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$What\'s Chad Doing?$ What's Chad Doing?Bill Laimbeer "Put The A in A-Hole"15-year NBA vet, Joe Kleine joined Chad and Travis on 620 Rip City Radio to talk about his title with the "Last Dance" 98 Bulls, his time with Larry Bird and the Celtics, Charles Barkley and the Suns, and his Gold Medal experience in 84 with MJ and Bobby Knight. He also answered the question- Who is the bigger a-hole? Bill Laimbeer or Isaiah Thomas? 5-5-20.2020-05-0626 min $What\'s Chad Doing?$ What's Chad Doing?Rasheed Wallace & Bonzi Wells Return To Portland AirwavesRasheed Wallace & Bonzi Wells join Chad & Travis on 620 Rip City Radio to discuss their new show "Let's Get Technical", a possible documentary on the "Jail Blazers", thoughts on "The Last Dance", and why they decide to go public with their new show, 4-30-20.2020-05-0125 min $What\'s Chad Doing?$ What's Chad Doing?The 49ers off-season was "incredibly efficient."Joe Fortenbaugh from 95.7 The Game in San Francisco and ESPN's "Daily Wager" joined Travis and Chad on 620 Rip City Radio to talk NFL Draft. He explains how the 49ers off-season has been "incredibly efficient", the chaos in Philly, and the head-scratching moves in Green Bay, and he shares some thoughts on Rodman and the "Last Dance." 4-27-20.2020-04-2814 min $What\'s Chad Doing?$ What's Chad Doing?Michael Jordan was always "two-players ahead."Author of "The Jordan Rules" Sam Smith joined Chad and Travis on 620 Rip City Radio to discuss "The last Dance" and share his thoughts on the show, his time covering the Bulls, and some of the things that have been left out of the documentary. Sam also reveals which players were pissed after his book hit the shelves, 4-27-20.2020-04-2816 min

Rip City Mornings04-06 Dan and NigelIT’S FINALLY FRIDAYYYYY! We jump right into with the Houston Rockets and the Blazers game last night and, of course, the tough loss for the Blazers with the Rockers but it was still a great fight against the team in the closing minutes when the team was down by 17 with 4 minutes and the bench came in and started to do their thing. It was a GREAT comeback for the Blazers, but at the end of the day, the Blazers did lose the game which is something we did not want but a very hopeful defeat last night.2018-04-062h 54

Rip City Mornings04-06 Jabari Young FULL interviewJabari Young talks with us about the Spurs/ Blazers matchup this Saturday, the whole Kawi Leonard situation and where it is at the moment , Dan not taking Jabari out for coffee when he was here last, and the playoff situation with the Spurs and where they are going from here!2018-04-0617 min

Rip City Mornings04-05 Dan and NigelIT’S ALMOST FRIDAYYYY! We preview the matchup tonight with the Blazers and Rockets and are expectations going into this game are… not very good. With Dame being out, we are most likely to lose this game with the firepower that is James Harden and Chris Paul. Wining this game will be most likely a struggle to be completely honest. Dan and Nigel DID actually spend some time together yesterday and went and watched Black Panther! Then we discussed about Black Panther and how good it was for literally the rest of the segment.2018-04-052h 06

Rip City Mornings04-05 Craig Ackerman FULL interviewCraig Ackerman joins the show this morning to talk some Blazers/Rockets matchup that is tonight without Damian Lillard, the Rockets and their lack of “hustle” they have showed over the past few games, who the Rockets want to see in the playoff race when it comes down to it, and James Harden’s MVP race this year.2018-04-0507 min

Rip City Mornings04-05 CJ McCollum FULL interviewCJ McCollum has a new podcast, and with that, he opens up about the possibility of LeBron actually going to the 76ers??? CJ says that this actually is something that could happen with how the East is right now. With the 76ers up and coming and doing so well this season, and with Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons doing his thing this year, LeBron might just go and hop on the process train.2018-04-0517 min

Rip City Mornings04-04 Barbershop in studio 2018-04-0411 min

Rip City Mornings04-04 Dan and NigelHappy Wednesday everyone! Here is today's show if you guys missed it!2018-04-042h 06

Rip City Mornings04-03 Dan and NigelThe Blazers are playing the Dallas Mavericks tonight in a game where the Mavs are basically at the point of tanking with little to no help on their roster with most of their players are injured. The Blazers looking to win tonight and thus giving them the 3rd seed in the western conference and also home court advantage. Home court would be a nice touch for the Blazers, and making this playoff run with the Blazers more fulling then what it is already for us as fans. Villanova smokes Michigan to win the national championship; this is the 2nd championship...2018-04-032h 06

Rip City Mornings04-03 Mark Followill FULL interviewMark Followill, TV play by play announcer for the Mavs, joins the show to talk about who in the hell is going to play for the Mavs tonight against the Blazers, If Dirk’s time with the team is a little overdone now and maybe it is time to move on from Dirk, if they are in tank more or still trying to figure things out, and of course the matchup tonight against the Blazers!2018-04-0315 min

