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An Interview With Mike McLeod of "Fast Break" 22 Aug 2013 | 12:44 pm
On Saturday in this space, I posted the film Fast Break, the wonderful and somewhat bizarre documentary following the 1977 Trail Blazers on their championship season. Curious to learn more about a fil...
Vojvoda Od Nosa Berba 19 Aug 2013 | 03:31 am
Sunday, Croatian basketball club KK Cedevita announced their acquisition of former Trail Blazer guard Nolan Smith under the headline, “Potpisao novi playmaker,” which translates to “Signed a new playm...
Saturday Matinee: Fast Break 18 Aug 2013 | 12:15 am
This is not the 1979 comedy of the same name starring Gabe Kaplan and Bernard King, but a 1978 documentary following the 1977 Trail Blazers on their championship run. Featuring wonderful and extensive...
Octopus, D-Miles, and a 25-year Spending Report 16 Aug 2013 | 07:32 pm
Paul Allen has an estimated net worth of $15 billion. He has a 414-foot yacht, Octopus (in addition to its slightly smaller sister, Tatoosh), featuring two helicopters, two submarines, a 63-foot tende...
It was a garden of roses 14 Aug 2013 | 07:56 am
Tuesday, Trail Blazers President Chris McGowan announced at a press conference that the Rose Garden arena would henceforth – or at least for the next ten years – be named the Moda Center, after a l...
What's in a number? 9 Aug 2013 | 07:57 pm
Sorry, I can’t talk about Brandon Roy without getting all hyperbolic and misty-eyed. I believe that Roy was the greatest Trail Blazer of all-time – as far as what he means to the city and his positive...
A Perfect Night to Dress Up Like Hipsters 8 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
In Madagascar, people say that love is like seaweed: you go to her, she leaves you, you leave her, and she follows you. In the Association too, it seems, love can be as fickle as Malagasy seaweed. A p...
Summer Reviews: The Rest of 'Em 26 Jul 2013 | 09:17 pm
Summer League might be ridiculous and meaningless but let’s pretend that it’s not! For the lottery picks, Las Vegas Summer League is just another line on their offseason checklist, right there betwee...
Summer Reviews: Will Barton 26 Jul 2013 | 02:56 am
Summer League might be ridiculous and meaningless but let’s pretend that it’s not! Sometimes when professional basketball teams that are knocking on the door of the playoffs have an erratic young pla...
Summer Reviews: Thomas Robinson 24 Jul 2013 | 09:22 pm
Summer League might be ridiculous and meaningless but let’s pretend that it’s not! Like the mythical Kraken rising from the deep to claim non-believing Nordic sailors and put some juice in the word o...
