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Thorns win in home opener

By Lexis Shull / June 4, 2019

Photo by Lexis Shull In the blistering heat and 19,461 fans all decked out in red and black, the Portland Thorns lit their own spark against the Chicago Red Stars with a 3-0 win on Sunday for the first time in their newly renovated stadium at Providence Park. Earlier in the season, Portland spent six…

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College screens “Surviving R. Kelly” documentary for Sexual Assault Awareness Month

By Jason Sisson / April 17, 2019

The fifth inning of game one was underway and Clackamas Community College’s baseball team was tied with Chemeketa when R. Kelly’s “Ignition (Remix)” began blaring — scratchy, of course — through the field’s speakers, pinging off the eardrums of lethargic fans and players. Just three days earlier and barely a quarter mile away, the college…

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