So the Blazers are as cold as ice, not exactly how we wanted to end the season, but who knows what will happen, I mean what with our play as of late and Houston losing Yao Ming I think they will slip out of playoff contention and don't believe we even have a remote shot anymore. Needless to say, thems the breaks and it is what it is, but with that said here are some tits and tats in the media surrounding the Blazers:
- Brandon Roy out for a couple of games. (I know, I'm totally breaking the story on that one!)
- One more thing, maybe you have or haven't heard about Greg Oden's phone call from presidential hopeful Barack Obama. Well if you haven't I linked to his blog and check out this piece from John Canzano in today's Oregonian. And then an amusing little follow up on his blog here. I like the point Canzano is making here though, because I mean, let's face it, this isn't exactly 'newsworthy' material, but Canzano opinionates that it is rare to see an athlete speak so freely of political or social views, more often than nought, someone wants to shut them up so that they can make more money from some company, and maybe hammer out an endorsement deal from another. Even Oden's managing company said they weren't thrilled with Greg commenting on the presidential race at all, but I would much rather he share those opinions. Especially living in the city of Portland, where the sharing of opinions runs rampant when discussing politics or social issues, I mean OPB didn't start the listener driven show 'Think Out Loud' for no reason. So I applaud Oden as well for making his voice be heard, I mean I have outspokenly supported Obama too for quite some time, but I'm not a multi-millionaire famous athlete, so the only people that listen to me are my girlfriend and my friends, and of course my parents and poor grandmother who have had to listen to me rant and rave about how horrible Hillary Clinton is. But also folks take special note of the Ira Newble/Cleveland Cavaliers portion of that story, I think it is sad, but also reflective of who really runs this country, when two basketball players won't sign a petition against China and the Darfur situation because of endorsement deals, or potential endorsement deals, so kudos Greg Oden, kudos.
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