Blazers Owner Paul Allen Donates $100M to Fight Ebola
Allen announced he’s working with the World Health Organization to increase its capacity for handling the logistics of transporting international aid workers.
Meet the Portland Trail Blazers
This is the first installment of our series “Introducing Portland’s Sports Teams,” where we introduce you to every professional, semi-professional and college sports program in Portland. Who are the Portland Trail Blazers? Founded in 1970, the Blazers are members of the National Basketball Association. They play in the Northwest Division of the Western Conference. The […]
Portland May Finally Get NHL Hockey
Another NHL season began last night and Portland is not involved. When the puck dropped in Chicago, Portland and the greater US Pacific Northwest is still be a minor-league hockey entity. It was so very close to being so very different. According to various reports published in The Oregonian, Comcast SportsNet Northwest, and NBC Sports’ […]
Phil Knight, Paul Allen near top of Forbes 400
Forbes recently released their list of the 400 richest Americans, and at the top of the list are two significant contributors to Oregon sports. No. 24 is Oregon Ducks Booster and Nike Chairman Phil Knight at an estimated 16.3 Billion. Knight is easily the richest booster in the country, and it is almost surprising that […]