Portland Trail Blazers rumors, news

Breaking news and rumors

Injuries and suspensions

Lifestyle

Trade rumors, contract, salary

Stats and scores

Family

Top stories

Fantasy rankings and news

Schedules and games

Rumors and scandals

• Mario Hezonja Drawing Interest From NBA Teams

Veteran wing Mario Hezonja could be looking at a return to the NBA. Hezonja has an NBA out in his deal with Real Madrid and has drawn interest from NBA teams. After being drafted by the Orlando Magic in 2015, Hezonja played for five seasons in the NBA. He spent three years with the Magic, then moved to the New York Knicks and Portland Trail Blazers. Since leaving the NBA, Hezonja has played for Pa...2025
Continue with Mario Hezonja
• 2025 NBA Offseason Preview: Portland Trail Blazers

The Trail Blazers entered the 2021/22 and '22/23 seasons with postseason aspirations, but sold off veterans at the trade deadline and shut down a handful of injured regulars during the second half of each season, resulting in consecutive lottery finishes. Recognizing the limitations of their roster, the Blazers leaned fully into the rebuild in 2023 […]...2025
• The NBA announced 2025 All-Defensive teams, and actually got it right

Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images The NBA got it right with the 2025 All-Defensive teams. Victor Wembanyama was a lock to win the 2025 NBA Defensive Player of the Year award before a blood clot was revealed in his right shoulder that ended his season in Feb. Wembanyama failed to meet the 65-game minimum for award eligibility, opening up a race that felt like it had a ton of legitimate candi...2025
Click for news about Victor Wembanyama news today
• Trail Blazers Predicted To Swiftly Advance Rebuild by Trading for $197 Million Inconsistent All-Star
The Portland Trail Blazers could quickly advance their multi-year rebuild by trading for an inconsistent Western Conference All-Star....2025
Visit the page Western Conference news and rumors
• List of NBA Owners: Every Team Governor As of 2025
2025

Click for news about National Basketball Association
• Clippers’ Batum Expects To Retire From NBA After Next Season
Los Angeles Clippers forward Nicolas Batum expects to retire from the NBA after next season. The Frenchman has been one of the best role players of his generation and just completed his 17th year in the league. During that time, he has represented the Portland Trail Blazers, Charlotte Hornets, Los Angeles Clippers and Philadelphia 76ers. […] The post Clippers’ Batum Expects To Retire F...2025
Check it out Los Angeles Clippers news

• Suns Narrow Head Coach Candidate List To 8 Candidates

The Phoenix Suns have narrowed their list for the next head coach to eight candidates. These eight candidates will advance to a second round of interviews over the next week. The eight candidates are Sean Sweeney, David Fizdale, James Borrego, Johnnie Bryant, Jordan Ott, Steve Hetzel, Micah Nori and Dave Bliss. Sweeney is currently an assistant coach on Jason Kidd's staff with the Dallas Mavericks...2025
See more Phoenix Suns availability report
• WNBA franchise goes up for sale after criticism about player treatment

Photo by Brian Babineau/NBAE via Getty Images The WNBA is continuing to boom in popularity, causing valuations of teams to rise as well. Now may be the perfect time to sell, especially if an ownership group doesn’t want to keep up with growing health and recovery trends in the league. The landscape of the WNBA is changing quickly amid an evolving women’s sports culture and increased invest...2025
Continue with Breanna Stewart injury update
• NBA mock draft 2025: Instant projection after Mavs win Cooper Flagg sweepstakes

Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images The 2025 NBA draft lottery is settled. Here’s our instant mock draft. The 2025 NBA Draft lottery was always going to be one of the most meaningful of the 21st century. Teams at the bottom of the standings wrestled for position all season to increase their odds at landing the No. 1 overall pick and the rights to Duke super freshman Cooper Flagg. We now ...2025
Visit the page Cooper Flagg injury status
• Cooper Flagg’s 6 best landing spots in NBA Draft lottery, ranked

Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images Let’s rank the best landing spots for Cooper Flagg in the 2025 NBA Draft lottery. Not all NBA Draft lotteries are created equal. A year ago, when the Atlanta Hawks jumped from up from No. 10 to win the lottery, there was no sure-fire No. 1 overall player sitting there as the obvious prize. That’s not the case this year: the teams entering the lottery are...2025
Continue with Cooper Flagg
• Teams Have Serious Concerns About Depth Of 2025 NBA Draft Beyond Top-2

