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Still no lack of drama in Seattle pro basketball saga 2008-09-02 15:27:55 It’s been a while since we've checked in on professional basketball in Seattle
. So, let’s take a look…Yep, the team is still gone. Don’t have a new one.However, there have been some fun developments lately pertaining to the previously-known Seattle SuperSonics and its new identity in Oklahoma City. Here's a rundown of my favorite highlights:Owner Clay Bennett and his merry band of oil tyco Read more:drama
This Week’s Man Crush: Jake Locker 2008-09-02 00:05:46 After a two-week hiatus, I’m back at it and have found this week’s Man Crush: Washington quarterback Jake Locker
. After Oregon’s unrelenting tail-kicking of the boys from Montlake (a 44-10 final score), I have some words of advance for Locker.Go play baseball.Don’t get me wrong Jake, I think you can play on Sundays. Just stop what you’re doing right now with this football team and go pla
UW looking for new football coach 2008-09-01 11:36:34 Washington football coach Tyrone Willingham rode into this season strapped into the hot seat. Consensus among the media and Dawg fans was another losing season would cost the coach his job. Well, the Huskies caught a beating against the University of Nike Saturday, a 44-10 outcome that was the worst loss to the Ducks in 25 years.Upper campus has denied they are looking for a new coach, but I found
Seahawks post bye-week win 2008-09-27 13:59:51 The Seattle Seahawks
got a huge win during this bye week. Injured receivers Deion Branch and Bobby Engram have been working with quarterback Matt Hasselbeck during practice, according to the AP.Engram has been out all season with a broken shoulder and Branch has been rehabbing his knee since injuring it in last season’s playoff loss to Green Bay. No official word yet if they will suit up for nex
A must win for the Huskies 2008-09-27 11:28:17 Washington’s game against Stanford tonight is a must win. A have-to win. It’s not hyperbole to suggest that a loss to Stanford would essentially end the Huskies
’ season.The Huskies are 0-3, but have lost to three very talented teams. Oregon’s spread offense and ability to reload every year, I hate to say, are the envy of most programs. BYU’s talented quarterback Max Hall gives opponents
Source: Fans consider ‘going after’ Mariners 2008-09-26 12:02:06 According to a source who is considered a fan insider, a mob of enthusiasts had to be physically restrained from “going after” a Mariner team that has lost 101 games thus far. If the Mariners
lose their remaining games, they’ll be tied for the worst record in franchise history.“I just can’t believe the number of guys who really dislike this team,” said one fan insider. “It got to the Read more:Source
MLB No. 1 draft picks: Where are they now? 2008-09-25 11:48:09 The Mariners logged their 100th loss last night. With four games remaining on the 2008 schedule, they have a shot at being tied with the 1978 Mariners for worst team in franchise history. Of course, we saw this coming as early as June. The comparison to the '78 club was striking even then.So, were does this leave us? The M’s aren’t getting a trophy for their ineptness. But they could have the
Rams at Hawks: All aboard the busted knee express 2008-09-19 16:29:53 Last week’s debacle of a football weekend sent me fleeing toward the relative refuge of my day job. Get away for a couple days, immerse my self in other things. To paraphrase character Steve Dunne from one of my favorite movies “Singles” - work is all I need. Work is good. Work.Unfortunately, I work for a rather large Seattle-based financial institution that’s been in the papers a little t Read more:Hawks
OU at UW: First half thoughts 2008-09-13 20:36:24 I understand that Husky quarterback Jake Locker is a gamer. But with the score 34-0 at the half, it’s time to put a ball cap on him for the rest of the afternoon. It appears Locker got the wind knocked out of him with 22 seconds left in the half. It could have been worse.The Huskies have a chance to win some games in Pac-10 play this season. They have no chance if Locker gets injured. Locker’s Read more:First
, thoughts
Palin says she’s a Steelers and Seahawks fan 2008-09-13 12:43:18 Screw Charlie Gibson. And don’t waste your time watching the three part interview of Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin on ABC. Don’t bother with the New York Times or Washington Post.The sports blogosphere has uncovered her most egregious act. Northwest Sports Magazine has learned that Palin is a card carrying member of the Seahawkers fan club, the official fan club of your Seat Read more:Seahawks
, Steelers
Seattle deserves a Husky win on Saturday 2008-09-12 17:21:10 For many Seattle
sports fans, it is binge drinking time. Or excessive exercise time. Or whatever it is that gets your mind off a year in sports that has spiraled out of control. And to that end, I say:Seattle deserves a Husky
win on Saturday
.A Washington victory over Oklahoma on the shores of Lake Washington probably won’t help Huskies coach Tyrone Willingham keep his job. And it won’t rewrite
Niners at Hawks: Two teams will get their ugly on 2008-09-11 22:50:55 Even with a hobbled, no-name wide receiver corps and a quarterback whose spine is twisted like a pipe cleaner, there is no reason the Seattle Seahawks should lose at home to the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday.Reason No. 1 – TurnoversThe 49ers committed five turnovers last week against the Arizona Cardinals. Five. Cinco. That’s a lot. Quarterback J.T. O'Sullivan threw a pick and fumbled twice. T Read more:Hawks
, teams
Seahawks employ ‘Ghost Receiver’ strategy 2008-09-09 20:49:55 Rarely used by a team in the National Football League, the Seattle Seahawks
will employ the "Ghost
Receiver" rule for the remainder of the season.The strategy is normally used in sixth-grade sandlot baseball games when there aren’t enough players to run the bases and hit. However, the Seahawks will use it because injuries and roster cuts have completely depleted the team of viable pass catchers.
