Monthly Archives: February 2012
How About A Nine-Game World Series?
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, a one-game playoff can be exciting, but the biggest impact of this plan will occur during the regular season. Previously, teams could essentially have […]
State Basketball Tournaments
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 in their given classification — Prairie and Skyview girls, Union and King’s Way boys — and Paul Valencia has a nice story about how those […]
Many Kudos To Matt Calkins
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 Matt Calkins so rewarding. Matt cleaned up in the annual Associated Press Sports editors contest, which is the most prestigious of contests for us lowly […]
Hey, Don’t The Blazers Need A General Manager?
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 is a good enough player to start in the NBA and possibly star.” From a story about Weiland in the Wall Street Journal: “At the […]
Hey, Don't The Blazers Need A General Manager?
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 is a good enough player to start in the NBA and possibly star.” From a story about Weiland in the Wall Street Journal: “At the […]
Steve Nash As A Blazer?
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 Nash. Jaynes says the Blazers would need a commitment that Nash will re-sign with them in order for that deal to make sense. I […]
Lin-sanity? Blazer Fans Have Seen It Before
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 way of an impoverished childhood in Mississippi and the CBA. Writes Kelley: “That night in Milwaukee, Bates scored 14 fourth-quarter points and led a […]
One Bright Spot For The Blazers
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 Tuesday, here are his numbers for the past nine games: Averages of 17.2 points, 3.6 rebounds, 1.3 assists, 1.8 steals, and 1.3 blocks, while shooting […]
LaMarcus Aldridge or Blake Griffin?
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 talking basketball, I’m giving LaMarcus a slight edge over Blake — he’s a better all-around player, he’s better in crunch time, and he’s a […]
All You Need To Know About Blazer All-Stars
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. — Trivia question: Clyde Drexler leads the way with eight selections while with Portland, but who is second with four? (Answer below) — The […]