Ji-Man Choi, a 22-year-old South Korean first baseman in the employ of the Mariners/Tacoma Rainiers, received a 50-game suspension from Major League Baseball Thursday for use of a banned substance. The infielder signed with the Mariners as a non-drafted free agent July 2, 2009, and has spent six seasons in the minor league system.

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The Mariners (7-8) slipped under .500 for this first time this season Thursday despite bunching a season-high tying six runs in the third inning. But they couldn't do anything else against a parade of Texas relievers, losing 8-6 to end their four-game road series with the Rangers in Arlington 1-3. The Mariners have lost five of their last six.

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Sidney Rice is back.

The Seahawks re-signed their injury-plagued receiver, whom they cut Feb. 28 to save his $7.3 million expense against the NFL salary cap. After taking a visit with the New York Jets Wednesday as a free agent, Rice announced his return in a tweet.

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Felix Hernandez couldn't have done much more Wednesday night. But several of his teammates couldn't have done worse. And once again, in the great Mariners tradition, another gem from King Felix was squandered.

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In a plea bargain, Washington sophomore wide receiver Damore’ea Stringfellow was sentenced to five days on a work crew, fined $693 and ordered to seek additional anger management after pleading guilty Wednesday in King County District Court to two misdemeanor counts of assault against Seahawks fans in two post-Super Bowl incidents.

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In more roster shuffling Wednesday, the Mariners put RHP Blake Beavan on the 15-day disabled list with right shoulder tendinitis and called up OF James Jones from AAA Tacoma. Beavan, an emergency starter called up from Tacoma, started and was charged with a 5-0 loss Tuesday against Texas after he could not get his arm loose and was pulled after the fourth inning.

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The University of Washington's 2014-15 basketball recruiting class received a boost Wednesday with the signing of 6-foot-6 guard Quevyn Winters of Milwaukee. Winters, who will have two years of eligibility, joins a class that includes local standout 6-5 forward Donaven Dorsey (Timberline-Lacey) and 6-10 Tristian Etienne (Abbotsford, British Columbia).

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The Mariners Wednesday recalled INF/OF Nick Franklin from AAA Tacoma and placed OF/DH Logan Morrison on the 15-day disabled list with a strained right hamstring. Franklin will be the designated hitter hitting sixth when the Mariners contest the Texas Rangers at 5 p.m. Wednesday in Arlington, TX.

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Who needs Adrian Beltre? Not the Texas Rangers. At least Tuesday night.

Kevin Kouzmanoff, subbing for the former Mariners third baseman on the disabled with a leg injury, had a home run and two doubles in a 5-0 win in Arlington that didn't need all that firepower the way Robbie Ross Jr., was pitching.

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As expected, Texas native Blake Beavan gets his first start of the MLB season Tuesday in Arlington when the Mariners play the second of four games against the Rangers. The corresponding roster move was made Wednesday when lefty reliever Lucas Luetge was sent down to AAA Tacoma.

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Largely smothered by Oakland's pitching, the Mariners offense became healthy quickly Monday night in Arlington, TX., against the injury-riddled Texas Rangers, equaling their biggest inning of the season to back six shutout innings from Roenis Elias for a 7-1 triumph.

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Seattle's Clint Dempsey has been named the MLS Player of the Week following his two-goal performance in the Sounders' 3-2 over FC Dallas last Saturday. Dempsey, who has tallied a club-record five goals in his last two matches, becomes Seattle's first back-to-back winner of the MLS weekly honor since 2009 and the 13th player in league history to nab consecutive awards.

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Twice coming from behind, the last in the 85th minute on a second goal from Clint Dempsey, the Sounders picked up a big road win Saturday night, 3-2 over previously undefeated FC Dallas, which had the best record in MLS.

After a hat trick Saturday in Portland, Dempsey, who had on hand a few dozen family and friends who made the three-hour drive from his Texas home town of Nacogdoches, has five goals in two games, a club record.

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The Mariners Saturday traded RHP Hector Noesi to the Texas Rangers in exchange for cash considerations or a player to be named later. The club designated the 27-year-old Noesi for assignment April 4, hours after he surrendered a walk-off home run to Coco Crisp that ended a 12-inning loss in Oakland.

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Miami police are investigating a "suspicious incident" April 1 at the apartment of Seahawks wide receiver Ricardo Lockette, but one of his guests is drawing most of the interest -- 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick.

"As of right now, we have an investigation," Miami PD public information officer Kenia Reyes told NFL Media Thursday, after a report on the TMZ website disclosed that a woman filed a police report April 4 saying she woke up in a hospital unaware of how she got there. Also named in the report was another guest,  49ers wide receiver Quinton Patton.

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After four games, Seattle saw its dominant run against the Los Angeles Angels come to an end Wednesday night at Safeco.  Right-hander Garrett Richards kept the Mariners hitters at bay over seven innings of one-hit ball. He allowed two walks and struck out six as the Angels won 2-0 -- the first against Seattle (5-3) in five games.

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The Mariners Thursday placed LHP James Paxton on the 15-day disabled list with a left latissimus dorsi muscle strain and recalled LHP Lucas Luetge from AAA Tacoma to take his place on the team's active roster. Paxton, who started Tuesday night's season home opener against the L.A. Angels, departed the game in distress in the sixth inning with a 4-3 lead after trailing 3-0 in the first inning.

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The Seahawks open their preseason schedule the same way they ended the playoffs, by playing Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos. Although all dates and times weren't released Tuesday by the NFL, the first game will be at Sports Authority Field at Mile High Stadium Aug. 7-10, and will be followed by contests against San Diego and Chicago at CenturyLink Field and another in Oakland.

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Sounders defender Damion Lowe has undergone successful surgery on his left hip and is expected to miss four months. Also, forward Kevin Parsemain suffered a torn ACL and will undergo surgery soon. Parsemain is expected to miss six to seven months.

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