Candace Buckner
Reporter, Blazers
Email: candace.buckner@columbian.com
Call: 360-735-4528
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Recent Stories
Pre-draft workouts can take toll on NBA hopefuls
Blazers bring in another group for shorter workout
As the NBA Draft draws closer, the group workouts labor on. However, the participants and those paid to watch them are pleading "uncle!"
Marathon masses: Vancouver's annual event attracts runners of all stripes
Competitors range from 40-race veteran to man on dialysis
The setting for any marathon, one that has reached mainstream status or is still taking baby steps toward the finish line of relevancy, could be an anthropological study in the motivations of mankind.
Hill ready to build up Clark softball program
Former Battle Ground, PSU star named Penguins head coach
Just days after her arrival as the Clark College head softball coach, Mandy Hill was busy on the bleachers searching for talent.
Candace Buckner: Local bus driver honored by Blazers
Commentary: Candace Buckner
Blazers decided that local school bus driver Vanora Volk -- a gray-haired school bus driver who's known for wearing silly hats around her kids and telling dirty jokes around her motorcycle club -- has embodied the spirit of Damian Lillard's "Respect, Pass It On" program.
McCollum seeks to emulate Lillard
Lehigh guard visits Trail Blazers for an individual workout
Before the NBA Draft, C.J. McCollum will hear — and even promote — the comparisons to Portland Trail Blazers point guard Damian Lillard.
Volcanoes steamroll East Bay, 128-90
The Vancouver Volcanoes can score. On Saturday night, the Volcanoes showed their defensive side during a 128-90 win over the East Bay Pit Bulls.
'Most athletic' of Zeller brothers works out for Blazers
Cody Zeller of Indiana could be a top-14 pick
TUALATIN, Ore. -- Cody Zeller gave a solo performance to the Trail Blazers on Friday afternoon.
Blazers take a long look at Georgia's Caldwell-Pope
SEC player of the year workouts in Portland
The atmosphere inside the practice facility on Monday morning had the feel of a Portland Trail Blazers' Cabinet meeting.
Blazers' Matthews is on the mend
Guard back in town after surgery on his elbow
TUALATIN, Ore. -- Possibly feeling a bit nostalgic about his own bygone days as an NBA prospect or maybe even fighting off a touch of cabin fever, Wesley Matthews appeared at the Trail Blazers' pre-draft workouts on Friday morning.
Ohio's Cooper dream of NBA job with Blazers
Small point guard starred for Bobcats for four years
D.J. Cooper, a diminutive point guard from an even smaller school, shows off his skills during a pre-draft workout with the Blazers.
