Tar Heel born. I host Locked On Blazers, a daily podcast about the Portland Trail Blazershttps://bsky.app/profile/mikegrich.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikegrich.bsky.social/post/3mju25p5tw22dOne time I told my friend (adjacent the music scene in LA) that Justin Bieber always had the sharpest production and that I wished my favorite rappers could emulate those crisp drums. He told me his pal was essentially attending Biebs Production College to learn to make a the perfect hi-hat clap.19 Apr 2026 13:19 +0000at://did:plc:gy3sbfd4ja6nfn7cf27m3hho/app.bsky.feed.post/3mju25p5tw22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikegrich.bsky.social/post/3mhzdqk56fk2a(Because I am procrastinating doing a thing I need to do and it’s 10pm on a Thursday here’s a thing I really like) I think about this @bullseye.maximumfun.org with @jessethorn.bsky.social episode with Mavi as much as any podcast episode/interview I have ever listened to: https://youtu.be/DJZGNJ7HmTE?si=gy9r8kxyac6voniS27 Mar 2026 05:03 +0000at://did:plc:gy3sbfd4ja6nfn7cf27m3hho/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhzdqk56fk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/mikegrich.bsky.social/post/3mhgdttbtdk2419 Mar 2026 15:45 +0000at://did:plc:gy3sbfd4ja6nfn7cf27m3hho/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhgdttbtdk24https://bsky.app/profile/mikegrich.bsky.social/post/3mh32d4jf5s2vPremium Portland experience: Asking the bartender in an empty bar to turn down The Shins and turn up the sound on the TV playing sports and they politely decline.15 Mar 2026 03:55 +0000at://did:plc:gy3sbfd4ja6nfn7cf27m3hho/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh32d4jf5s2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikegrich.bsky.social/post/3mgsbv36bzk2kBam Adebayo is definitive proof that the best basketball players in the world do and always have come from Eastern North Carolina. Kick rocks Southern California, Chicagoland and the Balkans.11 Mar 2026 16:16 +0000at://did:plc:gy3sbfd4ja6nfn7cf27m3hho/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgsbv36bzk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/mikegrich.bsky.social/post/3mfdpoei52s2tIf you are the young person wearing the red Trail Blazers Gary Payton II in the third row at Moda tonight … come on Locked On Blazers to unpack your trauma21 Feb 2026 03:48 +0000at://did:plc:gy3sbfd4ja6nfn7cf27m3hho/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfdpoei52s2thttps://bsky.app/profile/mikegrich.bsky.social/post/3meupxhmepk24I wrote about ghost hunting and Damian Lillard. I don't write anymore (because I only get paid to yap) so, I guess, read this and I might do it again(?) https://medium.com/@michaelgrichman/ghost-hunting-6b2ab6b4b86415 Feb 2026 04:43 +0000at://did:plc:gy3sbfd4ja6nfn7cf27m3hho/app.bsky.feed.post/3meupxhmepk24https://bsky.app/profile/mikegrich.bsky.social/post/3mecsq7w4ys2flol go heels08 Feb 2026 01:45 +0000at://did:plc:gy3sbfd4ja6nfn7cf27m3hho/app.bsky.feed.post/3mecsq7w4ys2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikegrich.bsky.social/post/3md2xbl3goc2wCaleb Love has been incredible and the Moda Center is making sure fans appreciate it with ummm whatever this is.23 Jan 2026 05:20 +0000at://did:plc:gy3sbfd4ja6nfn7cf27m3hho/app.bsky.feed.post/3md2xbl3goc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/mikegrich.bsky.social/post/3maczjz6pes2yBlazers win?19 Dec 2025 06:06 +0000at://did:plc:gy3sbfd4ja6nfn7cf27m3hho/app.bsky.feed.post/3maczjz6pes2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikegrich.bsky.social/post/3m7r4qenl6k2zHow could the Blazers do *this* to *me*, a podcaster in need of 30 minutes of content12 Dec 2025 03:15 +0000at://did:plc:gy3sbfd4ja6nfn7cf27m3hho/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7r4qenl6k2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikegrich.bsky.social/post/3m673yl65r226Glad y’all are getting a few games of the raw and uncut Caleb Love experience. It is extremely dangerous in every direction.22 Nov 2025 05:49 +0000at://did:plc:gy3sbfd4ja6nfn7cf27m3hho/app.bsky.feed.post/3m673yl65r226https://bsky.app/profile/mikegrich.bsky.social/post/3m4ezvxnq6c23Blazers cursed by these unforgivable overhead camera angles? Could be!30 Oct 2025 03:37 +0000at://did:plc:gy3sbfd4ja6nfn7cf27m3hho/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4ezvxnq6c23https://bsky.app/profile/mikegrich.bsky.social/post/3lwwlxur3zc2yI’m