Editing Portland Trail Blazers (section)

== Media ==
=== Television ===
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The Trail Blazers' former television [[play-by-play]] team was [[Mike Barrett (sportscaster)|Mike Barrett]] and [[Mike Rice (basketball)|Mike Rice]], joined by sideline reporter [[Michael Holton]], who succeeded [[Terry Porter]] (2010–11)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Tokito |first=Mike |date=October 11, 2010 |title=Blazers: Terry Porter wants back into coaching, but for now is excited about broadcasting role |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/blazers/index.ssf/2010/10/blazers_terry_porter_wants_bac.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101015012414/http://www.oregonlive.com/blazers/index.ssf/2010/10/blazers_terry_porter_wants_bac.html |archive-date=October 15, 2010 |access-date=October 12, 2010 |work=The Oregonian}}</ref> and [[Rebecca Haarlow]] (2009–10). The team was also known for its long association with [[Steve Jones (basketball)|Steve "Snapper" Jones]], who played for the team prior to his career as a television analyst; Jones departed the franchise in 2005.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Eggers |first=Kerry |date=July 8, 2005 |title=Future's a bit hazy for Blazer analyst Jones |url=http://www.portlandtribune.net/sports/story.php?story_id=30770 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724021411/http://www.portlandtribune.net/sports/story.php?story_id=30770 |archive-date=July 24, 2011 |access-date=November 7, 2007 |work=[[Portland Tribune]]}}</ref><ref name="oregonlive-overhaul">{{Cite web |date=June 15, 2016 |title=Trail Blazers to overhaul broadcast crew: Mike Barrett, Mike Rice, Antonio Harvey will not return |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/blazers/index.ssf/2016/06/trail_blazers_27.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160618074055/http://www.oregonlive.com/blazers/index.ssf/2016/06/trail_blazers_27.html |archive-date=June 18, 2016 |access-date=June 19, 2016 |website=OregonLive}}</ref>

Regional television coverage of Trail Blazers games was limited until the 1980s, with only [[Closed-circuit television|closed-circuit]] broadcasts at the [[Paramount Theatre (Portland, Oregon)|Paramount Theatre]] available by the mid-70s.<ref name="psbj-2021-012">{{Cite news |last=McIntosh |first=Andrew |date=January 26, 2021 |title=NHL's Seattle Kraken signs multiyear TV broadcast rights deal |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2021/01/26/nhls-seattle-kraken-signs-tv-broadcast-rights-deal.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210712214045/https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2021/01/26/nhls-seattle-kraken-signs-tv-broadcast-rights-deal.html |archive-date=July 12, 2021 |access-date=January 30, 2021 |work=Puget Sound Business Journal |publisher=American City Business Journals}}</ref> In the 1980s, the team reached an agreement with [[KOIN]] to carry games on television; to protect the team's ticket sales, the package was largely limited to away games. The telecasts also had to be scheduled around [[CBS]] network programming that could not be pre-empted, such as ''[[60 Minutes]]''.<ref name="psbj-2021-012" />

In the 1990s, the team split its home games between broadcast television (with [[KGW]] serving as flagship station by 2000)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=April 30, 2000 |title=BlazerVision makes sense for Blazers, but not fans |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2000/05/01/newscolumn4.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010112051700/http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2000/05/01/newscolumn4.html |archive-date=January 12, 2001 |access-date=October 29, 2021 |website=Portland Business Journal}}</ref> and a [[pay-per-view]] service known as BlazerVision; the team did not disclose how many viewers subscribed to the service, while ''Portland Business Journal'' writer Andy Giegerich criticized the service when it was assigned early-round playoff games in the 1999–2000 season (thus resulting in blackouts of [[NBA on TNT|TNT's]] national coverage), and anecdotally noted that the Trail Blazers lost more often in games that were on BlazerVision or otherwise untelevised.<ref name=":0" /> The service was discontinued for the 2000–01 season, with the Trail Blazers replacing it with games syndicated to cable providers.<ref name="psbj-2021-012" />

