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When the Vanguard last spoke with G.I.R.L.S. gym mixed martial artist Katie “Kryptonite” Howard she was preparing for a fight with Glena Avila at the Roseland for the Full Contact…

It was not only a championship series, but a tie-breaking opportunity to prove who is the dominant team-of-today in the Western Hockey League. For the third straight year the Portland…

Finally. Timbers fans can relax a little bit, after on their ninth try, Portland won a game. Fans of the team were starting to ask questions, especially after a season…

From the outset, it was a backyard whippin’. It was a clinic—a teacher versus student moment on the biggest stage. It was experience versus youthful exuberance and it was, above…

Today the Vanguard stopped into Northeast Portland’s Grand Avenue Boxing Gym. Although the gym is no longer on Northeast Grand, and most simply refer to it as “The Grand.” A…

While there have always been sports fanatics who follow every game of the season, and who have “man caves” lined with player jerseys and signed photographs, most of America only…

A franchise, a city and a sport have lost one of their greatest coaches and competitors. Dr. Jack Ramsay, who led the Portland Trail Blazers to their only championship in…

Dear NFL, I completely understand that this year’s NFL draft was a success in your eyes. With first round ratings the highest they have ever been, even higher than the…

“Cross that pack of cigarettes off of your shopping list!” barked Eric Dorsett, brown belt and instructor of the Portland State Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu class. The class had just practiced guard…