Topic: Portland Trail Blazers

Wieber: Trail Blazers fortunate to lose 11 straight

By on Tuesday, Apr. 16 at 1:54 pm.

Prior to the start of the 2012-13 season, the Trail Blazers seemed destined to be a lottery team for the second straight year. By December, though, the brilliant play of rookie sensation Damian Lillard, coupled with improvement from Nicolas Batum, Wesley Matthews and J.J. Hickson, had quickly dispelled that notion. The Blazers were in a [...]


Zone Read PM: Oregon looks to NCAA Tournament, Blazers mull over playoff odds

By on Tuesday, Mar. 19 at 5:34 pm.

Many college basketball analysts and Duck fans had Oregon slated somewhere between the eight and five seed for the NCAA tournament after winning the Pac-12 and getting their second win of the year over UCLA. Many of these same people were shocked when it was announced that the Ducks were handed a 12 seed. It [...]


Zone Read AM: Blazers drop close game, E.J. Singler fills record books

By on Friday, Mar. 1 at 12:11 pm.

After losing seven straight games to fall out of the playoff race to 10th in the competitive NBA Western Conference, the Blazers dealt the Boston Celtics a tough loss and looked again like the early season team surprising the league. A win last night against the Denver Nuggets would have been key, but the Blazers lost on [...]


Zone Read PM: Oregon baseball starts new season, basketball looks to remain perfect in Pac-12

By on Wednesday, Jan. 23 at 6:18 pm.

The Oregon Ducks baseball team, after coming one win shy of a trip to compete in the College World Series, is ready to start its 2013 season. The Ducks are No. 6 in the nation, and with All-American closer Jimmie Sherfy and senior shortstop J.J. Altobelli leading the way, the Ducks have high expectations. Head [...]


Zone Read AM: Oregon gets shot at NCAA Football’s cover; Sacramento Kings could move to Seattle

By on Wednesday, Jan. 9 at 2:46 pm.

Sophomore sensation De’Anthony Thomas has video-game speed. And if the votes keep up, he might just become video-game royalty, too. Per an EA Sports press release: The EA SPORTS NCAA Football Cover Vote had advanced to the second round as the field of 126 was cut down to 32 schools today. After over 630,000 fan votes were [...]