Vancouver, Wash., Is not prepared to host the Winter Olympics. Still, we train.
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It’s a long road to Vancouver. Just ask Michael Mannheimer, WW’s very own multi-event Olympian. For the past four years, he has trained to completely dominate the 2010 Winter Olympics. One ...
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Bad date? At least you’ll get a good story out of it.
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IMAGE: Ryan BubnisIt will come as a shock to absolutely no one to learn that my romantic history, such as it is, has been paved with swift disappointment and extravagant failure (plus an unfortunate d ...
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WW’s celeb-stalking red-carpet reporters help make (non)sense of the third annual Pammys.
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PHOTOS: Leslie Montgomery, RED CARPET: Kostya KisleykoTo be quite honest, we’re skeptical of the Portland Music Awards. When the low-budget-but-glitzy awards show popped up two years ago, failin ...
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Jessie Rogers’ heavy-metal bowling league is changing lives.
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IMAGE: Tom MartinezLast fall, Jessie Rogers had a dream. In her dream, good, metal-loving people bowled among friends while Mercyful Fate and High on Fire tunes kept the party heavy. The dream became ...
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KANAKO WYNKOOP WILL PERFORM AT TOM TOM’S ALL-AGES BENEFIT AT BACKSPACE JAN. 21. IMAGE: Jessica OrrLegendary Velvet Underground drummer Mo Tucker was once asked in an interview, “When do yo ...
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Portland’s developmentally disabled community gets a coming-out party.
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I’ll fess up. My 2010 resolution to keep an open mind was already tested when I read a recent email from Bridges to Independence, a local nonprofit that helps adults with developmental disabliti ...
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It’s not too late to say thanks to this decade the right way.
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ILLUSTRATION: Hawk KrallWe know 2009’s been a tough year—hell, the histrionic ninnies at Time named this entire decade the worst ever. But you know what? A whole lotta awesome also happene ...
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What’s better than racing motorcycles? Racing motorcycles with spiked tires on ice.
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IMAGE: Courtesy of the Rose QuarterWhen winter hit Tucson in 1977, Brent Densford’s dad wasn’t ready for the dirtbike season to end. So he and his buddies took the next logical step: plugg ...
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From trail carols to NASCAR lights, Christmastime is here.
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ILLUSTRATION: Adam KruegerThe start of the Christmas season in Portland has always been sparked by one particularly bright bulb—Rudolph’s red nose glowing forth from the Made in Oregon sig ...
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