The 2025 NBA Draft early entry list has been released, revealing a much smaller pool of 106 early entrants compared to 195 last year. This significant decrease is primarily attributed to the growing influence of NIL deals in college basketball. Cooper Flagg is the consensus No. 1 pick regardless of which team secures the top selection on lottery night. The Duke freshman and national player of the ...2025
Click for news about Cooper Flagg injuries
• Portland Trail Blazers Injury Update: Exploring Teams’ Status Ahead of Lakers Clash
The Portland Trail Blazers' injury report stacks up ahead of their clash against the Lakers -- can they survive the season finale without its stars?...2025
• Steph brushes off injury concern after Playoff Jimmy takes over
Warriors guard Steph Curry is "feeling great" after injuring his thumb in Golden State's win over the Portland Trail Blazers on Friday....2025
See also Playoff Jimmy
• Steph returns to Warriors-Blazers game after thumb injury
Warriors star Steph Curry returned to Golden State's game against the Portland Trail Blazers after sustaining a right thumb injury in the first quarter....2025
See also Steph Curry injury update
• Warriors vs. Trail Blazers Injury Update: Exploring Teams’ Status Ahead of Crucial Game
The Golden State Warriors play the Portland Trail Blazers in a crucial game. Find out the injury status for both teams....2025
See also Golden State Warriors
• Steve Kerr, Warriors share hopeful Gary Payton II, Quinten Post injury update
The Warriors could have two vital role players back in the lineup Friday night against the Portland Trail Blazers. Gary Payton II (right knee inflammation) and Quinten Post (illness), who missed the last two games, have been upgraded to questionable for the game at Moda Center. Warriors coach Steve Kerr shared a positive outlook on Payton and Post’s availability while talking Thursday to Mark T....2025
Click for news about Steve Kerr injury

• WNBA franchise goes up for sale after criticism about player treatment
2025

Read about Breanna Stewart
• NBA mock draft 2025: Instant projection after Mavs win Cooper Flagg sweepstakes
2025

See more Cooper Flagg
• How Nikola Jokic became the best basketball player in the world
Photo by Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images Nikola Jokic’s hard journey to becoming the best basketball player in the world fully paid off. Putting a label on Nikola Jokic’s game has long been a nearly impossible challenge for evaluators. Jokic himself might be the only person to effectively do it. As he was leaving home in the northern part of Serbia to enter the 2014 NBA Draft, Jo...2023
See also Nikola Jokic
• 4 NBA playoff races that will determine postseason picture in final week of season
Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports The last week of the NBA regular season comes with huge stakes. The NBA had a pretty good weekend. A new CBA was agreed to between the NBPA and the Governors, guaranteeing labor peace through a new television rights deal and for almost the rest of this decade. That should be celebrated - strikes and lockouts can stymie momentum, especially for a league that is...2023
See also Western Conference
• VIDEO: Damian Lillard’s mid-vacation reaction to Blazers winning NBA Summer League
The Portland Trail Blazers are the 2022 Summer League champions, but superstar guard Damian Lillard wasn’t aware of it until Trendon Watford showed him his MVP trophy. Lillard is away vacationing with his family, and so he only learned about the championship during an IG Live with Anfernee Simons. Watford hopped in on the stream […] The post VIDEO: Damian Lillard’s mid-vacation r...2022
See more articles Damian Lillard
• Why Oklahoma City Thunder Are the NBA's Most Unsolvable Puzzle
2015

See also Oklahoma City Thunder
• A Team Transformed: Inside LeBron James' First Season Back with the Cavaliers
2015

Read about Kendrick Perkins

2025
"Paul Allen's estate announced Tuesday that it has begun the process of selling the Portland Trail Blazers."

2024
"This is noteworthy for the specific reason that after the Portland Trail Blazers failed to advance beyond the first round of the playoffs for the fourth time in five years, Vulcan moved on from head coach Terry Stotts with a year left on his coaching contract."

2023
"Portland Trail Blazers star Damian Lillard dropped a career-high 71 points in a 131-114 win over the Houston Rockets on Sunday, setting a new franchise record."

