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I stripped off the ridiculous costume and headed for the shower. I had to get it off. All of it—the sweat, the stink, and that feeling like I’d just done something reprehensible. I needed refuge. Whatever part of me that got me here, the one that said, “Yeah, that’s a good idea—it’ll be fun, you […]
THE USA is not interested in soccer. Sorry, Adidas, but it’s true. We’ll watch a reality show about David and Victoria Beckham, but a televised 90-minute soccer match? Forget it. However, to enter PGE Park when the Portland Timbers are playing is to enter a different world—where you can check out the type of debauchery […]
THERE ARE 30 teams in the National Basketball Association—yet the Portland Trail Blazers have something that no one else does. It’s not Greg Oden, Brandon Roy, or a promising future of playoff victories—it’s that goddamn trail cat. The team’s mascot is a useless, fictional large-headed creature of unknown origin that goes by the name Blaze […]
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