Rip City Mornings04-02 Dan and NigelIT’S MONDAY! Nigel is BACK! After a long week away from us, we are all back together and the brand is STRONG once again! The Blazers played the Grizzlies last night and ALMOST didn’t come up with it, but ran away with a victory last night and securing that playoff spot for themselves here before the regular season comes to an end. That 3 spot is still in question, but it is looking like we are going to secure that spot for ourselves here in the next few games. Our main man Ed Davis is reportedly out for the next...2018-04-022h 12

Rip City Mornings04-02 Terry Stotts FULL interviewTerry Stotts joins the show to talk about the winner over the Grizzlies and the struggle from that, the bench and their lack of playing well without Dame being on the floor, if not the 3rd seed matter to him at all or not, and much more with Coach Stotts 2018-04-0215 min

Rip City Mornings03-30 Dan and Jay AllenThe Blazers are playing the Clippers tonight at HOME finally and the Blazers will be back with their main guy DAMIAN being back from having his baby boy’s birth yesterday, Dame should have a fire under him right now after the loss against the bum Grizzlies two days ago without him. A new report comes out that if Blazers win tonight OR if Denver and or Minnesota lose tonight than the Blazers WILL become the 3rd seed in the playoffs. Blazers need to get it done so we can secure that 3rd seed baby!2018-03-302h 06

Rip City Mornings03-29 Dan and Jay AllenIT’S ALMOST FRIDAYYYY! We have Jay Allen filling in today! We talk Blazers and the disappointing loss to the Grizzlies last night, which should have been an easy win for the Blazers, but sadly, was not. CJ came to play, however, adding 42 points for himself and Wade Baldwin stepping up into the plate and adding a career high for himself with 15. Both were not enough to get the win last night, as the Blazers fall without the help of Dame, who is awaiting the birth of his son! The Blazers have a day of rest before taking on the Cl...2018-03-292h 54

Rip City Mornings03-29 CJ McCollum FULL interviewCJ McCollums joins the show for his weekly segment to talk about the loss against the Grizz last night, Dame and the birth of his first son, what happened in the fourth quarter and how they let the game slip away from them, CJ hopes to finish the season with the Blazers having 50 wins, and more!2018-03-2915 min

Rip City Mornings03-28 Dan and NigelIT’S FINALLY HUMP DAY PEOPLE! Blazers beat the Pelicans in an AMAZING Damian Lillard fashion where Dame goes OFF and scores about 24 pts in the 4th to get this win over the Pelicans and send home Dame happy to see his new baby with a win behind him and most LIKELY will get Memphis Grizzlies with a dub tonight. The Blazers are playing the Grizz tonight without Dame, for obvious reasons, and CJ will most likely have to come into this game firing on all cylinders to make sure the Grizz don’t come out of nowhere and get this...2018-03-282h 54

Rip City Mornings03-28 Pete Parnica FULL interviewPete Pranica, TV play by play announcer, joins the show this morning to talk about Grizzles matchup, Marc Gasol and his status with the team, if the team is trying to tank or not this season, the Chandler Parson’s situation and the experience with the team,2018-03-2810 min

Rip City Mornings03-27 Dan and NigelIT’S TUESDAY PEOPLE! We talk about Blazers and the Pelican matchup that Is tonight! We know Davis is in a different level when it comes to how he is playing right now, but the Blazers can still handle Davis with Dame and CJ leading the way and hopefully the bench comes out for this game where in the last game, they only had 8 points which is not enough for a bench for this team against the Pelicans who follow Davis fully. We will see how this matchup goes tonight, but we need the Blazers to take this win and ma...2018-03-272h 05

Rip City Mornings03-27 Joel Meyers FULL interviewJoel Meyers, Pelicans TV play by play man joins the show to talk about the matchup today against the Blazers, Cousins and his decision this year and where he goes, Davis having an incredible season that no one saw coming, what is the status of Rajon Rondo, and more about the Pelicans and the Blazers matchup.2018-03-2714 min

Rip City Mornings03-26 Terry Stotts FULL interviewTerry Stotts joins the show to talk about the loss of the Celtics this last Friday where we all thought this was going to be a win, where we discuss the win over the Thunder, where most people were going to chop that up as a loss. We also talk about Dame and the birth of his almost first child where it is slowly but surely coming here in the next few days, but it needs to come out so it won’t stress Dame out anymore!2018-03-2614 min

Rip City Mornings03-26 Dan and NigelIT’S MONDAY! THE BLAZERS WON ONE… and well, lost one in the process as well. The Blazers took an L against the beat down Celtics, where we thought this was an EASY win but fell short towards the end. Where the Blazers got the very difficult win over the OKC Thunder where we thought we would chalk this up as a loss, but got the WIN instead and we will run with that and take it. Damian’s baby is still not out yet, and it has been almost a week now and this whole thing might be stressing Dame o...2018-03-262h 05

Rip City Mornings03-23 Dan and NigelIT’S FINALLY FRIDAYYYYY! The Blazers are playing the Celtics right tonight who are very much beat up right now with Kyrie, Marcus Smart, and other who are not going to be able to fight at all this game, which is good for the Blazers and we might actually win this one tonight without the Celtics superstars playing and THUS bringing us back into a win streak hopefully before the playoff run that is a few weeks away.2018-03-232h 54

