Portland Thunder Arena Football Team Hosts Open Tryouts
The Portland Thunder announced today that the franchise will be holding an open tryout at the Moda Center beginning at noon on Thursday, December 19th. All potential prospects are invited to showcase their skills and athletic ability through combine-style testing. All tryout participants receive a free t-shirt and pair of tickets to Portland’s season opener […]
Portland’s AFL Team Named “Thunder”
Portland’s Arena Football League team announced today it has decided the name of its franchise. The team, which will begin play in the Moda Center in March, will compete in 2014 as the Portland Thunder. The name was chosen out of hundreds of unique fan entries. “We appreciate all of the support we’ve received from […]
AFL Announces 2014 Division Alignment
The Arena Football League announced its division alignment for the 2014 season on Tuesday. The League will once again feature four divisions within two conferences based on geographic relationships; however, in order to maintain historic rivalries and encourage the development of new ones, AFL Ownership has elected to divide alignment into an eight-team American Conference […]
Weekend Recap: Monday Morning Links
What a weekend for Portlanders who hate Seattle. The Timbers beat the Sounders at home last night while the Ducks traveled to the Emerald City on Saturday to give the Huskies their first loss in their newly renovated stadium. Surely you can set aside some of that Seattle animosity to at least enjoy the Seahawks’ […]
Arena Football Returns to Portland
Portland may not have the NFL, but we’ll be getting football nonetheless in 2014. Arena Football League Commissioner Jerry B. Kurz announced at a press conference yesterday that an ownership group led by Portland businessman Terry W. Emmert, CEO of Clackamas-based Emmert International, an engineered transport and structural relocation company specializing in ultra-heavy duty transit, […]