Word: portlanders
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Portland 96, Utah...
Medical Examiner Larry Lewman in Portland, Ore., offers several possible explanations. The victims may have suffered from sleep apnea, a disorder characterized by halts, usually brief, in breathing during sleep. Or, as Lewman thinks is more likely, there may have been some disturbance in the electrical conduction system that governs heartbeat. He also notes a similarity to bangungut, or "nightmare" syndrome, a condition that strikes Philippine males and may be related to eating rice or special sauces for meat or fish. "The victims go to bed, thrash and cough and cannot be resuscitated," he says...
...Portland 115, Detroit...
Through it all, he retained his aura of great promise. In 1976-77, Walton's only season free of injuries, he took the Trail Blazers to the league championship and won the Most Valuable Player award in the playoffs. The following year, Portland again jumped off to an early lead. But midway through the season, Walton broke the tarsal navicular bone in his left foot, just under the ankle. Though hobbled, he returned for the playoffs...
When his contract with Portland expired in 1979, Walton signed with the San Diego Clippers for an estimated $750,000 a year. Though assured that his injury had healed, the Clippers took no chances: they secured a $1.25 million insurance policy on their fragile star from member companies of Lloyd's of London. When Walton began the 1979 exhibition season, he developed a crippling pain in his left foot. It was discovered that he had rebroken the same tarsal navicular bone. He came back to try again in early 1980, went up for a rebound - and injured the bone...