SPORTS 7-24
NBA:
The City of Portland is set to provide their terms for renovating the Moda Center to Trail Blazers ownership by August 12th.
City leaders are still not on the same page about how they’re going to pay for it using tax dollars from the city, county, and state.
A Saturday public townhall brought up questions on economic impact if the team leaves, along with the question of funding.
National NBA experts believe there is a real possibility Blazers’ ownership isn’t committed to staying in the Rose city.
NFL:
Seattle fans got to cheer on their champion Seahawks during the weekend’s start of training camp.
Of the players not on the field, due to injury, head coach Mike Macdonald told the media Saturday there was no ‘timetable right now’ for running back Zach Charbonnet to return from rehabbing his surgically repaired ACL but that he was doing a phenomenal job, raising fan hopes Charbonnet may be back on the field sooner than later.
It’s expected rookie running back Jadarian Price will be RB1 when Seattle’s season starts.
LOCAL:
The Bend Elks have their final homestand of the regular season starting tomorrow night with a mid-week series against Portland.
