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The Portland Trail Blazers will start a G League team next season that will play at the University of Portland’s Chiles Center. The Sports By Northwest podcast is all over the breaking news with a rapid fire podcast on the endeavor. Aaron Fentress, who covers the Blazers, and columnist Bill Oram, who wrote about the G League team on Wednesday, discuss what having a G League team could mean for the...

Aaron Fentress of The Oregonian/OregonLive and Koin 6's Brenna Greene discuss the future of Damian Lillard and the Blazers, as well as the fallout from Draymond Greene stomping on Domantas Sabonis during a playoff game. Plus, how would Draymond fit in Portland and why does Greene still have her Twitter blue check while Fentress lost his?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoi...

The Oregonian/OregonLive’s college football beat writers, Nick Daschel and James Crepea, join columnist Bill Oram to preview the Beavers and Ducks upcoming spring games. They also give their picks for the worst team in the Pac-12 next fall. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Trail Blazers’ downward spiral continues. Marcus Mariota is released. NFL Combine us upon us. Chris Rock takes the mic. On the latest episode of Sports by Northwest, Aaron Fentress and KOIN sports anchor/reporter Brenna Greene discuss all of these topics and more. They addressed: - Blazers lose to Pelicans to fall to four games under. 500. Is it over for them? - Coach Chauncey Billups is recei...

Ryan is in Italy, so this week’s Soccer Made in Portland is a crossover episode with the Sports by Northwest podcast. Bill Oram joins Chris Rifer to share some of his mind-blowing wisdom about all things soccer. On the roster: Bill and Chris discuss Bill’s pun game, how Chauncey Billups is doing so far as coach of the Blazers, the Timbers home opener, and the Thorns preseason tournament announceme...

The Portland Trail Blazers are no longer sitting on an airport runway, but they sure seem stuck. On the latest episode of Sports by Northwest, columnist Bill Oram chats with Sam Amick, senior NBA writer for The Athletic. They talked about Thursday night’s game against the Kings, what the rest of the league thinks of this team and much more. Here are some highlights from this week’s show: · Bill an...

When Damian Lillard was a lightly recruited junior point guard in Oakland, Randy Rahe was a mid-major college coach trying to fill out his roster. Even after larger schools became aware of the future NBA superstar, Lillard remained loyal to the first coach to recruit him and went on to become a two-time Big Sky Conference player of the year at Weber State in Ogden, Utah. This weekend, Lillard will...

We are all lifelong learners, aren't we? Blazers fans learned a lot about access journalism, pain killers and much more last weekend. On the latest episode of Sports by Northwest, Aaron Fentress and KOIN sports anchor/reporter Brenna Greene discuss Toradol, the Gary Payton II situation, the trade deadline and the Super Bowl. Subscribe to Sports by Northwest anywhere you get your podcasts to hear n...

Portland State football coach Bruce Barnum is known for an everyman persona and the occasional gimmick that feels (for good reason) right out of the playbook of his Vikings predecessor Pokey Allen. But when his newest recruiting class was rated after signing day as the best in the Big Sky Conference and third overall in the Football Championship Subdivision, that suggested something more is underw...

Damian Lillard is on one. The Blazers All-Star is playing maybe the best basketball of his career, and that's saying something. On the latest episode of Sports by Northwest, Aaron Fentress and KOIN's sports anchor/reporter Brenna Greene discuss the latest sports stories in the state -Have the Blazers actually turned a corner? -What to make of the trade deadline chatter? -Signing Day musings -Super...

It was another wild week for the Blazers. Dame scored 60 in the most efficient way in NBA history. The team also mourned the deaths of two beloved employees.  On the latest episode of Sports by Northwest, Aaron Fentress and KOIN sports anchor/reporter Brenna Greene discuss the Blazers news and a Portland athlete who deserves more attention right now.  Damian Lillard drops 60 on the Utah Jazz. · Bl...

Bill Schonely was already a legend in Portland by the time the Trail Blazers selected Mychal Thompson with the first overall pick in 1978. Over the next 40-plus years, Thompson forged a friendship with the legendary radio play-by-play announcer, including a stretch when they were both part of the Blazers broadcast crew in the ‘90s. Thompson, now a radio color analyst for Lakers games, calls The Sc...

