* John Nash ( basketball ), executive for several teams in the NBA, most recently General Manager of the Portland Trail Blazers

In 1970, the Portland Trail Blazers, Cleveland Cavaliers, and Buffalo Braves ( now the Los Angeles Clippers ) all made their debuts expanding the league to 17.

* Portland Trail Blazers, an NBA basketball team

Allen also owns two professional sports teams, the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League ( NFL ), and the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association ( NBA ).

** The Portland Trail Blazers defeat the Philadelphia 76ers 109 – 107 to win the National Basketball Association finals four games to two.

Taco Bell sponsors a promotion at home games for both the Portland Trail Blazers and the Cleveland Cavaliers in which everyone in attendance receives a coupon for a free Chalupa if the home team scores 100 points or more.

They became only the third team in NBA history to win the final series after being down 0 – 2, following the 1969 Boston Celtics and the 1977 Portland Trail Blazers.

There they would lose to former coach Jack Ramsay and the Bill Walton-led Portland Trail Blazers in six games, after building a commanding 2 – 0 series lead.

The Sixers drafted Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets SF Thaddeus Young with the 12th pick, traded with the Miami Heat for 21st pick Colorado State PF Jason Smith, traded with the Portland Trail Blazers for 42nd pick Vanderbilt SG / SF Derrick Byars, and then finally traded with the Utah Jazz for Providence PF Herbert Hill.

They prevailed over the Portland Trail Blazers and Clyde Drexler in six games.

In the 2006 NBA Draft, the Bulls were awarded forward-center LaMarcus Aldridge and immediately traded him to the Portland Trail Blazers for forward Tyrus Thomas and forward Viktor Khryapa.

The Bulls then acquired Ömer Aşık from the Portland Trail Blazers ( selected with the 36th pick ) for Denver's 2009 regular second-round draft pick, New York's 2009 regular second-round draft pick, and the Bulls ' 2010 regular second-round draft pick.

Advancing to their third consecutive NBA Finals, the Pistons faced the Portland Trail Blazers.

The next year, they traded a 1984 draft pick to the Portland Trail Blazers for center Tom Owens.

Jermaine O ' Neal made his first of what would be several All-Star appearances that year, which erased doubt that trading the veteran, Dale Davis, to the Portland Trail Blazers for him was a good idea.

They returned to the NBA Finals after winning 57 games, winning a close 6-game 1st round series against the Portland Trail Blazers ; dethroning the NBA Champions of the past two years — the Los Angeles Lakers — in the Western Conference Semifinals ( four-game sweep ); and defeating the Oklahoma City Thunder in 5 games in the Western Conference Finals on home court in Dallas to win their second Western Conference Championship.

Vandeweghe was traded before the 1984 – 85 season to the Portland Trail Blazers for 6 – 3 rebounding guard Fat Lever, undersized power forward Calvin Natt and center Wayne Cooper.

The Nuggets also had the 22nd overall selection in the draft, in which they selected Jarrett Jack, but sent him to the Portland Trail Blazers for rights to Portland's 27th overall pick, Linas Kleiza.

However, in the playoffs the Wolves again fell in the first round, losing to the Portland Trail Blazers in four games.

The Timberwolves traded Brandon Roy to the Portland Trail Blazers for Randy Foye and cash considerations.

The Spurs eventually lost in the Western Conference semifinals after losing a seven-game series to the eventual Western Conference champion Portland Trail Blazers.

The streak ended against the Portland Trail Blazers with both Parker and Duncan sitting out.

In the week following the trade deadline, the Spurs also signed forward Boris Diaw after Diaw's contract was bought out by the Charlotte Bobcats, and former Portland Trail Blazers guard Patrick Mills who played for the Xinjiang Flying Tigers in the CBA during the lockout.

Wesley Matthews signed a 5-year $ 33 million dollar offer sheet with the Portland Trail Blazers on July 10, 2010.

Wright followed by breaking NBA records, by being the first player to have scored more points in his seventh season than all of his first six combined in a win against the Portland Trail Blazers.

The Cabot Trail, circling the Cape Breton Highlands, and Trunk 19, along the western coast of the island, are important secondary roads.

There are also examples of graffiti occurring in American history, such as Signature Rock, a national landmark along the Oregon Trail.

A portion of the Cape Cod Rail Trail, as well as several other bicycle routes, are in town.

However, there are two old, historical trails that cross further west, the Troy Trail, and the Quick Step Trail, both of which are seldom used as of 2006 and difficult to find.

* 1839 – Cherokee leaders Major Ridge, John Ridge, and Elias Boudinot are assassinated for signing the Treaty of New Echota, which had resulted in the Trail of Tears.

British authorities in Canada were nervous about possible expansion by American settlers across Lake Erie, so Colonel Talbot developed the Talbot Trail in 1809 as a way to stimulate settlement to the area ; Talbot recruited settlers from Ireland and Scotland and there are numerous places named after him, such as Port Talbot and the Talbot River and Talbotville in southern Ontario.

The house of the Zamenhof family, dedicated to Ludwik Zamenhof and the Białystok Esperanto Centre, are sites of the Jewish Heritage Trail in Białystok, which was opened in June 2008 by volunteers at The University of Białystok Foundation.

The Lansing River Trail and Ottawa Street Power Station are visible behind.

Other works filmed using puppetry are the ILL Clan's improvisational comedy series On the Campaign Trail with Larry & Lenny Lumberjack and Rooster Teeth Productions ' Red vs. Blue.

The ruins of castles forming the Eagle Nests Trail are a famous attraction of the region.

Places that are near to ( or on ) The Ridgeway National Trail include ( from west to east ):

* May 26 – USA: The people of the Cherokee Nation are forcibly relocated during the Trail of Tears.

Truman Trail and Harry's Ridge in the Mount St. Helens region are named after him.

The eastern part of the Oregon Trail spanned part of the future state of Kansas and nearly all of what are now the states of Nebraska and Wyoming.

A Brochure Map for driving and detailed Anza Maps by County, with a Historical destinations-events Guide and the official NPS: Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail website are all available for information about the historic 1776 Juan Bautista de Anza trail places.

Vasquez Rock s in Agua Dulce, California are evidence of the San Andreas Fault line and part of the 2, 650 mile Pacific Crest Trail.

Des Moines Creek Trail Park, consisting of, has a paved trail for bicyclists and pedestrians ; off-street parking spaces are located at the trail head.

The Portland Trail Blazers, commonly known as the Blazers, are an American professional basketball team based in Portland, Oregon.

The Trail Blazers are the only team belonging to a major professional North American sports league in the state of Oregon.

The Trail Blazers as a corporate entity are owned by VSE.

Like all NBA franchises, games of the Trail Blazers are routinely broadcast via television and radio.