Meet Kevin Cline: Our New Favorite Photographer
I first saw Kevin Cline’s photos on Instagram. As I was trouncing through the photo app earlier this week, I stumbled upon his recently created account. All 10 of his pics were from the Ducks’ last two football games. But they weren’t your typical tailgating jello shots or student-section selfies. No, these pics were good. […]
Grantland: Blazers Have Eighth Best Basketball Court Design
Zach Lowe over at Grantland just unveiled The Definitive NBA Court Design Power Rankings: Everything you ever needed to know about the past, present, and future of the league’s hardwood homes. [quote align=’right’]”If basketball is poetry, the Blazers’ logo is the only one that encapsulates the sport’s poetic nature.”[/quote]While LeBron’s return to Cleveland has the […]
Thunder Finally Grab First Franchise Win
The offense finally had its breakthrough, and the Thunder capitalized with a 69-62 win over the Jacksonville Sharks. The game started perfectly for the Thunder, as they won the coin toss, deferred, and opened the game with the ball anyway as Jacksonville’s Terrance Smith fumbled the opening kickoff. Rowley hit Alvance Robinson as Robinson flew […]
Thunder Fall to San Jose in Heartbreaker
In a rematch of their week one matchup, the Portland Thunder (0-5) led the San Jose SaberCats (3-3) for most of the game before San Jose took control with 5:28 remaining to win 38-32. Each team committed two turnovers before Portland scored the first touchdown of the game when Ayo Idowu ripped the ball from […]
Portland Outdoor Report: Turkey Season Opens
This past week has been some amazing weather which has warmed up our waterways. Spring in the Pacific Northwest is unmatched when considering outdoor opportunities. Our Spring Turkey season just began on the 15th, Salmon fishing has been good and steelhead are still making their way into the local tributaries! Turkey The Turkey season has […]
Arena Football Power Rankings: Week 2
At least Portland (0-2) isn’t dead last anymore. The Thunder now have the lowest-scoring offense in the league at just 35 points per game (compared to No. 1 San Jose’s 67 PPG). Monday’s 40-36 loss to Iowa could have been Portland’s first victory. But Darron Thomas and Co. went 0-4 on their final four plays […]
Join Our March Madness Pool: $300 in Prizes
We partnered with Oregon Sports News to offer $300 in prizes for this year’s March Madness pool. Last year, we had exactly 500 people compete for the $100 gift card grand prize. This year, we bumped up the grand prize to $200, second place to $75 and third place to $25! Fill out your bracket, […]
Arena Football Power Rankings: Week 1
It wasn’t pretty in Portland Monday night. Unfortunately for the Thunder, their 64-34 blowout loss to the Sabercats in Portland’s first game of their inaugural season propelled San Jose to the top of the rankings — whilst knocking themselves to the very bottom. Check out the remaining Arena Football League teams in this year’s first […]
Thunder Drop Season Opener to San Jose
The Portland Thunder opened up their season in rhythm, completing pass after pass as they moved the ball down for a touchdown on the opening drive of franchise history. After that drive, however, the San Jose Sabercats took over, defeating the Thunder 64-34 in the final game of Week 1. Starting quarterback Russ Michna threw […]