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Fall is here, and with it comes good fortune for the Portland Timbers and Thorns. The Timbers have won three in a row and are 4-1-1 under interim coach Miles Joseph, surging back into the playoff picture. The Thorns, meanwhile, are back atop the NWSL standings after dispatching Megan Rapinoe and OL Reign, 2-0, with just three matches remaining. Cozy up with your hot cocoa, comfy sweater and a nice...

Oregonian columnist Bill Oram discusses the 10th-ranked Ducks matchup with No. 19 Colorado with beat writer James Crepea, and asks the question: This is the biggest game for the Ducks at Autzen Stadium since... when? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Trail Blazers training camp starts Oct. 3 and Damian Lillard still remains on the roster. The Blazer Focused podcast, featuring The Oregonian/OregonLive’s Aaron Fentress and Craig Birnbach, examine the latest trade rumors and what it could mean to have an unhappy Lillard actually report to camp. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Football season is back and the Sports by Northwest podcast takes a long look at what the No. 13 Oregon Ducks and No. 16 Oregon State Beavers showed during their opening week victories. Also, the podcast, hosted by The Oregonian/OregonLive’s Aaron Fentress and KOIN 6′s Brenna Greene, takes a look ahead to this weekend and revisits the ongoing Damian Lillard situation. Learn more about your ad choi...

Aaron Fentress of The Oregonian/OregonLive and KOIN 6’s Brenna Greene provide their season predictions for the Ducks, Beavers and the Pac-12. They also have an update on the Thorns and Timbers, and someone wants to see Beyonce in concert but faces a dilemma. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Marc Spears, a senior NBA reporter for ESPN’s Andscape, believes Damian Lillard will be traded to the Miami Heat before the start of training camp. He joins Bill Oram to discuss that, as well as his new series on Hulu, The Conversations Project. Spears, who attended San Jose State, also shares his thoughts on the Oregon State Beavers Week 1 matchup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphon...

Aaron Fentress of The Oregonian/OregonLive and KOIN 6's Brenna Greene talk Beavers future, Timbers crumble while Thorns continue to rise and how out of place Fentress felt at Damian Lillard show at the Roseland. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aaron Fentress of The Oregonian/OregonLive and KOIN 6’s Brenna Greene react to the destruction of the Pac-12 in part at the hands of the Oregon Ducks and what this development means for Oregon State. Plus, Blazers updates and why Brenna, a Swifty, failed to see Taylor Swift in Seattle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Oregonian’s OSU beat writer, Nick Daschel, joins Bill Oram to discuss what the Beavers do after the rival Oregon Ducks fled the Pac-12. Daschel explains the Beavers most likely options and explains why an annual football game between the state’s biggest university’s may not really be all that likely.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aaron Fentress of The Oregonian/OregonLive and KOIN 6’s Brenna Greene discuss why Oregon gave Dan Lanning such a huge contract extension, if it was cool for him to punch down on Colorado, the Pac-12 mess, Damian Lillard’s situation and Aaron’s trip to Florida to ride frightening roller coasters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Oregonian/OregonLive’s Aaron Fentress and KOIN 6’s Brenna Greene review the Blazers NBA summer league experience and also discuss the Damian Lillard situation, the All-PAC-12 media preseason football teams, Arena football to Salem and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Oregonian/OregonLive’s Aaron Fentress and Brenna Greene of KOIN 6 examine the Trail Blazers’ options during the latest episode of the Sports by Northwest podcast. Trade the pick for a star? Is Zion Williamson the perfect fit? Keep the pick and potentially alienate Damian Lillard? Does GM Joe Cronin owe it to Lillard to deal the No. 3 pick? Much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit meg...

Rumors surrounding Damian Lillard’s future are heating up with the NBA draft two weeks away. Aaron Fentress of The Oregonian/Oregon Live and KOIN 6’s Brenna Greene dive into the latest noise surrounding Lillard as well as the idea of the team potentially drafting Henderson and keeping Lillard. Plus, the Zion Williamson scandal is a twisted mess. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm...

