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What is the Sound of One Man Clapping?

A series of misadventures have kept me from attending Blazer games lately, so I was pretty excited to be back at the Rose Garden for Tuesday night’s game against the Orlando Magic Miami Heat. I needed this game. I needed to sit in the stands and watch something that would take me out [...]

Blazer Fever – Don’t Catch It

by Radio Gretchen

Hello, Blazer Fans.
A few weeks ago, I was so excited because Blazer season was starting back up and that meant it was time for me to put my sports writer hat back on. I really enjoyed writing my Blazer posts last year, especially considering that I have no idea what I’m talking about. [...]

11.08.2009 See the rest →

Believe

by Radio Gretchen

Q: What is the sound of 41,260 hands clapping?
A: Another Blazer victory in the Rose Garden.
Game five was louder than anything I’ve experienced to date and was also ridiculously fun. You had the sense when you entered the arena that this game was ours. They were handing out signs that read “Rise [...]

04.29.2009 See the rest → 5 comments

Blazer Fans Get Crafty

by Radio Gretchen

My boyfriend and I have a half-season Blazer ticket package, which means that we go to half of the home games each season. We’ve often wondered about who is sitting in our seats on the nights we are not there and, should the Blazers make it to the playoffs, who is going to [...]

04.24.2009 See the rest → 3 comments

Blazer Hangover

by Radio Gretchen

A summary of today’s water cooler talk statewide: “How ‘bout dem Blazers, eh? Not bad. Not bad.”
Sitting at my desk at work today, my ears were still ringing and my computer fan sounded vaguely like the roar of last night’s crowd. My hands are a tad bit rough from all the nail-biting, clapping and [...]

04.22.2009 See the rest →

Fans Don’t Leave

by Radio Gretchen

So… the Blazers’ playoff debut? Kind of a bummer.
The Houston Rockets, led by genetically engineered Yao Ming, made 58.5 % of their shots and beat Portland 108 to (let’s not talk about it). I don’t know what it was like for you folks watching from home, but watching it live and in [...]

04.19.2009 See the rest → 10 comments

Trail Blazers Find their Rhythm At Just the Right Time

by djtv

My ears are still ringing, and I’m pretty sure they’ll be that way for awhile.
You see, I got to go to the Trail Blazers vs. Denver Nuggets game tonight, as a very willing date with an old friend. And I’m still up at midnight, because it was that exciting.
A couple things to think about from [...]

04.16.2009 See the rest →

OurPDX shared links for April 15th

by Betsy Richter

Here’s what we’ve found as we’ve traveled the local PDX web (complete with our comments) for April 15th:

Portland Mercury Blogtown, PDX | Lauderdale on Adams: "He doesn’t listen." – From fervent Adams supporter to this? Matt Davis has the scoop, straight from Pink Martini front man Thomas Lauderdale himself: "Five minutes after we [...]

04.15.2009 See the rest →

Blazer Rally downtown in Pioneer Place next Thursday 4/16

by Betsy Richter

The Portland Trail Blazers wind down the regular season with a last push to land home-court advantage for the first round of the NBA playoffs between now and next Wednesday night. But once we finish with the Denver Nuggets? We’ll all have a chance to celebrate in Portland’s living room sometime Thursday afternoon [...]

04.11.2009 See the rest → 1 comment

Blazers vs Lakers Post-Game Report

by Radio Gretchen

I’ve just returned home from the Rose Garden where I watched the Blazers beat the Lakers. Again.
This is my take on the game from up in the 300 level:
1ST QUARTER: OMG OMG OMG OMG
2ND QUARTER: OMG OMG OMG OMG
3RD QUARTER: OMG OMG OMG OMG
4TH QUARTER: OMG OMG OMG OMG
In summary: OMG [...]

04.10.2009 See the rest →

OurPDX shared links for April 5th

by Betsy Richter

Here’s what we’ve found as we’ve traveled the local PDX web (complete with our comments) for April 5th:

I-5 bridge opponents fire opening salvo in long battle | The Portland Tribune – Jim Redden writes: "A Sunday afternoon rally in Tom McCall Waterfront Park kicked off a campaign to stop the proposed $4.2 billion Interstate [...]

04.05.2009 See the rest →