Blazermania and Two Unbreakable Records

As this year's version of the Portland Trail Blazers embarks on one of its most promising seasons in recent history, thoughts naturally turn to one of the most remarkable oddities in all of sport—Blazermania. As the name implies, Blazermania is a mental condition whereby the patient is almost completely absorbed, obsessed, driven and stimulated by anything directly or remotely related to the Portland Trail Blazers. The initial outbreak of Blazermania occurred in the mid-seventies and spanned three decades. It reached epidemic proportions in 1977 and again in the early nineties. It subsided slowly through the nineties and was almost completely wiped out after the 2000 season. The phenomenon of Blazermania, while itself succumbing to a period of dormancy, spawned two of professional basketball's most enduring and untouchable records. During the period from 1977 through 1995, the Trail Blazers and their fans conspired to amass an incredible 814 consecutive sellouts! Granted, 809 of those ... (link)