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NOTES FROM A FORMER ALL-IN SPORTS FAN

Check with older people, in this case the 40+ sports fans, and you won’t feel the lunacy of the field storming younger fans. Why? Because they’ve grown up? They don’t have time? They’re burned out? Or is it something else? If you have a favorite team, you’re a fan for life. That’s the deal. Maybe it’s […]

4 REASONS THE NEED FOR SPEED IS WRONG, RIGHT?

Don’t ask the Oregon Ducks. In the world of contact sports, big and fast is usually the bet to make when the other choices are small and fast, or big and slow. Size matters on the football field where coaches at the top college and professional teams count on their big fast guys to win games. Somehow […]

PORTLAND OREGON’S FACEBOOK NUMBERS REVEALED

If you’ve ever had a special Facebook page for your business, your blog, or your cause, then you know how it feels when others find you and like you. Feels good. Does it feel good for others, like sports teams and cultural institutions in Portland? That’s the question boomerpdx aims to answer. Start with major […]

OREGON’S HOCKEY HISTORY

When you play the game, play to win. Every business, institution, and individual have one thing in common: If you’ve heard of them, they’re doing something right. They matter. To what degree they matter is the next question, which often depends on branding. Consider sports branding as a current model for success. Not everyone understands, or enjoys, a rabid […]

GO OUTSIDE AND PLAY: THE SOCHI OLYMPICS

Where Defying Death Is Part Of The Deal. In every game, every competition, fans hope sports bring out the best from the best. It’s supposed to be the best of the participants, but don’t we secretly want sports to bring out the best in us? Ask the closest baby boomer for a definitive answer. Great […]

7 OF SPORTS MOST FRIGHTENING MOMENTS

Whether survival instinct, or good sense, we all shy away from something. Or pay the price. As a kid I stayed away from green peppers and canned Chinese food, but they kept showing up on my plate too often. That meant I was in for a marathon dinner at the family table. The deal was […]

WHY THE SEATTLE SUPER BOWL MEANS MORE HERE

Call it the drama of life, the thrill of victory. Call it the agony of defeat. This one had it all, beginning with the near mythic first snap to the most prepared man to ever play the game, the most prepared athlete in the history of all sports. Peyton Manning is the opposite of the […]

NEW YEARS EVE vs SUPER BOWL

Every new year we’re losing weight and eating right? Wrong. With the Super Bowl hovering in the near future, every New Year’s resolution goes in the bucket. “I will give myself more will power in the new year.” Not on Super Bowl Sunday. And neither is anyone else. Will power isn’t what you pick up […]

SPORTSMANSHIP AND THE SUPER BOWL FANS

Play To The Whistle. Everyone who’s played football at any level knows the first rule. Keep in mind this is organized football with coaches and referees, not a side yard game of wipeout. Or a beach game of pound the sand. If you’ve worn a mouthguard and a helmet with a face mask, then you’ve […]

THE SUPER BOWL ON BOOMERPDX

Chasing The Ring. A few things to notice on Super Sunday: All the talk about a New York Super Bowl won’t change the location. New Jersey is still the site for this year.