2022
"After reports indicating that the Portland Trail Blazers were the biggest threat for the services of Golden State Warriors free agent Gary Payton II, it didn’t take long for them to turn the rumors into reality."

2021
"On Friday, the Cleveland Cavaliers, Chicago Bulls, and Portland Trail Blazers executed a three-team trade that sent Lauri Markkanen to Cleveland, Larry Nance to Portland, and Derrick Jones Jr."

2020
"Nicknamed 'Uncle Cliffy,' Robinson spent 18 seasons with five NBA teams, including the Portland Trail Blazers"

2019
"Below is a running diary of the Lakers’ game against the Portland Trail Blazers, taking you through game day from start to finish."

2018
"The Boston Celtics picked up a thrilling win over the Portland Trail Blazers on Sunday, thanks to a game-winning shot."

2017
"Below is a running diary of the Lakers’ Summer League title matchup against the Portland Trail Blazers, with comments drawn from Mike Trudell’s @LakersReporter Twitter account to ensure you’re covered from start to finish."

2016
"Portland Trail Blazers point guard Damian Lillard dropped 20 points on 7-of-9 shooting in the first quarter against the Indiana Pacers on Sunday."

2015
"Aldridge left the Portland Trail Blazers in favor of the Spurs, signing a max contract and bolstering a perennial contender's roster."

2014
"One night after dropping a career-high 41 points on the Los Angeles Lakers, Golden State Warriors guard Klay Thompson dropped the hammer on Portland Trail Blazers big man Robin Lopez."

• Mario Hezonja Drawing Interest From NBA Teams
2025

Visit the page Mario Hezonja salary rumors
• 2025 NBA Offseason Preview: Portland Trail Blazers
2025
• List of NBA Owners: Every Team Governor As of 2025
2025

Continue with National Basketball Association salary
• Bucks Expected To Try To Regain Their Own Draft Capital From Pelicans, Blazers If Giannis Traded

Because the Milwaukee Bucks owe future first round picks to the New Orleans Pelicans and Portland Trail Blazers, there is growing anticipation that they will try to include either team into a Giannis Antetokounmpo trade to regain some of their draft capital. The Pelicans control Milwaukee's first round picks in 2025, 2026 and 2027 due to the Jrue Holiday trade of 2020, while the Blazers control th...2025
See more Milwaukee Bucks salary
• Pre-Snap Reads 5/15: The 2025 Seahawks schedule has been released

Photo by Michael Zagaris/San Francisco 49ers/Getty Images What games peak your interest? In Today’s Links: pretty much, just news about the schedule, our Seattle Seahawks’ schedule, our division rivals’ schedule, et al. What games will you travel to? How are you feeling about our chances this upcoming season? Will we take the division? Let us know in the comments below! #np Something’...2025
Visit the page Terrance Ferguson contract rumors
• Phil Knight Won't Attempt To Purchase Blazers

Phil Knight is not interested in purchasing the Portland Trail Blazers as the franchise enters the open market. The Nike co-founder previously expressed interest in buying the Blazers following the death of Paul Allen in 2018. Jody Allen rebuffed Knight's offer to buy the Blazers for more than $2 billion in 2022. "Five years ago, when I was a younger man, I had a great interest in being a part of ...2025
Continue with Jody Allen salary rumors
• Pre-Snap Reads 5/14: Seahawks trying to increase their home field advantage

Photo by Jane Gershovich/Getty Images Hoping to improve the home record. In Today’s Links: schedule leaks, roster additions, the Seattle Seahawks are not up for sale, Jalen Milroe contract details. All that and more! Dive in. Enjoy your Wednesday. #np Imprviso by Maria Toledo and Luiz Bonfa Seahawks News What's the best Seahawks O draft of all-time? - Seaside JoeThe Seahawks want to hav...2025
Click for news about Jody Allen
• WNBA franchise goes up for sale after criticism about player treatment
2025

See also Breanna Stewart contract rumors
• Flagg, Harper, Bailey, Edgecombe, Fears Go 1-5 In ESPN's First Post-Lottery Mock Draft