Rip City Mornings03-23 Mike Gorman FULL interviewMike Gorman, Celtics TV play by play announcer, joins the show to talk about how beat up the Celtics are and what this team looks like with all of these stars being out right now, if Kyrie will be out for the rest of the season with this Knee injury, and if he is, will the Celtics be in full tank mood with everyone out, and more with the Celtics and how the Blazers are on pace to do big things in the playoffs.2018-03-2309 min

Rip City Mornings03-22 Dan and NigelIT’S ALMOST FRIDAYYYY! We talk about the Bet Payoff we are doing today in which Dan blasts a T-Shirt Cannon in the balls of a fan so he can get these tickets to watch the Celtics play the Blazers tomorrow. He said he would do anything for these tickets, and well we will accommodate him! The Blazers are getting ready to play the Celtics tonight without their secret weapon that is Kyrie Irving. We should just chalk this up as a dub overall, without Kyrie, the Celtics are somewhat nothing without their main star. The Blazers could be going on...2018-03-222h 07

Rip City Mornings03-22 CJ McCollum FULL interviewWe had CJ McCollum on the show this morning for the CJ McCollum show! We talk with CJ about the win streak and it ending and if it affects him at all, the whole ref situation between players and refs, LeBron just seemingly not aging at all and only getting better, the Celtics matchup without their superstar Kyrie, and more with CJ and the playoff standings and saying he knows this team will end up with 50 wins.2018-03-2216 min

Rip City Mornings03-21 Dan and NigelIT’S FINALLY HUMP DAY PEOPLE! So the Blazers uh… lose FINALLY their first game after a month of winning and so it has stopped… the 13 game win streak is over, and the Houston Rockets and James Harden with the help of Chris Paul take down the Blazers in dramatic fashion with a last second fashion. The Blazers lose 114-110 with Harden dropping freaking 40 pts and putting up shots that no one has ever seen before, but he is basically the MVP this year and he showed it last night for sure. The game was loss, but the effort was good a...2018-03-212h 54

Rip City Mornings03-21 Jon Wilner FULL interviewJon Wilner, San Jose Mercury News, joins the show with us to talk about the Pac 12! John talks about what the Pac 12 is going thru with football and basketball, and the struggles that both sports are having right now. Talks about the solution of what the Pac 12 can do in order to bring recruits in which might be about better buildings and bringing more NFL coaches into the mix as well, and more to try and fix this situation in the Pac 12 2018-03-2115 min

Rip City Mornings03-20 Dan and NigelIT’S TUESDAY PEOPLE! We preview the Blazers vs. the Rockets today and how tough this game is going to be and this might also be the BEST game of the year for the Blazers tonight. James Harden and Chris Paul are moving with these Rockets are causing some chaos in the Western Conference, as they are the leading favorites for the #1 seed right now in the West and have the best record in the NBA all together. If the Blazers win this game, we will go 13 in a ROW win streak and mostly everyone here wants that and NEEDS th...2018-03-202h 06

Rip City Mornings03-20 Matt Thomas FULL interviewMatt Thomas, radio voice for the Houston Rockets, joins the show this morning! He comes on the show to talk about the Rockets and James Harden doing his thing this season and how he is NO DOUBT the MVP for this year, he talks about the run the Blazers are on right now, which is a run he did not see coming from this team but is also happy to see the Blazers play the way they are playing right now, how tonight’s game will be a very high scoring game and will most likely be in the 120’s, and...2018-03-2015 min

Rip City Mornings03-19 Terry Stotts FULL interviewCoach Terry Stotts joins the show for his weekly segment as usual! Coach Stotts is on a hotstreak right now with the Blazers! He joins the show to talk about this win streak and what his team is doing at the moment, talks about the comments Stan Van said during the win against the Pistons, what the Blazers are planning with the Rockets for tomorrow’s game, Mo Harkless and his play as of recent, and takes a shot at Dan and his shiny head 2018-03-1918 min

Rip City Mornings03-19 Dan and NigelIT’S MONDAY! The Blazers are on FIRE right now and they can no the stopped right now! The Blazers are now on a 13 game win streak at the moment, after beating the Pistons and the Clippers this weekend, Damian Lillard and the Blazers are on a roll that no one really saw coming and we are loving every second of it! Mo harkless, Nurkic, and Damian are all killing it in this win streak right now, with all of them playing to the fullest, the team is playing like they have a mission and are not worried about who th...2018-03-192h 06

Rip City Mornings03-16 Chris Haynes FULL interviewWe have Chris Haynes to join the show to talk about his interview with Dame and CJ, The Blazers as a whole team, LeBron and where he is going, and more!2018-03-1619 min

Rip City Mornings03-16 Dan and NigelIT’S FINALLY FRIDAYYYYY! The Blazers win VERY BIG against the Cavs last night and guys.. the Blazers are now have 11 straight wins going on right now which is the LONGEST win streak right now… YES! LeBron James did commit a murder last night however… by killing Jusuf on a crazy ass dunk that will probably go down as the best dunk this year…. So RIP Jusuf, he was very young and had a lot of talent and hope for the future. The NCAA Tourny was yesterday and continues today and of course for awhile.. but….Arizona destroys everyone’s bracket at t...2018-03-162h 54

