DISTRICT OF CASCADIA

Without NFL, MLB, or NHL teams, Portland tends to sit just outside the upper-echelon of U.S. sports cities. In that absence of "major league" teams, a mix of women’s, lower-division, and grassroots teams have filled the space, cultivating a unique sporting culture that reflects the city itself. It of course starts with the NBA’s Blazers, the only team in the city from the traditional “big four” sports leagues in the United States. As the center of Portland’s sports orbit sin

Tom Wilson had a career high last Thursday night in Utah. But not one he or the coaching staff would typically be very happy about. Penalty Minutes. 21 of them, to be exact. It's well documented that on a nightly basis, Caps head coach Spencer Carbery can't afford to have Tom Wilson in the box for that long, at least not if the team is to consistently play up to their potential. But on this particular night, Wilson and other veteran players on the Caps took penalties to set