Seahawks GM says at NFL meetings that no more cap space is available for a big signing, and that Garry Gilliam and newcomer Bradley Sowell are likely to compete to succeed Russell Okung.
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.
Okung’s new contract with the Broncos has zero guaranteed money and is unlikely to be renewed after 2016. It says a lot about how little the Seahawks wanted him back. Such is the churn of roster life in the NFL.
In a radio interview, former Seahawks LB Bruce Irvin, now with the Raiders, said the Seahawks defense limited what he could do. That must explain why he had zero statistics in his final game with Seattle.
Opponents and proponents of the Sodo arena project had their time in front of the City Council Tuesday. Each side had a point that neither could counter.
A City Council hearing Tuesday will hear both sides argue the value of Occidental Avenue. Meanwhile, KeyArena keeps getting dressed up by some, but has no place to go.
The NCAA tournament seems hugely popular, but is it the basketball? The schools? The competition? Nah. It’s the brackets. The tourney draws double the wagers of the Super Bowl.
Complete with gigantic engagement ring, Ciara said yes to Russell Wilson’s proposal of marriage. Now comes the fun, according to Wilson’s game plan explained last summer.
Free agent punter Jon Ryan is returning to the Seahawks, while LT Russell Okung, the Seahawka’ last remaining starter who is undecided, will visit the Giants, Lions and 49ers.
The Broncos went to school on the Seahawks’ emphasis on defense, and won a Super Bowl. Except now they have no quarterback. Score Russell Wilson’s contract a bargain.
CB Jeremy Lane gets $23 million, $11 million guaranteed, over four years to stay with Seahawks. Ahtyba Rubin in staying, but Bruce Irvin, Brandon Mebane and J.R. Sweezy moved on.