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WILWRITE 1, TRAIL BLAZERS 0

May 4, 2016 by

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, […]

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NBA SECOND ROUND FOR PORTLAND BLAZERS

April 30, 2016 by

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 […]

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PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS NBA ALL STAR IN THE HOUSE

January 29, 2016 by

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 […]

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STEPH YOUR GAME UP

January 26, 2016 by

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 […]

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NEW PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZER TROPHY

December 29, 2015 by

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 […]

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PORTLAND TIMBERS, OREGON LOGS

December 9, 2015 by

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 […]

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AS THE BLAZER FALLS

July 15, 2015 by

Not The New Guys, The Blazer Quitters. The numbers don’t look good. Eighty percent of last years Portland Trail Blazer starting five left town. Of that 80%, half wrote goodbye letters to Blazer fans. In their blind love affair with the NBA, 110% of the fans read those letters. Twice. Do you write a letter […]

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PIMPING FOR NBA PORTLAND

July 4, 2015 by

Do NBA players leave Portland for cities with hotter women? The idea of Portland being such a small market that it can’t attract top tier NBA free agents is a laugh. Not so much the notion that Portland can’t support the needs of top tier NBA guys. As a long time married man, twenty nine […]

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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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PORTLAND WINS FOR AMERICA

May 14, 2015 by

Why America Needs Portland In The NBA Finals. How many times did you see the San Antonio River Walk last year during the Spurs run? The Alamo? After four playoff rounds, what else is there to see? From the first series to the last the River Walk looked better and better, but it got a […]

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