Rip City Mornings03-15 Dan and NigelIT’S ALMOST FRIDAYYYY! The Blazers are going to try and get their 11th straight win of the season against the Cavs tonight and the LeBron James squad. Dame is ready to go and lead his team while he is averaging almost 35 pts a game since the win streak. WE READY FOR THE BLAZERS TO WIN TONIGHT! NFL free agency is wild right now, with more and more people moving from team to team.. while the Seahawks look like it is over right now with this team right now.2018-03-152h 06

Rip City Mornings03-15 CJ McCollum FULL interviewWe had CJ McCollum on the show this morning for the CJ McCollum show! We talk with CJ about what he had for dinner with Chris and Dame.. and the soup was Clam Chowder btw. WE also ask CJ about this 10 game winning streak, if he feels like they are the underdogs still right now, Dame being in talks for the MVP race right now, and the matchup against the new and improved Cavs.2018-03-1519 min

Rip City Mornings03-15 Yogi Roth FULL interviewYogi Roth joins the show to talk some Pac-12 football with us right now. Yogi is on his way to UCLA to watch some pre practice and other stuff to preview a lil football while the NCAA tourney is going on. He talks about the issues at hand with the Pac-12 and the whole NCAA situation right now and the issue with paying the players 2018-03-1508 min

Rip City Mornings03-14 The Babershop Crew on RCM 2018-03-1410 min

Rip City Mornings03-14 Dan and NIgelIT’S FINALLY HUMP DAY PEOPLE! NFL free agency is going crazy right now! People are being moved all over right now, with the Browns doing their thing and picking up as many people as they can before the draft, the Patriots shipping off some key defensive players, the Dolphins gaining speed from picking up offensive key players, and the packers just seem to get better and better. Kirk Cousins and Case Keenum are out to different teams as well, so will see how this free agency will end up. Rider beats LIU Brooklyn to start off the NCAA tournament, th...2018-03-142h 05

Rip City Mornings03-13 Dan and NigelIT’S TUESDAY PEOPLE! THE BLAZERS WINSTREAK IS ALIVE AND WELL! THE BLAZERS CAN NOT BE STOPPED RIZGHT NOW! The blazers beat the Heat last night 115-99 to continue their win streak to 10 games in a row now, WHAT IS GOING ON!? Damian is very unstoppable at the moment, with 7 3’s last night, and leading his team to victory once again and no one can stop Damian right now. Speaking of Dame, he has won conference player of the month, which is fair because no one can stop this man at all. The Blazers are playing the Cavs this Thursday, and...2018-03-132h 48

Rip City Mornings03-13 Terry Stotts FULL interviewCoach Terry Stotts joins the show this morning! Stotts joins the show to talk about this win streak of 10 games that is going on right now and what the Blazers are doing right now that is keeping this win streak going, Zach Collins and how he is progressing so much this season and Stotts has now been talking about possibly putting Aminu in the starting lineup instead, Stotts also says that they have not doing anything new, and they they are just playing their best game on both sides of the ball so far and Dame is playing out of...2018-03-1316 min

Rip City Mornings03-12-18 Rip City Mornings with Dan & Nigel 2018-03-122h 09

Rip City Mornings03-09 Dan and NigelIT’S FINALLY FRIDAYYYYY! It is also a Blazers GAME DAYYY! The Blazers are playing the Warriors tonight without the likes of Steph Curry, so this might be another win on the win streak column tonight! It is still the Warriors, with KD leading the charge tonight, it is still going to be a challenge and KD will be firing on all cylinders and the Blazers will do the best to put down the big beast. The Seahawks are literally falling apart at this point. They are on the way of sending out Richard Sherman to free agency, which would ma...2018-03-092h 54

Rip City Mornings03-09 Warren Moon FULL interviewWe have the legendary Warren Moon on the show this morning to talk about what in the hell is going on in Seattle right now, the Seahawks trading Michael Bennet, the whole situation with Richard Sherman and why they are letting him go, how Kam Chancellor has to step into this leader role after his injury, what to expect this season, and more!2018-03-0920 min

Rip City Mornings03-08 Dan and NigelIT’S ALMOST FRIDAYYYY! We Talk about what the hell is going on with the Seahawks right now, as they are basically destroying what they got and they are almost on the rebuild stage right now. Michael Bennet, Hawks Dline force, has been traded to the Eagles for a pick and Marcus Johnson.. so basically the Eagles got better and the Hawks didn’t really do much at all. Rumors going around that Richard Sherman is out, with him telling his teammates goodbye, and Earl Thomas basically saying he doesn’t want to be there anymore with the team. There is a l...2018-03-082h 55

Rip City Mornings03-08 CJ McCollum FULL interviewWe had CJ McCollum on the show this morning for the CJ McCollum show! CJ talks about Dan’s get up from yesterday, his time drinking wine and eating cheese with Evan Turner, the streak the Blazers are on right now and how they are on a tear, he talks about his shooting struggles at the moment and how he is working on getting better at it everyday, and the Warriors matchup this Friday!2018-03-0812 min

