Grammy winner to perform May 9 in Portland Ashanti (Andy Kropa/Invision/AP) The Portland Fire announced that Grammy Award-winning artist Ashanti will perform at halftime of the team’s season opener on May 9 at Moda Center. American singer-songwriter and actress Justine Skye, known for her hit single “Collide” and for her role as Annika Longstreet on the television show “Grown-ish” will sing the national anthem. A defining pop-R&B force of the early 2000s, Ashanti serves as a

Dundon-led ownership group to assume control Tom Dundon, majority owner of the Carolina Hurricanes talks to the media before the start of an NHL hockey game between the New York Rangers and the Carolina Hurricanes in Raleigh, N.C., Feb. 19, 2019. (AP Photo/Chris Seward, File) (AP) - The NBA Board of Governors approved the sale of controlling interest in the Portland Trail Blazers from Paul Allen’s estate to a group led by investor Tom Dundon on Monday. The league said in a

March Madness: How, What to Watch Arkansas forward Trevon Brazile, right, blocks a shot by Vanderbilt forward Jalen Washington, left, during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in the final of the Southeastern Conference Tournament Sunday, March 15, 2026, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV) (AP) March Madness arrived Sunday evening when the NCAA released its 68-team tournament bracket, sending hundreds of thousands of fans scrambling to study colleg