Sports
Here's Why The Pac-12 Stinks At Basketball
As the Pac-12 licks its wounds from the indignity of the NCAA Tournament selections, there are questions about how the conference grew to be so bad in basketball. Actually, there […]
Little Hope For The Blazers
Bill Simmons is out with his annual ode to "War and Peace," otherwise known as his ranking of the NBA players with the most trade value. A couple Blazer-related notes: -- […]
A Memorable Week In These Parts
Haven't been on my blog much because I've been contributing to our high school coverage and our high school blog. A couple items worth noting: -- Here are some thoughts I […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]