In a break from his public persona, QB Russell Wilson said the first days of the Trump administration “have gotten out of hand,” and jokingly yearned for the return of President Obama.
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 highlight of Michael Bennett’s Seahawks season had little to do with football. An hours-long team debate about how to handle the national anthem controversy opened his eyes and heart.
The Mariners seem to have a younger and more athletic roster than in 2016. But the top three starters — Felix Hernandez, Hisashi Iwakuma and James Paxton — supply more questions than answers.
City officials offered a backstage tour of KeyArena to let media know what might be possible in a remodel. What is known for sure is that Mayor Ed Murray is up for re-election, and his heart is with Seattle Center.
From a Seattle perspective, there’s a lot to admire about the Atlanta Falcons, chief among them ex-Seahawks coach Dan Quinn. But that won’t count for much because the Patriots are the Patriots. Again.
The Seahawks added a cornerback and defensive assistant coach Friday in two small moves to begin to repair a defense that that gave up at least 34 points in three of the final six games of the regular season.
Within 24 hours, we learned CB Richard Sherman had a knee injury for the last half of the Seahawks season, and UW’s Jake Browning had shoulder surgery. Apparently, football has retired honesty.
Nine-time NBA All-Star Gary Payton of the Sonics leads the award winners for the 82nd annual Star of the Year gala at the Paramount Theatre. Public voting is underway for three awards.
Outbursts by Richard Sherman and Michael Bennett added drama to the seasonal stress created by Saturday’s playoff ouster in Atlanta. So did a mysterious knee injury to Sherman.
The need for help on the offensive line is obvious. But the way the Falcons tore apart the Seahawks defense suggests that it’s time to refresh the Legion of Boom.