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MICHAEL JORDAN WORKED PORTLAND ONE LAST TIME

May 18, 2020 by

Michael Jordan and the Portland Trail Blazers will always be linked. Every sports fan knows the story of Jordan in the ’84 NBA Draft. But no crying over spilled milk here. No, I’m crying over the time I saw him play in Portland toward the end of his time with the Bulls. Where’s my hankie?

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WORLD LEADER: A SHORT HISTORY OF SUCCESS

April 13, 2020 by

Who is the top world leader in history? It doesn’t take a history degree from a drive-by college like Portland State to make the call, but it doesn’t hurt. Deciding who is the world leader favorite takes a long view of the past. Try not to throw a name on the wall and see if […]

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BLAZER VICTORY TAKES WINNING YARD EFFORT

May 16, 2019 by

You’ve heard this, or variations of it: A winning season begins after the last game of the year before. The Blazer victory over a hangover from last season’s first round loss to New Orleans was the first step. Humbling for a team to get spanked by an organization that finished this season a wreck driven by […]

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BLAZER DIFFERENCE IN THE WEST? CHARACTER

May 14, 2019 by

Blazer fan or sports fan, this Portland Trail Blazer team has something for everyone. In the bigger world of NBA cities and stars, Portland is an after thought. Was anyone disappointed LeBron decided to go Laker instead of Blazer? Will anyone be shocked if Kevin Durant decides to go somewhere else besides Portland? Those two […]

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If Winners Rule By Winning, Everyone Else Is A Loser?

May 9, 2019 by

The safe answer for winners is, “Maybe.” Don’t we all consider ourselves winners at some point? We might say we don’t keep score, but we know the score. Like rec soccer for toddlers, they knew the score of their games even if the parents pretended not to. So why not just say, “screw it,” and […]

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BLAZER LILLARD ERASES BAD PORTLAND MEMORIES

April 25, 2019 by

Ask any sports fan and they’ll tell you: are the most lasting memories of your team the wins or the losses? Because once the fan base gets used to winning, the losing always shocks. Every Cowboy fan knows this. The same with Oregon Duck football fans from 2010’s Auburn cheat game win. That was a […]

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Neck Cancer: Part of Oral, Head and Neck Cancer

July 9, 2018 by

  OHNC, for oral, head and neck cancer sounds more like a government agency, as in “let’s meet at the OHNC building and go from there.”   Except no one wants to go anywhere near OHNC any time. Speaking from direct experience, No One Wants To Go There. Any Time.   But here we are. […]

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NBA PLAYOFF FEATURES THROWBACK BASKETBALL

April 29, 2018 by

    The big question in NBA playoff basketball?   “Was that a foul? It’s a foul in the regular season, but not now? How is that fair?”   The regular answer? “It’s the playoffs. Things get rough. Man game.”   The top pic shows two titans of the eighties, Larry Bird and Julius Irving, […]

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LAURA INGRAHAM COACHES LeBRON JAMES WIN

February 20, 2018 by

    By now the news on Laura Ingraham telling LeBron James to ‘shut up and dribble’ ought to be cooked to perfection. The Fox News superstar, by including The King in her act, broadened the platform…   For LeBron.   Laura Ingraham fouled LeBron, a hard foul, and he responded with, “Laura who?” She […]

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SPORT TALK RADIO ADS ON PORTLAND’S 620, 750, 1080

December 7, 2017 by

  Look at the face of sport talk reason. This man isn’t on sport talk radio because of his face. This face is on sport talk radio because of the audience. They want him.   They need him.   It doesn’t happen often, but if the airwaves line up in the right order while I […]

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