In the 2001–02 season, the team established its own [[regional sports network]], Action Sports Cable Network (ASCN), which would carry the majority of Trail Blazers telecasts. [[AT&T Broadband]] refused to add the new channel due to the carriage fees it charged, which prevented it from reaching a wide audience. After having to resort to providing closed circuit feeds directly to bars, and sublicensing a package of games to the local [[KPXG-TV|PAX TV station]], ASCN folded after one season. The team reached agreements with [[Root Sports Northwest|FSN Northwest]] (now Root Sports Northwest) and KGW to carry its regional broadcasts.<ref name="psbj-2021-012" /> It was alleged that the 2005 departure of Steve Jones from the commentary team was due in part to team displeasure with Jones' sometimes frank analysis of the team's on-court performance and off-court decisions.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Jaynes |first=Dwight |author-link=Dwight Jaynes |date=October 16, 2007 |title=Blazer analysts risking credibility |url=http://thetribonline.com/sports/story.php?story_id=119248882302461000 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016121716/http://thetribonline.com/sports/story.php?story_id=119248882302461000 |archive-date=October 16, 2015 |access-date=April 20, 2013 |work=[[Portland Tribune]]}}</ref>

In the [[2007–08 NBA season|2007–08 season]], the team moved to [[Comcast SportsNet Northwest]] (now NBC Sports Northwest); all but six regular season games were carried on CSN Northwest or the ''Blazers Television Network'' (a [[Broadcast syndication|syndication]] package within the team's television market, whose flagship was [[KGW]]);<ref name="tv">{{Cite web |title=Trail Blazers Announce 2007/08 Broadcast Schedule |url=http://www.nba.com/blazers/news/Trail_Blazers_200708_Season_B-237407-1218.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080220195954/http://www.nba.com/blazers/news/Trail_Blazers_200708_Season_B-237407-1218.html |archive-date=February 20, 2008 |access-date=November 7, 2007 |website=Portland Trail Blazers official site |publisher=NBA}}</ref> 34 games were produced and broadcast in [[high-definition television|high-definition]].<ref name="tv" /> The team's television contract with CSN Northwest was criticized due to the channel's lack of carriage on satellite television providers [[DirecTV]] and [[Dish Network]], both of which compete with Comcast's cable television operations.<ref name="Present and past show challenges">{{Cite web |last=Mike Tokito |date=January 27, 2015 |title=Present and past show challenges Trail Blazers have in solving TV dilemma: Media Mike Check |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/sports/index.ssf/2014/12/present_and_past_show_challeng.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818062808/http://www.oregonlive.com/sports/index.ssf/2014/12/present_and_past_show_challeng.html |archive-date=August 18, 2016 |access-date=August 10, 2016 |website=OregonLive}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Canzano |first=John |author-link=John Canzano |date=November 7, 2007 |title=Comcast-Blazers TV deal leaves fans out of the picture |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/sports/oregonian/john_canzano/index.ssf?/base/sports/119440596526170.xml&coll=7 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071111175203/http://www.oregonlive.com/sports/oregonian/john_canzano/index.ssf?%2Fbase%2Fsports%2F119440596526170.xml&coll=7 |archive-date=November 11, 2007 |access-date=November 7, 2007 |work=[[The Oregonian]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=January 7, 2010 |title=Disappointed Blazers "pursuing all of our rights" in Comcast deal |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2010/01/blazers_say_they_are_pursuing.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160828183627/http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2010/01/blazers_say_they_are_pursuing.html |archive-date=August 28, 2016 |access-date=June 21, 2016 |work=The Oregonian}}</ref>

