It’s a sprained knee, coach Pete Carroll said of Russell Wilson’s injury. The drama overshadowed a big recovery for the offense in a 37-18 rout of the Niners Sunday.
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 Huskies often looked ready to take over the game, but a multitude of errors allowed Arizona to force overtime, where Washington scored first and held for a 35-28 win. Next: Stanford.
As several key players recover from injuries, Pete Carroll was confident the Seahawks have not been distracted by their own activism regarding national events ahead of Sunday’s game with San Francisco.
Injured C Steve Clevenger was suspended without pay for the rest of the season by Mariners general manager Jerry Dipoto Friday after racist tweets from his account were widely distributed Thursday.
Steve Clevenger emerged from the Mariners’ disabled list as well as from under a rock Thursday to tweet his contempt for a serious public issue in a way that brands him a racist and makes him a candidate for a rapid departure from the club.
Arena developer Chris Hansen purchased land in Sodo for $32 million. He already owned options on the property, so the significance of the deal for reviving the arena project was unclear.
Seahawks CB Richard Sherman declined to talk football Wednesday, instead lamenting that anthem-protest critics miss the meaning. He fully supports the Garfield High football team’s protest.
Besides the loss in Los Angeles, Pete Carroll and the Seahawks were punished again by the NFL for practice-rules violations. But getting a running game Sunday would make it all better.
Wilson, Rawls, Baldwin and Lockett were among the injured in the loss to the Rams Sunday. But Wilson’s sprained ankle loomed largest because of the limits placed on the playbook.
The NFL has busted the Seahawks a third time for violating rules against excessive contact during off-season workouts. The league and players union announced Monday the club was fined $400,000, a fifth-round pick in the next draft and a week of organized team activities. Coach Pete Carroll was also fined $200,000.