the weather gets warmer and more and more people receive COVID-19 vaccinations, live sports are, slowly but surely, returning as an entertainment option. In March, the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) announced that it would allow fans to attend outdoor sporting events at varying capacity levels based on a county’s […]
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Community Mourns Beloved Timbers Fan Kevin Jolly
Kevin and Alice Jolly at a Timbers game. Amanda Marsh When Amanda Marsh and her husband first started attending Portland Timbers matches, they had a newborn son in tow. Because of the baby, it was not always easy to enjoy the games. Kevin Jolly sat near the Marsh family in Section 208 in the north […]
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Blazers Game Night Preview: Damian Lillard is on a Mission
Trailblazers.com It’s true there are far more important things going on right now than NBA basketball, but if any of us Portlanders are looking for a nice distraction, Damian Lillard and the Trail Blazers are here to provide it. Yes, the Blazers are back, and their star player, Dame D.O.L.L.A, is the talk of the […]
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Waiting for the Timbers to Return Home
Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers The Portland Timbers will play their first competitive soccer game in more than four months tonight, when they face the LA Galaxy in an empty stadium in Orlando. Perhaps you’ll watch. Perhaps you’re eager to see familiar faces, to take in a soccer game and to escape, if only temporarily, from the […]
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The Best Things to Do While Staying Home and Staying Safe: Sun May 17
The Last Dance FinaleThe absence of sports has turned ESPN’s 10-part Chicago Bulls documentary The Last Dance into the NBA Finals, the World Series, and Wrestlemania all in one. Apologies, did we say “Chicago Bulls” documentary? Because it’s not really that. It was kinda-sorta that at first, but now it’s essentially a highly entertaining, endlessly […]
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The Best Things to Do (While Staying Home and Staying Safe) in Portland: Sun May 3
Samin Nosrat Wants Us to Make Lasagna TogetherSamin Nosrat is, for many foodies, something like an angel, a culinary godsend who puts an amazing amount of time, thought, and love into everything she does, and it translates through her recipes, into her dishes, and finally onto your tastebuds, which is where heaven is discovered in […]
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The Best Things to Do (While Staying Home and Staying Safe) in Portland: Sat May 2
Stay Home, Drink BeerThe Oregon Brewers Guild has figured out how to combine safe social distancing with satisfying beerfest practices, and so: Stay Home Drink Beer, a virtual festival (that’s also very valuable life advice) starting at 1pm on May 2, featuring brewery tours, “meet the brewer” presentations, info on special releases, and a curated […]