On July 6, 2016, the team renewed its contract with CSN Northwest through the 2020–2021 season, giving the network exclusive rights to all Trail Blazers games beginning in the 2017–18 season (and thus ending the team's over-the-air syndication package). The team had originally considered an arrangement with [[KPTV]], under which games would be broadcast over-the-air and simulcast via an Internet service, but deals with potential streaming partners fell through. Root Sports Northwest made a higher-value, long-term offer, but the offer was rejected because Root Sports could not guarantee whether its carriage deal with Comcast Cable, which serves 55% of the Portland market, would be renewed.<ref name="oregonian-newcontract">{{Cite web |date=July 6, 2016 |title=Trail Blazers extend television deal with CSN Northwest through 2020–21 NBA season |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/blazers/index.ssf/2016/07/trail_blazers_television_deal.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160707144316/http://www.oregonlive.com/blazers/index.ssf/2016/07/trail_blazers_television_deal.html |archive-date=July 7, 2016 |access-date=July 7, 2016 |website=The Oregonian}}</ref> On November 2, 2017, NBC Sports Northwest launched a paid over-the-top service, ''Blazers Plus'', offering access to 15 games through the remainder of the season.<ref>{{Cite news |title=NBC Sports to offer 15 Portland Trail Blazers games on streaming devices |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/blazers/index.ssf/2017/11/nbc_sports_to_offer_15_portland_trail_blazers_game.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171105174618/http://www.oregonlive.com/blazers/index.ssf/2017/11/nbc_sports_to_offer_15_portland_trail_blazers_game.html |archive-date=November 5, 2017 |access-date=November 2, 2017 |work=OregonLive.com |language=en-US}}</ref>

On June 16, 2016, ''The Oregonian'' reported that Barrett, Rice, and analyst [[Antonio Harvey]] had been released by the Trail Blazers. Wheeler will call games on radio alone, while the three former personalities still received pay for the final season of their contracts. The change came as part of a plan by the team to overhaul its telecasts as it enters the final year of its current television deal with CSN Northwest.<ref name="oregonlive-overhaul" /> The next day, the team announced that veteran sportscaster [[Kevin Calabro]] would become its new lead commentator beginning in the 2016–17 season.<ref name="oreginian-calabro">{{Cite web |date=June 17, 2016 |title=Kevin Calabro hired by Portland Trail Blazers as new TV play-by-play broadcaster |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/blazers/index.ssf/2016/06/trail_blazers_hire_kevin_calabro_to_do_television.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170317174105/https://www.oregonlive.com/blazers/index.ssf/2016/06/trail_blazers_hire_kevin_calabro_to_do_television.html |archive-date=March 17, 2017 |access-date=January 21, 2017 |website=The Oregonian}}</ref> On July 1, 2020, Kevin Calabro announced his departure as TV play-by-play broadcaster. [[Jordan Kent]], the main host for the Blazers TV studio show, was named interim TV play-by-play broadcaster and in November 2020 was named the full-time TV play-by-play broadcaster starting with the 2020–2021 season. However, Calabro resumed calling Trail Blazers games after an absence of only one season. Calabro's current partners are color commentator [[Lamar Hurd]], and sideline reporter [[Brooke Olzendam]].

Prior to the [[2021–22 Portland Trail Blazers season|2021–22 season]], the Trail Blazers announced that they would return to Root Sports Northwest under a multi-year deal of undisclosed length. A key factor in the deal was reported to be the network's wider carriage over NBC Sports Northwest, which included greater coverage on streaming and satellite providers (including DirecTV and Dish Network, although the latter's contract with Root Sports and several other [[AT&T SportsNet]] channels expired at the end of September 2021, with no renewal).<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 30, 2021 |title=ROOT Sports' deal with Dish Network expires, leaving subscribers out of luck to watch Mariners and Kraken |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/root-sports-deal-with-dish-network-expires-leaving-subscribers-out-of-luck-to-watch-mariners-and-kraken/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029062554/https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/root-sports-deal-with-dish-network-expires-leaving-subscribers-out-of-luck-to-watch-mariners-and-kraken/ |archive-date=October 29, 2021 |access-date=October 29, 2021 |website=The Seattle Times |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Freeman |first=Joe |date=June 9, 2021 |title=Portland Trail Blazers' television broadcast moving to Root Sports with 4-year deal |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/blazers/2021/06/portland-trail-blazers-television-broadcast-moving-to-root-sports-with-4-year-deal.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029062553/https://www.oregonlive.com/blazers/2021/06/portland-trail-blazers-television-broadcast-moving-to-root-sports-with-4-year-deal.html |archive-date=October 29, 2021 |access-date=July 31, 2021 |work=The Oregonian |language=en}}</ref> The Trail Blazers announced they would leave Root Sports Northwest on August 14, 2024; no details on a replacement broadcaster were announced at that time.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-14 |title=Portland Trail Blazers end broadcast deal with Root Sports, effective immediately |url=https://www.kgw.com/article/sports/nba/blazers/portland-trail-blazers-end-broadcast-root-sports/283-03438dbb-62a7-4fac-a95b-3375b04ded90 |access-date=2024-08-15 |website=kgw.com |language=en-US}}</ref>