rebranding as a guy who posts music videos from 20 years ago. https://youtu.be/1LLAN29W-4w?si=pkXDm1ZFgjp9Tpj421 Aug 2025 18:44 +0000at://did:plc:gy3sbfd4ja6nfn7cf27m3hho/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwwlxur3zc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikegrich.bsky.social/post/3lwcgbdfpk22dI got a haircut and recorded an episode of Locked On Blazers this morning. If you're interested in the latter, it is in your audio feeds and on YouTube right now.13 Aug 2025 18:09 +0000at://did:plc:gy3sbfd4ja6nfn7cf27m3hho/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwcgbdfpk22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikegrich.bsky.social/post/3lv25d3pyjk2jNobody writes like Katie. Nobody writes about Summer League like Katie. Students are so lucky to learn how to approach the craft from someone so uniquely talented. "Don’t bury it, don’t write from down here ... We have enough of that for lifetimes. Go up." [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Jul 2025 17:42 +0000at://did:plc:gy3sbfd4ja6nfn7cf27m3hho/app.bsky.feed.post/3lv25d3pyjk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikegrich.bsky.social/post/3ltqgi4brqk2qEarly summer scouting notes12 Jul 2025 03:34 +0000at://did:plc:gy3sbfd4ja6nfn7cf27m3hho/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltqgi4brqk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikegrich.bsky.social/post/3lsi6piixm22hAfter some consideration: Hansen Yang appears to be the Hasheem Thabeet of Marc Gasols26 Jun 2025 03:29 +0000at://did:plc:gy3sbfd4ja6nfn7cf27m3hho/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsi6piixm22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikegrich.bsky.social/post/3lsd6cyl37s2klol the partially recorded podcast graveyard claims another file24 Jun 2025 03:39 +0000at://did:plc:gy3sbfd4ja6nfn7cf27m3hho/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsd6cyl37s2khttps://bsky.app/profile/mikegrich.bsky.social/post/3lrtpmvd6l22i(I never do this and I don’t have any followers so someone with reach please RT) Send me your Blazers draft dreams. Either a player they pick at 11, or something else that is mildly plausible for draft night. I will use the ones I like on the podcast* *unless I do not follow through on this idea.18 Jun 2025 00:06 +0000at://did:plc:gy3sbfd4ja6nfn7cf27m3hho/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrtpmvd6l22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/mikegrich.bsky.social/post/3lqvubjzuq22yYes, Cers as it were06 Jun 2025 03:09 +0000at://did:plc:gy3sbfd4ja6nfn7cf27m3hho/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqvubjzuq22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikegrich.bsky.social/post/3lpa6uopux22t🧐🧐15 May 2025 18:55 +0000at://did:plc:gy3sbfd4ja6nfn7cf27m3hho/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpa6uopux22thttps://bsky.app/profile/mikegrich.bsky.social/post/3lolrr6csl22jPerhaps I could widen my interests and become a more well rounded adult. But... Ball Is Life.07 May 2025 16:07 +0000at://did:plc:gy3sbfd4ja6nfn7cf27m3hho/app.bsky.feed.post/3lolrr6csl22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikegrich.bsky.social/post/3lm4k7x6wr22xDuke fraudulent. Cooper Flagg is Lee Nailon with a PR firm. Go Heels.06 Apr 2025 03:52 +0000at://did:plc:gy3sbfd4ja6nfn7cf27m3hho/app.bsky.feed.post/3lm4k7x6wr22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikegrich.bsky.social/post/3llzueqmj322dOh no the Noble Blazers of Postseason Pursuit are perhaps flirting with something unsavory. Lol.05 Apr 2025 02:15 +0000at://did:plc:gy3sbfd4ja6nfn7cf27m3hho/app.bsky.feed.post/3llzueqmj322dhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikegrich.bsky.social/post/3lkp7kb4xss2wDeserve got nothin to do with it19 Mar 2025 03:11 +0000at://did:plc:gy3sbfd4ja6nfn7cf27m3hho/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkp7kb4xss2whttps://bsky.app/profile/mikegrich.bsky.social/post/3lkglt7twuc2sThe last two sporting events I’ve tried to show my two year old have been an absolutely excruciating Carolina loss and the Thorns giving up a goal in 4 minutes. This is actually good parenting. Most teams lose, kid. We’re going to the Blazers game tomorrow. Sorry in advance.15 Mar 2025 16:57 +0000at://did:plc:gy3sbfd4ja6nfn7cf27m3hho/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkglt7twuc2s