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  • article-image: A Tribute to the Late Trail Blazers Founder Harry Glickman

    A Tribute to the Late Trail Blazers Founder Harry Glickman

    A Tribute to the Late Trail Blazers Founder Harry Glickman

  • PHOTOS » Harry Glickman through the years

    A look back at the life of Harry Glickman.

  • article-image: A Letter to Harry Glickman From Bill Walton

    A Letter to Harry Glickman From Bill Walton

    Thank you Harry,  for your vision, passion, enthusiasm, work ethic, sacrifice, discipline, kindness, patience, and honor,   our lives are the result of your dreams, and your willingness to commit your life to fulfilling them,  we are eternally grateful for what you have done,  we will do our best now to carry on in honor and tribute to the magnificent empire that you created and built,  50 years, wow, remarkable, spectacular, empty the thesaurus,  I was there, 

  • article-image: Learning The Ropes, By Harry Glickman

    Learning The Ropes, By Harry Glickman

    The following article by Harry Glickman, founder of the Portland Trail Blazers who passed away June 10 at the age of 96, ran in the "Reflections" section of the January 1995 edition of Rip City Magazine The first regular season Blazers game was played here in Portland against the Cleveland Cavaliers, another expansion team. The exact attendance was 4,273 -- a very disappointing crowd. We certainly expected to draw more than that number of people to the first game of a major-league team.

  • article-image: Throwback: Harry Glickman's 1970s Carnation Ad

    Throwback: Harry Glickman's 1970s Carnation Ad

    Throwback: Harry Glickman's 1970s Carnation Ad

  • article-image: Harry Glickman Recognized by the Hall of Fame

    Harry Glickman Recognized by the Hall of Fame

    Harry Glickman Recognized by the Hall of Fame

  • article-image: Trail Blazers Mourn The Loss of Founder & President Emeritus Harry Glickman

    Trail Blazers Mourn The Loss of Founder & President Emeritus Harry Glickman

    PORTLAND, Ore. (June 10, 2020) ­– Portland Trail Blazers founder and president emeritus Harry Glickman died today, June 10, 2020. He was 96 years old. Glickman has long been considered the father of professional sports in Oregon, having brought a wide variety of sporting and entertainment events to the region over the course of his long and illustrious career. He was well known for his most famous mantra, “My word is my handshake.”

  • article-image: Harry Glickman Accepts John W. Bunn Award

    Harry Glickman Accepts John W. Bunn Award

    Harry Glickman Accepts John W. Bunn Award

  • article-image: Harry Glickman Receives Award from Hall of Fame

    Harry Glickman Receives Award from Hall of Fame

    Harry Glickman Receives Award from Hall of Fame

  • article-image: Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall Of Fame Will Honor Trail Blazers Founder Harry Glickman

    Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall Of Fame Will Honor Trail Blazers Founder Harry Glickman

    PORTLAND, Ore. and CHARLOTTE, NC (February 15, 2019) – It was the leadership of Founder Harry Glickman that convinced the NBA in 1970 to grant Portland an expansion franchise that would eventually become the Trail Blazers.  When the Naismith Memorial BasketballHall of Fame recognizes new honorees next September, Glickman will receive the John W.