Sportsland, Oregon: 11/29/2010 - #39

In Part 1 of an intense two-parter, Los, Cliff, and Derek delve into a Civil War preview after a busy sports weekend. They also manage to nominate their choices for the Game of the Year (Two of which happened on Friday). Amidst all of this, they manage to recap the weekend's excitement, throw out BCS Hypotheticals, and even talk some High School Football and NFL action.

In Part 2 of the post-holiday podcast, Los and the gang get into the Blazers recent issues. How'd Roy look in his two games back? Will Wes Matthews work as a starter? Is Batum in the doghouse? Can Nate McMillan figure a strategy for the end of games? All this, plus this week's segments,including What Plucks My Duck, What Makes my Beaver Eager, and We Wanna Watch.

Sportsland, Oregon: 11/23/2010 - #38

In the first part of an extra long holiday podcast, Los and the gang delve into the Blazers injury woes and their outlook for the rest of the season, and discuss the action around the rest of the league. Then they move on to BCS talk, including possible championship scenarios, Black Friday, and awards winners. This is all followed by the NFL, and early seasoncollege basketball action.

In Part 2, Los and the gang wrap up everything else they missed in Part 1, including NCAA Women's soccer, Baseball Rookie's of the Year, High School football playoffs, Kentucky vs Portland in Men's basketball, and this week's segments, including This Week in Oregon Sports History and What Plucks My Duck.

Sportsland, Oregon: 11/15/2010 - #37

In the first part of a two part episode, Los and the gang open up with their concerns about the Blazers situation, specifically Brandon Roy's comments and health. After that it's on to the world of college football, with plenty of Ducks talk after their tight win, which inevitably leads to BCS Championship talk and Heisman Trophy predictions. They wrap up Part 1 trying to figure out who the best team in the NFL is.

In Part 2, Los and the gang wrap up everything else they missed in Part 1, including NCAA Women's soccer, Baseball Rookie's of the Year, High School football playoffs, Kentucky vs Portland in Men's basketball, and this week's segments, including This Week in Oregon Sports History and What Plucks My Duck. You can check these out at oregonsports.com, or in the nifty player on the right.

Sportsland, Oregon: Special Edition

With the opening of NBA training camps this week, Los and the gang take some extra time to talk Blazers in the Special Edition of Sportsland, Oregon, covering everything from training camp and Rudy to injuries and outlooks. We even bring up the future of the Northwest division and journalist-turned-GM David Kahn. You can check the podcast out at blogtalkradio.com/oregonsportsradio or in the nifty player on the right.

This Week in Oregon Sports History: 7/23/1984

As it turns out, 1984 was not the dystopian catastrophe George Orwell predicted. Instead, the Russians were boycotting the Summer Olympics in LA, the greatest NBA draft class in history was about to settle in with their new teams, Vanessa Williams renounced her Miss America crown because of Penthouse, and crack began to take the LA underground by storm.

More importantly (for the purposes of this blog), on July 23 of that same year, Northwest native and 3-time NBA All-Star Brandon Roy was born in Seattle, Washington. Roy played his high school basketball at Garfield in Seattle. After declaring for the NBA draft before college, he withdrew his name from consideration and went on to have a very successful NCAA career at the University of Washington, where he would earn Pac-10 Player of the Year and All American Honors his senior year.

After graduating, Roy was selected 6th overall by the T-Wolves and acquired in a draft day trade by the Blazers in 2006. "The Natural" would go on to win Rookie of the Year award, and earn All-NBA second and third team honors in 2009 and 2010, respectively, despite dealing with several injuries. Along with his 3 All-Star selections, Roy is the face of the Portland Trailblazers and has the luxury of having a last name that could pass for a first name.