{{Anchor|Rip City Television Network}}
On September 23, 2024, the Trail Blazers announced an agreement with the [[Sinclair Broadcast Group]] to launch Rip City Television Network, which will syndicate games [[terrestrial television|over-the-air]] to [[KATU (TV)|KATU-DT2]] in Portland, Oregon, [[KUNS-TV|KUNS-DT2]] in Seattle, Washington, [[KTVL|KTVL-DT4]] in Medford, Oregon, [[KVAL-TV|KVAL-DT2]] in Eugene, Oregon, [[KCBY-TV|KCBY-DT2]] in Coos Bay, Oregon, [[KPIC|KPIC-DT2]] in Roseburg, Oregon, [[KIMA-TV|KIMA-DT3]] in Yakima, Washington and [[KEPR-TV|KEPR-DT3]] in Pasco, Washington. In Portland, games moved to [[KUNP]] on January 1, 2025. The Blazers also relaunched BlazerVision, but as a direct-to-consumer streaming service rather than a pay-per-view service.<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 23, 2024 |title=Portland Trail Blazers Announce Future Of Trail Blazers Broadcasting |url=https://www.nba.com/blazers/news/portland-trail-blazers-announce-future-of-trail-blazers-broadcasting |access-date=September 23, 2024|website=Trail Blazers |language=en-US}}</ref>

=== Radio ===
All Trail Blazers' games are broadcast over the radio, with broadcasting carried on the [[Portland Trail Blazers Radio Network|Trail Blazers radio network]], which consists of 25 stations located in the [[Pacific Northwest]]. The flagship station of the Blazers' radio network is [[KPOJ|620 KPOJ]] in Portland. The radio broadcasting team consists of play-by-play announcer Travis Demers<ref name="nba_2019-09-08">{{Cite web |title=Trail Blazers Hire Travis Demers as Team's Radio Play-by-Play Broadcaster |url=https://www.nba.com/blazers/news/2019/9/8/blazers-hire-demers-as-radio-play-by-play-broadcast |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190915062339/https://www.nba.com/blazers/news/2019/9/8/blazers-hire-demers-as-radio-play-by-play-broadcast |archive-date=September 15, 2019 |access-date=September 17, 2019 |website=[[NBA.com]]}}</ref> and studio host Jay Allen.<ref name="tv" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Trail Blazers announce 2007/08 Broadcast Schedule |url=http://www.nba.com/blazers/news/Trail_Blazers_200708_Season_B-237407-1218.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080220195954/http://www.nba.com/blazers/news/Trail_Blazers_200708_Season_B-237407-1218.html |archive-date=February 20, 2008 |access-date=November 2, 2007 |website=Portland Trail Blazers Official Site |publisher=National Basketball Association}}</ref> All games are preceded by a pre-game analysis show, ''Blazers Courtside'', and followed by a post-game show known as ''The 5th Quarter''.<ref name="tv" /> [[Bob Akamian]] served as studio host until halfway through the 2010–2011 season, when the team hired away Adam Bjaranson from their over-the-air TV partner, KGW, and former Trail Blazers' player Michael Holton is the studio analyst. The original radio announcer for the team was [[Bill Schonely]], who served as the team's radio play-by-play announcer from 1970 until 1992 and from 1994 until his retirement (he did Trail Blazers TV games with Jones from 1992 to 1994) in 1998—calling 2,522 Blazers games—and remained with the team as a community ambassador.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pyramid Taproom at Schonely's Place Pays Tribute to Trail Blazers Broadcast Legend |url=http://www.nba.com/blazers/news/Pyramid_Taproom_at_Schonelyrs-241171-1218.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080109204155/http://www.nba.com/blazers/news/Pyramid_Taproom_at_Schonelyrs-241171-1218.html |archive-date=January 9, 2008 |access-date=November 2, 2007 |website=Portland Trail Blazers Official Site |publisher=National Basketball Association}}</ref> [[Brian Wheeler]] then did play-by-play from 1998 to 2019.<ref name="nba_2019-09-08" />

