Sports

KeyArena: Could it again be more than the home of Seattle University basketball?

For South Sound golfer, the ultimate agony of defeat

Posted Sun, Jan 29, 5:39 p.m.

Kyle Stanley was about to win his first PGA golf tournament. The prodigy was already being hyped by TV pundits with comparisons to the greats. But healing will come.

Seattle Mariners look healthy and willing to try Ichiro in different slot

Posted Thu, Jan 26, 3:15 p.m.

After a hard year, the biggest news could be that key players are healthy and ready to go. And, in the view of Manager Eric Wedge, Ichiro could be ready to go into a different spot in the batting order.

Legislator hopes to make mixed martial arts safer in Washington

Posted Wed, Jan 4, 2 a.m.

By John Stang

Without state regulation, amateurs may keep stepping up at the last minute in fights that can only be called mismatches. It's just a matter of time before someone dies, critics say.

UW defensive statistics may cause future shock, too

Posted Fri, Dec 30, 8:35 a.m.

In losing at the Alamo Bowl, the Huskies' offense showed promise for a bright future. But the defensive failures don't bode well for next year.

Marshawn Mania: Oh, how Seattle loves the human tsunami

Posted Fri, Dec 2, 11:30 a.m.

The enthusiam notches up even higher after Seattle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch plows through the Philadelphia Eagles, a team whose running back suggests afterward that the better team lost.

Seahawks are failing on field, and in draft derby

Posted Fri, Nov 11, 2 a.m.

The season is half-way through, and this is a team that deserves an F. Or worse.

Mixed feelings about the new Husky stadium

Posted Tue, Nov 8, 2 a.m.

By Ted Van Dyk

A longtime fan casts a cold eye on the numbers, the risks, and the shifting rationales for a dramatic remake at the UW.

Bow down to Husky Stadium

Posted Sun, Nov 6, 8:42 a.m.

In the last game in the 91-year-old stadium, about to be dismantled, the Huskies themselves get dismantled by the Ducks.

The Sounders' last game, betting the whole farm

Posted Thu, Nov 3, 4:29 p.m.

By Peter Miller

The team, best Sounders for a long time, put itself in a foolish hole against Salt Lake City. But with the rain, and playing full blast, they almost came back.

NBA's rich and richer fight, while workers suffer

Posted Fri, Oct 28, 12:15 p.m.

As Mexico celebrates the Day of the Dead next week, the owners and players will be in self-imposed suspended animation. But there's nothing like watching wealthy people fight about how to split the treasure.

UW, Seahawks get a little disrespect

Posted Thu, Oct 20, 4 p.m.

The local football teams may be on a bit of a roll. But you couldn't tell it from the betting lines this week.

Sports weekend shows Seattle fans still love their winners

Posted Sun, Oct 16, 10:45 a.m.

Big attendance for both the Sounders FC and University of Washington Huskies games carries a lesson about what can succeed here.

Seahawks slip by Giants amid mistakes

Posted Sun, Oct 9, 3:15 p.m.

Stanford grad Doug Baldwin emerges as a leading receiver and Charlie Whitehurst performs ably at quarterback.

Adrian Beltre: No thanks from Seattle, the one city you let down

Posted Wed, Oct 5, 10:20 a.m.

The third baseman has now sent the Texas Rangers to the AL Championship series. It's easy to quantify how his play tanked at the plate and in the field while with the Seattle Mariners, but is there any explanation?

Goodbye, Mariners, but come back soon. With Ichiro.

Posted Wed, Sep 28, 1:15 p.m.

Manager Eric Wedge is sharp enough to look beyond the pointless disparaging of the team's all-time hit leader.

Seattle's Pioneer Square: a whole lot of building going on?

Posted Wed, Sep 21, 7:15 p.m.

By Eric Scigliano

Paul Allen's sports operation strikes a deal with King County and developer Kevin Daniels, and lifts its opposition to a long-awaited apartment project between Pioneer Square and the football stadium.

On the road, on the prairie, with the Sounders

Posted Thu, Aug 11, 12:43 p.m.

By Peter Miller

In Kansas City the heat was intense, the new soccer stadium is a fine pleasure, and the Sounders win a game they had no business in taking.

Nature's bridge

Posted Mon, Aug 8, 2 a.m.

By Knute Berger

The death of an eagle says a lot about the misty magic of the 520 bridge, the poor man's waterfront, and about living in Seattle.

Hasselbeck's departure leaves Seahawks scrambling

Posted Tue, Jul 26, 3:05 p.m.

The team now has just one quarterback coming to camp, and the expected transition to a new quarterback is thrown for a loss.

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Mariner, Husky stars need to play their coaches' way

Posted Sun, Jan 29, 4 p.m.

by Ted Van Dyk

Ichiro Suzuki and Tony Wroten both delight and frustrate Seattle fans, often at the same time.

Mariners could add new Hall of Fame wing: dubious achievement

Posted Thu, Jan 19, 3:45 p.m.

Sure, Randy and Dan merit recognition for bringing a few bright spots. But what about those players who made M's larger history what it is with inept management, high ERAs while 'earning' $8 million, and the addition of the art of puffing to the tools utilized by third basemen?

UW's last-minute show warms up the MLK basketball events

Posted Mon, Jan 16, 2:05 p.m.

For much of the game, the Huskies put on a how-not-to primer for the high schoolers playing in holiday events.

Dawgs get a road win in a league receiving little national recognition

Posted Sat, Jan 7, 3:55 p.m.

In its first year of expansion, the new Pac-12 is struggling along without a team in the Top 25. Even a WSU loss to Colorado may not change that, perhaps raising the embarrassment level for a league that has Gonzaga in its backyard.

More pressure on M's to land a Prince

Posted Thu, Dec 8, 9:30 p.m. 2011

Already, superstar Albert Pujols has been signed to play for the Los Angeles Angels, one of the Mariners' division rivals. So, the M's are in more need than ever of a slugger.

QB can be a wandering life: witness Jake Heaps

Posted Tue, Dec 6, 10:15 p.m. 2011

The former Skyline High School star may find that leaving BYU could be just the first of many stops.

Neuheisel always lands on his feet

Posted Tue, Nov 29, 4:30 p.m. 2011

But, just in case the former UW coach is wondering what to do after his dismissal from UCLA, here are a few options offered in the spirit he left behind in Seattle.

Dawgs await bowl, while several Pac-12 coaches wait for exit

Posted Sun, Nov 27, 9:55 a.m. 2011

The upsides look bright at the UW with Kasen Williams and other young players. If Dennis Erickson is let go, won't he still be tanned, rested, and ready for another Pac-12 venue?

Could Seahawks win pave the way for a new QB?

Posted Sun, Nov 20, 5:58 p.m. 2011