Rip City Mornings03-07 Dan and NigelIT’S FINALLY HUMP DAY PEOPLE! The Blazers get the dub last night against the Knicks last night and Damian is STILL on fire guys! Damian had 37 pts and they are now on an 8 straight winning streak right now, the next game is at Golden State this Friday, and hopefully the Blazers will win the 9th game in a row after this all-star game. Mario Cristobal and the Oregon Ducks are ready to start playing some football! As they are starting the Ducks Spring training at the moment!2018-03-072h 06

Rip City Mornings03-07 Terry Stotts FULL interviewTerry Stotts joins the show like he always does on Thursday for his weekly show! Terry Stotts talks about Dan’s look that he is rocking right now with no undershirt, talks about Damian Lillard taking over the last 8 games and destroying the league right now, talks about how the Blazers were playing really bad during last nights games, but Damian is the one that is keeping this game alive, and more with Stotts talking about the Warriors matchup this Friday 2018-03-0717 min

Rip City Mornings03-06 Dan and NigelIT’S TUESDAY PEOPLE! The Blazers ARE ON FIREEEE! Damian Lillard had enough with the Lakers are beat them down last night with 19 pts in the 4th quarter, and finishing the game with 39 pts, and an incredible 4th quarter showing in LA and now making the Blazers win 6 straight games, with a hopeful 7 gam e winning streak tonight against the Knicks tonight. The Knicks are a sinking ship without the Unicorn, so let’s get a W tonight with this team that literally has no life left in them.2018-03-062h 06

Rip City Mornings03-06 Rich Eisen FULL interviewWe had the man himself Rich Eisen on the show to talk about the NFL combine and what he liked most about it, which would be Saquan’s performance and Saqueem Griffin doing the absolute most at the draft where people thought he would not as good as he showed, he talks about his 40 yard dash and how it has become more than just a fun thing and it is not for charity purposes, The commish running the 40 to try and beat Rich, and what he has going on the show later today.2018-03-0607 min

Rip City Mornings3-05 Dan and NigelIT’S MONDAY! The Blazers are on FIRE right now! They got a pair of dubs against the Timberwolves and the Thunder and NOW the Blazers are 3rd in the NBA behind the Rockets and the Golden State Warriors in the standings… WHAT IS HAPPENING?! Damian Lillard is coming into his own right now and playing like a leader that everyone is behind and is following on this road to a streak of victories at the moment. With Nurk coming out more in the 4th quarter, the rookie himself Zach Collins is having himself a great last couple of games and...2018-03-052h 07

Rip City Mornings3-05 Ryan Nall FULL interviewWe got former Beaver and NFL hopeful Ryan Nall on the show this morning to talk about his NFL draft workout and his routine during the workouts, the side stuff he had to do that took a lot of his time in Indy, the interview process of talking to NFL scouts for each team, the strange questions they asked him, like one of the questions being asked is ‘who wrote the raven’ and how he was the only one who got it right, and more!2018-03-0516 min

Rip City Mornings03-02 Dan and NigelIT’S FINALLY FRIDAYYYYY! YES! Blazers got a win against the Timberwolves last night and rallying back from being down towards the 4th by 11, but Dame and CJ came into the 4th with a will to win, and beating the Timberwolves 108-99 in a very important win when It comes to the playoff spot right now. The Blazers are now 11 games above .500 right now, and are now 4th in the western conference standings which I something we haven’t seen before! Arizona’s Sean Miller is back to coaching when he was out from the allegations from an FBI wire tappin...2018-03-022h 07

Rip City Mornings03-01 Dan and NigelIT'S ALMOST FRIDAY! We had a packed show this morning talking about the Blazers vs. Timberwolves tonight, Sean Miller and the FBI situation: an update on that, Jonathan Stewart being cut from the Panthers after 10 years, Nate Robinson and him almost accepting $100,000, and more! We had Howard Beck, NBA Bleacher Report writer, and CJ McCollum on today's show!2018-03-012h 55

Rip City Mornings03-01 CJ McCollum FULL interviewWe got CJ McCollum on for the CJ McCollum show! We jump right in on CJ going thru a Starbucks drive thru for the first time, Jimmy Butler and his injury and what CJ thinks about it, CJ’s favorite team, which he never has had one because he has always been about players, like Allen Iverson and LeBron James, what the hell does he think about Evan Turner’s nasty ass feet,2018-03-0115 min

Rip City Mornings03-01 Howard Beck FULL interviewHoward Beck, Senior writer for the Bleacher report, joins the show to talk about the NCAA situation happening right now, the tanking situation and what we can do to solve the issue with that, the Blazers and if they are stuck with just being “in the middle” because they cant seem to find that 3rd option.2018-03-0115 min

Rip City Mornings02-28 Dan and NigelIT’S FINALLY HUMP DAY PEOPLE! The Blazers get the dub last night against the Kings! YES! The Blazers have won 4 straight games since the All-Star break, with Damian leading the way right now and killing it and becoming the all-star that everyone knows he is! The Blazers beat the Kings 116-99 last night in the first home game since all-star weekend, the Blazers are playing the Timberwolves this Thursday without Jimmy Butler, so it should be another victory for the Blazers, who will win 5 games in a row now. New arena plans for Seattle still remain on time and on...2018-02-282h 06

