Tag: Portland
Women’s International Champions Cup pairings announced
PORTLAND, Ore. — Barcelona and Lyon will meet to open the Women’s International Champions Cup in August, while the host Portland Thorns will play...
Anthony prepares to face Denver in playoffs for first time
PORTLAND, Ore. — Carmelo Anthony has been around the NBA for quite some time but he’s never faced the team that launched his career...
Blazers beat Nuggets 132-116, secure 6th seed for playoffs
PORTLAND, Ore. — Damian Lillard had 22 points and 10 assists and the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Denver Nuggets 132-116 in the regular-season...
Second Amendment sanctuaries facing 1st court test in Oregon
SALEM, Ore. — The first court test of whether local governments can ban police from enforcing certain gun laws is playing out in a...
As regular season ends, NBA’s play-in games take shape
The NBA’s new play-in tournament begins on Tuesday night, and it took until the 146th and final day of this compressed season to determine...
Soldiers who perished on secret mission are memorialized
PORTLAND, Maine — Nearly 60 years ago, dozens of soldiers assembled for a top secret mission to Vietnam, three years before President Lyndon Johnson...
Play-in or playoffs? Lakers won’t know until the final day
LeBron James may be one game away from the playoffs. Or he may be one game away from the play-in tournament, and a possible...
US cities see surge in deadly street racing amid pandemic
Jaye Sanford, a 52-year-old mother of two, was driving home in suburban Atlanta on Nov. 21 when a man in a Dodge Challenger muscle...
Lillard, Blazers score 50 in first, blast Rockets 140-129
PORTLAND, Ore. — Damian Lillard had 34 points and nine rebounds, and the Portland Trail Blazers raced to a 140-129 victory over the Houston...
Stars of ‘Shrill’ express love for the ‘hippest of places’
NEW YORK — As “Shrill” draws to a close, its stars and creators are reflecting on how important Portland, Oregon, became to the Hulu...
