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PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS IMPROVE MEMORY

April 18, 2017 by

Memory problems? Let the Portland Trail Blazers help. This Easter a sign kept popping up: “At my age I can hide my own eggs and half an hour later won’t know where they are.” Ha. Ha. Ha? What’s so funny? I forget. Except memory loss is no laughing matter. You want to remember important things, […]

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FOR THE LOVE OF PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS

November 5, 2014 by

A Haters’ Review. The love/hate relationship with sports comes into full blossom when a player leaves a team. Some leave with remorse, some leave with bitterness. All agree it’s part of the business. So what’s it about Portland that leaves such a bad feeling in some players? Why do some NBA guys take a shot […]

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GREG ODEN? SAY IT ISN’T SO

August 7, 2014 by

When the Portland Trailblazers drafted Greg Oden instead of Kevin Durant, fans all over Oregon opened their basketball hearts and let him in. That’s what happens when someone gets introduced in your living room, or Portland’s Pioneer Square, the city’s living room. We’d just seen him lose the NCAA title game to Florida and looked […]

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JULY, THE MAJOR MONTH FOR KEVIN LOVE

July 23, 2014 by

Major fans of major league sports hate July in Oregon. It means waiting for NFL training camps, waiting for college football to explode. Again. If you’re not waiting, you probably checked on the NBA Summer League. The players make you believe greatness is in them until you notice third year players on the Blazer roster. […]

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Your Phil Knight Moment

August 14, 2013 by

Sharing a new UofO grad and a Phil Knight moment. The University of Oregon drew much attention recently for images of their new football facility. Comments ranging from “it looks like a corporate retreat,” to “why do the Ducks need this,” sprang up in response to the new buildings. Eugene locals see it as another […]

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Better Blazers

June 5, 2013 by

Next Year Starts Sooner Than You think The NBA Finals level the playing field, or court, for twenty-eight squads. You know them as the teams not in the finals. The Blazers are one of them, just like those eliminated in the play-offs, like every other team in the draft lottery. This time of year, Blazer fan sees […]

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NBA Shock?

May 2, 2013 by

One closet door flew off its hinges when an active player said, “I’m a 34-year-old NBA center. I’m black. And I’m gay.” The last sentence defines the sort of fan you are. You either react in horror and break out a bible verse, or wish Jason Colllins the best for next season. How would Portland fans react if he made […]

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