Trail Blazers up for sale and draft lottery fallout: Blazer Focused podcast with @craigbirnbach.bsky.social #Ripcity 🔗 www.oregonlive.com/blazers/2025...

Grading Blazers centers, Lillard injured, staff moves: Blazer Focused podcast with @craigbirnbach.bsky.social We discussed Damian Lillard's injury. Will Clingan make an all-rookie team? And we tackled the center position. #RipCity www.oregonlive.com/blazers/2025...

There it is. Seemed like a guarantee once Cronin signed his extension.

Trail Blazers GM Joe Cronin’s contract extended, Chauncey Billups should be next: Blazer Focused podcast with @craigbirnbach.bsky.social #RipCity

Trail Blazers remain in play-in hunt, Shaedon Sharpe posterizes: Blazer Focused podcast with @craigbirnbach.bsky.social #RipCity www.oregonlive.com/blazers/2025...

Trail Blazers enter All-Star break with no clear direction: Blazer Focused podcast with @CraigBirnbach 🔊 We did our best to answer the pressing question: What exactly are the Blazers doing? #RipCity

Surging Trail Blazers complicate future: NEW Blazer Focused podcast with @craigbirnbach.bsky.social 🏀 Blazers rolling 🏀 Trade deadline approaching 🏀 Chauncey Billups thriving 🏀 Postseason a possibility? 🏀 More #RipCity

The @trailblazers have 7 guys in double figures. That usually works out well. #RipCity

Is the Trail Blazers' rise legit or smoke and mirrors?: Blazer Focused podcast with @craigbirnbach.bsky.social We discussed the Blazers' recent rise, Scoot Henderson's ascension, Billups overachieving at the expense of ping pong balls and much more. #RipCity

Amen Thompson isn't leaving the starting lineup until like 2040

I’m not sure if Andy Reid is the greatest coach in NFL history but I am sure there’s never been a better NFL coach. He’s become a magician at always making the right decision. The difference now then in the past is I’m kind of sick of him always being right. That said, I can’t root for the Eagles.

Has a team ever had their worst loss of the season three times in one week? Asking for the Bulls

Is Cooper Flagg the only person who can fix the Trail Blazers. We discuss on the new Blazer Focused podcast with @craigbirnbach.bsky.social www.oregonlive.com/blazers/2025...

After holding on to knock off the Blazers tonight, the Pistons are 18-18. It's the first time they've been .500 this late in a season since ... 2018-19, a.k.a. That One Blake Griffin Year. Really cool story developing in Detroit.

That is a tough way to lose for the @trailblazers. Great game from Simons with an awful final seconds. Fun game to watch though. #RipCity

Total number of triple-doubles by Josh Hart in the first 418 games of his career: ZERO Total number of triple-doubles by Josh Hart over the Knicks last 68 games: 10

Knicks say Karl-Anthony Towns registered 31 points and 21 rebounds tonight against Utah. He is now the first Knicks player since Patrick Ewing (1989-90) to record multiple 30+ point, 20+ rebound games in the same season.

The fact that Oregon committed 0 turnovers and still lost this badly is pretty amazing. If I didn’t watch the game and you told me Ohio State won by 20, I would have assumed the Ducks had at least 2 turnovers. #RoseBowl

Really enjoyed getting to know Sveva, from Cantu, Italy. She's spending the school year at Mountain View and is the Thunder's top scorer. Hoops have taken her around the world. She made the Italian U17 national team that qualified for last summer's FIBA World Cup. www.columbian.com/news/2025/ja...

This guy has always been underrated but always appreciated by his teammates on every team he has been on. “Hart is having his best season. He’s averaging 14.4 points, 8.6 rebounds and 5.5 assists”

SOURCES: Washington State is hiring South Dakota State’s Jimmy Rogers as its next head coach, sources tell me and @chrisvannini.com. The Arizona native led the Jackrabbits to the 2023 FCS national title: www.nytimes.com/athletic/602...

