After Mayor Mike McGinn's recent meeting with NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman concerning the possible relocation on the Phoenix Coyotes, reports have surfaced that Seattle could be the second option to get the NHL team if plans fall apart in Arizona.

A crowd of 40,847 at CenturyLink Field got to cheer both their national team and their local team Tuesday, as Sounders FC forward Eddie Johnson scored in the United States’ 2-0 World Cup qualifying match against Panama.

The gulls circle to get ready for when fans depart, leaving all that food behind. Sometimes they take over a section.

A design-review meeting is slowed down, and the schedule for the EIS is slipping.

From NBA Commissioner David Stern’s perspective, the trip went irretrievably south when State Rep. Frank Chopp, Speaker of the House from Seattle’s 43rd District, failed to treat Stern with the respect Stern believed  he deserved.

The league is finally showing signs of interest in expansion, which will take time. But Chris Hansen has said he is willing to work for years on returning pro basketball to Seattle.

Kevin Johnson announces that the Maloof brothers have agreed to sell the Sacramento Kings and the money for the deal to keep the team there has been sent to them.

"In Sacramento, the bulk of the $258 million arena package involves leveraging revenues from a downtown parking facility the new owners will gain control over. But it also includes a little-discussed handover of some 250 acres to the prospective owners. Local governments often give sports teams land on which to build their arenas, but these 250 acres are nowhere near the proposed site of the proposed building in Sacramento."

The NBA's Board of Governors voted 22-to-8 today to keep the Kings in Sacramento. Commissioner David Stern said the proposed sale to Chris Hansen and a Seattle-based group was "effectively ended."

After the rebuff by owners, sources say Ballmer has taken command of the war room. His effort to embarrass the owners and run roughshod over protocol is creating backlash.