The Vig

I grabbed a grip of magnet schedules at the Winter Hawks game Saturday night.  I like to pass them around the office and get people a little fired up to go see a game.  It’s the funniest damned thing in this town.  Anytime I mention the Hawks to someone I know, they tell me a [...]

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Was it only two seasons ago that Joel Przybilla re-signed with the Blazers?  Wow, time does fly.  Watching the media’s reaction to the arrival of Rudy Fernandez reminds me a lot of their reaction to the Przybilla signing in 2006.  You’ll recall the Blazers put on a big show down on the waterfront which culminated [...]

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Time was Blaer fans were as classy as they were knowledgable.  Apparently those days are over.  A decade of dominance?  When will they win their championship?  Sheesh.
A couple of things.

As long as Kobe Bryant is in the league, it is his trophy to lose.  He just turned 30 two weeks ago and he’s got a [...]

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Wow.  Anyone with two open eyes saw this coming for a while now.  Duck had clearly gone over five full spins on the scale.  As another big guy, this definitely gives me pause.  As a friend of mine said a couple of weeks ago, we have to start getting serious about this.  44 is way [...]

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I never did get around to properly writing up the Utah-Chicago game I saw down in Salt Lake ten days ago.  The Jazz are something special and their fan base definitely are our equal.  They’re passionate and fiercely loyal.  I do believe Portland has a better arena.  The Delta Center Energy Solutions Arena is a [...]

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I may have been in a Codeine-induced haze for the better part of the weekend, but it didn’t keep me from somewhat paying attention.
Blazers: I had tickets to the game but ended up giving them to a co-worker. She also has my tickets to Wednesday night’s game against the Bulls. Friday, I [...]

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Congratulations to friend-of-blog Casey Holdahl on his new gig with the Portland Trail Blazers. Until last week, he was OregonLive’s Blazer blogger, taking over for Eric Marentette, who left a while back to become Kobe’s web guy. Whoever gets the gig next has some HUGE shoes to fill.
There has been some tongue-in-cheek discussion [...]

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