(Riley’s the kid with the ball … and the guns.) PDX Weightlifting member, Riley Charlish, helped take his high school Basketball team to the final-four with a stellar performance (among many this season!) that went into double overtime. Riley ended up with 12 points and three 3 pointers. See the game report here, and the… Continue Reading
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The Blazers’ Jennifer Connelly Offense Didn’t Work
The Blazers got blown out again, which makes Thursday nights game their last chance to stay in the playoffs. As usual, Blazers Edge has a funny way of looking at. This time they’re comparing the Blazers offense to the beautiful Jennifer Connelly (hands down one of the most attractive women in Hollywood). But, while the… Continue Reading
Alien vs Aliens – Blazers vs Suns
Rob Mahoney gets all cinematic on us. He calls the Blazers the first Alien movie by Ridley Scott, and the Suns the second, Aliens, by James Cameron. If I may, the Blazers are Ridley Scott’s Alien. The film is predicated on two things: the build-up of suspense through an extension of the ordinary and the… Continue Reading
Blazers vs Suns: Game 2 Not So Hot
Blazers Edge has this to say on the hammering we got last night: This game wasn’t about game flow. The only thing worth noting in that vein was the Blazers running fearfully down the hallway yelling “Ziggybumwaaaahhh!” and the Suns hitting them like a tidal wave. The game started out at the Suns’ pace and… Continue Reading
Everything Blazers
Blazer’s Edge has a massive collection of pre-playoff Blazer links and articles and info from all around the interweb compiled into one place. Like this gem from Henry Abbott: But for Portland’s meaningless Travis Diener-laced special last night, the two teams would have identical records (Suns 17-4, Blazers 16-5) since March 1. Meanwhile, guards who… Continue Reading
Mike Rice Quotes of the Game: Blazers vs Thunder
Blazers kicked butt against the Thunder (previously the Seattle Super Sonics – RIP). This was both good and bad. The bad is simply that it nearly guarantees that we won’t be playing the Lakers in our first match up of the playoffs (we’ve got a better shot against them then a few of the other… Continue Reading
Basket Ball Conditioning
Robert Taylor discusses the importance of actually using basketball as a part of a basketball players conditioning. I know that may sound obvious, but the fact is, we weightlifting coaches are rather weightroom centric. Unfortunately, the way sports performance is approached today, strength coaches almost never have any contact with sport coaches. Be sure to… Continue Reading
