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

April 15, 2011 at 4:49 pm PDT

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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