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The women’s singles competition is finished at the U.S. Open in New York, the last “major” professional tournament of the year. Screamin’ Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus (right) defeated Jessica Pegula of the United States, 7-5 and 7-5.  It was a fairly close match, but as so often happens in high-level tennis, just a few crucial…

We’ve got a couple of months fo figure out our votes for Portland mayor and City Council. And it’s a good thing, because as it turns out, there are 118 candidates for city office.OPB has the lowdown on the daunting numbers, here. A total of 19 people are running for mayor, and 98 are running…

The slap fight between Senator Ron “Gatsby” Wyden (D sorta-Ore. sorta) and bajillionaire Harlan Crow continues. Regular readers may recall from my earlier posts that Wyden has been grandstanding nonstop about Crow’s obscene showering of “gifts” on Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. The senator is right, of course: It is a complete outrage, and…

Players of the charity underdog game, alert! We have the highly unusual Friday night ‘dog this inaugural week. It’s the Green Bay Packers, who are in Brazil (the country, not Brazil, Indiana) battling the Eagles of Philly. If you want the Pack as your pick o’ the week, get it in to dogpdx24@gmail.com by…

I wrote a couple of weeks ago about the new nonprofit newsroom operation being set up by the folks at Willamette Weed – er, Week. When I told a friend of mine about it, he said, “Isn’t Willamette Week a nonprofit already?” Ha! Good one.As I mentioned, this is not a completely new idea…

The NFL season has begun in earnest, and we have two hardy souls in our charity underdog game who think tonight’s ‘dog is the ticket:3  BALTIMORE at Kansas City (Thursday, 5:20 p.m. PDT) – PDXileinOmaha, Bad PickerIf you’d like to join our game this season, please go here to find out more. There’s another contest…

Just a quick note about what’s going on in the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York. First of all, I must apologize to the U.S. women, who I didn’t give a chance of going much further than the Round of 16. Lo and behold, the semi-finals, played today, include both Jessica Pegula (pictured), who…

Hey, players and prospective players in our charity pro football underdog pool, the season starts tomorrow (Thursday) evening with the Ravens doggin’ it in Kansas City! If you want Baltimore for 3 points, your pick is due at dogpdx24@gmail.com by 5:20 p.m. sharp Pacific Time tomorrow.Anyone can play the ‘dogs with us this week for free;…

I see that Jesse Beason, the interim Multnomah County commission member, is finally admitting what everybody’s known since he got the gig last November: that he can’t really, with a straight face, be claiming to do the full-time job on the county board while he continues to hold down his full-time post as chief execuive…

Possession of hard street drugs is a misdemeanor again in Oregon, effective this past Sunday. Measure 110, the state’s failed decriminalization experiment, is over. The Portland police have jumped right in, busting people who are using in public. But not many people, at least not so far.Media accounts are pretty sketchy, but apparently a…