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More fun than Deliverance!

Crosscut — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 05:00:01 PDT

Spend your summer vacation in Eastern Washington, an exotic locale where lakes are slippery, the Scablands surprising, and wheat farmers are smashing stuff for fun.

Finally, some good Seattle sports news

Crosscut — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 13:44:01 PDT

When I edited Seattle Weekly, I issued a ban on soccer coverage. Why edit a newspaper when you can't, very occasionally, act like a tin-pot dictator and shape it to your perverse desires? I left the paper two years ago but hoped the new editor would realize my no-soccer edict was a lifetime ban. Apparently not. There's a new dictator in town, and the moratorium has been lifted. The editor himself has written a column about soccer in Seattle. The good news: He's not buying the hype that it's the next big thing.

As the Sonics leave town, it may help the arts

Crosscut — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:17:01 PDT

In all the reporting about the Sonics decision, we tend to overlook the intense clamoring over a taxing source, the so-called "stadium taxes," that bedevils the politics. A lot of groups want to lay claim to those taxes, which are supposed to go away after the Kingdome, Safeco Field, and Qwest Field are paid off, but are really catnip to politicians for their pet causes. The taxes have two attractions: they are not really an "increase" if you just extend their life, and they fall mostly on visitors, who don't vote locally.

One of the main supplicants is the arts. Thereby hangs an interesting story.

Screwed by the Okies — again!

Crosscut — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:00:01 PDT

Who's to blame for losing the Sonics to Oklahoma City? That's the question being kicked around town. But I wonder why it is that "world class" Seattle keeps getting its collective ass kicked by the Okies.

Seahawks draft pick is a real star — on YouTube, anyway

Crosscut — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 05:01:01 PDT

The National Football League draft this past weekend yielded its usual array of players unknown to all but the growing legions of college-football-talent specialists. The rest of us may not know a long snapper from a red snapper, but we certainly know a YouTube star when we see one

Next time, be prepared, Snowhawks!

Crosscut — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 12:55:01 PST

It was obvious for all to see yesterday, Jan. 12, that the Seahawks weren't prepared for the Packers and their snowstorm. But coming from the rainy, temperate Northwest, how could they have been?

Easy. Here's what they should do next year if they find themselves headed for Green Bay or any other upper-Midwest or northeastern outdoor stadium in January:

To the bitter-cold end, Mike Holmgren plays it safe

Crosscut — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 20:00:01 PST

It's fourth and two, there are 12 minutes left, and you're down by 22 points. Punt or go for it? Typically, Holmgren punts.

The Seahawks interrupt a national sob story

Crosscut — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 19:00:01 PST

The inspired-by-tragedy Redskins were no match. Next nationally hyped playoff opponent: Green Bay.

Seahawks: They are definitely not Giants

Crosscut — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 08:00:01 PST

Despite the fact they are both playoff-bound and have identical records, there's just no comparison. The Giants, after all, nearly beat a 16-0 team. The Seahawks lost to a 4-12 team.

2007 in review: 10 to remember from the wide world of sports

Crosscut — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 01:00:01 PST

It was come and go time for sports stars, coaches and of course, a whole team.

Seahawks practically stroll to victory

Crosscut — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 07:00:01 PST

Hey, at least there's one successful pro sports franchise in town. What's coming between now and the playoffs...

Here's what's wrong with football

New West — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 05:00:01 PST

It's all about gaming the clock and manipulating the zebras instead of busting heads.

A quarter mile's worth of punts

Crosscut — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 17:08:01 PST

It's not often that Seattle Seahawk fans get treated to a game-long Ryan Plackemeier highlight film, but that was the case against Carolina Sunday, Dec. 16. The most memorable aspect of the Hawk 13-10 loss was the Seattle punter thumping on fourth down to end his club's first eight possessions. Old-timers would later say they couldn't recall such futility since they last toted up Liz Taylor's attempts at successful marriages. The punter moved the ball about a quarter mile. The rest of the Hawks (9-5) were good for 280 yards, many of those gathered during a meaningless TD drive as time expired.

A Seahawks dynasty by default

Crosscut — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 22:00:01 PST

When your opponents are 12-27, juggernaut is not quite the right term. But the fact is the Seahawks have now won a fourth consecutive division title.

An ordinary, average, mediocre sports town

Crosscut — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 18:00:01 PST

The unremarkable Seahawks continue their midling march to the playoffs. And the other local teams are totally unexcellent, too.

The Huskies and Hawks both stuff some Bears

Crosscut — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 20:00:01 PST

Both teams gain some redemption with wins at home over the weekend. The Dawgs enter next week's Apple Cup at 4-7, while the Seahawks lead the NFC West with a 6-4 record.

Will Seattle forgive soccer co-owner Drew Carey for being a conservative?

Crosscut — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 05:44:01 PST

When I heard that comedian and Bob Barker replacement Drew Carey was helping to bring Major League Soccer to Seattle, I shared the information with a friend who was appalled. So was I. My friend was horrified that one of Hollywood's big (and rare) conservatives was messing around in our town. I was reacting to the fact that an un-American foreign sport was invading our turf.

The Seahawks don't blow it

Crosscut — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 07:00:01 PST

The mighty wind of the NFC West is at their backs as the team, with only an air attack, breezes to the playoffs.

There is hope on the gridiron, and even the Sonics won't soon be out of it

Crosscut — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 08:55:01 PST

Three reasons for Monday-morning quarterbacks to be optimistic:

Yes, the Washington Husky gridders (3-7) have lost to four top-25 teams (Oregon, Ohio State, Arizona State, and USC), but they also beat one (Boise State, otherwise undefeated at 9-1).
Yes, the Seahawks can lose to the 49ers tonight and still have a share of the division lead at 4-5.
No, the 0-7 Sonics (aka, the Oklahoma Soonics) can't possibly be mathematically eliminated from the postseason until at least January.

Will they start charging half price for tickets?

Crosscut — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 11:27:01 PST

Seattle has become something of a half-assed sports town, and that half happens to be the first. On Sunday, Nov. 4, both the Seahawks and the Sonics were competitive going into the second halves of games against, respectively, the Cleveland Browns and Los Angeles Clippers. Late during both games, the other club pulled ahead. Sound familiar?