What is Trail Blazers Tom Dundon trying to do here?
Posts by John Canzano
Imagine losing the Trail Blazers fan base two weeks into your ownership. This isn't just cost-cutting. Tom Dundon is up to something, isn't he?
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A new episode of the BFT podcast is on the streets:
• Trail Blazers penny-pinching foolishness
• Closing loop on Boston Marathon
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The Monday Mailbag has never been more fun.
• CFP champion picks
• Penny-pinching Trail Blazers
• Pac-12 expansion
• Settling elections with free throws
• Who gets picked last?
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Monday Mailbag comes out tomorrow. Best questions get published. What's on your mind? Have some fun. Ask away.
He finished last in the Boston Marathon for 36 straight years. This year, Dave McGillivray says, he won't be last.
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I'm in Beantown, covering the run-up to Monday's Boston Marathon. My column on the heart and soul of this spectacle:
It started with the FBI knocking on the head coach's front door at 6 a.m. on the morning after the season opener. It will end in the playoffs.
Trail Blazers fans had one coming.
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I went behind the scenes at the Pac-12 spring meeting. My exclusive interview with Commissioner Teresa Gould and Oregon State President Jayathi Murthy is out.
Expansion move? Final media-rights piece? Urgency? Planning?
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Monday Mailbag features MLB to PDX, Pac-12, UNLV, New Mexico, Oregon, music, classic cars, retirement, and more.
Amazing questions.
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Mailbag comes out Monday. Best questions get published. Ask away. Bonus points for fun questions.
What’s on your mind?
"Money is the best deodorant."
Oregon State is going for it on the revenue-share front in men's basketball and football. The departure of AD Scott Barnes comes with a silver lining -- he's opened the spending gates.
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I talked loopholes, NIL strategy, and the business of sports (and tax) with the guy known as "Sports Tax Man" on an all-new episode on the YouTube channel.
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Forget all the confusion over what he said. Gloss over the football vs. basketball support debate, if you'd like. But one thing is evident -- we're watching Dana Altman's last stand.
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“Jail Blazers” documentary is out on April 14. I sat down with the director.
YouTube:
Emptying the notebook on the Jail Blazers doc, Pac-12, Huskies, Cougs, and a college success story today.
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Washington State is hiring Jon Haarlow as the AD. I know where you can find the AD at 6 a.m. -- in the workout room alongside WSU athletes.
The backstory on the hire:
BREAKING: Washington State is hiring Jon Haarlow as athletic director.
Official announcement from WSU expected today. Haarlow
has been serving as AD in an interim capacity since November.
More coming shortly at JohnCanzano.com.
Monday Mailbag is out -- hot seats, NCAA, Geno's tantrum, Oregon football scheduling, Pac-12 champion, Wayne Tinkle's next move, and more.
Amazing questions.
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Monday Mailbag comes out tomorrow. What’s on your mind? Ask away. Best Q’s get published.
Bonus points for fun questions.
A confession for Easter Sunday -- I miss the lost shin guards, 6 a.m. tournaments, and forgotten water bottles.
You know -- youth sports.
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It's getting real for the new Pac-12. Spring meetings will be held on Oregon State's campus.
Expansion? Final media piece? Bylaws? Branding?
“We’ll be in the weeds on all sorts of different things."
The details:
The Trail Blazers' new braintrust was officially unveiled on Thursday. This era is going to be great theater.
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At the introductory news conference for new Trail Blazers owner Tom Dundon.... 1977 champs Lloyd Neal, Bobby Gross, Larry Steele.