The Seahawks offense finally became productive with three eye-catching touchdowns in a 27-17 triumph Thursday over the Cowboys, who had only three plays before QB Tony Romo was hurt.
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.
A 5-0 loss to the Yankees cost the Mariners their first home series in more than a month. The question is whether the starting rotation has the ability to sustain a pennant race.
In his sixth season, Mike Morgan, a Pete Carroll recruit to USC and a special-teams ace, is finally getting a shot at a starting job with the Seahawks at SAM linebacker.
The Seahawks’ defensive star has made peace, for now, with LT Bradley Sowell, with whom he fought in practice. Now Bennett has to deal with the rest of life’s contradictions.
Leading 6-3 entering the ninth inning over a lame Milwaukee team, the Mariners offed themselves by giving up four runs en route to a 7-6 defeat at Safeco Field.
The Seahawks lost 18-11 to the Vikings Thursday, thanks in part to Trevone Boykin emulating his QB mentor, Russell Wilson, too closely when it came to taking unnecessary sacks.
John Stanton’s arrival as Mariners owner — the first local guy to run the club since the 1970s — offers some prospect for roster upgrades before the Aug. 30 deadline.
Ever-optimistic Russell Wilson sees the Seahawks talent level on par with the 2013 team that won the Super Bowl. The 12s get their first clue about that forecast Thursday at the Clink against Minnesota.
One of the Seahawks’ most controversial offseaso decisions was to move Justin Britt to center, his third position in three seasons. But against a good nose tackle in Kansas City, Britt held up.
The Seahawks’ offensive line is already shuffling. The preseason opener in Kansas City will have Bradley Sowell starting at left tackle, and Garry Gilliam moving to the right side because J’Marcus Webb is out.