So now it's being reported that Billup's arrest is not tied to sports betting, but an "illegal poker operation involving the Mafia", but still "related" to the Rozier arrest for manipulating basketball games for sports betting.
Whew, lads, this is gonna be a shitshow.
Question: I will be in New York City for the Knicks-Blazers game in late January of next year. Is there a contact at the team that can help with obtaining tickets to away games like this? Right now, the prices on the secondary markets are absolutely insane. If this needs to be moved to...
We live in a multi-tier'ed system of rules. One set of rules for us plebs, another, far less stringent set of rules for the millionaires, and practically no rules for the billionaires. I doubt the Clippers themselves will see any repercussions, as I'm sure every team in the league has side deals...
I went up to Seattle yesterday to see a Mariner game with the bros. My observations in relation to Portland getting and supporting a MLB team:
I'm not seeing it. On a Wednesday afternoon game, the Mariners were able to draw over 37,000 people. People that either missed work or skipped their...
Sly, I think that you, I, and everyone else on here vastly underestimate the number of people in Portland and Oregon in general that just dont care about sports. It takes political will to be able to do anything of any magnitude in this city, and there's been a severe lack of that for decades...
The last time tearing down the MC was seriously discussed, the Portland Bluehairs who still hold a lot of political sway in the city nixed it because it's "A COOL OLD BUILDING" and Portland NEVER throws anything away that white people cherish. Yes, it's architecturally neat, but that land is so...
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/122961048.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst
Thank God the Blazers ditched this guy before the Crazy Train hit the station.