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Portland Timbers Fans: A "Civic Joke"?!?!?

Bob Ryan may want to wear a fake nose and glasses the next time he comes to Portland

The longtime sportswriter for The Boston Globe called Portland Timbers fans a "civic joke" on ESPN's "Around the Horn" because of last night's informal singing of the national anthem by the crowd at the Timbers' home opener

Here is the video (worth noting that Ryan was a lone voice of crabbiness): 


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