=== Press relations ===
{{See also|History of the Portland Trail Blazers#Trail Blazers vs. The Oregonian|l1=Trail Blazers vs. The Oregonian}}
Several local news outlets provide in-depth coverage of the Trail Blazers. Chief among them is ''[[The Oregonian]]'', the largest paper in the state of Oregon. Other newspapers providing detailed coverage of the team (including the assignment of beat writers to cover the team) include the ''[[Portland Tribune]]'', a weekly Portland paper, and the [[Vancouver, Washington]] ''[[The Columbian|Columbian]]''. Notable local journalists to cover the team include [[John Canzano]] of the ''Oregonian'', Jason Quick of [[The Athletic]], and [[Dwight Jaynes]] of the ''Portland Tribune''. Online coverage of the ''Oregonian'' is provided through [[OregonLive.com]],<ref>{{Cite news |title=Portland Trail Blazers with ''The Oregonian'' |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/blazers |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060422190112/http://www.oregonlive.com/blazers/ |archive-date=April 22, 2006 |access-date=February 28, 2006 |work=OregonLive.com |publisher=The Oregonian}}</ref> a website collaboration between the paper and [[Advance Internet]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=About Us |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/aboutus/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071112061542/http://www.oregonlive.com/aboutus/ |archive-date=November 12, 2007 |access-date=November 9, 2007 |work=[[OregonLive.com]]}}</ref> In addition to making ''Oregonian'' content available, oregonlive.com hosts several blogs covering the team written by ''Oregonian'' journalists,<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Quick |first1=Jason |last2=Freeman |first2=Joe |title=Behind the Blazers Beat |url=http://blog.oregonlive.com/behindblazersbeat/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090907231217/http://blog.oregonlive.com/behindblazersbeat/ |archive-date=September 7, 2009 |access-date=November 5, 2007 |work=[[OregonLive.com]] (The Oregonian)}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=[[John Canzano]] |title=John Canzano's blog |url=http://blog.oregonlive.com/johncanzano/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071109225940/http://blog.oregonlive.com/johncanzano/ |archive-date=November 9, 2007 |access-date=November 9, 2007 |work=[[OregonLive.com]] (The Oregonian)}}</ref> as well as an additional blog, "Blazers Blog", written by Sean Meagher.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Meagher |first=Sean |title=Blazers Blog |url=http://blog.oregonlive.com/blazers/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071106104856/http://blog.oregonlive.com/blazers/ |archive-date=November 6, 2007 |access-date=November 8, 2007 |work=OregonLive.com}}</ref>

