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Honor Ben G.

Just a heads up to check newsstands for our own Ben Golliver in the October edition of the Portland Monthly.  BG opines on the possibilities of detente between Sonics and Blazers fans now that the wall has come down...and been carted off to OK City.

You can now read the piece online here.

Nice and well-deserved exposure for Mr. Golliver.

--Dave (blazersub@yahoo.com)

 

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Congratumundo

Good Ol’ Ben.

Man I love tongue tacos - Mortimer
Only thing better is Trout on a stick roasted over an open fire - annthefan
I have a pic like that of my dog - tominhawaii

by Outlaw is Rejector on Sep 4, 2008 11:53 PM PDT   0 recs

Benniiieeeee!

Benniiieeeee!, Benniiieeeee!, Benniiieeeee!

"You're really making me feel good about myself, little man," says Oden as he starts dancing after scoring a goal. "You better come harder than that."

by BlueBooYay on Sep 25, 2008 3:05 PM PDT   0 recs

Do you perfer

Mr. Benjamin F. Golliver?

"You're really making me feel good about myself, little man," says Oden as he starts dancing after scoring a goal. "You better come harder than that."

by BlueBooYay on Sep 25, 2008 3:08 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

middle initials are d.s.

BRANDON ROY GET WELL SOON

by Ben. on Sep 25, 2008 7:14 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Cool

I was guessin’ Franklin.

"You're really making me feel good about myself, little man," says Oden as he starts dancing after scoring a goal. "You better come harder than that."

by BlueBooYay on Sep 25, 2008 7:21 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

LOL

i was wondering…

BRANDON ROY GET WELL SOON

by Ben. on Sep 25, 2008 7:29 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

OK

What’s with the “G”?

"You're really making me feel good about myself, little man," says Oden as he starts dancing after scoring a goal. "You better come harder than that."

by BlueBooYay on Sep 25, 2008 7:31 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I do not think it is

Gangsta, or is it?

Some things are better of remaining a mystery.

"You're really making me feel good about myself, little man," says Oden as he starts dancing after scoring a goal. "You better come harder than that."

by BlueBooYay on Sep 25, 2008 7:36 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Darn you said "D"

I am “Out”.

"You're really making me feel good about myself, little man," says Oden as he starts dancing after scoring a goal. "You better come harder than that."

by BlueBooYay on Sep 25, 2008 7:38 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Mr. Benjamin D. Golliver

I presume.

"You're really making me feel good about myself, little man," says Oden as he starts dancing after scoring a goal. "You better come harder than that."

by BlueBooYay on Sep 25, 2008 7:29 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

What does this Mister Golliver look like?

I’m having a hard time picturing him, Ben, congrats, now post a myspace style pic here, you’ve earned it!

# 10 Top Charles Barkley Quote: On the Portland Trail Blazers (back when they were known as the Jail Blazers) serving Thanksgiving meals: "In between arrests they do community service."

by BlazermaniacAndy on Sep 25, 2008 3:06 PM PDT   0 recs

Great article Ben, even with that slight air of sarcasm sprinkled on for flavor

# 10 Top Charles Barkley Quote: On the Portland Trail Blazers (back when they were known as the Jail Blazers) serving Thanksgiving meals: "In between arrests they do community service."

by BlazermaniacAndy on Sep 25, 2008 3:09 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Is that a caricature of Ben, on the right?

"You're really making me feel good about myself, little man," says Oden as he starts dancing after scoring a goal. "You better come harder than that."

by BlueBooYay on Sep 25, 2008 3:12 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Photo: David Wong

Photo? Oh well.

"You're really making me feel good about myself, little man," says Oden as he starts dancing after scoring a goal. "You better come harder than that."

by BlueBooYay on Sep 25, 2008 3:21 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Wong is Wrong

If that is a photo I’ve fallen into a parallel dimension.

"Mother Nature started this fight, I think it's about time we ended it!"

by Krang on Sep 26, 2008 9:42 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Reddish hair, short tibia, fibula bones

Lack of sunlight in Seattle = Neanderthals. Welcome you Squatch lovin’ Fans.

