To firefighters and paramedics in Redmond, WR Ricardo Lcckette explained the gravity of the neck injury he had in the Nov. 1 game in Dallas. One wrong move in the moments after collision could have been fatal.
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.
Free agent Jeremy Lane is the best available player at the least cost to fill the most important vacancy on the Seahawks roster — the cornerback opposite Richard Sherman. Show him the money.
Another likely miss with the NCAA tournament brings out the wolves for the job of coach Lorenzo Romar. But Huskies basketball is on an uptick and is not scandalized. It’s why his contract goes to 2020.
The return of Los Angeles to the NFL may provide fresh leverage in Pete Carroll’s contract extension talks with Seahawks owner Paul Allen. Did you know Rams’ Jeff Fisher has six non-winning seasons in a row?
While the popular view is that the Seahawks must make upgrades to the offensive line the priority of the off-season, the argument is strong that Carroll’s belief in defense first makes cornerback paramount.
The game-winning play for Oregon State contained two officiating errors, but the Pac-12 Conference would not accept Lorenzo Romar’s laments on the episode that likely did in UW’s NCAA tourney chances.
The Sounders were as stunned as everyone else when China came calling for Obafemi Martins. But GM Garth Lagerwey said there’s now roster flexibility and at least $2 million coming in a transfer fee.
Much intrigue surrounds the 17 new players on the Mariners’ 40-man roster. But if GM Jerry Dipoto really wants to impress Seattle fans, he will make something out of the mess that is Mike Zunino.
In a radio interview, Mariners GM Jerry Dipoto said he was “caught between two dynamics” in Anaheim with manager Mike Scioscia, causing Dipoto to resign.
The Sounders finally get their wish for a new home-field surface after four years on a rug that they claimed was worn out, but the Seahawks thought was adequate.