The Portland Trail Blazers face a tough decision surrounding the No. 3 pick in the 2023 NBA draft. Trade the pick for a star to pair with Damian Lillard? Or use the pick to select guard Scoot Henderson and start a rebuild with or without Lillard? The Oregonian/OregonLive’s Aaron Fentress and Bill Oram examine the Blazers’ dilemma on the latest episode of the Sports by Northwest podcast. Learn more...

Phil Knight wants to purchase the Portland Trail Blazers. Franchise chair Jody Allen says the team is not for sale. But should it be? The Oregonian/OregonLive’s Bill Oram and Aaron Fentress tackle the discussion from differing vantage points on the latest episode of the Sports By Northwest podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Sports By Northwest podcast with Aaron Fentress and KOIN 6’s Brenna Greene reflects on the NBA Finals, Jaylen Brown rumors, the Trail Blazers doing their due diligence, Ja Morant’s troubles and the breathtaking speed of Lake Oswego sprinter Mia Brahe-Pedersen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Oregonian/OregonLive’s Aaron Fentress and KOIN 6’s Brenna Greene discuss the latest involving the WNBA and Portland, Brooklyn’s Mikal Bridges being off the table, other Trail Blazers tidbits, NBA playoff talk and how A.I. generated songs have flustered Fentress. Subscribe to Sports by Northwest Insider Texts. Get your 14-day free trial today. Sign-up for our newsletters More Oregon sports news...

The Oregonian/OregonLive’s Bill Oram returns from the the NBA combine in Chicago to chop it up with Blazers writer Aaron Fentress about potential trade scenarios involving the Portland Trail Blazers. They kick around a bunch of names including Mikal Bridges, Pascal Siakam and Jaylen Brown, and also discuss potential trades involving Damian Lillard. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone...

What are the chances the Blazers keep the No. 3 pick? Is there an argument to be made for moving on from Damian Lillard? Aaron Fentress shares a proud dad moment on the golf course. Brenna Greene has fallen deep into the reality show abyss and is trying to drag Fentress down with her. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tuesday’s NBA Draft lottery has the potential to determine the balance of power in the NBA for the next decade. And with a 10.5% chance of landing the top pick in the draft, the Blazers could earn the right to select giften big man Victor Wembanyama. Longtime NBA writer Howard Beck joins host Bill Oram on this week’s episode of Sports by Northwest to discuss Wembanyama, the Blazers lottery prospec...

Aaron and Brenna discuss how cool it will be to see Brandon Roy representing the Blazers at the lottery and reflect on when he did the same in 2007 and brought back the No. 1 pick. They also discuss how painful it would be to see the Blazers trade Shaedon Sharpe. Also, King Charles finally becomes king. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When the Eugene Emeralds announced that they would play as the Exploding Whales for a few games this season, general manager Allan Benavides was unsure how people would react to the club’s nod to the famous 1970 incident on an Oregon beach. The club had ordered merchandise with the new, alternate logo. Enough shirts, jerseys and hats, Benavides thought, to last through Christmas. It sold out in 90...

The Sports By Northwest podcast is back with an episode featuring The Oregonian/OregonLive’s Aaron Fentress and KOIN 6′s Brenna Greene. They discuss Oregon’s spring game, would Dillon Brooks work in Portland and is it cool to pull for your alma mater over your children’s sports teams? Plus, the Met Gala and Jamie Foxx. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Former Oregon Ducks star Dillon Brooks is on the outs with the Memphis Grizzlies, who said they would not bring him back under any circumstances following the team’s early exit from the NBA playoffs. Could the defensive-minded Brooks make sense for the Portland Trail Blazers? The Sports By Northwest podcast with columnist Bill Oram and Blazers writer Aaron Fentress kick around that idea. TOPICS -...

The Oregonian's Aaron Fentress and KOIN's Brenna Greene tackle a wide variety of topics in this episode including spring game action, the NFL draft, Damian Lillard trade discussions, the return of Brittney Griner and a farewell to Jerry Springer, who died this week.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices