The Seahawks made a bold move Friday, trading WR Jermaine Kearse and a No. 2 draft pick to the Jets for DT Sheldon Richardson, equal parts talent and baggage.
Author: Art Thiel
Art Thiel
Never having met a metaphor he could not twist beyond recognition, Art has been illuminating, agitating, amusing and annoying Puget Sound sports readers for a long time. Along with Steve Rudman, he co-founded Sports Press Northwest because it didnt seem right that the Google monster should aggregate daily journalism into oblivion without at least a flesh wound from somebody. Thiel and Rudman labored under the Seattle Post-Intelligencer globe until the print edition died an undeserved death in March, 2009. Art continued on at its online successor seattlepi.com while working on SPNWs creation. His radio commentaries can be heard Friday and Saturday mornings and Friday afternoon on KPLU-FM 88.9. In 2003 he wrote the definitive book about the Seattle Mariners, Out of Left Field, which became a regional bestseller. In 2009, along with Rudman and KJR 950 afternoon host Mike Gastineau, Thiel authored The Great Book of Seattle Sports Lists, a cross between historylink.org and Mad Magazine that has become mandatory reading for any sports fan who has an indoor bathroom. A graduate of Pacific Lutheran University as well as two dead papers and a live one, the News Tribune of Tacoma, he has become a fan of entrepreneurial online journalism because it allows him to continue a lifelong passion to take the English language to places it rarely visits willingly, and does not involve the cleaning of kennels or stables.
Bulking up for the regular season, the Seahawks Friday traded a late-round draft pick to New England for veteran CB Justin Coleman, 24, who was with Seattle briefly on the practice squad in 2015 before joining the Patriots. The move, reported by ESPN, could be one of several as the Seahawks plot opportunities ahead of
A well-managed drive to the game-winning touchdown Thursday in Oakland may have vaulted Austin Davis past Trevone Boykin, who had two interceptions and four in the preseason.
Most of Justin Britt’s hometown didn’t much care for his pioneering gesture in race relations. But his high school coach said people don’t understand who he is.
There was a time when Russell Wilson was a top-20 rusher. Now that he’s slimmed down, the line has grown up and the roster has good backs, time to re-introduce the read-option.
The Huskies open their football season Friday at Rutgers with two players suspended — preseason All-America LB Azeem Victor and CB Austin Joyner, for violating team rules.
Have a question for the Seahawks’ resident humorist, punter Jon Ryan? Bring it to the World Trade Center Seattle Sept. 12 and join the happy hour crowd for another Sports Salon.
Rees Odhiambo did fairly well in his debut as the Seahawks’ starting left tackle. But don’t get too excited: In Seattle’s 26-13 win, the Chiefs committed 14 penalties for 126 yards.
While injuries and an anthem controversy dominate the Seahawks’ early headlines, 7th-round pick Chris Carson looks like the new guy with the best chance for an early splash.
The Seahawks added two linemen in the wake of George Fant’s injury, but 2nd-year OL Rees Odhiambo will get the first shot Friday. If he doesn’t work out, it’s anybody’s guess.