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Blazers May Be Gone, but GM Kevin Pritchard Should Stay

PORTLAND, Ore. -- The dead man walking couldn't have looked more alive on Thursday night. Kevin Pritchard was being Kevin Pritchard again, the Portland general manager mingling on the Rose Garden floor while wondering like the rest of the Rip City residents whether his team had one last punch in store. True to their...

Does Agent Deserve Blame for Odd Blazers Pink Slip?

All parties in the messy dismissal of Blazers assistant general manager Tom Penn last week have sought to frame the issue in their own favor, no different than with any other bungle.The Blazers officially canned Penn on the basis of "philosophical differences," while unofficial theories have centered on a power struggle...

Details on Portland's Front Office Shakeup Emerge

On Tuesday, the Blazers sacked Tom Penn, the team's assistant general manager and V.P. of basketball ops, citing "philosophical differences." In the immediate aftermath, no one knew what to make of it. Had Penn clashed with his boss Kevin Pritchard, the respected Blazers G.M. who had been seen as a close ally of Penn? Had...

Forbes: 12 NBA Teams Lost Money Last Season

Forbes has its annual report on NBA team valuations, revenue and operating income out. The headline might be that in its championship season, the Lakers finally supplanted the Knicks as the league's franchise worth the most, up 4 percent to $607 million. The Knicks' value dropped 4 percent to $586 million after having...

Paul Allen Diagnosed With Cancer

SEATTLE (AP) -- Paul Allen, owner of the Seattle Seahawks and Portland Trailblazers, co-owner of the Seattle Sounders FC and co-founder of Microsoft Corp., has been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and is undergoing chemotherapy. In a memo sent to employees, Jody Allen, Paul Allen's sister and the CEO of his...

Paul Allen News From the Web

05/23/12 Mikael Granlund is now part of the Wild Source: Goon's World Michael Russo of the Star Tribune was on KFAN with Paul Allen last week talking about the Wild signing Mikael Granlaund.
05/22/12 Top 5 Millionaires in Space Source: ABC News In 1975 Paul Allen moved to Albuquerque to start a software company, persuading a childhood friend to drop out of Harvard to come join him.
05/18/12 From IBM to Apple: the good, the bad and the ugly of... Source: Telegraph - London - UK However, Apple's stock offering had generated more capital than any IPO since Ford in 1956 and instantly created about 300 millionaires at Apple â more than any company in history at the time.
05/17/12 Bill Gates' 1979 Porsche Is On Sale For Just $60,000... Source: Silicon Alley Insider William Henry "Bill" Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American business magnate, philanthropist, and chairman of Microsoft, the software company he founded with Paul Allen.
05/17/12 Trail Blazers show progress in search for GM Source: The Portland Tribune - Portland OR I'm not sure what to make of the recent reports of Paul Allen's interest in selling the club.

Background on Paul Allen

Paul Gardner Allen (born January 21, 1953) is an American investor and philanthropist best known as the co-founder of Microsoft Corporation, a leading developer of personal-computer software systems and applications.

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