"You're really making me feel good about myself, little man," says Oden as he starts dancing after scoring a goal. "You better come harder than that."

by BlueBooYay on Sep 25, 2008 4:17 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

browse through the draft kevin durant archives and you will find some

BRANDON ROY GET WELL SOON

by Ben. on Sep 25, 2008 7:15 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

It's so obvious who the real talent on this blog is . . .

Nice work Ben. Funny as always.

The Dude abides

by noaher on Sep 25, 2008 3:14 PM PDT   0 recs

Wohoo, Ben Gordon finally signed.

Wait, what, he didn’t? This is not Blog A Bull? Ben Golliver has published a magazine article? Hey, short, funny and to the point. Great job Ben.

St. Bayno's 120 Haiku Prospects: Nicolas Batum in the paint—prairie grass, blown by wind. Jerryd Bayless—leaps over a kite string, and keeps going.

by Norsktroll on Sep 25, 2008 3:15 PM PDT   1 recs

Nice job Ben

It was a fun read. Are you going to abandon us for the print media? ;)

by Corvid on Sep 25, 2008 3:16 PM PDT   0 recs

well, they have this thing called a word count, which i had to google to find out what it meant,

so probably not…

BRANDON ROY GET WELL SOON

by Ben. on Sep 25, 2008 3:55 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

That was sweet

Blazers Edge has an alarmist vision

by tominhawaii on Sep 25, 2008 3:20 PM PDT   0 recs

Please don't hate me

but I was not impressed; in fact, I was disappointed. The article is supposed to be about bringing Sonic fans around, but it sounded condescending and seemed to rub (whining?) Sonic fans’ nose in their sorrowful circumstances, even bringing-up the Sonics’ terrible record last year — and comparing it to The Blazers Magnificent Record, not — ahem — mentioned in the article as being a mediocre 41-41. The list included mention of the rude term Pritchslap, which several of us BEdgers and, I suspect, the rest of the league, would like never to hear again. Tip 4 talks about not having to distrust Blazers ownership — I would assume from that Ben was going to make the case that Paul Allen has the Blazers locked into Portland until he dies, but the paragraph goes on to mention KP’s great wheeling and dealing instead. And no mention of Squatch in Tip 5?

No, I’m not having a bad day… though I suspect I’m about to!

"Personally, I'd rather give an elephant a prostate exam on Chili Day." --Dave on rooting for the Lakers or Celtics

by MiledAnimal on Sep 25, 2008 5:04 PM PDT   0 recs

"and no mention of Squatch in Tip 5?"

A question of who can Move It

"You're really making me feel good about myself, little man," says Oden as he starts dancing after scoring a goal. "You better come harder than that."

by BlueBooYay on Sep 25, 2008 5:45 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Blaze or Squatch?

"You're really making me feel good about myself, little man," says Oden as he starts dancing after scoring a goal. "You better come harder than that."

by BlueBooYay on Sep 25, 2008 5:49 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

appreciate the feedback, thanks

BRANDON ROY GET WELL SOON

by Ben. on Sep 25, 2008 7:14 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I should have added

that you normally do excellent work, Ben. This piece had the look of a rush job or an editor’s hack job, both of which I’ve had to deal with sometimes. And my criticism about not mentioning Squatch is irrelevant.

"Personally, I'd rather give an elephant a prostate exam on Chili Day." --Dave on rooting for the Lakers or Celtics

by MiledAnimal on Sep 25, 2008 8:05 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

no explanation needed, the feedback was good…

i can tell you it was no rush job…

their target audience, tone, and voice expectations are much different than on BE… that was tricky…

the editor that i worked with was a pleasure… having rarely (never?) worked with an editor before, he did a great job…

i am told we should be on the lookout for more sports stuff from PM… they had a great profile of merritt paulsen recently that’s worth digging up on their website, which was recently re-designed this week… http://www.portlandmonthlymag.com

BRANDON ROY GET WELL SOON

by Ben. on Sep 25, 2008 8:20 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

you deserve to have a bad week (why make it just one day)

The article was supposed to be humorous, which it was… it was not supposed to be about bringing Sonics fans into the fold.

