Month: February 2012

So, baseball is going to expand its playoffs, probably by this season. Well, if you can call one additional game in each league an expansion. But what does it mean? Yes, […]

It's time for the high school basketball state tournaments, and this year that makes for a big week around the office. Four Clark County teams have reached the Elite Eight […]

We certainly aren't perfect as a Sports section, but we've always tried our darnedest to provide our readers with some good writing. Which is what makes this week's honors for […]

The man who foresaw Jeremy Lin's NBA success drives a truck for FedEx in Bend, Ore. In May 2010, Ed Weiland wrote on the Website "Hoops Analyst" that "Jeremy Lin […]

The man who foresaw Jeremy Lin's NBA success drives a truck for FedEx in Bend, Ore. In May 2010, Ed Weiland wrote on the Website "Hoops Analyst" that "Jeremy Lin […]

Dwight Jaynes asks a pertinent question: Will/should the Blazers try to trade for Steve Nash? Obviously, Phoenix would insist that Nicolas Batum be any part of a trade in exchange for […]

Steve Kelley of The Seattle Times reminds us that before Lin-sanity, there was Blazers legend Billy Ray Bates. Bates made a Jeremy Lin-sized splash on the NBA in 1980, arriving by […]

Yikes! The Blazers allow 124 points to . . . Washington?!? But while the wheels have come off the Blazer Bus, Nicolas Batum is on a roll. With 33 points […]

Really good analysis from Bill Simmons, writing about LaMarcus Aldridge. Simmons was explaining who he would pick for the All-Star Game, and he compared Aldridge to Blake Griffin: "If we're just […]

Fun with trivia, in the wake of LaMarcus Aldridge's All-Star selection. — Aldridge is the 15th different Blazer to be picked for the All-Star Game, encompassing a total of 34 selections. — […]