The Dallas Mavericks won the 2025 NBA draft lottery Monday, shocking the basketball world by converting their minuscule 1.8% odds to secure the No. 1 pick. The Mavs now have the inside track to select Duke freshman Cooper Flagg, widely regarded as the consensus top player in this draft class. San Antonio jumped from their projected eighth spot to secure the No. 2 pick despite just 6.3% odds, while...2025
Read about Dallas Mavericks contract
• Paul Allen’s estate puts Trail Blazers, but not Seahawks, up for sale

Photo by Soobum Im/Getty Images The decision is part of Paul Allen’s directive to sell his sports holdings, but the Seahawks won’t be sold just yet. Eight years removed from the passing of Paul Allen, his estate has formally put one of his sports teams up for sale. On Tuesday, the National Basketball Association’s Portland Trail Blazers announced that a formal sales process has commenced, ...2025
See also National Basketball Association trade rumors

• Mario Hezonja Drawing Interest From NBA Teams
2025

See more articles Mario Hezonja
• 2025 NBA Offseason Preview: Portland Trail Blazers
2025
• Pre-Snap Reads 5/14: Seahawks trying to increase their home field advantage
2025

See also Jody Allen stats
• WNBA franchise goes up for sale after criticism about player treatment
2025

Visit the page Breanna Stewart statistics
• Flagg, Harper, Bailey, Edgecombe, Fears Go 1-5 In ESPN's First Post-Lottery Mock Draft
2025

See more articles Dallas Mavericks scores
• NBA mock draft 2025: Instant projection after Mavs win Cooper Flagg sweepstakes
2025

See more articles Cooper Flagg scores
• Malcolm Brogdon Could Be 'Primary Target' For Clippers

In a recent appearance on The Third Apron podcast with Yossi Gozlan, The Athletic's Law Murray talked about the LA Clippers offseason. Murray suggested that free agent guard Malcolm Brogdon could be a primary target for the Clippers this summer. "I would consider Brogdon a primary target for the Clippers," Murray said. "They almost traded (for him previously). I think if Brogdon would have been a ...2025
See more Malcolm Brogdon stats
• Malcolm Brogdon May Be Clippers Target This Offseason

In a recent appearance on The Third Apron podcast with Yossi Gozlan, The Athletic's Law Murray talked about the LA Clippers offseason. Murray suggested that free agent guard Malcolm Brogdon could be a primary target for the Clippers this summer. "I would consider Brogdon a primary target for the Clippers," Murray said "They almost traded (for him previously). I think if Brogdon would have been a b...2025
Check it out Malcolm Brogdon
• Teams Have Serious Concerns About Depth Of 2025 NBA Draft Beyond Top-2
2025

Continue with Cooper Flagg scores
• NBA mock draft 2025: Pre-lottery update with changes inside top-10

Photo by Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images Here’s our latest 2025 NBA mock draft. The NBA Playoffs are in full swing, and it’s putting a spotlight on the types of players teams need to win in the postseason. There’s a marked change in the way the game is played and officiated from the regular season to the playoffs, and it can help inform which prospects should be valued as the 2025 NBA Draft...2025
See also NBA Playoffs stats

• List of NBA Owners: Every Team Governor As of 2025
2025

Click for news about National Basketball Association
• Portland Trail Blazers are for sale, and recent history tells us what they could go for

Photo by Tom Hauck/Getty Images Another NBA franchise is being sold. The Portland Trail Blazers are going on sale, according to a report from ESPN NBA Insider Shams Charania, t As set forth by Charania, the Estate of Paul G. Allen is starting a formal sales process for the franchise. Allen & Company, along with law firm Hogan Lovells, will lead the sales process. Charania reports that the ...2025
Read about Shams Charania
• NBA mock draft 2025: Instant projection after Mavs win Cooper Flagg sweepstakes
2025

Visit the page Cooper Flagg
• New uniforms are coming to the Seahawks in 2025

Photo by Rio Giancarlo/Getty Images Prepare yourselves for a “rivalries” uniform for the Seahawks and many other NFL teams this year. The Seattle Seahawks will be wearing some new threads next season. No, these are not a permanent change from their standard uniforms or even a deviation from the alternate ‘Action Green’ or 1990s throwbacks. Over the weekend, Nike and the NFL announced a new...2025
Visit the page Seattle Seahawks
• David Adelman Could Be Head Coach Candidate For Nuggets, Blazers

