After final buzzer, Oregon’s still home (Portland Tribune)

28 August 2008, 12:01 am

Enough Trail Blazers —past and present — live year-round in the Portland area to field several basketball teams. For various reasons —including the friendliness of the people to the mildness of the climate — a lot of Portland players choose to stick around or return to Rip ...... read more

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