The Blazers are suddenly healthy (almost) and are home for a critical six-game stretch. On the latest Sports by Northwest podcast, Aaron Fentress and KOIN sports anchor/reporter Brenna Greene discuss the Blazers and much more. They also discussed: - LaMichael James’ place in Oregon sports history - Justin Herbert’s future after the stunning collapse - Oregon and Oregon State’s football schedules/p...

The West Linn boys' basketball team has been one of the country’s best teams, rising to No. 1 in the latest ranking by USA Today. Their first-year head coach, Robert Key, is in his fifth decade associated with high school basketball in the Portland area, most recently coaching at Grant High School, leading the Generals to the 6A championship in 2018. On this week’s episode Sports by Northwest, Key...

Georgia pummeled TCU on Monday night, and the dominant performance begged the question: Can Oregon or any Pac-12 team ever recruit enough talent to compete on that level? On the latest episode of Sports by Northwest, Aaron Fentress and KOIN-TV sports anchor/reporter Brenna Greene discussed that topic and a whole lot more. They addressed: The Blazers' current state of affairs What to make of GP II'...

Welcome to a new episode of the Sports By Northwest Podcast featuring Aaron Fentress of The Oregonian/Oregon Live and Brenna Greene, sports anchor and reporter for KOIN. On this week’s episode of Sports by Northwest we get into the Trail Blazers’ dysfunction, grade the seasons for Oregon Ducks and Oregon State football teams and we dive into a couple of pop culture stories just as a chance of pace...

As the president of business for the Trail Blazers and the Rose Quarter, Dewayne Hankins has his hands in a lot of different projects. Beyond the recent Phil Knight basketball tournaments and the Blazers new PDX Carpet uniforms, he is helping to orchestrate a long-term vision for Portland as a city that can, and will, host major events. That includes an NBA All-Star Game by 2030 — the same year th...

Ari Wasserman is a national college football reporter for The Athletic. Like many, he believes the Oregon Ducks are the best team in the Pac-12. He also thinks that they are the conference’s worst candidate to break into the college football playoff. Why? Well, here’s a hint: Georgia. Wasserman joined Sports by Northwest this week to break down Oregon’s path to the CFP and discuss his recent colum...

The Ducks are in the CFP hunt with a surprise Heisman contender, the Beavers are back in the top 25 and the Blazers are exciting and (maybe?) good. Oh, and the Thorns just secured their third NWSL championship. If existential dread is the underpinning of a sports fan’s existence, Oregonians don’t know what to do with themselves right now. Everything is going — knock on wood — well. Weird, right? T...

It’s a big week for the Portland Trail Blazers, who won their season opener on Wednesday night. It’s a big week for the 10th-ranked Oregon Ducks, who host No. 9 UCLA and former coach Chip Kelly on Saturday. Aaron Fentress knows plenty about both. The Oregonian’s Blazers beat writer covered the Ducks for more than a dozen years, and was up close for Kelly’s tenure in Eugene. He joined Sports By Nor...

In 15 seasons covering the Mariners for the Seattle Times, Ryan Divish has covered seven different managers, three general managers and exactly zero playoff games. Until this season. Divish, a Montana native, is usually back in his hometown of Havre by this time of year. Except a magical run by the Mariners has the Northwest’s lone Major League club back in the postseason for the first time since...

There are some names in the sports world that deserve to be said, and remembered, forever. Jackie Stiles fits that description. On the latest episode of Sports by Northwest, columnist Bill Oram and sports editor Joel Odom chat with the women's basketball hall of famer about her life and her career. Stiles is the subject of a new documentary called "The Jackie Stiles Story." The documentary is stre...

After a 27-win season that ushered in a total roster overhaul, Blazers fans are all eager to move on from that tough year and for a look at the new team. Consider Brooke Olzendam among those fans. In fact, Blazers sideline reporter said she has never been more excited for a season to start. On this week’s episode of Sports by Northwest, Olzendam joins the show from Santa Barbara, Calif., where the...

In 2000, Oregon State welcomed USC into Corvallis and upset the Trojans 31-21 behind 234 yards rushing from star tailback Ken Simonton. More than two decades later, Simonton is a federal investigator for the Department of Labor and a youth track coach in his hometown, but he will be closely watching the Beavers game against the seventh-ranked Trojans on Saturday. This week on Sports by Northwest,...