Kerry Eggers
Broadway Books 1714 NE Broadway, Portland, OR, United StatesWe welcome journalist Kerry Eggers to the store to talk about his recently published book Jail Blazers: How the Portland Trail Blazers Became the Bad Boys of Basketball. In the late '90s and early 2000s, the Portland Trail Blazers were one of the hottest teams in the NBA. For almost a decade, they won 60 percent of their games while making it to the Western Conference Finals twice. What happened off-court, however, was just as unforgettable as what they did on the court. Eggers, who covered the Trail Blazers as a sports reporter during this controversial era, shares stories from the players, coaches, management, and those in Portland from a time when the players were in the headlines as much for their legal issues as…