Lighten up and get a life.

by Bust a Bucket on Sep 26, 2008 12:57 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Great job, as always, Ben!!

But “Pritchslap” was mis-used in your article.
The TRUE definition is when KP steals a player from another team (see: BRoy for Telfair, LA for Tyrus Thomas, Bayless and Ike for JJ and “Jayhawk w/ knee injury # 1435” and a guy nicknamed "McBob"). Picking Oden over whatever-his-name-was was and is a no-brainer.

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"Throw Thag, throw. Throw throw throw throw throw throw"- Far Side

by TheThinWhiteDuke on Sep 25, 2008 7:00 PM PDT   0 recs

the copy i submitted did not run word for word…

BRANDON ROY GET WELL SOON

by Ben. on Sep 25, 2008 7:08 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I THOUGHT I added a postscript last night

but I don’t see it here now. I wanted to add that you normally do fine work, which is why this piece was a let-down for me. I suspected you were either given a very tight deadline or you were the victim of a not-so-talented editor’s hack job, and it sounds like you are confirming the latter.

"Personally, I'd rather give an elephant a prostate exam on Chili Day." --Dave on rooting for the Lakers or Celtics

by MiledAnimal on Sep 26, 2008 10:26 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Oh great, now I see it!

Redundancy is my middle name.

"Personally, I'd rather give an elephant a prostate exam on Chili Day." --Dave on rooting for the Lakers or Celtics

by MiledAnimal on Sep 26, 2008 10:32 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

It's something called "context" MiledAnimal

If you bothered to look at an issue of Portland Monthly, like the actual physical magazine, you would see that this article is not worthy of being a “let-down.” Maybe your wilingness to criticize a story that was made for print based solely on what you read online is the real let-down.

by Bust a Bucket on Sep 26, 2008 1:03 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

You could be right, BaB

It’s true, I’ve never seen a copy of Portland Monthly. I was evaluating Ben’s article based solely on my knowledge of the Sonics saga and how I felt in reading what Ben wrote. I suppose it is possible that there is a context in which I would like the term Pritchslap, or where calling Sonics fans whiny would seem fair and funny, or where the body of a paragraph not following the lead sentence would make sense. Please explain how Portland Monthly provides that context, BaB.

"Personally, I'd rather give an elephant a prostate exam on Chili Day." --Dave on rooting for the Lakers or Celtics

by MiledAnimal on Sep 26, 2008 5:40 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

wow..

wow wow (double wow) for the nice peice with Penn. I didn’t want the interview to stop. I’ve still got to read the article Dave’s talking about, but I’m sure it’s pretty good, so another wow for that too (unless you count the subject lines wow, and in that case disregard the third wow).

Ben’s honored. You too Dave.

I'VE NO PROOF. NONE. NADA. I BASE MY OPINION ON FAITH AND FATE ALONE. BEFORE IT'S DOUBTED AND THROWN UNDER THE RUG, READ THIS AND TELL ME FATE DOES NOT EXIST.

May 23, 2006
"And come on now, really...had we gotten the #1 selection would we have been happy or just talking about how our cursed luck continues because this is the first year that high schoolers (and thus Greg Oden) aren't allowed in the draft? Save it for next year guys...save it for next year."
--Dave

a tribute to what it was, and the way it is. Mad respect Dave.

by faith on Sep 25, 2008 8:12 PM PDT   0 recs

Very clever first paragraph

Loved the movie swingers and your parallel worked nicely.

by tweener on Sep 25, 2008 9:48 PM PDT   0 recs

Benji Benji Benji !!!!

BlazersEdge is leaps and bounds beyond any other team oriented sports blog I’ve seen. Great work as always. Without some intelligence on the main page, the fanposts would devolve into the O-live forum. Way to set the tone.

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by lukeyhere on Sep 26, 2008 8:26 AM PDT   0 recs

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