Richard Sherman is still defending himself against ESPN story about his relationship with Wilson. But that isn’t the story. The story is whether he can put the Seahawks ahead of himself.
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.
For the 13th time in the past 15 series in Seattle, the Yankees beat the Mariners, who were not terrible but remain in the deep pool of mediocrity in the American League.
In giving up well-regarded prospect Tyler O’Neill for a pitcher with an injury history, GM Jerry Dipoto invited shivers from fans who recall when Adam Jones was traded for Erik Bedard.
The city of Seattle has appointed a 13-member advisory group to help make the call on Oak View Group’s proposal to remake KeyArena. Actual sports fans are included.
Since Robinson Cano left New York for Seattle, Yankees haven’t been much better than the Mariners. But it’s what the Yankees can do about it that makes all the difference.
As the Mariners celebrate 40 years, we look at 20 years ago, when a team that hit a record 264 homers and employed ruthless Randy Johnson, squandered a great chance.
The Minor League All-Star Game in Tacoma featured 4 homers and 16 strikeouts. The MLB game Tuesday had 2 HRs and 23 K’s. it’s power-on-power, and a duller game.
The Pacific Coast League’s only Pacific Coast team, the Tacoma Rainiers, hosts the Minor League All-Star Game in a national spotlight it couldn’t have imagined a few years ago.
Seattle City Council learned Monday there will be no “fully baked” transportation proposal from Oak View Group regarding Key Arena remodel before the council’s decision.
Mariners put it all together for a win to close out the first half, but Cruz, Cano and Hernandez, all on the backside of their careers, need health and consistency to be taken seriously.