The Greg Oden Update Portland Trailblazers tickets, Reader ?bill? left a question in the comments section of today's Smack asking for an update on the progress of Greg Oden. This post from Oregonlive.com?s Blazers Blog has the latest on Oden's recovery, including the fact that the Blazers asked Greg to back off his rabid weightlifting. Check it out HERE. Greg Oden, Portland Trail Blazers.

Portland Skyline - Portland, Oregon, United States Jump to the full entry .&.travel map Portland, Oregon, United States Still very busy here in Portland. Still have not really seen the city. This is a picture of the skyline. The building in the front is the Rose Garden, where the Trailblazers play. The next picture is the Portland convention center. It is the one with the glass .".whatever ya callums.".sticking up. The last picture.".office.".where I do all my work. Things are going great, wish I had a little more time to see the city. NBA.

NBA Mock Draft - May 2008 Basketball, Like a thief in the night, the time honored Hoops Addict Mock Draft is back online after my stealth, covert and NBA Draft fact finding psyops missions have been performed with the ramifications shared for our global at large Hoops Addict readership. While we marinated our mock I feel my readership's pain as some online draft boards created mockery heresy in their own feeble attempts to speculate the forthcoming induction of athletes to the game we've come to love. THE LOTTERY SELECTIONS.

Wolves / Grizzlies Coin Flip In the history of the Minnesota Timberwolves, they have never moved up in the draft lottery.  They have always picked in the spot determined by their record or moved down because of the lottery.  The worst scenario was when the Wolves had the worst record in the league and instead of drafting first (Shaq) or second (Mourning), the Wolves drafted third (Laettner).  In 2008, the Wolves and Grizzlies tied with 22-60 records.  A couple of weeks ago the Wolves won the coin flip and will. Portland Trailblazers.

Call Me, So I Can Make It Juicy For Ya Tickets, On Tuesday, I sent an email to the Cleveland Plain Dealer's Terry Pluto about this piece that he wrote on Monday before Game 4. Pluto spent a lot of time explaining the way contracts work in the NBA and how it would be very difficult for a team other than the Cavaliers to lure LeBron James after 2010. Honestly, I thought we were past this point - yes, I know that a lot of you are going to throw my own LeBron-is-leaving-Cleveland pieces right back at my face and call me a hypocrite.

Qualified Nonsense Qualified Nonsense Tomorrow I turn 26 years old. In those years I have learned that there are certain truisms that can be applied in each and every situation in life. Sometimes, the world can indeed be viewed in black and white. For example, I have determined that women, after consumption of a fair amount of alcohol, are more likely to touch your leg. This is a strategy that you can successfully employ if used under the right circumstances, much like missile defense systems of develope. Portland Trailblazers ticket broker.

Jersey Retirement ?Formula? Last week, Brian Hendrickson mentioned that he didn't know what the crite.ria were for retiring a player's jersey. I have read through the comments in other posts, sifted through some thoughtful emails, and consulted with various members of the media - just about everyone seems to agree there.".formula.".So I got to thinking? and thinking? and thinking? if I'm serious about making the case for Terry Porter, let's do it? let's make a formula for retiring jerseys. A retired jersey. tickets for Portland Trailblazers.

Baseball Burns Ken Burns, in the terrific series, Baseball, called New York in the 1950?s?The Capital of Baseball. Growing up in the New York metropolitan area in the 60?s and 70?s, it might have been more aptly named The Vice-Capital of Baseball. Gone were the Giants to San Francisco and the Dodgers to Los Angeles. New York baseball fans were left to the Yankees and the new team in town, the Mets. Being born in 1963, I didn't become aware of fandom until around 1970. I have some vivid sports memories. links.

Pritchard by the blog load Portland Trailblazers info, Pritchard by the blog load Posted by: Sean Meagher, OregonLive.com in 38900, 66982, Basketball, Kevin Pritchard, Portland Trail Blazers Blazers GM Kevin Pritchard has put himself out there recently to dish about this season and what lies ahead. You can listen. Or you can watch.

I Sense a Gladiator Switcheroo NBA tickets, The new season of American Gladiators premiered last night and fans might have noticed a switching up of the meaty cast. To sum up: Gladiators Stealth, Fury, and Mayhem are gone. We will miss Mayhem the most, if only because he says his real age is 44 but his ?Hollywood Age? is 34. Replacing them are new pink-haired gladiator Phoenix and the winners from last year: Evan ?Rocket? Dollard, who would resemble a strapping college quarterback but in Gladiator Land is kind of a Steve Urkel.