The Trail Blazers season is so close, we can taste it! The annual media day event is September 28, while the ever exciting Fan Fast is October 4! That's not all though, because on October 7 we get our first of four preseason games, as the Blazers welcome the Golden State Warriors to Moda Center! Game 1 of 82 - October 21 vs the Suns. So, with Blazers basketball right around the corner, what are you looking forward to most? Well, Chris Burkhardt let's us know what he is lookin

A few days ago we released a short video with the Rose City Central crew as a chance to get to know the names and faces behind the project. You can watch that video here. Unfortunatley we were missing a member at the time. The one and only, Jamie Hudson! Jamie had some travel issues that evening and had to postpone, but now, back with her boots on the ground in PDX, she is carving out the time! So, we sat down with the host of The Scoop to talk about her time as a reporter, w

HELLLLLOOOO RIP CITY! Now that we have announced our return, we better get to work! For the first time since December of 2023, Keith and the crew dusted off the mics and got a new episode dropped! Episode 229, and in this new era, Episode 1 as a member of the Rose City Central family! Topics include: The story behind the Trailcasters A trip down memory lane: How Keith and Dave became fans A look at the roster and early season predictions and more!!! Enjoy.

Welcome to ground level. The start of something special. The birth of a brand. Welcome to Rose City Central.

There are memories that fade, and there are memories that calcify into personal mythology. Mine happened on a Friday in the winter of 1990, somewhere between a foot of Pacific Northwest slush and a fourth-quarter Portland Trail Blazers beatdown of the Boston Celtics. I was a kid in Beaverton, which meant winter operated on a very specific, very fragile logic: the entire regional infrastructure could be brought to its knees by an amount of snow that a Minnesotan would call "Tu

First of all, thank you all so much for the early support here on our launch day! We have shared lots of content, and there has been a lot to digest, but the love we have seen has not gone unappreciated. As we have stated, we really want to focus on creating some great video content to live on YouTube throughout the year. To get the ball rolling, the crew got together to film a video just for you all to get to know the people behind the brand. Unfortunately, Jamie was not ava

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Welcome into the 19:77 Podcast, a podcast that runs 19 minutes and 77 seconds in honor of your 1977 World Champion Portland Trail Blazers...

Hearing "The Scoop with Jamie Hudson and Chris Burkhardt" might bring back a few memories. Years ago, The Scoop was where we hung out before tip-off and after the final buzzer with Blazers fans live on Facebook and on Comcast SportsNet Northwest's website. It was where we talked Blazers basketball, shared stories from around the team, broke down the night's biggest moments, and connected with the best fans in the NBA. Those shows eventually came to an end. But the conversatio

Hellllooooooo, Rip City! Whether you are in town or out of town, from every corner of the interwebs, it's time to get to know the Trailcasters!