Relations between the team and ''The Oregonian'' have often been tense; the paper is editorially independent of the team and is often critical. During the Steve Patterson era, relations between the two institutions became increasingly hostile; several NBA executives told [[ESPN]]'s [[Chris Sheridan (sportswriter)|Chris Sheridan]] that the situation was the "most dysfunctional media-team relationship" that they could recall.<ref name="turns">{{Cite news |last=Sheridan |first=Chris |author-link=Chris Sheridan (sportswriter) |date=November 17, 2006 |title=Blazers owner foresees a "few turns in the road" |url=https://www.espn.com/nba/columns/story?columnist=sheridan_chris&id=2666051 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061231220052/http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/columns/story?columnist=sheridan_chris&id=2666051 |archive-date=December 31, 2006 |access-date=October 25, 2007 |publisher=[[ESPN]]}}</ref> For instance during a portion of a pre-[[2006 NBA draft]] workout, which was closed to the media, an ''Oregonian'' reporter looked through a curtain separating the press from the workout and wrote about this on his blog.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Abbott |first=Henry |date=June 15, 2006 |title=Adam Morrison vs. Rudy Gay vs. Brandon Roy vs. Hassan Adams |url=http://myespn.go.com/blogs/truehoop/0-13-89/Adam-Morrison-vs--Rudy-Gay-vs--Brandon-Roy-vs--Hassan-Adams.html?post=true |access-date=November 9, 2007 |website=[[TrueHoop]]}}{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> Outraged, the team closed subsequent practices to the press altogether,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Holdahl |first=Casey |date=June 16, 2006 |title=Team shuts media out |url=http://blog.oregonlive.com/blazers/2006/06/team_shuts_media_out.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071212001127/http://blog.oregonlive.com/blazers/2006/06/team_shuts_media_out.html |archive-date=December 12, 2007 |access-date=November 9, 2007 |work=[[Oregonlive.com]] Blazers blog}}</ref> leading John Canzano of the paper to respond with outrage on his blog.<ref name="newlow">{{Cite news |last=Canzano |first=John |date=June 16, 2006 |title=The Blazers...hit a new low |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/canzano/index.ssf?/mtlogs/olive_JohnCanzano/archives/2006_06.html#152218 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080521064404/http://www.oregonlive.com/canzano/index.ssf?%2Fmtlogs%2Folive_JohnCanzano%2Farchives%2F2006_06.html#152218 |archive-date=May 21, 2008 |access-date=April 20, 2013 |work=[[The Oregonian]]}}</ref> In November 2006, the ''Oregonian'' commissioned an outside editor to investigate the deteriorating relationship,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Abbott |first=Henry |date=October 26, 2006 |title=Craig Lancaster describes his ''Oregonian'' story |url=http://myespn.go.com/blogs/truehoop/0-17-134/Craig-Lancaster-Describes-his-Oregonian-Story.html |access-date=November 9, 2007 |website=[[TrueHoop]]}}{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> a move the rival ''[[Willamette Week]]'' called "unusual".<ref name="gazers">{{Cite news |last=Jaquiss |first=Nigel |author-link=Nigel Jaquiss |date=November 8, 2006 |title=Blazer Gazers |url=http://wweek.com/editorial/3253/8176/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071224090803/http://wweek.com/editorial/3253/8176/ |archive-date=December 24, 2007 |access-date=November 9, 2007 |work=[[Willamette Week]]}}</ref> In the report,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lancaster |first=Craig |date=November 5, 2006 |title=A difference of perspective: The Oregonian v. Blazers |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/canzano/index.ssf?/mtlogs/olive_JohnCanzano/archives/2006_06.html#152218 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071101004014/http://www.oregonlive.com/canzano/index.ssf?%2Fmtlogs%2Folive_JohnCanzano%2Farchives%2F2006_06.html#152218 |archive-date=November 1, 2007 |access-date=November 9, 2007 |work=[[The Oregonian]]}}</ref> both sides were criticized somewhat, but did not make any revelations which were unexpected.<ref name="gazers" />

Additional coverage is offered by various blogs, including Blazers Edge<ref>{{Cite web |title=Blazers Edge |url=http://www.blazersedge.com/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130702220723/http://www.blazersedge.com/ |archive-date=July 2, 2013 |access-date=July 2, 2013}}</ref> (part of [[SB Nation]]) and the Portland Roundball Society<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Portland Roundball Society |url=http://www.portlandroundballsociety.com/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200207015755/http://www.portlandroundballsociety.com/ |archive-date=February 7, 2020 |access-date=March 30, 2020}}</ref> (part of ESPN's [[TrueHoop]] Network).