January 2022 Book Reviews
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January 2022 Book Reviews

Three-Ring Circus

By Jeff Pearlman

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

As the manuscript was completed for “Three-Ring Circus” in early 2020, author Jeff Pearlman found himself in what some would consider a quandary.

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On Kevin Calabro and Jordan Kent, the sports broadcasting scene in Portland, Ime Udoka, James Allen, the Cambia Portland Classic and much more …
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On Kevin Calabro and Jordan Kent, the sports broadcasting scene in Portland, Ime Udoka, James Allen, the Cambia Portland Classic and much more …

Knocking it around on a potpourri of sports topics …

• Kevin Calabro’s return to the broadcasting booth with the Trail Blazers is not a done deal.

The Blazers, who let Jordan Kent go last week as their TV play-by-play announcer, have extended an offer in principle to Calabro, who served as their TV play-by-play man from 2016-20 but gave up his job during the COVID-19-interrupted 2020 campaign.

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On shoddy officiating, COVID’s impact and Pac-12 women’s hoops, along with a little Terry Stotts and Charles Barkley …
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On shoddy officiating, COVID’s impact and Pac-12 women’s hoops, along with a little Terry Stotts and Charles Barkley …

Reflections from ye old scribe on a few sporting subjects …

• I’m rarely one to criticize sports officials. I have friends who are referees and admire their integrity and intestinal fortitude. I umpired and refereed during my high school and college years. I believe those who work college and pro sports most often do a very credible job.

But what happened Saturday night in Seattle was nothing short of a travesty.

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Blazers-Lakers should be an intriguing matchup. And my pick for the series winner is … 
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Blazers-Lakers should be an intriguing matchup. And my pick for the series winner is … 

A few observations as the eighth-seeded Trail Blazers take on the challenge of facing the top-seeded L.A. Lakers in a seven-game first-round playoff series to which everyone across NBA circles will be paying attention …

• In a word, watching the Blazers’ nine-game run-up to the NBA playoffs has been fun.

Not because they made it — after 45 years in the sportswriting business, I’ll probably never think like a fan — but because Portland’s seeding games have been so watchable.

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