Rip City Mornings02-27 Steve Lavin FULL interviewWe had former UCLA coach Steve Lavin on the show this morning to discuss what in the hell is happening in college basketball. Steve dives right in to talk about how college players should get paid to be in the league and how corrupt and confusing this whole thing is, he is very long winded in his answers, so he really stays talking about the same thing on the same subject for a good amount of time.2018-02-2718 min

Rip City Mornings02-27 Dan and NigelIT’S TUESDAY PEOPLE! It is finally a Blazer game day! YES! The Blazers are playing the Kings tonight and the Kings well… just suck right now, and the Blazers should get this quick victory tonight with a team who has no idea who they are right now, but if we lose tonight though, then there will be a problem losing to a basically tanking team. Sean Miller has missed Monday’s practice, and probably most of the season with all these allegations coming down on him at the school, Miller is most likely out with the FBI investigation for the fo...2018-02-272h 07

Rip City Mornings02-26 Terry Stotts FULL interviewWe had Coach of your Trail Blazers Terry Stotts on the show this morning to talk about the last 2 great games the Blazers had and he is seeing how focused the team is after the All-Star weekend, how Mo Harkless is coming into the offense and coming into his own finally and doing what he is supposed to do, Shabazz and his slump and how he keeps telling Shabazz to shoot, even though he is not doing so hot right now, and Dan throwns Nigel under the bus for saying the Blazers will be going 12-12 to finish the season...2018-02-2618 min

Rip City Mornings02-26 Dan and NigelIT’S MONDAY! The Blazers got a pair of dubs this last weekend beating the on fire Jazz on Friday, the they come back and win from being down by 15 against the Suns, with Dame doing nothing short of amazing and doing what Dame does best and leading his team to victory and starting off the 2nd half of the season hot as ever! Stotts had started Mo Harkless in both games, and Mo has stepped up and has been a difference maker for the blazers and their wins these last2 games. The Blazers play the Kings tomorrow, which should be...2018-02-262h 54

Rip City Mornings02-23 Dan and NigelIT’S FINALLY FRIDAYYYYY! YES! It is a Blazer game day today people! Oh how we have missed the Blazers and basketball, it has literally been way to long. We talk about what the Blazers are going to do and the run they will be trying to do with 24 games left on the schedule. With all the rest in the world, Nurkic has no excuse not being Jusuf with these amount of games left. We want Nurk the sequel, and we want him to be like the Nurk of old like last year. We jump over to some more NBA ta...2018-02-232h 06

Rip City Mornings02-23 Craig Bolerjack FULL interviewCraig Bloerjack, play by play announcer, joins the show to talk about the Blazers/Jazz preview after a long wait of not having basketball! We start by asking about the weather over in Utah, which is coming down hard over there at the moment. We also talk to Craig about Damian, in a sense, coming home because Weber State is stationed in Utah and that is Dame’s alma mate, if we will ever see Derek Rose play in a Jazz game, which Craig says there is NO WAY that Rose will play in this game. Craig’s thoughts on Dono...2018-02-2312 min

Rip City Mornings02-23 Rich Eisen FULL interviewWe got the man himself Rich Eisen on the show with Dan and Nigel to catch up with Rich about his controversly topics about what he said about baseball and the pitching situation. Rich knew about this months ago, and everyone was attacking him because people were saying this was years ago, when Rich knows a baseball executive so he poo poo everyone who were coming for his head at the moment over this. Also, talking about baseball and how slow it is with the way people’s attention span is, there is an argument as to why no one wa...2018-02-2311 min

Rip City Mornings02-22 Dan and NigelIT’S ALMOST FRIDAYYYY! And more snow! Booo the snow, go away, we all want the summer literally no one wants this right now but hey, we are all here safe and sound with no trouble getting here. We start off by talking about the U.S women’s hockey kicking the door down against Canada and winning gold for the first time in a long time! It was an incredible finish, and an awesome shootout in overtime, we need more of this in the Winter Olympics cause it was some good stuff. Mark Cuban did a no no yesterday with...2018-02-222h 06

Rip City Mornings02-22 Rebecca Lowe FULL interviewWe got NBC’s Rebecca Lowe on the show with us to talk about what has surprised most about doing the Olympics, the best and worst moments from being in the Olympics, what her favorite event has been thus far, what it is like being in South Korea, and more!2018-02-2211 min

Rip City Mornings02-22 CJ McCollum FULL interviewWe of course have CJ McCollum for the CJ McCollum show as usual to talk with CJ about what he was doing his all-star break, what he thought of the All-star game and the events this year, what he thinks of the team situation and if we should do the same teams for next year instead of switching it up, the game against the Jazz tomorrow, and more!2018-02-2219 min

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Rip City Mornings02-21 Sean Highkin FULL interviewWe had Sean Highkin on the show this morning to talk about the All-Star week and how it sparked a lot of interests around the world, the playoff system and how adding more teams can be a little tricky, his team that he spent with the Bulls and how that franchise needs to turn around, and this damn snow over here!2018-02-2113 min