This Week’s Man Crush: Nobody 2008-10-07 20:04:06 That’s right. Nobody
. No love to nobody. Why you ask? Why can’t The Mitten find a Seattle Man Crush this week? Let’s recap.The Mariners finished off their pathetic season with a record of 61-101. Not much to love there.On Saturday, the Huskies were drilled by Arizona 48-14 in a game that was hardly competitive. Jake Locker is out for weeks with a thumb injury and head coach Tyrone Willingham
Window of opportunity slammed shut on Seahawks 2008-10-06 16:37:18 The window of opportunity slammed shut on the Seattle Seahawks
yesterday. If you were one of the many unfortunates to watch the 44-6 outcome to Giants unfold, it probably felt like your fingers were caught in the window sill when it happened.Every team has a window of opportunity in which to win a championship. It’s a string of seasons where you have the personnel and a little luck to make it ha Read more:Window
Seahawks at Giants: Payback’s a... 2008-10-03 17:53:58 In their last two games against the Seattle Seahawks
, the New York Giants
were flagged for 14 false start penalties. The fan-induced deafness helped rattle the Giants into two memorable road losses in Seattle.In 2005, the Giants committed 11 false start penalties thanks to crowd noise at Qwest Field. Jay Feely missing five field goals didn’t help either. In 2006, New York fell behind 42-3 by the
UW at Arizona: Huskies looking for moral victories 2008-10-03 10:30:08 If they’re not already there, the Huskies
are headed for moral victory territory. This is the place where winning isn’t everything. Or anything, really. You do what you can on the field and look for those shiny nuggets of hope.The worst case scenarios have unfolded. An 0-4 start. Last week’s crimpling loss to Stanford. A coach who has a lame duck sign stuck to his back. And most painful, an Read more:Arizona
A White Sox win would be good for baseball 2008-09-30 18:46:35 The Chicago White
Sox will square off against the Minnesota Twins today in a one-game playoff. I’m hoping for a White Sox
win because having this Chicago club in the playoffs is good for baseball
. The entertainment factor for baseball fans, or at least this fan, triples if the White Sox advance. Here are a few reasons why:Ozzie Guillen – The White Sox manager is a train wreck in the best possi
This Week’s Man Crush: Jim Zorn 2008-09-30 07:08:41 First year Washington Redskins head coach Jim Zorn managed his team to a rare win on the road in Dallas yesterday, a 26-24 victory over a legitimate Super Bowl contending Cowboy team. In four games, the former Seattle Seahawks quarterback and quarterback coach has Redskins quarterback Jason Campbell playing like an elite NFC signal caller. He was 20-31 for 231 yards and two touchdowns yesterday. C
Locker injury saves Willingham’s job, for now 2008-09-29 21:57:14 If it weren't an NCAA violation, Washington Head Coach Tyrone Willingham should send Jake Locker
a fruit basket. Or a gift card. At the very least, send the injured quarterback a hand written note.But not a get well note - a thank you note. Willingham should thank Locker for saving the coach’s job. Just about anyone who cared predicted that a Husky loss against Stanford and an 0-4 start would me
UW's Willingham is out, Seattle becomes official home of the lame duck coach 2008-10-27 15:03:37 The University of Washington ended any further speculation about Tyrone Willingham’s future as head coach when they announced this afternoon that he will resign at the end of the season.Willingham is 11-32 in four seasons at UW and the Huskies are 0-7 for only the second in school history. The Dawgs are currently on a nine-game losing streak that stretches back to last season.Willingham joins an Read more:Seattle
On Election Day, don’t forget who failed the Sonics 2008-10-25 12:36:04 The start of the NBA season is approaching as are the November elections. For Seattle Sonics
fans, it’s an opportunity to remember who ushered out a 41-year-old civic institution and then vote accordingly.I’ve considered myself a democrat for as long as I was able to vote. And I surely do not advocate voting because of a single issue. But when Sonics fans look over their ballots on Nov. 4, the Read more:Election
, Election Day
Team-less in Seattle: Which NBA squad to adopt this season 2008-10-24 14:10:22 There are only two things to cure a Basketball Jones in Seattle
this winter. I could stand out in the cold, in front of a boarded up KeyArena, wearing a Gary Payton throwback jersey and wax nostalgically about the 1996 playoff run to nobody in particular. Or I could adopt
another city's team to follow throughout the season.Option No. 2 has a lower risk of hypothermia and loitering charges, so I th Read more:NBA
Seahawks at Niners: All eyes on Holmgren 2008-10-23 12:30:45 There will be a football game on Sunday between the Seattle Seahawks
and San Francisco 49ers. However, few people will be paying attention. They will instead be busy reviewing and dissecting the facial expressions of Seattle head coach Mike Holmgren each time the TV cameras cut away for a reaction shot of the coach.Viewers will try to determine whether or not he looks like he wants to quit immedia
M’s GM pick lacks imagination 2008-10-22 17:54:59 The Seattle Mariners did on Wednesday what they’ve had a history of doing. They hired an old white guy as general manager to join the group of other old white guys in the M’s front office.Not only does the hire of Jack Zduriencik lack imagination
, it smacks of picking the flavor of the month. Zduriencik, 57, who was vice president and special assistant to the general manager for player personn
Mariners should hire Kim Ng 2008-10-17 13:33:45 The Mariners
should hire Kim Ng as its next general manager. They should do this for no other reason than it is the opposite of what they think they should do.Ng, 39, is in her seventh season as assistant general manager for the Los Angeles Dodgers and is finalist for the M’s GM job. She should get it.The M's brass has employed a long line of so-called baseball men. Old school boys with the pedi
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