Bill Oram
Sports Columnist at Oregon Live (The Oregonian)
@Oregonian sports columnist. Past: @TheAthletic, @ocregister, @sltrib. Always: Montana Grizzly, Tillamook cheesy.
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1 day ago |
oregonlive.com | Bill Oram
A gray world is suddenly drunk with color!From behind the lush cotton candy foliage near a yellow brick road, you hear a familiar tune. “Wake up sleepy head! Wipe your eyes! Get out of bed! Ding-dong...”No, I am not calling any individual person a witch, wicked or otherwise. Certainly not Jody Allen, who does not deserve such derision, condescension or blatant sexism. Walk this fine line with me, won’t you?
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1 day ago |
oregonlive.com | Bill Oram
Years ago, I came up with what I thought was the solution to the NBA’s tanking problem. My suggestion was that the NBA should invert the lottery, meaning that the team that was closest to reaching the playoffs would have the best odds of landing the top pick. The league’s worst team would have the worst odds. It would encourage winning and aggressive roster moves and, I reasoned, would create more top-to-bottom parity over time.
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6 days ago |
oregonlive.com | Bill Oram
So you’re saying there’s a chance? Of course there is!The Blazers have a 3.7% chance of landing the No. 1 overall pick in next week’s NBA draft lottery. Their chances of jumping into the top four are even better: 16.9%Are those particularly good odds? They most definitely are not. The most likely outcome is that the Blazers will stay put at No. 10. But that’s what makes Monday’s lottery so intriguing. Fortunately, we don’t have to wait until then to get a glimpse of what could — will?
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1 week ago |
heraldandnews.com | Bill Oram
Elvis Akpla was still riding the high of the Denver Nuggets’ stunning Game 1 win over Oklahoma City on Monday night when his phone lit up with a message from an old high school teammate. There goes Adelman, pulling his magic again. kAmp<A=2 92D D6?E 2?5 C646:G65 >2?J E6IED =:<6 E92E C646?E=J[ 6I492?8:?8 ?@E6D H:E9 2 8C@FA @7 7C:6?5D H9@ 8C6H FA :? !@CE=2?5 2?5 :? E96:C 9:89 D49@@= D6?:@C J62C H@? 2? F?6IA64E65 =628F6 492>A:@?D9:A F?56C 2 C@@<:6 4@249 H9@ :D ?@H ECJ:?8 E@ AF== @77 2 D:>:=2C 762E :?
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1 week ago |
oregonlive.com | Bill Oram
Elvis Akpla was still riding the high of the Denver Nuggets’ stunning Game 1 win over Oklahoma City on Monday night when his phone lit up with a message from an old high school teammate. There goes Adelman, pulling his magic again.
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A forceful nudge from a concerned cousin. A shared medical journey. And, on Monday, a triumphant, tearful run through the streets of Boston. An inspiring story for your Friday: https://t.co/NDdIWEmL4Z
A forceful nudge from a concerned cousin. A shared medical journey. And, on Mondafy, a triumphant, tearful run through the streets of Boston. An inspiring story for your Friday: https://t.co/NDdIWEmL4Z @bostonmarathon
RT @YourManDevine: Wrote this almost six years ago, and the wheel only spins faster now. https://t.co/WQzF4oEFzI https://t.co/viq93GSMAM