Rip City Mornings02-21 Dan and NigelIT’S FINALLY HUMP DAY PEOPLE! The NBA television ratings up both nationally, and locally! The NBA has been gaining a lot of great attention with LeBron and the back and forth with Fox news, young players making their way into the spotlight, and Adam Silver always standing by the players. Before we picked up Brandon Rush, Troy Williams was another option that the Blazers could have picked, but he decided to pick the Knicks over the Blazers for a 10 day contract. Williams reportedly wanted to play in the Garden and because momma wanted to see him play there as we...2018-02-212h 07

Rip City Mornings02-20 Dan and NigelIT’S TUESDAY PEOPLE! There is some Blazers news even though we will not see a game until this Friday. Brandon Rush agrees to 10-day deal with the Blazers. This fits the roster well, by filling the 14th roster spot up, but also adds a little bit of shooting power to the Blazers who are lacking in the category, so this is a good thing if Brandon can add some fire power to the Blazers outside shooting. The NBA All-Star game was a fun experience and it looked like it was going to out showcase the NFL all-star game… and that...2018-02-202h 02

Rip City Mornings02-20 Michael Lee FULL interviewWe had Yahoo Sports writer Michael Lee on the show this morning to talk about the 2nd half of the NBA season, what he thought about the All-Star game this year, what he thinks the Blazers can do in order to change things around, and more!2018-02-2014 min

Rip City Mornings02-20 Todd Bosman FULL interviewWe got the Blazers game of operations Todd Bosma on the show with us to talk about Fergie and her performance with the National Anthem, N.E.R.D and their halftime performance, about having an All-Star game over in Portland, and more!2018-02-2018 min

Rip City Mornings02-19 Dan and NigelIT’S MONDAY PEOPLE! The All-Star game was… actually GOOD?! Defense was being played, players swatting each other, and a great finish that had most of us surprised and shocked. Damian Lillard came in hot with 21 pts, but was subbed out in the final minutes for team Steph, which then team LeBron came in and finshed the game off with 20 some pts, and also taking home the MVP honors for his team, which most of us were not surprised by this at all with that. Jimmy Butler sits out during the game because of being “sick”. This could have been used for...2018-02-192h 13

Rip City Mornings02-19 DJ OG ONE FULL interviewWe had DJ OG One on the show this morning to talk about his health improvement, Damian Lillard playing in the All-Star game, DJing for Michael Jordan’s party, when he has ever been slumped on what to play, and more!2018-02-1921 min

Rip City Mornings02-19 Brooke Olzendam FULL interviewWe had our very special guest Brooke Olzendam on the show this morning to talk about the all-star game, what it is like to follow Damian around during the All-star game, how she missed the game yesterday, and more!2018-02-1918 min

Rip City Mornings02-16 Dan and NigelIT’S FINALLY FRIDAYYYYY! YES! The All-Star weekend if upon starting tomorrow you guys, so we talk about what we are most excited about. The dunk contest is something that we are all trying to watch because we want to do see what is going to happen with some of the creative dunks this year, the 3 point contest is whatever to most people, and the game where most people aren’t really that interested because no one is playing defense… but it is still going to be a fun weekend full of surprises. We talk about OF COURSE Black Panther which...2018-02-162h 08

Rip City Mornings02-15 CJ McCollum FULL interviewCJ McCollum joins the show for his weekly segment to talk about the win they had last night, Dame’s 44 pt game he had, what he plans to do during his week off, and what he is binging watching during his off time.2018-02-1515 min

Rip City Mornings02-15 Orlando Williams FULL interviewWe have Orlando Williams on the show this morning to talk about the Blazers win last night, the All Star weekend and what Dame is going to do, what Nurk did last night and how when he gets mad does work, and more!2018-02-1515 min

Rip City Mornings02-15 Dan and NigelIT’S ALMOST FRIDAYYYY! BLAZERS WIN! BLAZERS WIN! The Blazers beat up on the Warriors and steal a win from the defending champs on their last home stand before the all-star break, with KD dropping 50 but Dame coming into the game dropping 44 to send the Warriors packing back home. The All-star break is now here, and Dame is heading to LA to represent the hometown and possibly show out for the Blazers and maybe shoot for the MVP? We will see and hope Dame goes out there and kills it.2018-02-152h 06

Rip City Mornings02-14 Dan and NigelIT’S FINALLY HUMP DAY PEOPLE! The Blazers play on this Valentina day of love against the Warriors where we all don’t really love the Warriors and their team at the moment. Nurik is still questionable tonight with some soreness in his back and his hip, which we don’t know how serious it is, because he is not talking to the media and shying away from all this controversy going towards his way. The big red himself Shaun White has finally got back to his groove and won himself a gold medal after not winning one the last time...2018-02-142h 06

Rip City Mornings02-15 Mario Cristobal FULL interviewWe had the Head Coach of the Oregon Ducks Mario Cristobal on the show this morning to talk about his new role as the head man of the Ducks, what he plans to do when the summer starts to roll in, and more!2018-02-1417 min

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Rip City Mornings02-13-18 Houston Lillard with Dan & NigelBrother of Portland Trailblazers star Damian Lillard, Houston drops by the NBC Sports Northwest studios to chat with Dan & Nigel.2018-02-1322 min

