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Now we know why LenDale White was so cheap and why the Seahawks did not release Julius Jones, and you have to wonder whether the team is going to revisit trade talks with Buffalo for Marshawn Lynch. With all of the glowing feel-good reports about White over the last month, his release certainly took just [...]
This is a joke, right?
In: mariners
27 May 2010The Seattle Mariners sent me an email the other day that featured this headline: VOTE ICHIRO AND GRIFFEY TO THE 2010 ALL-STAR TEAM. Wha? I understand that PR is a hard job, but the poor flack who wrote this deserves some kind of medal for being able to press “send” on this with a straight face. This [...]
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- Tags: all-star game, bad ideas, griffey, mariners
If N.Y. gets a Super Bowl, so should Seattle
In: NFL
25 May 2010Tuesday’s announcement that new Giants/Jets stadium would host the 2014 Super Bowl wasn’t a surprise, but it was a slap in the face for other “cold weather” teams whose aspirations to host the title game were never seriously considered. We all know the NFL is all about big money, and having the game at the [...]
Is there an offense in their future?
In: mariners
24 May 2010In the third inning Sunday, a medi-vac helicopter flew over Safeco Field, and, as I sat in the 300 level (free ticket) watching the Mariners struggle to score against San Diego, I wondered whether that chopper had been sent to pick up the anemic Mariner offense. Or, maybe it was there to take Felix Hernandez [...]
If Golden Tate can do everything he says he can and Deion Branch is as good as Pete Carroll thinks he is, the Seahawks will be just fine at wide receiver. Either way, they certainly don’t need Terrell Owens and they’re probably happy they didn’t acquire Brandon Marshall. The Seahawks reportedly have been in intermittent [...]
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- Tags: deion branch, golden tate
Now that the Seahawks have gotten a first look at their two first-round picks, and with training camp only two months away, it’s time to get to work trying to sign them. If the Seahawks thought guaranteeing $49 million to All-Pro guard Steve Hutchinson in 2006 was a crazy idea, they have learned over the [...]
LeBron’s best option is … the Nets??
In: NBA
14 May 2010As soon as the clock ran out on another bitter playoff disappointment for the Cleveland Cavaliers, another countdown began – one that will shape the future of the NBA for the next decade. The LeBron James Free Agent watch officially started when King James flung off his Cavaliers jersey nanoseconds after entering the playoff tunnel [...]
M’s are putting Griffey to sleep, too
11 May 2010Apparently the fans aren’t the only ones the Mariners have been putting to sleep this season. Even their own 40-year-old mascot has been kicking back in his rocker and dozing off during the game. Yeah, baseball is the slowest, most boring sport outside of golf, but is it too much to ask of even a [...]
What the hell is happening in Seattle?
6 May 2010Living on the East Coast, I’ve only been getting snippets, but what I’ve been hearing about the Seattle Mariners sounds extremely … weird. Milton Bradley melting down in front of schoolkids. Eric Byrnes riding through the clubhouse on a bike. Milton Bradley telling the team he needs help. Fans booing Ken Griffey, Jr. Record-low crowds. [...]
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- Tags: jackie z, mariners, meltdown, slump
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- Chris: I would have been fine with Kuechly. Would have been interesting to see if the Hawks would have been [...]
- Brian Barney: What are your thoughts about Luke Kuechly or is drafting a linebacker early a mistake after the Curr [...]
- AgentJ: College tuition is already high enough. Giving the NCAA a blank check to up the price of a degree is [...]
- Chris: Nice work, EZ. Here's the one I was writing at the same time: http://www.examiner.com/washington- [...]
- Chris: You were right. (I just wanted to test our comments) [...]
- Seahawks Examiner: Is Chris Michael the next Shaun Alexander?
- Seahawks draft notes: Which positions in which rounds?
- Hard to argue with Carroll’s choice of Russell Wilson at this point
- Why would Pete Carroll start Russell Wilson now?
- Will Peyton Manning talk to Pete Carroll this time? (And more)
- Seahawks got second round started Thursday with Bruce Irvin
- Seahawks’ draft trade scenarios
- Mariners still don’t have an offense
- Catch up on a week’s worth of Seahawk content at Examiner.com
- It’s time for NCAA to contract and pay football and basketball players
