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Tonight while Rush Limbaugh is busy writing cancer jokes, Northwest sports fans will be sitting in front of a television watching two of the regions most exciting players.

Way back in November we wrote that we were going to start following the Blazers. We got off to a fast start; however, as the NBA season ground on and the Huskies took off, we kind of fell off the map on that one. The December snow canceled our trip to the Rose Garden--well, that and the lack of any planning whatsoever.

We wrote this before watching the end of last night’s Blazers vs. Rockets OT thriller, won on a Brandon Roy three with 0.8 seconds left.

This Seattlest finds it slightly alarming that Paul Allen has a functioning fleet of war planes, even if they are vintage ones. Starting this Friday, for a fee--because Paul Allen really needs more money--you can see Allen's private vintage warplane collection. Again the phrase "private warplane collection" makes us quake in our boots just a little bit, and raises all kinds of questions: can Paul Allen launch these war planes from his gigantic boat? How does one begin collecting vintage war planes? Is this just a rich man's version of "boys love their toys?" Is having a fully functioning fleet of bombers the secret to Paul Allen's power? Are they the real reason that NFL and NBA owners would never consider trying to steal the Seahawks or the Trailblazers? Are they his insurance for one day owning all of South Lake Union? (If they won't be bought out, they can be bombed out.) Why is Paul Allen organizing and restoring a fleet of warplanes considered a collection and not an air force? On the other hand, if he ever decides to buy a country, rather than a neighborhood--he's all set for aerial battle.

Unlike our beloved baseball All Star Game, we’ve tended to skip the NBA's version in recent years. However, with our hero Brandon Roy, in Sunday's game we can’t wait to watch our fellow ex-Bulldog cram some FANtastic™ action down the East’s face. However, we’ll be in Vancouver--sorry TNT.

Portland's Greg Oden, the #1 pick in this year's NBA draft, is out for the season before playing his first NBA game after exploratory surgery found extensive damage in his right knee.

Ex-Garfield High and UW star Brandon Roy would seem to have a lock on the NBA Rookie of the Year award, but the Blazers aren't taking any chances. They've teamed with Portland-based Leatherman to create a limited-edition Brandon Roy tool which they'll send to 250 ROY voters. They are also selling a few.

We had a feeling that, after his 4-16 performance in Portland Tuesday, Gilbert Arenas would do something special at Key Arena last night. We were right. Why, oh why, do we ever make plans?

--Who's more depraved? Wisconsinites or Washingtonians? Guess it depends on whether you think getting the d from a horse is worse than giving the d to a dead deer.

The hometown Portland Trailblazers make a special appearance in Seattle tonight, taking on the Oklahoma City Sonics. It's the season opener for both teams.

Now that the Sonics are dead to us, it's time to start meeting the only locally-owned team in the Pacific Northwest, your Portland Trail Blazers. First up--the Blazers' best player, power forward Zach Randolph. Randolph, an Indiana native who came to the NBA right after high school, averaged 18ppg and 8rpg last season. But what do we really care about? His crib (via Blazers Blog)...

Who opens against the Sonics at the Key? Why it's the only locally-owned NBA franchise! Also the only one that:

The Sonics lost their first preseason game last night, 82-75 to Nate McMillan's Portland Trail Blazers. McMillan, you will recall, played 12 years for the Sonics and coached the team for 5. But, after his contract expired last season, he made the admirable decision to test new waters as the coach of the notoriously uncoachable Blazers.

Nate McMillan-- our favorite Sonic of all time-- is now the coach of the Portland Trailblazers, a thought that is harder to swallow than Paul Bunyan's left boot. And this on the same night that the Mariners leave Kansas City losing two out of three to the punchless Royals.

Breaking news late on Wednesday night--after yesterday's news that the Sonics had re-signed Ray Allen to a five-year, $85 million contract, Fox Sports is reporting that Nate McMillan has signed on to coach none other than...the Portland Trailblazers.