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THE NBA NEEDS TO LEARN PORTLAND

July 2, 2015 by

NBA Free Agents Need A Class Of What To Expect In Oregon. Hearing the Portland Trail Blazers called small market by sports experts is like hearing Wesley Matthews called The Undrafted Wesley Matthews. It’s old, tired, and worn out. Is small market Portland smaller than Milwaukee, Oklahoma City, or Orlando? The NBA needs better communication, […]

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NBA HOME TO PORTLAND

June 26, 2015 by

Home. It’s a warm word with sweet references. Home is warm and sweet like a cup of hot chocolate on Hawthorne. Sweet and warm like a pot of comfort tea in the Pearl. Home in the NBA used to mean wherever you got drafted. That’s why it’s called the home court. Then LeBron left Cleveland. […]

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SUKES OF HAZZARD

June 24, 2015 by

Primetime With The Sukes Of Hazzard. No Isaac? Athletes convey confidence. They ooze it. The greater the achievement, the higher the confidence. And much more oozing. Radio guys either bring the ooze, or they learn it well enough to fool the rest of us. Big Suke of Portland sports talk radio seems to have done […]

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LEBRON AND THE NBA FINALS

June 16, 2015 by

Struggle is the hidden beauty of sports. And LeBron. Watching the best player in the world rally his team sends a message to all, but mostly to baby boomers. By the time you hit your fifties and sixties you know struggle all too well. It’s a personal thing, as in we struggle alone. Now we’ve […]

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AN NBA FINALS HEADACHE

June 12, 2015 by

Game 4 Of The NBA Finals Draws Blood. Just when the old lawman has the new band of outlaws rounded up in Cleveland, this happens: They break out. Keep in mind the old lawman, Sheriff LeBron, is an ancient thirty year old. His age isn’t important unless you compare him to Steph Curry. When you […]

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OREGON SPORTS AWARDS FOR PARENTS

June 11, 2015 by

Athletes Strive For Success, Oregon Sports Awards Serve Notice. Who remembers their first sports achievement? Was it learning to swim? Catching a ball? Running faster than a brother or sister? Whatever your memory is you don’t remember your first athletic move, but your mom and dad does. Maybe it was the first time you raised […]

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YARD WRESTLER CONFESSION, II

June 9, 2015 by

Every Wrestler Earns Their Yard Wrestler Medal. There’s always someone who needs to give it a try when they find out you wrestle, used to wrestle, or went to a wrestling match. “Let’s wrestle” isn’t the best invitation to throw out when you don’t know the person saying it. If it’s anyone from an Oregon […]

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OREGON DUCK MAKES HISTORY TEAM

June 7, 2015 by

Oregon, Oregon Duck Marcus Mariota, And The Oregon Historical Society. A lesser Portland writer might ask why Nike paid three days of admission at the Oregon Historical Society. Not this one. Everybody who walk in the door? Free. Thank you, Nike. A lesser Portland blogger might ask why Oregon? Why not Portland State? Why not […]

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THE JENNER REVOLUTION

June 3, 2015 by

Make A Big Change And Join The Jenner Revolution. Do you look in the mirror and tell yourself everything is perfect, it’s all good? Are you lying to your own face? Maybe it’s your nose. Your ears. Your hair. It’s always something and you’d change it if you could. But it doesn’t bother you that […]

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VIN LANANNA HAS A PAIR

May 28, 2015 by

Yes He Does. And Vin Lananna Calls Track And Field The Basic Sport.   Who better than TrackTown President Vin Lananna to explain the world’s most basic sport. Of course it’s track and field. He lives and breathes the stuff. Because of him Portland hosts the World Indoor Track and Field meet in 2016, the […]

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