David Adelman was elevated by the Denver Nuggets to interim head coach this week and will be given the opportunity to audition for the job. If the Portland Trail Blazers decide to part ways with Chauncey Billups this offseason, they will likely also have interest in Adelman. Adelman joined the Nuggets in 2017 as an assistant coach. Adelman's father, Rick Adelman, was a longtime NBA head coach inc...2025
See more articles David Adelman
• The NBA’s 11 best rookies this season, ranked

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images Let’s rank the best rookies in the NBA this season. The 2024 NBA Draft class will not go down in history for the top-end talent it produced, and that’s okay. Not every draft class can be full of franchise pillars: talent ebbs and flows through the years, with especially strong drafts like 2026 being balanced out by weaker years like this rookie class. J...2025
Visit the page Nikola Topic
• Joe Cronin, Blazers Sign Multi-Year Extension

The Portland Trail Blazers have agreed to a multi-year contract extension with General Manager Joe Cronin. Cronin was originally named the General Manager on May 10, 2022 after serving in the role as interim since December 3, 2021. In the past three seasons, Cronin has engineered roster moves that have improved the team's overall talent level and competitiveness going forward. Through trades, Cron...2025
Click for news about Joe Cronin
• NBA mock draft 2025: Updated projection with 2 March Madness prospects rising, 1 falling

Photo by C. Morgan Engel/NCAA Photos via Getty Images March Madness has impacted our latest 2025 NBA mock draft. March Madness is the first time a big section of NBA fans check in on the top prospects in college basketball. This is a good year to do it: 19 of the 30 first-round picks in our last mock draft made the 2025 men’s NCAA tournament, and a bunch of them are still playing as the fi...2025
Click for news about Cooper Flagg
• Lewis Hamilton’s stunning Ferrari F1 announcement, revisited a year later

One year ago Lewis Hamilton stunned the sports world The staff at SB Nation is a tremendous mix of individuals, including morning people — of which I am sadly becoming one in my later years — and night owls. With staff members living in various parts of the United States, as well as all over the world, chances are at least one of us is up at a certain hour keeping tabs on the sports world. Scrolli...2025
Read about Dame Lillard
• NBA mock draft 2025: Big changes to first round projection after Cooper Flagg goes No. 1

Here’s our latest 2025 NBA mock draft. The 2025 NBA Draft class is fully coming into focus with March Madness around the corner. While the hype of this class has worn off slightly as the season has gone on, it’s still a strong group of incoming talent defined by high upside swings throughout the lottery. Duke’s Cooper Flagg is the obvious No. 1 pick. He’s lived up to the hype during his freshman y...2025
Continue with Cooper Flagg

• Clifford Robinson, former NBA All-Star and Sixth Man of the Year, dies at 53
2020

Continue with Sixth Man
• San Antonio Spurs Present Immediate Challenge to Golden State Warriors' Throne
2015

Visit the page San Antonio Spurs
• Kawhi Leonard: Latest News, Rumors and Speculation on Spurs Star's Future
2015

See also Kawhi Leonard
• Kevin Durant's Return Is Just What The NBA Needs In 2015-16
2015

See more Kevin Durant
• Damian Lillard Takes Commercial Flight to Summer League After $120M Extension
2015

See also Damian Lillard
• Running Diary: Lakers 136 | Blazers 113
2019
• Report: Lakers, Clippers vote to boycott the season
The Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Clippers have voted to boycott the season, per Shams Charania of The Athletic. The Milwaukee Bucks boycotted Game 5 against the Orlando Magic on Wednesday in the wake of the Jacob Blake shooting in Wisconsin. The other two games were postponed as well, including the Lakers-Portland Trail Blazers […] The post Report: Lakers, Clippers vote to boycott the ...2020
Read about Los Angeles Lakers
• Anthony Mason, Former NBA Fan Favorite, Dies at Age 48
2015

Click for news about New York Knicks

1. Cody Rhodes

2. LeBron James

3. Los Angeles Lakers

. . .