This football game is a dramedy that is neither funny nor interesting.

Who doesn’t love the old guy muppets in the balcony? Huge compliment. Also, great podcast.

Jimmy Butler statement the Heat just released from Pat Riley "We usually don't comment on rumors, but all this speculation has become a distraction to the team and is not fair to the players and coaches. Therefore, we will make it clear - We are not trading Jimmy Butler."

I just keep yelling to my wife and 7 yr. old,”look how tall he is” but there’s no way for a person to really grasp the concept by watching on tv. It’s so frustrating that they don’t understand what a unicorn Wemby is.

Happy Hanukkah, Rip City 🕎

Most points created (points + assists) in 2024: 1. Jalen Brunson: 2,626 2. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 2,577 3. Nikola Jokic: 2,565 4. Luka Doncic: 2,502 5. Giannis Antetokounmpo: 2,496

If you're a fan of the late, great Rickey Henderson, this is the tribute you need to read. From the always amazing @tylerkepner.bsky.social

Rickey Henderson made catching a routine fly exciting. We all tried his snap catch. He was a one of a kind talent.

The Yankees had the WORST OPS at first base this season. Even if Goldschmidt is league average (or even slightly below league average!), that would be better than what the Yankees received at first base in 2024.

FROM SHAMS: Milwaukee Bucks All-Star Damian Lillard has agreed to a lifetime contract extension with Adidas, sources told ESPN. Lillard now joins LeBron James and Kevin Durant (Nike) and Stephen Curry (Under Armour/Curry Brand) as active NBA players with lifetime shoe endorsements.

How do the Yankees wash their Juan Soto blues away? Trade for Astros' Kyle Tucker: Even if he's a Yankee for one season before hitting free agency, Tucker would help New York maximize the primes of several other stars.

URI 9-0 for the first time in 77 years! Go Rams!

Great dunk but ummm the Blazers are down 23 points to the 4-17 Jazz at the half. So there’s that. #RipCity

Justin Herbert pulled up to his local Sports Clips for a cut and made her whole day 👏 (📸: thischarmingfade/IG)

Reviewing the first quarter of the Trail Blazers' season: Blazer Focused podcast 🔊with @craigbirnbach.bsky.social The 8-14 Blazers have overachieved in some respects, but continue to fall short in many key areas. #RipCity

🤣🤣🤣

This was a really good read from Chris. This part stuck with me. But read the whole story.

SAY GO NEW YORK GO NEW YORK GO

The Portland Trail Blazers are the league's worst defensive rebounding team. The LA Clippers are the league's best defensive rebounding team. Portland head coach Chauncey Billups describes how "you can't just rebound because your tall" and that rebounding is more about focus

As expected, Trail Blazers guard Scoot Henderson (quad) is out for Tuesday night at the LA Clippers. #RipCity

It’s only in the last few weeks that it became clear how much my “free speech” had been smothered on X.

Someone tracked down the infamous Chauncey Billups bobble head doll from Minnesota and Brooke Olzendam presented it to Billups prior to Friday night’s game against Sacramento. #Ripcity

New Blazers Focused podcast with @craigbirnbach.bsky.social The Blazers (7-11) are off to a better start than we anticipated, but we're still not seeing what we want to see, and that is the emergence of a potential star, or two. Not flashes. Consistent high-end play from someone. Anyone. #RipCity

Alright NFL Bluesky: I put together a starter pack of some of my favorite follows on Sunday… Will continue adding to this but please share if you’re so inclined: go.bsky.app/8RH6KbH

What’s going on with Ant Simons? @aaronjfentress.bsky.social and I discuss on the latest Blazer Focused podcast. #RipCity t.co/9cFm3ORTPU

He played better. #RipCity

I’m excited to see what Donovan Clingan will look like when he’s in really good NBA shape. Guy is in the right place so often but is a step slow. But he’s only 20 years old, If he can get himself in better shape and speed up a bit, he’s got a chance to be really good. #RipCity