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BLAZER FAN AT HALFTIME?

In bed asleep after Livingston ejection for this Blazer fan. It was chance to see Blazer fan history, of a team evening the NBA second round series 2-2 instead of facing elimination in the next game at 3-1. Then Shaun Livingston got tossed. Was it a fair call? Not for Blazer fan. Not saying it […]

PORTLAND HARD, BLAZER HARD

Hard Portland turns into Blazer Hard. Fans who watch Portland from a distance see the Trail Blazers avoiding a sweep from the Warrior broom instead of playing a five game series. It happens when you lose the first two game in the Bay Area. Now the Warriors, still Steph-less, come to Portland. This isn’t the […]

WILWRITE 1, TRAIL BLAZERS 0

Picking two winners on the same night? Good luck with that. Tuesday night was Willamette Writer, WilWrite Night, for WordPress at Portland’s Old Church, and Game 2 in the NBA playoffs in California. Which one to focus on? With time for one or the other, which one to choose: a power point presentation on WordPress, […]

NBA SECOND ROUND FOR PORTLAND BLAZERS

NBA Second Round For Second Time In Sixteen Years. Has it been that long? Can it be that long? Sixteen years and twice to the second round, none to the third. Right now, the Saturday before Sundays game against the Warriors, the Blazers have a chance. They might break through, which doesn’t mean they’ll get […]

PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS NBA ALL STAR IN THE HOUSE

One NBA All Star is too many for the Portland Trail Blazers? No one is listed, but Damian Lillard in the Portland Trail Blazers NBA All Star. He wasn’t voted in, or chosen as a reserve, and it won’t matter. The Blazers are exceeding expectations, and Lillard leads the way. In a season ripe for […]

STEPH YOUR GAME UP

Anything is possible when you Steph Your Game Up. Step back a moment and consider the history of the long range bomber in basketball. Baby boomers had Pistol Pete Maravich in his baggy gray socks launching forty footers. They went in often enough for Pete to avoid the tag of, “afraid of the paint,” which […]

NEW PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZER TROPHY

The Portland Trail Blazer Trophy fits one of the youngest teams in the NBA? The Blazers are bad, but not that bad. You know what that means? No, they’re not a team like the Philadelphia 76ers or New Orleans Pelicans. Blazer fans will take a season of losses to take the next step forward with […]

PORTLAND TIMBERS, OREGON LOGS

Soccer Town USA and its suburbs are full of fans waiting for the Portland Timbers. They grew up when field hockey was the only PE sport for girls, when Title 9 and gender equality were just around the corner. They went to college, traveled, found someone special enough to have kids with, someone who understood […]

A SPORTS MUSEUM OF HOPE

What do you do when you see a star filled night sky? If your name is Vincent Van Gogh you paint a picture that will eventually hang in an art gallery. Maybe you paint two of them. In another instance, look at a piece of marble. Maybe you see something in there. What do you […]

GRANDMOTHER GUNS IN PORTLAND

A True Story About Grandmother Guns In Portland Oregon. An elderly lady pulled her car into her NE Portland garage on a hot day. I was there to pick up a museum donation, three quilts for the Oregon Historical Society. Museums love fragile textiles, product packaging, anything you’d throw away a hundred years ago. Quilts […]