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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 […]
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 […]
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. — […]
An NBA team — and NHL — for Seattle?
So, some guy named Christopher Hansen apparently is a San Francisco hedge-fund manager. And apparently he's pretty good at it, because apparently he's rich. Really rich. Like, rich enough to […]
Um, Let's Give This A Little More Thought
And now for something completely different: Russian scientists are close to breaking through the ice of Antarctica and making contact with a sub-glacial lake that hasn't been exposed to outside […]
Um, Let’s Give This A Little More Thought
And now for something completely different: Russian scientists are close to breaking through the ice of Antarctica and making contact with a sub-glacial lake that hasn't been exposed to outside […]
Behind Wheels: Great Story
A lot of really poignant passages in Matt Calkins' profile of Blazers' announcer Brian Wheeler. If you haven't read it yet, you should. For me, this section really stood out: "Wheeler, […]
Follow-up On Paterno Column
Saturday's column about Joe Paterno generated an e-mail from a reader who chastised me for simultaneously criticizing and praising the late coach. Which, you know, was kind of the point. Because […]
What Should The Blazers Do With Nic Batum?
Good insight from Dwight Jaynes about Nic Batum's future with the Blazers. The Blazers have until Jan. 25 to sign Batum to an extension. If no agreement is reached by […]
"Spirited" Play For The Whole Family?
The Winterhawks sent out an e-mail Friday morning listing the "Top 10 reasons to come see the Winterhawks tonight." It included an item that tapped into my fuddy-duddyness. On one hand, […]