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In: NCAA hoops
31 Mar 2010I covered women’s basketball in college and I’ve done several Storm games, and while they are entertaining and all, this kind of stuff happens WAY too often for real sports fans to take it seriously. I feel sorry for the girl, but come on! Two wide-open shots? Even an out-of-shape sportswriter like myself could make [...]
In: mlb
29 Mar 2010I hate to sound like a nattering nabob of negativity when it comes to this season’s Mariners, who have become the darlings of the baseball world thanks to the savvy moves made by Jackie Z and their commitment to pitching and defense, but as the season draws near, I still have one nagging question. How [...]
We’ve been wondering forever why the NFL can’t stage a Super Bowl in Seattle. Well, as Peter King points out, the walls impeding that idea might be about to come crumbling down. King takes the shortsighted view that it’s a horrible idea to hold the Super Bowl in northern cities. He says hosting a Super [...]
The Seahawks’ new management has not appeared very savvy in making trades so far, but it looks like there is some hope yet as they take their time in the Brandon Marshall situation. Coach Pete Carroll acknowledged this week that the Seahawks are still interested in the Denver receiver and have engaged in preliminary talks [...]
In: NCAA hoops
26 Mar 2010There’s only one reason the Washington Huskies aren’t preparing to face top-seeded Kentucky tomorrow: They let West Virginia take them out of their game. Facing a much bigger team, the Huskies panicked. They rushed, they had no patience, they made bad shots and bad passes. And they let the game settle into a half-court contest. [...]
It is pretty obvious to everyone that the winner of Washington’s game against West Virginia will be the one that is able to dictate tempo. Led by little jitterbug point guard Isaiah Thomas, the Huskies are playing at breakneck speed in this NCAA tournament, and they are going to want to run the Mountaineers up [...]
In: NFL
24 Mar 2010Well, maybe people will stop crying about the inequity of overtime now. Not sure why it has been such a big deal for some people, but all of the folks calling for a change in the rules finally got their way as the NFL owners voted to amend overtime for playoff games starting next season. [...]
Jim Mora just won’t go away quietly. As he said, “It’s like a therapy session for me.” In an interview with KIRO-AM on Monday, he blasted the Seahawks again for the way they handled his firing and understandably came across as a bitter former employee. It’s hard to blame Mora for being upset at the [...]
Two weeks into the new league year, the Seahawks have kept plenty busy. They’ve made three trades, including the controversial Charlie Whitehurst deal, and added half a dozen new players in total. But, beyond Whitehurst, it really has been more about subtraction, and the team still hasn’t addressed any of its major needs. Basically, the [...]
In: NCAA hoops
20 Mar 2010Well, so much for the Pac-10 being such a crappy conference. Washington and Cal have put that one to rest in the first three days of the tournament. And just how far can these red-hot Huskies go? After seeing them beat Marquette in a classic tourney game Thursday, and seeing New Mexico struggle to beat [...]
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