Rip City Mornings02-13-18 Serena Winter with Dan & NigelThe newest Rip City Radio and NBC Sports Northwest family member Serena Winter joins Dan & Nigel in-studio!2018-02-1320 min

Rip City Mornings02-12 Dan and NigelWe had your Blazer Head Coach Terry Stotts on the show this morning to talk about the trade deadline, the Blazers tough loss against the Utah Jazz, the All-Star break that is coming up, and more!2018-02-122h 06

Rip City Mornings02-12 Terry Stotts FULL interviewWe had your Blazer Head Coach Terry Stotts on the show this morning to talk about the trade deadline, the Blazers tough loss against the Utah Jazz, the All-Star break that is coming up, and more!2018-02-1216 min

Rip City Mornings02-12 Gregg Knapp FULL interviewWe had our Olympics correspondent Gregg Knapp join the show this morning to talk about the Weather in South Korea, his living situation and how nice it is, the security compared to RIO, adjusting to the time difference and more!2018-02-1211 min

Rip City Mornings02-09 Dan and Curtis LongIT’S FINALLY FRIDAYYYYY! YES! We got Curtis Long filling in for Nigel today because Nigel is on his little anniversary with his wife this weekend. In other newsm, The Blazers did get a win though so that is a plus! The Blazers beat the Hornets and with Jusuf Nurkic lead the team with 24 pts and a solid 16rebounds after we were giving him a lot of crap because he has been throwing up junk in the last few games, and we are happy that he was doing his best Bosnian beast impression against the Hornets. Kemba Walker led the wa...2018-02-092h 06

Rip City Mornings02-08 Dan and NigelIT’S ALMOST FRIDAYYYY! The Blazers are playing the Hornets tonight in a matchup that is tonight at home. Kemba Walker will be a good threat tonight against them, and the Blazers need a boost after that rough set of road games they had. This game can really boost the teams confidence again, so we will see what happens in tonight’s game, we are all looking for a win! Also we are talking about the trade deadline that the Blazers are not making a move for at the moment, the Blazers are most likely not going to pull a trig...2018-02-082h 07

Rip City Mornings02-08 CJ McCollum FULL interviewCJ McCollum joins the crew for his weekly segment to talk about the pressures of the trade line and if he is scared at all to see what happens, what he picked for the Super Bowl,2018-02-0816 min

Rip City Mornings02-08 Jonathan Smith FULL interivewWe had the Head Coach of the Oregon State football team Jonathan Smith on the show this morning to talk about his recruiting class, what he expects from this and if they are going to be cycled into the lineup, what more he has to do, and more!2018-02-0810 min

Rip City Mornings02-07 Dan and NigelIT’S FINALLY HUMP DAY PEOPLE! Crazy day yesterday in the NFL… Josh McDaniels changes his mind and is heading back to the PATRIOTS! Crazy day for the Colts because they were expecting him to come in and join the team…but Robert Kraft had other things and decided to make it his personal vendetta and get back at the Colts for the whole deflate gate situation that happened. Today is also signing day in the college football world right now. The Ducks are set to bring in a diminished, but still strong, football recruiting class. The Beavers are bringing in the...2018-02-072h 06

Rip City Mornings02-07 Terry Stotts FULL interviewThe main man himself Terry Stotts joins the show for his weekly interview. Terry talks about the tough road games in the past few games, what he thinks the team needs to improve on, what he thinks in the trade deadline, and then takes a shot at Dan’s outfit choice 2018-02-0714 min

Rip City Mornings02-06 Rich Eisen FULL interviewWe had Rich Eisen on the show this morning to talk about his time over in Minnesota during the Superbowl, what the hell really happened with Malcom Butler at the Patriots, and what he thinks the Patriots have a chance of going back to the Super bowl.2018-02-0612 min

Rip City Mornings02-06 Bobby Beathard FULL interviewWe have NFL HOF inductee Bobby Beathard on the show this morning to talk about his time in the NFL, what it feels like to be in the HOF, talks about the times he had with Nigel, and more!2018-02-0612 min

Rip City Mornings02-06 Dan and NigelIT’S TUESDAY PEOPLE! The Blazers played the Pistons last night and well.. lost on their last night on the road before they head home this Thursday, it was a tough road trip for the Blazers going 0-3 at the end of the day. Damian and CJ combined for 34 pts, but that was not enough with Blake Griffin and Drummond in the paint putting a hurt on the Blazers defense and working the post men… like Nurkic. Speaking of Big men, WOJ has come out and said that the Blazers have gone away with trade talks about Deandre Jordan, which has...2018-02-062h 06

Rip City Mornings02-05 Dan and NigelIT’S MONDAY PEOPLE AND WHAT A CRAZY GAME YESTERDAY WAS! WOW! The New super bowl champs the Philly Eagles beat the Patriots 41-33 in a crazy win that no one really expected NICK FOLES of all people to come out and have such a great game and whoop up on that defense. A lot of questions are being thrown now at the Patriots side of things to figure out what exactly happened, and if Tom Brady is going to retire after last night’s game. In basketball news, the Blazers went on a 0-2 road losses, they are playing the...2018-02-052h 07