Marshawn Lynch, Isaiah Thomas and Adam Jones, three prominent pro athletes with Seattle ties, caught the attention of the sports world in dramatic ways.
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.
The complete bids for remodeling KeyArena are public, confirming a curious thing: Why did Seattle Partners (AEG) ask for $250 million in municipal bonds, when that wasn’t part of the city’s request?
The biggest achievement of this draft for the Seahawks was the hiring of some of the eventual successors to the Legion of Boom, whose cracks showed in 2016’s late-season fade.
John Schneider waited until the 58th pick to help fix the Seahawks’ screaming need along the offensive line. Then the Seahawks moved on to honor the old NFC West rival, Jim Harbaugh.
As is their custom, the Seahawks fell back out of the first round, but now have 10 picks Friday and Saturday from a talent pool that looks surprisingly rich.
Bad news came in a bunch: A 19-9 blowout Tuesday in Detroit, which included injuries to Felix Hernandez and their hottest hitter, rookie Mitch Haniger. But an 8-0 win Wednesday restored some order.
Back to that action, boss: Former Seahawks star RB Marshawn Lynch passed a physical and will return home to Oakland to play for the Raiders after a tiny compensation deal was reached with Seattle.
The Seahawks need a young O-lineman with a big future and a young cornerback with a big future. If only they had a second first-round pick in the NFL draft Thursday . . .
Seahawks GM John Schneider is trying to be casual about the possibility of trading Richard Sherman, but he also knows that as the draft approaches, it does panicky things to NFL teams.
Richard Sherman needs a spark? While making $13 million playing for a Super Bowl contender? That’s what GM John Schneider said, apparently to help improve the market for a trade.