34. Portland Trail Blazers

• Portland Trail Blazers 2024-2025 fantasy basketball season recap: Deni Avdija, Toumani Camara flourish
While Avdija and Camara shined, Jerami Grant disappointed once again....2025
See more Deni Avdija
• Fantasy Basketball: The time is now to grab Toumani Camara | The Playlist

Yahoo Sports fantasy analyst Dan Titus explains why the Portland Trail Blazers forward is a great add and discusses keys for streaming this week....2025
See also Fantasy Basketball

• The NBA announced 2025 All-Defensive teams, and actually got it right
2025

Visit the page Victor Wembanyama
• List of NBA Owners: Every Team Governor As of 2025
2025

See more articles National Basketball Association
• Suns Narrow Head Coach Candidate List To 8 Candidates
2025

See more articles Phoenix Suns
• Bucks Expected To Try To Regain Their Own Draft Capital From Pelicans, Blazers If Giannis Traded
2025

See more Milwaukee Bucks
• Pre-Snap Reads 5/15: The 2025 Seahawks schedule has been released
2025

Click for news about Terrance Ferguson
• Pre-Snap Reads 5/14: Seahawks trying to increase their home field advantage
2025

See more articles Jody Allen
• WNBA franchise goes up for sale after criticism about player treatment
2025

Continue with Breanna Stewart
• Flagg, Harper, Bailey, Edgecombe, Fears Go 1-5 In ESPN's First Post-Lottery Mock Draft
2025

See more articles Dallas Mavericks
• Paul Allen’s estate puts Trail Blazers, but not Seahawks, up for sale
2025

Continue with National Basketball Association
• Portland Trail Blazers are for sale, and recent history tells us what they could go for
2025

Check it out Shams Charania

• WNBA franchise goes up for sale after criticism about player treatment
2025

See more Breanna Stewart scandals
• Portland Trail Blazers will be sold by Paul Allen's estate, team says
Paul Allen's estate took control of the Trail Blazers in 2018 when the billionaire died, and there has been speculation about ownership plans ever since....2025
Read about Paul Allen
• Flagg, Harper, Bailey, Edgecombe, Fears Go 1-5 In ESPN's First Post-Lottery Mock Draft
2025

Click for news about Dallas Mavericks buzz
• Paul Allen’s estate puts Trail Blazers, but not Seahawks, up for sale
2025

See also National Basketball Association whispers
• NBA mock draft 2025: Instant projection after Mavs win Cooper Flagg sweepstakes
2025

Click for news about Cooper Flagg gossip
• Blazers may have moved quickly on Chauncey Billups contract because of Suns speculation

The Portland Trail Blazers may have moved to extend head coach Chauncey Billups in part due to speculation linking him to the Phoenix Suns’ expected head coaching search, according to NBA reporter Sean Highkin of Rose Garden Report. Highkin reported on social media that he had “heard a lot of chatter” suggesting Billups could be […] The post Blazers may have moved quickly on Chauncey B...2025
Check it out Chauncey Billups
• NBA mock draft 2025: Updated projection with 2 March Madness prospects rising, 1 falling
2025

See also Cooper Flagg whispers
• The Heat found out about the Jimmy Butler trade during a game and their reactions were priceless

Image via @DimeUPROXX on Twitter It seems safe to assume that Tyler Herro is happy the Jimmy Butler trade demand saga is over. There is a new trend at the 2025 NBA trade deadline, and it’s kind of hilarious: Players finding out from fans with camera phones about the latest big deal that just went down. This happened to both the Phoenix Suns and Portland Trail Blazers in the aftermath of Sa...2025
See more articles Jimmy Butler scandal
• Amen Thompson doesn’t need a jump shot to be an NBA star for Rockets

Photo by Brian Babineau/NBAE via Getty Images Amen Thompson is becoming a star on his own terms for the Rockets. It wasn’t hard to come up with a list of reasons for why Amen Thompson could bust in the NBA when he entered the 2023 draft. Amen and his twin brother Ausar took a novel path to the draft by bypassing college basketball for the upstart Overtime Elite league, where they played ag...2025
Read about Amen Thompson whispers
• 30 players most likely to be moved at the NBA trade deadline

Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images Let’s jump around the league to find the players most likely to get relocated at the 2025 NBA trade deadline. In a now-annual tradition at SB Nation, we are scouring through the internet’s endless supply of NBA trade rumors and asking around our NBA team site network to ask our local experts (alongside some national analysis from yours truly) to see ...2025
Visit the page Atlanta Hawks scandal