First Class
Blazers say the Moda Center is first-class, their renovation plans are “concepts,” and the NBA never requested $573 million. So why must Portland surrender a contractual right before it sees plans?
Edan Krolewicz
Writing about power, accountability, poems, and other musings.
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Every Team That Left Its Market: A Twenty-Year Audit of the Relocation Threat
What the complete record of Big Four relocations tells us about the risk the Blazers leave Portland — and why the perceived probability matters more than the real one.
The Moda Deal Everyone Actually Wants
Portland isn’t divided over the Blazers. Portland has been divided.
Easy to Build, Hard to Extract
A billion-dollar Moda Center decision is moving through Portland. Here’s how it was built, who actually pays for it, and why tf this guy from Brooklyn is writing about Portland.
The Jew Who Gave the World Its Greatest Christian Masterpiece
On the evening of March 11, 1829, nine hundred people packed the concert hall of the Berlin Singakademie.
The Gap: A History of Portland, Oregon
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The Limb Doesn’t Grow Back
Tolstoy was dead wrong when he wrote that happy families are all alike, and every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
The $600 Million Blank Check
What SB 1501 Actually Says, What Rip City Management Aren't Telling You, and What Oregon Must Demand
Major League Extortion
How Professional Sports Leagues Operate a Legal Cartel, and Why Your City Keeps Paying For It
How to fix the NBA
How bad incentives, not player effort, are ruining the game.